My idea of a perfect Sunday involves sleeping in (but not too late), breakfast in my pajamas while browsing the Internet for dinner recipes, grocery shopping (preferrably at multiple stores but that’s not always possible), and then spending the rest of the day cooking, blogging, and getting ready for the week. Then, if all goes [...]
Today is going to be a crazy day so I’m not making any big efforts here. In fact the only reason you’re about to get a glimpse into the minutiae of my weekend is because it’s NaBloPoMo and I HAVE TO. So, we’re waking up early this morning to go to Home Depot and get [...]
I was planning a whole post for tonight about the move. About how stressful it can be, the way it forces you to take stock of your entire life. And about how rewarding it can be, how unbelievably warm and comforting it can be to set up your new house and by extension, your new [...]
I was one of the lucky ones who had today, Columbus Day, off. But instead of going apple picking like I’d hoped (plans fell through) I ended up stuck at home with a mountain of things to take care of. You see, we’re moving in a couple weeks. This time it’s really happening. And so [...]
The sun has been hopping in and out of the clouds so much today, like some kind of bratty kid hyped up on sugar playing hide-and-go-seek and I feel like the grumpy old granny who’s babysitting him thinking, “You know kid, I wish you’d find some really good, remote hiding place so I can enjoy [...]
Playing with Matches. Photographed Nikon D60, 18-55mm lens. Tonight we fly home for our wedding shower tomorrow. I’m excited to go home. Home is home and home is good. I’m excited for my Boston friends to finally see where I grew up. I’m excited to see everyone and celebrate the wedding. There is talk of [...]
I woke up at 4 am this morning to a crack of thunder and the sound of rain on our air conditioner, which sounds like someone two stories up dropping quarters on a metal box right next to your eardrum when it’s drizzling, but when it’s pouring, sounds more like a machine gun is being [...]
Mumbled conversation with A just before falling asleep last night: “I love you.” “I love you too.” “You know, we forgot to buy [plane] tickets to the beach.” (pause) “I know.” “And we didn’t write our vows.” (longer pause) “I know.” “And we forgot to pay the NStar bill.” (even longer pause) “I know.” “Maybe [...]
The boy and I spent the whole of yesterday organizing our hallway closet and generally cleaning our apartment/de-cluttering our life, which for us meant five hours of sweeping, Swiffering and sweating and me being all, “C’mon, faster!” and him being all, “Let me organize, woman!” It ended up being a productive day to the point [...]
It’s been an eventful past week for me. If you haven’t heard, my boyfriend of six years, my best friend, Andreas, proposed on Christmas Eve. We were back home in Maryland for the holidays and had been doing some last minute Christmas shopping in Bethesda. We got back to the car and were laughing about [...]
