I had a playdate over here with Heather and Taylor today. We were sitting in the play room and Will had one of his toy bins upside down and was shaking it for some reason. I look over and there is a shit ton of mouse poop that is now on the floor (which has […]
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Category Archives: this old houseI always thought that the reason my housekeeping skills were a little on the sloppy side was that I am a working mom. In the past, I’ve been known to go to bed, not only with the dishes undone, but the dishes still sitting on the table where we left them, with the dirty and […] The kitchen floors were replaced today. Or I should say over-placed, since the original linoleum is now just underneath the new stuff. I celebrated by making dinner from scratch (clam chowder) and chocolate cakes with Will. Later this week we will also say goodbye to the royal blue counters! I was feeling pretty good about […] For the last week, our thermostat has been set to 65 degrees, all day long. I first noticed that this might be a problem when Will voluntarily began wearing clothes. The next hint was when Nic said he couldn’t wait to run some errands so he could “go sit in the car where it’s warm.” […] This is why we moved out here. It is gorgeous. We came home last night to find our babysitter wearing two pairs of pants and about four shirts, huddled underneath a blanket with a towel shoved in a window crack. So cold, yes. But gorgeous, also yes. I had a trash the dress shoot scheduled […] I can’t pinpoint exactly where it started, but I got sucked into the dream of an old fashioned better life. Animal Vegetable Miracle, The Gentle Art of Domesticity, the constant discovery of the new and terrifying ways that we’re poisoning our children with pesticides and Happy Meals and vaccines and toys from China all fueled […] |
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