Welcome to Week 4! It’s pretty funny to me that one of the contractors I talked to said this was a 4 month project… and while I found that hard to believe then, it’s laughable now. Silly you. This week was really all about telling me how things weren’t perfect. If the first couple weeks…
I had broccoli cheddar soup the other day for lunch and it was pretty solid – but like grocery store solid, not like “make at home” solid. It reminded me that I had this recipe flagged from last winter but had not gotten around to it. To be clear, this is absolutely not a broccoli…
I told my contractor last week that I was a “big front door person”. I’m not exactly sure what that translates to but I think it is the truth. Here’s how I break down my interest in front doors: I prefer to use them over side doors / back doors to enter a house I…
It’s been about a lifetime since I was in the garden. I think the last meaningful time was when I was prepping for the “hurricane” that never was. The worst part of that was I picked all of this fruit that largely ended up spoiling because I couldn’t eat it, sauce it, or give it away fast…
I’m losing track of time. I think we might technically have wrapped week 3? Yes, I’m going with that. Week 1 = Demo started on October 6 … but was supposed to start that Monday Week 2 = More demo Week 3 = Demo finished and leveling began In the last two weeks, we went…
Whenever summer leaves, I mourn the end of it hard. I’m not sure what exactly it is that I miss the most. It might be the extra hours of daylight, warmth, and limited expectations for productivity. I expect very little from myself during summer weekends. Take a walk. Take care of the tomatoes. Eat a…
I’m into this thing that I call “window moments”. It makes me feel a little ridiculous even talk about. The translation of “window moments” is essentially “beautiful, thoughtful windows”. You know it when you look at a house. It either just sings, or it looks like a house with windows. I spend a fair amount…
I really love macaroni and cheese. Like, really love it. It would be hard for me if someone were to tell me that I couldn’t eat Kraft Macaroni & Cheese anymore. I’m a bit of a traditionalist. I don’t believe in white cheddar, I just want normal Kraft. I also don’t put milk in it.…
So, we’ve been planing the menu for this birthday party for like a month, actually probably more. When I first started to think about it, I thought about any dish that would be theoretically easy to prep ahead of time and wouldn’t be bad leftovers. So with the menu set to be hot dogs, mac…
Prior to leaving the city, I don’t think I ever had so many “projects”. I’m honestly not sure what I did with all my time. I think I spent a little more time at the office and I worked out more. Like regularly, as opposed to the irregularly with which I get to yoga now.…
