Tag: Life

I turned 35 this week – and it went totally fine. There are no secrets about my life really. I’m not married, I don’t have kids. I haven’t adopted a dog. It’s really me and Eleanor the cat. Sometimes I’m insecure about that and other times I relish in the selfishness of my life. I…

Another year, another Christmas card. I’m not sure how I managed to get the Christmas cards actually made and in the mail because every other aspect of Christmas was absolutely behind schedule. I was making and wrapping presents on Christmas Eve. I’m normally better than this. I think I managed to make the card in…

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…

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.…

That title could be applicable to so many things. But in this case, I’m referencing two. This blog… and this house. After a stressful six months, this project is actually starting. Truth be told we are actually on day four of demo as I write this. There are about a million posts that I could…

I’d like to understand why the month of February doesn’t move as fast as July. It absolutely flew by. It feels like only a week ago (or maybe two), I was cooking and prepping for this massive party. But in actuality, it’s been a month since then. A great month at that too. I absolutely…

 Spring is finally here – or so it feels like it. If nothing else, mentally Spring has arrived. I no longer want to wear coats to work. Bye bye puffy jackets! I made my first batch of sun tea on a very sunny Saturday and I’m dreaming of pre-work mornings staring at my tomatoes. So…

I remember riding the train home one January night and seeing this tweet from my favorite weather man suggesting that February could be a very snowy month. Shortly after that it feels like it started snowing and barely stopped. It wasn’t quite like the winter of 2015 – but for the past two weeks it…

I guess technically it has been 13 months – not a sharp 12; but, I’ve been mentally writing this post for several months. The main way I’ve been reflecting about this is when two things happen. One? I put seaglass is the jar on my shelf. Two? Pretty much any time I go to Lowe’s.…

I was talking to this guy at work the other day about home automation… and how one of the best perks is that I can turn on all the Christmas trees before I get home. To which he responded “… all the trees? how many trees are there?”  So yeah, I have four trees now…