Tag: Life

After sending my first photo Christmas card last year, there was zero hesitation that I would send one this year. I broke the seal on whether it was appropriate for a single woman without children to send pictures of herself via snail mail – and I was not turning back. I actually had to work…

I am fully into the Christmas season – and at a borderline early date. I have both of my  trees up and all the window lights are set to impress (or scare) my neighbors. The last thing on my list is outdoor lights and anything else that might be associated. I was at Lowe’s tonight…

After this recent post, I got an encouraging email from my architect. If I’m being honest, writing that post was a bit of my way to communicate that I was struggling a bit. That I felt behind. That I needed a reminder to make progress… and that progress wasn’t permanent. The phase we are at…

I am writing this post because I’m falling behind. Two weeks ago I met with my architect Heidi over a preliminary draft of plans… and then I’ve made little progress since then. It’s on me. I was supposed to review the drawings, write on them, make notes, move things around, think about it… and then…

I’m not really one for buying myself amazing shoes, makeup or clothes really. I guess you could say that I invest in going to yoga, buying pancetta and cheese, and anything that falls into the category of fleece or vest. It’s a constant struggle for me to not buy more cheese and more outerwear. At…

I really treasure fresh air. When it rains during lunch, I have to stay inside and I don’t get to just simply get outside. Outside = better than inside. It is just that simple. Today I was on a lunchtime walk for some beloved fresh air… and then it started to rain. While I wasn’t…

Feel free to file this gem under “heavily delayed”. I have started to complete this post two times. Once after my staycation in July … and then originally back in the Spring. But I was reminded yesterday and it felt like I needed to wrap this up.  My old childhood church is closed for good. There is…

Long weekends are seriously beautiful things. There is something so heavenly and magical about that bonus day when you can do anything you want. And perhaps because you already had two weekend days to do “life chores”, you can do the things that you really want to do – whatever that might be.  And this…

I’m wearing wool socks. That pretty much guarantees summer is gone right? I’ve also begun to look at my closet each morning and realize the light summer dresses are getting pushed further and further out of reach. Such a bummer. But I’m a little bit okay with all of this because Summer was pretty great. …

I think I’m currently at month ten of living in the suburbs. Give or take. Through a variety of circumstances I’ve recently had the opportunity to think about this decision more. I switched onto a new project at work and when people find out that my commute is 90 minutes long … each way… the…