While perusing through my copy of the Oprah magazine this month, I ran across this little nugget of an article called “The Five-Moment Memoir” (by Sarah Beauchamp) that I just haven’t been able to stop thinking about. Basically, the gist of the article is that the author, in a time of desperate need in her …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 4
Even though we regularly (okay, every 3 or so months) clean out our fridge, I was still a little wary of last week’s to-do list. I mean, I knew there were containers hanging out in the back that had been there since skinny jeans started becoming big, and I was a little nervous to find …
Tuesday Tell-All
*Now presenting: Me, as the Indestructible, the Red, the Fluffy—Marshmallow! My brother actually got me this coat last year, but it was in sore need of a dry cleaning and last winter wasn’t too cold, so it turns out that I never really pulled out this beauty until now, when the temperatures rarely get above …
Walking on Ice
To take advantage of the holiday (since we both have it off), we decided to take ourselves on a little excursion to Cutler Marsh, which I pass every day on my way to and from work. At first, I was disappointed–the entire lake was frozen over, and the landscape looked just like anywhere else, complete …
Meatless Cooking . . . Hearty Potato Soup
Well, here we are–in the thick of being part-time vegetarians. Basically so far it’s consisted mostly of either dishes involving beans or pasta and way more salads in a week than we eat in a few months. I decided I need to find more meatless recipes. (Or maybe just more motivation to try out new …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 3
If you remember from last week’s post, this week’s challenge was all about clearing the clutter from the countertops in the kitchen. Since the kitchen is THE place to be in our apartment, it is also the place that tends to accumulate junk the quickest. A few things were immediately apparent: *I needed a place …
Tuesday Tell-All
*Sometimes Matt and I will match clothes without even trying to, like in this photo from a week and a half ago. I mean honestly, sometimes it looks like we plan it! But then I talked to this friend of mine, and she admitted to me that her and her husband often DO purposely match …
Refreshing
John Ruskin, a famous watercolorist and art critic from the 19th century, once said, “Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” I decided that after last Friday’s post on being out of touch, I …