When I was younger, I looooooved picking summer fruit. We had a small peach tree in our backyard, and I remember a certain feeling of triumph when I was the one asked to go pluck a few of the fuzzy fruits fresh from the tree for dinner. My grandparents, who lived a block over from …
It’s been too long since I’ve done one of these (especially since I’d thought of doing one every month or two), so here we go: A picture of me right now (well, a picture of me from about 20 minutes ago) Time I woke up: 7:15 (though I’d set my alarm for 7:40) First thing …
First off, I should clarify—I don’t have a problem finishing ALL things. For example, I have no problem finishing books. Or an entire bag of Costco-sized Hershey’s kisses by myself. Or following through on commitments I’ve made to people (usually). No…what I DO have a problem finishing, however, is anything to do with tidiness or …
I know we’ve only lived in our new house for a grand total of about 72 hours, but there are already sooooo many things I’m loving about living in a house vs. living in an apartment. It’s funny, because Matt and I had not planned on buying a home this early on—we’d planned to …
Well, it’s official—as of this afternoon, we legitimately are the actual and legal owners of something other than a car. It will still be a couple weeks before we actually move everything in, but we’re pretty darn excited (in case you couldn’t tell!). The main reason why we’re not moving in right away is that …
It’s funny, because the home-buying process has been not at all like what I expected— I expected us to perhaps wait for a home in one of those areas we really liked, or I expected that we would go and see scores of houses before finally settling on The One. And when we did find …
Well friends, it looks like this is really going to happen this year (or that’s the new plan at least)— We’re officially in the market for a house! There were a lot of reasons we decided to change our initial plan (which was to save a full 20% down payment before we started our search), …
Yesterday we got back from spending a week out in forested, cabin-filled, wildlife-everywhere-you-turn paradise, and it was awe-inspiring and creativity-fueling and (surprisingly) body-rejuvenating while still being stuffed full of memories of family and adventure and just a wee bit of craziness. In other words, it was everything a vacation should be. And, while I can’t …
