Project Neighbor

January 31, 2015

Project Neighbor

Perhaps you've been thinking about moving into the city. Maybe to lessen your commute time, or perhaps to enjoy the perks of living in a gorgeous home in a vibrant neighborhood (affordably!).    Well, here's your chance.   Click here for more details on this house. Won't you be my neighbor?              

Be Local

January 28, 2015

Be Local

Greg & I had a mini date yesterday for lunch.  And yes, when you're a mama to four children, it still counts as a date when there's one child along.   So Greg called around 11:00 to see if I was free for lunch. Let me think: um. yes. So I changed out of my "tired mama who

Mold Fever

January 20, 2015

Mold Fever

If you're at all familiar with this blog, you know that we affectionately dubbed our home "Mold Palace" after we bought it.  Why? Brace yourselves. Obviously, we called it Mold Palace because of the mold, silly. We're not going to reinvent the wheel here. Anyway, for those of you who are getting really excited right now about some amazing//fabulous//miraculous

A Week in Pictures

January 16, 2015

A Week in Pictures

Wow, has it been a week since I last posted? It's been a roller coaster week in life, people.  Here's my last week in pictures. 1. On the "Living Simply" tip, I cleaned out my closet and took excess to consignment.  I added two shelves to our (extremely small) pantry and now our pantry is a magical world

Living Simply

January 07, 2015

Living Simply

via I don't do New Year's resolutions. Instead I take inventory of my life: what's missing?  What's excessive?  What do I want to learn?  What kind of friend/mom/wife/person am I becoming?  And this year, after two very full and complicated years (think 2 moves, a whole house renovation and a fourth child), I'd like to live a simpler

Sticky Kiddos & a New Year

January 02, 2015

Sticky Kiddos & a New Year

Happy New Year!  The flu has come into our home, leaving a couple of us miserable.  But we had a wonderful Christmas and the girls have had a lot of fun at home. We drank hot cocoa, had fires, told & read stories, watched movies, & played with new toys and games. And we did the most coveted