* Does anyone remember that 80s country song Just a Swingin’? I remember walking the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk with my friend Amy in our stylin’ Dolphin shorts singing that song. Funny the stuff you...
Yes, we’re doing it again this year. And it’s going to be just as cute as last year. Ro and Ree are equal parts excited and annoyed – they really like to dance, but they don’t love the long practices...
The kitchen remodel is officially over, finito, done, complete. Ahhhhhh. We are all so excited about the new kitchen and lovelovelove it as I say, or “L – O – V – E!” as Ro says with a twirl and a gi...
Twelve more school days till summer vacation! Excitement doesnt even begin to cover it. So who else is counting down the days?
The girls have always loved to bake. I think we started them when they were about a year and a half old. They thought it was magical (still do). This morning they were SO excited to bake something in...
It is odd but awesome. I’ve been feeling that “we’re almost done” edginess lately, so I could tell we were getting ThisClose on the remodel project. You know how you can be all calm and patient the w...
Tonight marks the end of week 6 and our kitchen is almost done! The main backsplash was done this week (we’re still waiting for some bullnose to finish the part under the window), all appliances and ...
TubaDad and I aren’t as fast as the girls (much to their chagrin), so for tonight’s walk we brought in the family runner (BobBob), along with Wela and Uncle Bobby. Hm, it didn’t look promising at the...
We like to take night walks. Just before bedtime or maybe a smidge past it. Sometimes the girls are in pajamas, sometimes they tote a horde of stuffed animals along for company. So when my little bro...
How much do I love that our main granite guy showed up in a tie and scarf today?!: We love the new counters! And the new floor. ♥ ♥ So at the end of week 5, the cabinets are 90% done, the floors are ...
The sun was hiding today, so we played inside. Busted out my grandmother’s art box and a couple of canvases that had been gathering dust in the garage and the girls went to town with “real paints.” I...
Congratulations to Resplendentquetzal, who submitted winning comment #9 with “Over the Moon is a favorite in our house because of the plane ride, which our son loves to hear about!” We had 69 entries...
The intrepid lizard hunters (luckily they didn’t catch any!): (Framing: D300, 17-55 2.8 lens, 1/400 at f3.5, ISO 200) We have a house full of contractors, but even with all the hammering and drilling...
That pic was for my photography class. I was trying for leading lines (the fence slats), rule of thirds (not having the subject smack in the middle of the pic – the one rule I probably do a lot), and...
The cabinet-makers were here Tuesday and Wednesday to install our new cabs!! I can’t believe they did as much as they did in two days. And one electrician was back (that’s him on the right) to cut ye...
I was recently contacted by two different authors to see if I’d like to review their childrens’ adoption books, Sweet Moon Baby by Karen Henry Clark and Mei-Li and the Wise Laoshi by Kay Bratt. “Well...
Yipes, not sure if I’m more scared or excited that the kitchen cabinets come tomorrow. Man I hope they look like the ones I picture in my head... Anyhow, sorta non-photographic remodel things have be...
Some things never seem to change, do they? Remember our little water-sand table and turtle pool/sandbox? The girls have enjoyed the heck out of them every year since they were one. Of course I wouldn...
I’m taking an online photography class called Push Past Your Comfort Zone from the fab Lisa at The Long Road to China. We’re halfway through week one and it is already funfunfun. Partly because Lisa ...
Ran to Target tonight because I needed a dish drainer for the laundry room (our only downstairs sink at the moment) and this was my soundtrack. In other remodeling news, this was our first day withou...
The little purse camera is failing. Have I dropped it one too many times? Is it just completely overwhelmed by the weird orangish yellow lighting in this wolf’s den? Have some hidden internal setting...
Holy cow Ro and Ree look big in this picture for some reason. I look at this and imagine them jaunting off for some wild college spring break destination, those leopard suitcases stuffed full of flip...
...and the Easter Bunny was busy blogging instead of filling baskets. Hm, here is a quick blast of pics from today’s egg hunting, because I’d better hop to it. We went to a morning egg hunt/party and...
Since today was our first day of spring break we all slept in. Ahhhh. Well at least until the first contractor rang the doorbell. Then I ran downstairs in my pink fleece pajamas, said “good morning –...
Progress for Day 4 of the Big Huge Remodel was slow and steady. They finished demolition on the powder room (removed the floor tiles, chipped out the mortar, removed the old medicine cabinet, finishe...
It was picture day at school, so Ree and Ro carefully picked out complementary outfits and trooped off to school to cheese it up with their buddies. I didn’t get a pic of them this morn (the no-kitch...
Hoo boy, we have dust in every conceivable crevice (and even some inconceivable ones). But the great news is that the bulk of the demo is D - O - N - E. Now I’m no expert, but two days to get out the...
The demolition progress has been exciting to see! These two little cupboard doors were the first thing to go: After the “easy” stuff, the plastic went up and the real din began. There was drilling, h...
The kitchen has been completely boxed up. (How do we have SO MUCH kitchen stuff?!!) The temporary kitchen is ready for business. The contractors have started swinging hammers. Oh and, of course, Tuba...
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