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Nerd Nest
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We're a nerdy family of four nesting in the city! We share our love of handmade and vintage, our parenting experiences, crafts, home decor, recipes, and we give you a peak into our day to day!
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Radio Silence

Things are going to be quiet over here today while we get the last few kinks worked out of our new blog! Barring the apocalypse or similar, it will go live tonight. Ive been posting over there (youve...

15 mar 12

February Reads

Welcome to my February Reads!For those of you new to the nest, I have a neurotic reading process. Each month I read at least part of a non-fiction book, a book about reading/writing/editing/langua ge,...

13 mar 12

Music Monday Vol. 78

Were hard at work on our new blog, so this weeks playlist is our work music. (Were switching over to Wordpress. Watch out for the launch sometime in the next week or two!) Jake loves listening to tec...

12 mar 12

Savory Sunday Vol. 5

As usual, this weeks meal planning didnt go exactly as expected...Sunday | Creamy Chicken Apple ChiliMonday | Sage Rubbed Pork w/ Warm Apple Slaw (lunch), leftovers (dinner)Tuesday | Pea Risotto with...

12 mar 12

Ham and Pea Frittata

Im constantly on the lookout for recipes that sneak veggies into my picky eaters. Ive found that eggs and cheese are good vessels for getting those veggies in, and this frittata recipe has plenty of ...

11 mar 12

Light Graffiti

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11 mar 12

Bacon Wrapped Turkey Meatballs

On Thursday I set out to make spaghetti and meatballs at Elizas request. I try not to use a whole lot of red meat around here, so I picked up ground turkey instead. When Jake came home from work and ...

10 mar 12

Project Life 2012 | Week 9

Welcome to Week 9 of Project Life! Im still loving this project so much. I love that I can take such a carefree approach to it. This week has almost 40 photos and very little embellishment. Some week...

10 mar 12

DIY Typography Art Part 2

Last year on our anniversary, we shared a DIY Typography Tutorial. The resulting art was supposed to be one of two, but it took me all year to get to the above sister piece. Hah! The messages on the ...

09 mar 12

Vintage Office in the Bathroom

Weve got a steadily growing vintage office supply collection going on here in Holly House; its one of our favorite things to thrift. We found this metal index organizer about a year ago for $2 and Iv...

09 mar 12

Website Wednesday: Dafont

Jake and I both spend a ton of time on the web, so weve found some pretty awesome websites. We have an obsessive need to spread found awesomeness, so we bring to you Website Wednesday! Every week wel...

08 mar 12

Hello Spring

After an unseasonably warm winter and a freak snow last Friday, it seems that spring has arrived in Kansas City! One of the best surprises last year, or first year in Holly House, was the random flow...

07 mar 12

Jessica Weekend Recap: Sunday and Monday

This concludes the Jessica weekend recap! Sunday we had plans to go out again, but we were so exhausted from Saturday to actually do anything. Jackii and Steph headed back to Denver via car, but Jess...

07 mar 12

Jessica Weekend Recap: Saturday

Saturday morning was really chill as we recouped from Friday. Jessica, Jackii, and Steph (who were in town from Denver) went to have breakfast at our favorite diner,

07 mar 12

Jessica Weekend Recap: Friday

I know youve all been on the edge of your seats waiting to see what we did this weekend after I told you the itinerary in the Jessicas Here! post. Get ready to hear about the best weekend ever.It suc...

07 mar 12

Music Monday Vol. 77

This weeks Music Monday is a collection of super cool music videos weve dug up lately.Jake stumbled on this awesome Gorillaz video recently. Its wonderfully strange with an odd mix of realism and car...

06 mar 12

Savory Sunday Vol. 4

Coming to you a day late, its Savory Sunday! Every week we show you what our meal plan was and what actually happened. Sunday | Chicken Tetrazzini (from this recipe)Monday | Eggs in a Bowl w/ Applewo...

05 mar 12

BRB

Jessicas still here! This weekend has been a whirlwind of friends, parties, food, and the best of Kansas City. Im going to soak in every second that I have with her before she flies away tomorrow, so...

05 mar 12

Jessicas Here!

My best friend Jessica and her friends Steph and Jackii arrived at 7:00 A. M. this morning! HAPPY QUARTER OF A CENTURY JESSICA!!! (Todays her birthday.)Steph and Jackii, tired from the 8-9 hour drive...

02 mar 12

Im Superwoman!

Or something like her. The only purpose of this post is to brag, but Im super proud of myself. Side note first:If youve been around for awhile, youll remember that Jakes brother Nick lived with us fr...

02 mar 12

March Project Challenge

Get ready to be challenged!On the first of every month, we post a challenge for ourselves and you! At the end of the month, in theory, well post our completed projects (Jake and I are both doing one)...

02 mar 12

Shop Talk February

Welcome to Shop Talk, our monthly series on our shop goals and accomplishments. We laid out our February goals in our January Shop Talk; and lets just say that February did not turn out as planned. T...

01 mar 12

February Challenge Results

At the beginning of this month, we posted a challenge. We challenged you, and ourselves, to finish an abandoned project.I decided to tackle my unfinished December Daily 2003 minibook and Jake decided...

01 mar 12

Project Life 2012 | Week 8

Welcome to Week 8 of Project Life! Two months in and I think this is my favorite project - ever.*As always, click on the photos to get a bigger view.*This week there was a lot of accepting and moving...

29 feb 12

Room Tour: Science Bathroom

We thought it was due time for a little room tour! Welcome to our first floor half bath, where we fully live up to our blog name with an awesome science theme. It, like the rest of our house, is only...

29 feb 12

Music Monday Vol. 76

Weve mentioned before that Eliza goes to a full immersion French school. What we have not mentioned: we constantly have songs stuck in our heads that we only understand half of the words to, because ...

28 feb 12

Step 3: Cut Backs

In the first One Step at a Time post, I detailed our goal for the year: make small changes one step at a time so we could do more and get big intimidating goals finished over time. Weve been keeping ...

27 feb 12

Savory Sunday Vol. 3

Welcome to last weeks meal plan and reality! Heres what we thought was going to go down dinner-wise last week:Sunday | Dinner at BethsMonday | Spinach Stuffed Chicken w/ Roasted CauliflowerTuesday | ...

26 feb 12

Sick Days

Were having some sick day snuggle time around here. Jonas came down with a fever yesterday and hes been pretty much on my lap since. I am, as we speak, typing one handed as he is sleeping with his he...

26 feb 12

Jessica is Comin to Town

This time next week, my best friend will be in town! Jessica lives in Denver, and is coming to Kansas City with two friends for her birthday weekend! Shell be here four days and well get into all sor...

24 feb 12

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