Category Archives: around the house

one thing at a time

how do you stay focused when you have a zillion and one things to do? are you a list maker? a multi-tasker? a one-thing-at-a-time-r? sometimes i get really overwhelmed and frazzled, and my husband reminds me that: when everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. today i just need to sloooooooow down, and scratch [...]
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flower child

she’s at it again. this girl LOVES to sniff flowers.
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scenes from my livingroom

i’m hard at work today preparing for tomorrow’s shop update- here are a few more peeks at what’s to come. the weather has not been cooperative *at all* the past two days. overcast and now rain, but i am making it work. i actually just had to go change from a sundress to long sleeves [...]
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henry’s day

as promised, a few more peeks from henry’s tree house party. aside from all the construction, there was ice cream making. my mom’s method involves a whole lot of dancing + shaking, preferably to james brown. here’s one very happy 9 year old. a bowl full of ice cream and a tree house being constructed [...]
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nestled in the far corner of our yard

behind the great big hosta garden: it’s henry’s tree house. the one he’s wanted for years. and he finally got it this june when he turned 9. it was all he wanted. no new lego kits, no ds games, no theme party. just a good ol’ back yard bbq with family- who would come over [...]
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frothy + delicious

yes, it appears to be tomatoes 24/7 around here. call me obsessed. instead, i like to think i am simply appreciating my time with them, and all their amazing flavor- because i’m sure in a couple weeks the leaves will start to turn brown and the daily bowls will turn into maybe a couple scragglers, [...]
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summer sunset

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happiness is

a bowl full of tomatoes just like this every other day now. i see canning in my near future.
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home

thinking about doing a little painting once this weather cools down. (hello, it’s been a cooker here for the past couple weeks: upper 90s, low 100s, yeowch).  i also need to pick up some ribba frames from ikea and really get busy on framing a lot of art + posters that i’ve been collecting over [...]
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happy friday

currently the bird’s favorite dance tune: (please don’t hate me if you’re singing this for the rest of the day!)
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