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BACK-TO-SCHOOL I don’t ever really feel the need to... 14 Aug 2013 | 08:10 pm
BACK-TO-SCHOOL I don’t ever really feel the need to completely “re-outfit” my kids before they go back to school, but in reality, by the time fall hits, they’ve grown enough to need a few things. Of....
[ FREE FUN ] If you’re around Seattle Saturday, August... 1 Aug 2013 | 07:59 am
[ FREE FUN ] If you’re around Seattle Saturday, August 10th, there is some great free stuff happening in the South Lake Union neighborhood. West Elm will be giving away free scoops of Molly Moon’s ic...
[ ANRI FORM ] My birthday was last month, and my super amazing... 18 Jul 2013 | 11:22 am
[ ANRI FORM ] My birthday was last month, and my super amazing father-in-law, who happens to know how much I love Anri Form, surprised me with this salt, pepper, and sugar set. I think I actually squ...
It’s been a long spring. Some unexpected, and unpleasant... 21 Jun 2013 | 10:03 am
It’s been a long spring. Some unexpected, and unpleasant medical issues arose for me shortly after mother’s day, and are just now getting resolved (for the most part). This meant that everything from ...
It’s been a long spring. Some unexpected, and unpleasant... 21 Jun 2013 | 10:03 am
It’s been a long spring. Some unexpected, and unpleasant medical issues arose for me shortly after mother’s day, and are just now getting resolved (for the most part). This meant that everything from ...
[ PLANTED ] I’ve been sporadically working on clearing... 13 May 2013 | 02:53 am
[ PLANTED ] I’ve been sporadically working on clearing rocks out of our borrowed garden space for the past month. It’s been slow-going because I tend to get light-headed working in the heat, so to av...
[ Seppo Mallat & An Everlasting Meal ] As a kid, I used to... 2 May 2013 | 10:43 pm
[ Seppo Mallat & An Everlasting Meal ] As a kid, I used to spend afternoons in my grandma’s kitchen learning how to make pies and bread, and how to cook and can chokecherry jelly. As an adult, I don’...
[ HEARTACHE ] Sometimes a great find comes down to a matter of... 17 Apr 2013 | 10:32 pm
[ HEARTACHE ] Sometimes a great find comes down to a matter of minutes. This morning I missed out on this set of six vintage scandi spindle chairs by about five minutes. Making it even more painful, ...
[ QUICK SLIPCOVER ] It was never my intention to keep a bean bag... 13 Apr 2013 | 10:25 am
[ QUICK SLIPCOVER ] It was never my intention to keep a bean bag in the living room, but after ditching the coffee table, we were temporarily keeping one of the Sumo footstools near the couch. You kn...
[ SMALL SPACE GARDENING ] Vegetable gardens are pretty much... 28 Mar 2013 | 09:15 pm
[ SMALL SPACE GARDENING ] Vegetable gardens are pretty much impossible here in Shady Acres (aka: our yard). I tried to do some container gardening on our deck the first summer we lived here and I man...
