Mary Richards and Me
One. Painting: check! Organization of belongings: check! Artwork returned to walls: check! Besides installing the new window blinds which have yet to arrive, I have finished revamping Caroline’s bedroom and have been enjoying it immensely this week. I’ve got a comfy bed, a little desk, a nice chair, a new ceiling fan, some scented candles, [...]
Mom and I stopped at a farm stand this afternoon on our way back from visiting Nana and, among several other types of fresh produce, we bought eggplants! Besides being purple (my favorite color!), they were 3 for $1. So, clearly, it was meant to be. Lately, I’ve been reading a bunch of cookbooks, food [...]
One. I often joke about my lack of both natural domesticity and learned domestic skills, though always alongside vows to practice and improve in that area. This year, unlike previous years, I’ve been mildly successful in following through on those vows. I made bread (from scratch and in the bread machine) for the first time [...]
Summer is most definitely the season with the most engagements and weddings. Almost everyone I know has either attended or been in at least one wedding sometime this summer, and those of you on facebook can probably testify to having your news feeds full of wedding- or engagement-related photos and announcements every week. Frankly, it’s [...]
I know I haven’t posted in a couple weeks (though I’ve thought about it more than once) and, as a result, this will be a rather loooong post (sorry). I didn’t post the first week because my life was just too boring and my mind simultaneously too overwhelmed such that I couldn’t think of anything [...]
One. Monday evening, Mom and I spent a few hours stuffing envelopes for the congressional campaign of Isaac Hayes, the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois’ 2nd District. Hayes is a Christian and a conservative, outspoken in his respect for human life and for the U.S. Constitution, born and raised on [...]
Philosophers and artists have speculated and argued for centuries about what constitutes “beauty” and who qualifies as a “beautiful person”. They’ve changed their minds on the subject again and again and again. Simply walk through an art museum and you’ll get an idea of how much beauty has confounded human beings throughout history. For as [...]
See that little green thing on this cute baby’s head? Okay–big green thing? It’s a cap. Yes, a very large green cap. And, believe it or not, I knitted it. For hours and hours last Tuesday evening. (Welllll, maybe just for hours, but it sure felt like hours and hours.) I knitted it for my [...]
Here are the Top 10 Reasons Why I Love IKEA: 10. IKEA has almost every interior decorating and design item you could want–all in ONE store! Trust me, if you think you can’t find something, just keep walking. It’s probably on the next level or around the next corner. (They even have a significant selection [...]
Not to take the heat off Obama’s Kagan nomination but to go back to happier things: my mom just posted a bunch of awesome new photos from our trip to Williamsburg (and their time in DC) on her photography blog. They are absolutely incredible so make sure you check them out!