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Spring is here! I woke up to birds chirping! Tomorrow is supposed to be 19 degrees! Here’s what spring looks at my house! And here’s what a kid with the flu looks like.

A lot of snow fell overnight. Shoveling our driveway took 2.5 hours. Here’s the last 45 minutes, in 20 seconds.

Our bedroom (not shown: one king sized, one twin mattress smooched together to form a happy co-sleeping environment cause it’s not pretty) Our kitchen. It’s very retro, with wainscoting, mustard paint and floral wallpaper. I love it though. The flooring of the kitchen and my favorite part of the hardwood. Instead of all going in [...]

Here are a few images of our house, not showing the mess or unpacked boxes. Even though I may hate them come winter when I’m paying outrages oil heating bills, I love these old heaters. They’re in every room.

Packing goes so much better with lots of wine. But the fruit flies agree. The state of my house right now: We’ve piled all of the boxes in one room, hoping tomorrow I can clean the rest of the house and have very little cleaning to do come moving day (Thursday) at the old house [...]

I’ve recently developed a fascination and utter love for Moss Terrariums. I’m not sure where it’s come from, other than seeing a lot of them on Etsy. I love their simplicity, I love the emotional connection I have to moss as a childhood plaything (I think this is a weird fact about me), and I [...]

I haven’t been inspired to sew all week. Instead I’ve been filling my down time with Big Brother UK, which is so much better than Big Brother US, I cannot even begin to tell you. This one makes the US version feel so contrived and lame. For my British readers: thank fuck Shree is gone, [...]

Occasionally Ash suffers from minor sleep regressions, but we’re in the midst of a terrible one right now, one where he will not fall asleep until about 10pm, often when I just give up and go to bed too. He’s normally a great sleeper- since he was two months old he’s had a strict 7pm [...]

There’s little I hate more than apartment hunting. Job hunting trumps it, but not by much. We moved into our current place in December, and thought it was going to be long term. We signed an eight-month lease, bringing us up to August 1. This winter was FREEZING. We’re in a 105 year old house [...]