First things first… I’m thrilled to announce the winner of last week’s giveaway for Expecting: A Year of Fixing Up and Breaking Down, now available on Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and in that fancy ol’ paperback form. Drumroll…(pencil tap)… Kerry C! Congrats, enjoy, and may it act as a talisman against future homeownerly problems. *** Now. Fall schmall. Here’s proof that the fam is hanging onto the last of summer with their fingernails and teeth and sandy little toes. P.J. grew {Read More}
A Winner for Expecting: A Year Of Fixing Up And Breaking Down, And A Farewell To Fall.
September 3, 2014 By 6 Comments
She Sure Does Love Cheese, Doesn’t She?
July 16, 2012 By 6 Comments
Every Chicagoan know where I am and what I’m holding.(Also, thanks to Instagram, I can be as orange as the cheese!) I have a confession. I was not in Chicago this weekend. P.J., Nora, and Susannah were…but I was not. My wonderful husband actually sent me away (muttering something about house-related post traumatic stress, tightly wound, and something something- finish your book). No one knew about this plan. I hadn’t told anyone because a) I was feeling incredibly guilty about running {Read More}
On The Road Again. (Seriously?)
August 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
Whee! So what does a pack of Schoenies do when they find themselves without a houseguest and/or crazy weekend plans? They get outta Dodge. For 24 hours. (Which, some folks might speculate would create a ton of work on the part of the two people packing/planning/toting the toddler…but any time I don’t have to clean the kitchen after a meal is a good excuse for a trip. Unless you count the mad dash cleaning immediately prior and the post-return explosion of {Read More}
Cheese Royalty.
September 27, 2010 By 4 Comments
The Cheese Queen & Princess. Our toes are just beginning to thaw, I’ve got a shelf full of vintage treasures, and I found a cheese curd in my pocket. We’ve safely made it back from Wisconsin. Now, back in the old days, way before I was married to a Midwesterner and was simply a gal from the 413, I couldn’t have differentiated between Wisconsin and Iowa on a map. Really. Granted, I’m kinda terrible at geography, but in Massachusetts (a {Read More}
