Our first camping adventure
I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Ours was full of clear, very sunny skies, so we escaped to the woods Friday night for a quick camping trip. Can you believe this was our first campout as a married...
View ArticleComing up for air
Phew! Four weeks later, and we're finally moved in, unpacked, (somewhat) organized, and getting back into a semi-normal routine in our new home in Kansas City. I'd give you details on everything that's...
View ArticleHe can dig it
After we finished unpacking, we added a few flowers to our porch in the hope of making the front of our house more welcoming. I've managed to kill one already, but the other two seem to be thriving,...
View ArticleSettling in
With a few moves under my belt in recent years, I remain surprised by how I can start to feel at home in a new place, even as I'm still unsettled and in transition. Our house is starting to seem put...
View ArticleWelcome to August
I know it's wrong to play favorites, but I've always loved August best.Maybe it's because August is my birthday month. Maybe it's because, growing up, August represented the last long stretch of...
View ArticleWho doesn't like butterflies?
True to the weatherman's word, the heat dropped just enough yesterday to make a day spent outdoors a possibility. We took advantage of the dip in temperature to head out to Powell Gardens, Kansas...
View ArticleA puttering sort of day
It's a quiet day, covered in clouds that we are all hoping will bring a storm. We could really use some rain around here. I'm baking flat bread to go with tonight's dinner (falafel salad), printing the...
View ArticleRevisiting my list
My birthday is coming up in a little less than a week, which means that it's time to start thinking about a new list of goals I would like to accomplish in the next year. Before I can do that, though,...
View ArticleRecent Reads
Have you noticed that everyone seems to be talking about books lately? I'm not sure what sparked this sudden new literary interest, but it seems everywhere I look, even on blogs where I never would...
View ArticleA new goal list for a new year
With a few things hidden that I'm not quite ready to share with the world. Plus, I thought I'd add a few bigger goals at the bottom that I'd like to tackle before I hit 30, so I can start thinking...
View ArticleBack to normal
Now that my birthday has passed and we've eaten way more homemade ice cream cake than could possibly be good for anyone, I'm trying to get back in the swing of things here. Packing orders, cleaning...
View ArticleA little nature
We went to the Overland Park Arboretum on Sunday for a stroll through the trees, and then through the small botanical garden there. I think summer has been trying to apologize for the oppressive heat...
View ArticleA busy week ahead
Most of the time, we are not exceptionally busy people. We work hard, get a lot done, but we're not so hyper-scheduled that there isn't time for relaxation, exploring new hobbies, and playing around a...
View ArticleChairs and other things that feel like fall
In case you were curious, I thought I'd show off the finished version of our recently made-over chairs now that they've found their home in the dining room. The decision to go with a pumpkiny orange...
View ArticleSeptember!
Rather than easing in and getting settled like he usually seems to, this year's September threw open the front door and shouted "I'm here!" And after the blistering hit and withering drought of this...
View ArticleGrilling again
One of the highlights of my full weekend was scoring a little charcoal grill at a garage sale down the road. Our new place includes the perk of a backyard, and all it needed was a cookout to complete...
View ArticleApple time
My mom was here for a happy visit over the past week. We spent much of our time enjoying some face-to-face catching up, walking around the neighborhood, going out for coffee and sharing our daily lives...
View ArticlePsst...Christmas cards are here!
If thinking about Christmas in October gives you heart palpitations, avert your eyes now...I, too, hate to see Christmas decorations popping up in stores long before Halloween has even arrived....
View ArticleFall in Missouri
One of the best things about being back in Missouri is that we are so much closer to many wonderful people that we rarely got to see while we were in Idaho. This weekend, we took a little trip to...
View ArticlePut up
I have a table full of preserves and pickles -- and a house full of steam as a result -- thanks to a weekend spent canning. Those are, from left, dilly beans, banana peppers, garlic dill cucumbers, and...
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