I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Homemaking on Aug 23rd, 2011
One of my biggest frustrations this month has been that we’ve downsized a room and are now trying to find a way to distribute our office stuff between the family room and our room. When you have an office that just serves as a guest room in a pinch, you can have messy plastic file […]
Posted in California, Homemaking on Aug 22nd, 2011
Classes at Pepperdine officially start this week. Since we’re on an academic calendar, we decided to make our new year’s resolutions at the beginning of the school year. Mine are a bit enormous, in keeping with the size of our new state! 1) Type up all my college notes and throw away the notebooks–Adrielle totally […]
Posted in Homemaking on Aug 15th, 2011
It gets worse before it gets better, right? Did all these books really come from my nightstand in PA?
Posted in California, Homemaking on Aug 5th, 2011
It was brought to my attention in recent conversations with friends that this blog portrays our life inaccurately. It’s kindof inevitable that the pictures I choose to post or the stories I tell are generally the things I want to remember (and not the disasters I want to forget!). Anybody can seem to have it […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homemaking on Aug 1st, 2011
Stay tuned for more pics from our wonderful time with the Millers in Phoenix, but here’s a quick preview of the girls having a tea party!
Posted in Books, Homemaking, Proverbs 31 on Jul 15th, 2011
I have a new favorite book of the year–and every parent I know needs to read it! I’d heard Rachel Jankovic on a Focus on the Family podcast or something this spring and randomly stuck her little book on my amazon wishlist. Laura just got it for me for my birthday, and I read it […]
Posted in Family, Homemaking, Tommy on Apr 28th, 2011
Derek’s been itching to make homemade ravioli like Grandma and Grandpa Tata used to, and Dad M brought down their old ravioli tray so they could try it together! On Saturday, they spent the whole afternoon making us a delicious dinner…with enough leftovers for two more full meals (Nona had given us the recipe they […]
Posted in Homemaking on Apr 12th, 2011
Several weeks ago, Derek participated in a fundraiser and auctioned off a multi-course, from-scratch Italian meal for six to students at the law school. We had it Sunday night, figuring that maybe it would send me into labor. It obviously didn’t, but we had a lot of good food! Derek started making the pizzelles and […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking on Apr 2nd, 2011
I’ve been looking forward to the spring consignment sales for awhile now, as this is the first time I got to shop for Elizabeth! Remembering the high prices from the fall sales, we waited ’til the half price sale Thursday afternoon and scored a bunch of deals. In general, I’m not willing to pay more […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking on Mar 17th, 2011
Up until now, Elizabeth has been blessed with a fully-stocked closet of hand-me-downs from our neighbors in Chicago. But this spring, for the first time, I’m having to actually buy my daughter clothes! It’s still mostly cold out, but my nesting instincts are telling me that I need to have some warm weather clothes in […]