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, Tommy on Jul 26th, 2010
Thanks to Woot, via Mariel, we purchased an iRobot Roomba vacuum at a serious discount. This vacuum cleaner works extremely well. It’s wonderful living in the year 2010 and letting a robot do some house work. Importantly, Tommy is a fan of all things robotic. He’s always eager to let the robot go “eat the […]
Posted in Homemaking on Jul 23rd, 2010
So this isn’t as exciting, as we don’t really have much in the way of decorations up yet, but since our families haven’t been able to visualize our house yet, here’s our family room. We don’t spend too much time there since there’s just a tv and a pathway from the garage, but it’s nice […]
Posted in Homemaking on Jul 22nd, 2010
This should all look pretty familiar. I like how things are closer and cozier in this smaller house! around the corner into the dining room… As you can see, we have a lot of stairs in our house…
Posted in Homemaking, Sewing Projects, Tommy on Jul 13th, 2010
Tommy’s room is done, too…with a couple new features! Derek decided that Tommy HAD to have these constellation sheets… …but don’t worry, the beloved robot sheets are still in use on the spare bed… Grandpa Muller made this great retro piggy bank for Tommy! And there’s now a clock in his room so that Tommy […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking on Jul 12th, 2010
Finally! One of our rooms is completely decorated! Most of this will look familiar from her nursery, but a few teapot accents are moving her more towards the tea party room that she’ll have when she moves up to a big girl bed. (There’s really no way to make a cloth diapering center look cute, […]
Posted in Homemaking on Jun 17th, 2010
The comcast guys came today, and our internet is hooked up! I don’t have to try to do everything on Derek’s phone anymore, which is good, because he’s not here… He’s in DC, for a conference. The kids and I are holding down the fort by ourselves ’til Sunday. I’m going to post the rest […]
Posted in Homemaking on Jun 16th, 2010
…is such a chore. If only I could find the safety latches that I put in a prominent place so I could easily find them when we got here.
Posted in Homemaking on May 3rd, 2010
Saturday I headed out one last time to a huge Chicago rummage sale to do my shopping for Tommy’s summer clothes. I came prepared this time–a laundry basket, a camping chair for my 2.5 hour wait beforehand, good reading material (last time I just had my Bible and read the entire book of Ezekiel, which […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking, Recipes on Mar 25th, 2010
I have learned how to make yogurt in the crockpot! It’s so cool–easy (just three steps), cheap (at $1.99/gal of milk, I can make a batch of yogurt for a dollar!), and really good. We eat a lot of yogurt here, and I feel very housewifey when I do it. I’ve had a couple flops […]
Posted in Homemaking on Mar 1st, 2010
Several friends are having babies this year, and we feel like we’ve gotten a few things figured out with two kids under the belt. So here is the long-promised (sorry, girls!) list of baby items we recommend…or which we wish we’d known about!