The Back Bedroom Project: The Bathroom

Long overdue, here are the before and after photos of the bathroom. I had a hard time getting a shot of the whole thing (bad angles), so here are two that give an idea of the change. The paint is Eucalyptus Mint from Valspar. The updated waffle weave shower curtain and brushed nickel hooks are [...]

Sometimes it’s Okay to Have Pie for Breakfast

Thanksgiving was fabulous, as usual. The great thing about Thanksgiving is that it is focused solely on food and visiting with those close to you. There’s no other agenda, and all of the work is done beforehand, so in large part everyone can relax and enjoy themselves and, in my case, enjoy time with my [...]

Race Results: Turkey Trot

Thanksgiving morning I ran in the 15h Annual Norpoint Turkey Trot… in the rain. For those of you (so all of you) who missed it, it was really fun! My guess is that there were around 1300 participants. This educated guess comes from the fact that I saw bib numbers in the 1300′s, then took [...]

So Many Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving! I know I’m a day early, but have so much to be thankful for; where to begin? To name a few, I have: a family that I not only love, but like to be around. roughly a thousand new babies to enjoy. the most wonderful, honest and caring friends that one could ever [...]

Oseia at One Week

Just wanted to post this picture of my adorable new nephew at his first party. At one week old he was a perfect gentleman and so well behaved! This photo was taken by my friend Katie, photographer extraordinaire. See more of her work at Clearly Katie.

They Grow Up Too Fast

The picture pretty much says it all. It really wasn’t that long ago when they were in elementary school. Ouch. All of you 2009-2010 babies, try to do a better job of not growing up as fast. Crazy to think that Munchkin is graduating this year, and that in a few short years Rugrat will [...]

Sometimes the Grocery Store is Not My Friend

Last week I got potatoes to make… something, and a 5 lb bag of potatoes was $1.48 while a 10 lb bag was $0.98. This is why I hate the grocery store. Why do you force me to buy more than I need?? Like the buy one get one free offers. I don’t have room [...]

Oseia Khalil is Born!

Miriam & Tampa had their baby boy on Saturday November 7, 2009. Oseia Khalil was born at 8:34am weighing in at 7 lbs 15 oz. Taking after his parents, he’s super mellow and loves to eat. He’s already showing signs of greatness, cleverly able to get his right arm free no matter how tight the [...]

The Back Bedroom Project

Yesterday I went down to my Mom’s to start ‘The Back Bedroom Project’. Years ago, while I was still in high school, we converted the garage to a bedroom, and because my mom was deathly afraid of color of years (she thought it would make a small house feel smaller), the entire room was painted [...]

Halloween, Halloween, HalloWEEN!

Good times this year for Halloween. First of all it was a gorgeous day. Beautiful, clear skies contrasted wonderfully with the colors of the turning leaves. I started the day running a 5k with Rebecca, the namesake of Rebbie’s Runners. The race was the first annual Run Scared benefitting LLS, and took place at Seward [...]