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October 28, 2019
Play Place
When we found our new house, we knew immediately that we would make one of the downstairs rooms into a play space for the kids. Our first house didn’t have a dedicated playroom, which meant that our living room essentially functioned as their play area.
In other words, the toys were everrrrywhere.
Quick backstory here, because I always think it’s nice to know a little about the history of a h...
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October 25, 2019
Links & Love & Stuff
Why HELLO THERE. #Dying (46 Things That Made Me Say, ‘Why Don’t I Own That Already?’ via Buzzfeed.)
Mott & Bow’s hi-rise stretch jeans are actually, literally perfect (lightweight, comfortable, amaaaazing cut), and actually, literally maybe the only thing you’ll wear all autumn (and winter, and year) long. Could not recommend more highly. Go for the dark grey raw hem.
Currently test-...
October 23, 2019
The Spooky Black Geode Cake
This cake was, shall we say, a freewheeling design. I had a vague idea of what I wanted to do for my son’s annual Halloween-themed birthday party – an all-black cake (inside and out) with bugs somehow involved (because eight-year-old boys, et cetera), and I thought maybe it’d be cool to have the bugs sort of coming out of the cake as if they’d been inside, but when I got to the part where I’d actually do that, I was stumped.
I wanted a crack in the cake of some sort, but didn’t want it to look like, you know…a mistake.
And...
actually that,October 21, 2019
Witness
When I left my seven-day retreat – seven days with no access to phones or computers, no music, no books, nothing to do but look myself straight in the eye and see what, if anything, I might find – I didn’t go home; not right away. Part of the commitment I made when I signed up for the retreat was to spend the two days following my departure somewhere quiet, all by myself. The hope was that I’d be able to use this time to figure out how to take what I’d learned into my *real* life: the earsplittingly loud...
October 17, 2019
11 Pasta Recipes For National Pasta Day
Me. Rooftop. Ten million years ago.
Once upon a time, there was a girl. She wore blazers and red lipstick, and lived in a fourth-floor walkup apartment with a hole in its floor and a stove that routinely tried to kill her. One day, she decided that she wanted to quit her terrible, horrible job in HR (a job that mostly involved her crying at – and sometimes under – her desk), and write a blog.
…What would this blog be about?
Being a Domestic Goddess, of course! Which, as the girl interpreted it, meant cooking and entertaining...
October 15, 2019
Don’t Make Kids Feel Bad For Growing Up
Especially when helping them grow older is literally our job. by Claire Zulkey
I saw a post in my Facebook feed not long ago featuring a mother asking for ideas as she put together a bakery-themed “Donut grow up” party for her daughter. It was the child’s first birthday. I thought—oh. Baby’s first guilt trip.
I personally can’t imagine wanting a child to remain 1. I think it’s the hardest age, combining physicality with lack of rationality. But aside from that, I don’t identify with the pa...
October 14, 2019
Everything You Need to Get In That Halloween-y State Of Mind
This year, the Halloween plan is four all four of us to do…something. Involving trick-or-treating. (I know; I’ve given it a lot of thought.) Our son will be Wolverine, and our daughter will be Lydia Deetz, and I will maybe be a gumball machine (more on that later) but will probably be a cat.
Before we get to the roundup of all the things you need to get yourself into the spirit of the season, let’s do a little retrospective of Halloweens from Years Past.
There was the time I did…whatever th...
October 11, 2019
You’ll Adore These Simple Autumn Decor Ideas
Fall is my favorite season, and I’m willing to bet it’s up there for you, too. There’s something about Fall that seems to excite and unite everyone. Once Labor Day passes it feels like everyone is ready to cozy up for the remainder of the year, and I’m all about it!
Decorating for Fall is something I always look forward to. I have a mad love for pumpkins, spicy home scents, warm textures…and candy corn. (O...
October 9, 2019
Shop Your (Friend’s) Closet
Nothing pictured above is new…but all of it is new to ME.
Now, let’s not get ahead of ourselves: Just because I said I’m not buying any new clothing for the remainder of the year (and hopefully beyond that) doesn’t mean I don’t want to pick up some new-to-me clothing. A woman still has needs, you know.
Enter: The buddy swap.
Francesca and I have been doing periodic closet swaps for years, and somehow the treasures keep on coming. I have no idea how it’s possible for both of us to keep on dig...
October 8, 2019
When You Pull The Death Card
Tarot Contributor Jessica Jernigan talks daily rituals…and why Death can be our friend. Drawing a single card each day can be an enormously helpful morning ritual. This practice invites you to slow down for a few minutes and check in with yourself before you embark on the day ahead.
That, all by itself, is powerful.
You might discover that the card you pull in the morning provides a set of metaphors that give symbolic shape to your day. And if you’re interested in developing a deep relatio...
