For the long weekend in September Tim and I decided on a whim to go down to Ocracoke, North Carolina. We left at 2am to avoid traffic and by the time we arrived at the ferry 7 1/2 hours later, I was falling asleep and very glad I wasn’t driving. We spent three [...]
 Fox sporting his little hat Thanks Auntie Cait My sister Caitlin scored this most delectablesweater in Vegas before she knew she was having a boy. I’m glad she didn’t know or I may not have gotten the sweater. She said she would have kept it. It is cashmere and nicer than any sweater I own. It [...]  Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt encouraging him to speed up the experimental work in nuclear chain reactions to construct bombs- extremely powerful bombs, and it couldn’t be uranium; it was too heavy and in poor supply in the United States. A reactor was necessary to produce plutonium necessary for the atomic [...] “We want life to be trouble-free and entirely enjoyable, to be devoid of risk and suffering and death. We cover reality with smiley faces and shallow clichés. We talk about thinking positively or thinking good thoughts and everything will just be fine. This is, at best, immaturity. If we refuse to grow up to a [...] I hinted to Eric that my last bottle of perfume he got me was almost gone. So, what do you know, I got a beautifully wrapped bottle of Versace for our anniversary. For all the reasons stated before, I love fall. Out here, anyway, the summers can be so warm that it seems the primary goal [...]  I have had this necklace for a couple years now but I never tire of it! It is one of my best antique store finds, discovered at one of the little shops in Union Town, WA. I almost didn’t buy these boots when I was out on a recent shopping trip… I’m so glad I did [...] This is just terrifically classic, flattering A-line skirt and cable knit sweater with a bangly necklace. I am seeing a lot of orange, plum and chartreuse out there for fall and I am thrilled. They are my favorite colors. Vera Wang is a favorite of mine though I tried this one on it ended up looking [...]  I know it’s Fall when I start pulling the sweaters down from above my closet! It’s not cold enough to warrant a coat but still, you need something a little cozy. I love this shawl-collar type of sweater (a gift to me when Tim and I were dating) and the fact that it’s made of cashmere [...]  It’s fall when ….I polish my beat up cowboy boots and buy new socks.
Fall makeup: I stumbled on my new make up routine mostly because it takes 10 minutes to do. And because it’s a fresh change after wearing all that bronzer over the summer. Apply foundation and leave [...]
Fall is probably the most fashionable time of the year and makes us all crave back-to-school shopping– even if we’ve long outgrown it. Layers of leather, tweeds and scarves, lovely tall boots and plenty of warm color makes us swoon. So pull out your off-season boxes, and make a list of things to add to your wardrobe. That’s what [...] We got back from visiting Meghan and Fox in the hospital with everyone wanting baby holding time. I badgered Canon to give up Fox and the first time he said, “Not quite yet.” The next time, “I’m not quite done.” So I can see already that with three older siblings, two local uncles, one local [...] A 7 pound 4 ounce Fox, looking a lot, to me, like Athan, born September 17 very soon after Meghan and Eric walked through the hospital doors! Eric pleaded with Meghan to please let’s head to the hospital and reluctantly she finally agreed. She just really wasn’t sure if this was the real thing and was [...] #gallery-1 { The week before last we had some Fall-ish weather for the first time, chilly with clear skies and that bright, slanting sunlight that feels worlds away from the sticky, hazy sun of summer. For some reason Fall makes me more [...] Drinking coffee in bed while Freyja enjoyed her bottle next to me, I roamed onto craigslist at 8 a.m. Every once in a while I check the free listings to see if there is something in my neighborhood that looks worthwhile. But if you see something, it’s usually gone already. People move fast when it comes to [...] Tooling around our kitchen about three days into our school year, Isaac suddenly asked, “Would you like me to teach Taite and Matt math.” After a nanosecond consideration, “Umm, YES!” So, Isaac has been coming over every morning at 7:30 AM and teaching Taite and Matthias their math lessons and then furthermore being available for all [...] Maybe subconsciously, I was starting to think with the logic of my niece Bella. When I asked her if she thought my baby was a boy or a girl she said, “It’s a girl.” ” “How do you know?” I asked. “Because, you’re a girl, you can’t have a boy!” But there HE was in all his black and white, grainy, ultrasound [...] I am sad to say I photographed the whole process of making chicken in my own little kitchen, but somewhere in the mahem of the last couple months the photos got lost in cyberspace. So this is all I can offer, some stranger's photo off flikr. Making home made chicken stock is one of [...] On the way to the ceremony The bridal bus, 8 bridesmaids, 2 flower girls, 1 ring bearer and 1 bride made for an excited, happy, loud ride to the ceremony. On the way, Anna was thirsty so we pulled over and made a stop for her favorite peach smoothie.
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