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Tormenting Myself… On Purpose.

terri — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:20:12 +0000

There are certain blogs I go to every few days just to torment myself. Please, please tell me Pinkpeppers isn’t your secret torment!

One, for me, is decidedly Christian and the Christian part is fine, in fact a great Christian blog would be, well, a great thing. But the one I go to when I feel [...]

meghan — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:24:35 +0000

It's official, I'm old.

As if turning 30 this year wasn’t bad enough, I just got in the mail the other day my very own AARP card. Eric thought it was hilarious and insisted on putting it on the fridge.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against using this birthday for all it’s worth. And right now [...]

Oh The Places We’ll Go!

aileen — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:54:27 +0000

Enjoying the good weather and great food!

The perfect beach day, sunny, 90 degrees and a light breeze...

My dear friend made the long trek from California to visit me this last week (actually she came to visit all her Seattle friends but I like to think she just came out to see me). It [...]

The H Street Artist

erin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:12:51 +0000

One day a chair suspended high in the air on a pole appeared in a vacant lot near where I live. There was chatter on some of the blogs and everyone was asking where this mysterious chair had come from. Lately the chair has become part of an entire “exhibit” located in that vacant lot.

Apparently [...]

The Wonders of Paint

meghan — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:38:01 +0000

I never really liked the wood color or the handles. Originally I was collecting all different kinds of knobs from Anthropologie and was going to use them. But in the end I decided to spray paint original drawer pulls.

I finally got it done. It’s only been on my to do list for about two [...]

Hashing

erin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:00:00 +0000

A friend and I were sitting on our front step having a glass of sangria the other evening when a few runners started to pass by the house. Soon the trickle turned to flood but they weren’t the typical stream-line, spandex-clad crowd. Some had dread locks and beards or were running in cargo pants, and [...]

Shroomers for a day

caitlin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:05:28 +0000

Beautiful fungi

Aileen brought Jarrett Taite and Matthias down for the long weekend and I kind of wondered if we would be able to find enough to do now that we don’t have the sights of Seattle to entertain us. But between a bon fire, squirrel shooting, late night games, Saturday farmer’s [...]

Jinglebob’s

caitlin — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:32:37 +0000

I can’t remember who first introduced us to Jinglebob’s Vintques, but whoever it was, I’d like to shake her hand. And buy her a drink. And maybe a really nice car too.

Jinglebob’s was top on our list when Meghan and Taite came to visit the other week, Meghan was looking [...]

Treasures from My Travels

meghan — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:31:26 +0000

I’m not sure if you’re like me, but I like to see people’s trips documented by the purchases they made along the way. Is it food they love to bring back home, or perhaps clothing and shoes, or maybe postcards or shirts with the names of the most memorable places they saw?

So while in D.C. we [...]

Visiting Sisters

meghan — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:05:08 +0000

Fox and Valiant.

This has been the month for visiting sisters. I just jetted back from DC and hope to have some wonderful photos of our trip to show you soon, but right now I am now in Oregon visiting Caitlin and helping her decorate her new home. We are also planning a trip to a super fun vintage store [...]

Wackos and Nut Jobs

terri — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:10:28 +0000

Valiant's first fling with social justice.

“First thing we gotta do is belittle, deride and heckle them.” If that is what the mainstream media’s reaction is to someone or some group, my curiosity is piqued and I figure that person or group must have gotten something right.

I am not a tea party-er, but there we [...]

Runner’s High

aileen — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:05:29 +0000

Post-race, it's never felt so great to just be standing there drinking water!

I have never considered myself to be much of a runner or much of an athlete at all so when I decided on a whim this January that I should run a 1/2 marathon I didn’t really expect to go [...]

For Your Easter Table

meghan — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:05:20 +0000

The kids' wheat grass pots.

I finally did it! I got the wheat grass planted just in time to hopefully be ready for our Easter table. I thought I should post about it sooner rather than later so that should you want some for your festivities, there may yet be enough time.

I was told the [...]

Lemons for Spring

meghan — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:17:28 +0000

This is my sweet little juicer that I scored at an antique store. It was so pretty that I just wanted it to sit on my shelf. Happily, though, I also use it.

I have been wanting to try out a lemon pound cake ever since I began anticipating spring. The problem being that Eric and [...]

John Lennon’s Sagacity

terri — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:05:31 +0000

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” -John Lennon

Profound coming from a Beatle.

We can get so bogged down in getting through our very important schedules that we forget to simply enjoy right now.

Ecclesiastes can be misconstrued as a real downer,

“Then I looked on all the works that my hands had [...]