On Home Ownership, Sulkily
[We hosted our first sleepover for our little cousins on Friday night. They were so excited to be over at our house, and we were excited to have them. We made cookies (oh god, so much cookie dough) and...
View ArticleOn Albuquerque, Very Belatedly
Remember that time I went to Albuquerque? Well I do. I sort of hate whoever invented high-definition everything. The realization that I’ve got permanent bags under my eyes was not the most pleasant....
View ArticleOn a Treehouse, Excitedly
What is quite possibly the most adult project I could attempt this summer? Building a sweet treehouse in my backyard, of course. As a child, I’d disappear into the apple tree in our backyard and spend...
View ArticleOn Pictures, Belatedly
I look very serious. If I were Virginia Woolf, this is how I would pose for pictures. Jacob and I grabbed dinner with a friend of his one night last week. Cold feet by the fire. Jacob and Moses. That...
View ArticleOn Growth as a Human, Gradually
Last night, I was in the bathtub, reading Good Housekeeping and drinking wine (because apparently I’m making the leap from my 20s straight to middle age), when I had one of those moments of sudden...
View ArticleOn Wedding Weekend, Spiritedly
I forgot how much I love to travel. Love. The other morning, I had the urge to just throw things into the back of my car (including the cat – who doesn’t hate the car as much as you’d think), and run...
View ArticleOn De-Stressing, Gradually
I’ve been working on the concept of “me time.” Since it appears that the 60-hour work weeks aren’t going anywhere, at least for a while, and the decisions that have yet to be made hang heavy over my...
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