I got to see Jennifer’s new house for the first time last week and it is so nice. Our houses couldn’t be more opposite. Hers is newer and updated and open. Mine is old with smallish rooms and a traditional layout. My yard is pure suburbia and her yard is 10 acres of woods. She…

My house is full of blue! Blue has not been my color – I like gray and green and many other colors but not blue. So I’m conflicted. If I want to repaint the trim and doors and closets etc., etc., etc. it will be a very big job. Also – when we moved our…

So this will be the subject of alot of my posts now – my house, my house, my house. The linen closet upstairs has these pull out drawer boxes that have handles. Cute. Bea’s bedroom – she is loving her wallpaper. She set up her trinkets on her window sil right away. My favorite dishes…

Oh what an exciting few days we’ve had. Mom, Jenna and the girls and I headed to Wilmette on Saturday. The girls were so excited when we first arrived – they ran around the whole house from room to room in about 3 minutes flat. Mom and I had a great time looking over the…

The girls and I flew to Michigan on Sunday. The movers came on Monday and packed up all our stuff. Brian will stay behind in Zurich for about six weeks – living in an empty echoing apartment. The last few days at our home in Switzerland were not that fun – lots of sorting through…

I finally got some pictures of our strandbad. It’s the most pleasant and happy place to be on a hot day.

Well we’re finishing off our time here with a bang. We were excited to find out, earlier this year, that the Tour de Suisse was going to go right by our town. Brian got a kick out of the fact that the race was going on all the hills that he is so familiar with…

My newest hobby is watching the men working at the construction site next to our apartment. It’s nice to see a couple of them that are tanned and toned, but really I just like to check in with the progress on the building. It’s interesting – really. They put up a big crane yesterday. I…

We made cookies for Bea to take to school today – her last day of kindergarten. Wow – what a journey it has been. I took a ton of photos because I just love the kindergarten room and I want Bea to be able to look back and remember. This afternoon I will pick her…