Wow what a snowy and cold winter we’ve had so far. Four snow days – but they should call them cold days because it was the below zero temps that really did it. We had a bit of cabin fever. We had to do some painting… with balloons. Some people wore their jammies most of…

Oh my did Brian and I have a great trip to Costa Rica last week! It’s amazing that we can fly out of Chicago, looking out the window at the white cold land, and then just a few hours later step off the plane and get smacked in the face with deliciously hot air. We…

  I bought this dusty old sewing box the other day. Not sure why I had to have it – I just liked that it was such a personal item. Some lady kept all her handy sewing bits and bobs in there and a sweet little note from a friend too. She seems to have…

Here’s my big girl Claire – just returned from a birthday party.

Baby steps, baby steps. The light fixtures that I purchased finally got installed today. Now Brian won’t be bumping his head on a flowery chandelier when he goes in our bathroom. I also had an overhead light installed in Bea’s room and my sewing room. I think I’m learning that nothing is straight forward when…

After we got home from Michigan I was really anxious to finish painting our TV room. Brian was home – he entertained the girls and answered every “I’m hungry” so I could paint uninterupted. As I painted it started to snow and it just kept snowing for two days. The most snow I’ve seen in…

My favorite Christmas moments: – sledding with cousins – watching Claire eat up all the attention from Maddie and Sophie – watching Bea love the snow – The beautiful snow! Driving over to Jennifer’s house one morning the trees were sparkling with a layer of ice and the snow was so bright, bright white with…