I’m becoming an expert at removing wallpaper. This time it’s our bedroom. Brian has been more bothered than me looking at that busy wallpaper everyday. But I was feeling like I needed a project. So here I go. I took lots of before pictures this morning. Then I got to work.  There were some extra bits of the…

Reminds me of Edith Ann – and that’s the truth.

At the Chicago Botanic Garden

Another ridiculous holiday that we are happy to celebrate. Especially great today because it was chilly and dreary outside. We used Smitten Kitchen’s recipe and they turned out great! We are so pleased with our pretzel making skills. There are some extra steps – like dunking them in water – but really they are pretty…

Cardboard castles. The cardboard architect in me came out again. I might be making ten little castles for Claire’s birthday party.  Two loves loaves of bread. I try new recipes now and then but I alway come back to Grandma Dice’s recipe. It’s the best. A bouquet from my back yard.

The sun was out last weekend and so were the freckles. We had a good walk and a picnic along Lake Michigan.

Yeah! Let the rummage sale season begin. I found these treasures at a church rummage sale just down the road. A set of nine sparkly Culver Ltd. glasses. And a set of Vera Neumann holiday napkins.

This weekend I sat in the sun and read a book. The light was striped with branch shadows. The birds sung all around me – sounding so happy, so clear, so bright. I kept getting interrupted by the bird sounds. I wish I knew which birds made which sounds. I looked into the branches searching for…

Brian and I celebrated (not much) our anniversary over the weekend. 14 years! Brian does this thing that is sweet. When he’s home and the girls are tucked into bed we often sit down to watch TV or a movie. We don’t have ice cream or any kind of dessert or pop corn or chips.…

My lawn chair was falling apart. I was in danger of falling through the disintegrating plastic straps. So I thought of my Grandpa Dice. Yes, Grandpa Dice used to refashion lawn chairs with macrame so I thought I would give it a try. I found directions on line (yay internet). It wasn’t hard but it…