When we started this kitchen renovation (back in August - EYEROLL) I told everyone I was going to take a before picture of the kitchen and have it framed to hang outside the new kitchen so that I could remember how far it has come. I fully intend on doing that - just as soon [...]
As you probably know (if you live or go online within whining distance of me) Dan and I are in the process of remodeling our kitchen. We have been in the process for 8 weeks now, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and the great norovirus adventure of 2018 (not to be confused with the great norovirus CRUISE [...]
Oh boy you guys. It's that time of year again - the hap-happiest season of all! (If you didn't sing that line in your head, try again). It's the season of it being so fucking cold it literally hurts your face to walk outside. The one where it takes 127 hours to dress the kids [...]
Six months ago, at Lucy's one year checkup, our pediatrician told me I should move the girls into the same room. I looked at her, tired and incredulous, and asked if she was joking. She laughed, knowingly, and told me all parents tell her she's crazy but that if we already weren't getting any sleep [...]
My little lovebug is sick today, simultaneously breaking my heart and at the same time filling it up with all kinds of snuggles. While the munchkin sleeps (and before I catch whatever it is she has) I'm catching up on email and also finally getting around to taking some photos of Lucy's (not-really-new) nursery and putting together [...]
Oh my poor blog, I have totally ignored you for the past, well, over a month. I've been busy tending to a sick toddler, being sick myself, panicking that Dan will get sick, and finding back up care for daycare when all the other kids are sick. Seriously, I think we've spent 90% of this [...]
Ahhh...the sunroom. It sounds like such a relaxing, lovely room in a house. When we bought our house in Cumberland and I told people it had a sunroom they usually reacted with something to the effect of - "Really? Wow - I'm jealous!" Until they actually saw it, that is. The sunroom is where the previous [...]
When you buy a fixer upper you imagine that with a little sweat equity you will literally transform the entire place into a beautiful home - just like new! Maybe that's true if you hire a contractor and drop a couple hundred grand, or if you get on one of those HGTV shows like Property [...]
The day has finally come. It took 5 long weeks, untold hours of bickering, and about 75 million trips to Lowes, but our downstairs bathroom is finally DONE! Dan did the entire thing himself (except a little bit of plumbing) - from tearing down the walls, to hanging drywall, laying tile, painting, repainting, grouting, nailing, [...]
Oh Baby Richards 