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What I’ve Learned From Weight-Loss Week 4

October 7, 2013 - 16 Comments

I’ve been working on my little “experiment” for a month now. There have been both easy and difficult days. I’ve come to understand my triggers and weaknesses much more intimately than I did before, which has helped me understand why …

Decor

Shopping the House for the Living Room

October 7, 2013 - 14 Comments

We came to terms with something about our new house this weekend: we just don’t have enough stuff to furnish the whole thing right now. Our new house is 1000 more square feet than our last house (which was 1000 …

DIY

Didn’t That Used to be Yellow?

October 3, 2013 - 8 Comments

Yes, yes it did. More on that, soon. Just call me Teaser McTeaserson.

Recipes

How to Make Really Good Fried Rice

October 2, 2013 - 6 Comments

So I had a request from one of our readers a couple weeks ago to do a post on fried rice. Fried rice is like a lot of dishes, in that everyone makes their own version. Ingredients can vary, and …

DIY

The Hall Half Bath Befores

October 1, 2013 - 16 Comments

Did you know the difference between a half bath and a powder room is just geographic jargon? Maybe when this room is done, I’ll feel fancy enough to call it a powder room, but for now–it’s a half bath. A …

Recipes

Autumn Soup & Salad: Roasted Squash and Sweet Potato Soup, with a Salad of Mixed Greens, Apples, Feta, and Cider Vinaigrette

September 30, 2013 - 5 Comments

I love Fall, and it seems like our weather knows Fall has arrived, because pretty much over night we’re all wearing jackets and the leaves are jumping off their branches. Every year when the weather changes, I just get so …

DIY

The Great Room is Painted!!!

September 30, 2013 - 24 Comments

Last week, we spent a couple hours two nights trimming out the entire great room, which took a long time considering so many doors and windows and cabinets and corners! And then Saturday, we knocked out all the rolling in …

Our Life

Costume Party Prep: Invitations

September 26, 2013 - 22 Comments

While we still have a lot of house prepping to do before we throw our costume party, we knew we had to get our invitations circulating. We went back to the format of our first party’s invitations and decided to …

Recipes

Braised Beef Shanks with Plums and Pearl Onions

September 25, 2013 - 2 Comments

My parents have a plum tree and this year’s crop was crazy. Like, plums out the ears. Every time we go out there, Greta picks 4 or 5 and eats them as she runs around the yard, leaving the pits …

Inspiration

A Journey in Indecisiveness and also Deciding On Our Main Paint Color.

September 25, 2013 - 18 Comments

We are no strangers to dark paint. Painting a few walls in our last home’s living room a blueish-greenish-almost black (Crave by Kwal Paint) made for one of our favorite before and afters. But I think there were a few …

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