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Some Holiday Highlights | 2015

January 9, 2015 - 23 Comments

I hope you don’t mind if I step away from our usual talking points today to share with you some highlights from our holiday in a mostly picturesque way with some disjointed text thrown in for memories’ sake. It was …

Recipes

Light, Flavorful, Comforting. Let’s Make Some Pho.

January 8, 2015 - 24 Comments

So it’s a new year, and a fairly standard resolution is to eat healthier. That goes good for a few days, but pretty soon we remember that it’s still the middle of freaking winter and we need warm, comforting foods …

Decor

Molded Plastic Chairs for Every Style and Budget (and In Our Dining Room, Too!)

January 7, 2015 - 47 Comments

Over the holiday break, we got new dining room chairs! We were hosting my whole family on the 26th and our old dining set we bought when we got married was in rough shape. The table has scratches and paint …

DIY

The BIG Projects Comin’ Atcha | 2015

January 5, 2015 - 22 Comments

I hope you all had a great holiday. Ours was truly amazing. We unplugged and spent time with family and now reality is hitting me like a ton of bricks this morning. I must do a recap on the highlights …

DIY

The Most Popular Project from Each Month | 2014

December 31, 2014 - 4 Comments

Happy New Year! When I think about 2014, I get overwhelmed. It was a good year and a hard year, too. We couldn’t feel more grateful to be on this end of it. I plan on diving back into another …

Our Life

And Now, Our 2014 Christmas Card

December 22, 2014 - 8 Comments

We are taking this week to spend time with our families from all over the world (okay, Mexico, Pittsburgh and Utah) that are in town for Christmas! With all 4 of my sisters here, there will surely be too many …

DIY

Yearly Report Card: 2014

December 19, 2014 - 11 Comments

We have made it a tradition around here to make a post in the first week of the year about what projects we’d like to get done over the course of the year. They are our very favorite to look …

Recipes

The Perfect, Traditional Pot Roast

December 17, 2014 - 23 Comments

I think every home cook goes through a period of complexity. I partly blame Pinterest, but I’m sure there’s something deeper, too – superiority complex or need for change or something like that. I’ve gone through my own period of …

Art, DIY

Free Printable! | Blank Family Tree

December 16, 2014 - 20 Comments

Last year at this time I posted about a family tree I made as a DIY gift idea. You can see the whole post here. I just used black india ink to script the tree: And then filled in my …

DIY

A DIY Baby Gate

December 15, 2014 - 38 Comments

When we moved into our first home, Greta was about 14 months old and we used one of those cheap baby gates for a brief period of time–maybe a month?–before she got the hang of the stairs. I was so …

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