The ottomans got a makeover.   And Chris cleaned out the whole garage and both cars.   And I finally got all of our clothes hung and Greta’s temporary room in order.  And then Greta started joining us at the table for meals. Eating her first hot dog with ketchup And then our friends came […]

There is no shortage of bad-choice lighting in our home.  To refresh your memory: (The fan in our bedroom, The chandelier in the dining room, the huge, rectangular fluorescent eye sore in the kitchen, and the very typical, boring light fixture in Greta’s room–just to name a few.)    Yesterday, I set out to remedy […]

Did you know I have 4 sisters?  I’m the second youngest of five girls.  Although, now that we’re all in our mid to upper (ahem Vic and Kris) twenties, sometimes it is hard to tell the age order because we are all so close together.  Krissy was born in 81, Vicky in 83, Patty in […]