Category Archives: Beginnings
Spring cleaning
This weekend has been all about cleaning. Yesterday we went down to Redwood City and, along with Drew’s parents, cleaned the heck out of his grandma’s house, since she’s on her way back from Hawaii. It was a warm day … Continue reading
Filed under Nonfiction, Drew, Beauty, Beginnings, Awesome, Home improvements, Being a girl, Dreams, Self improvement, Love
Cribs
We keep telling ourselves we have plenty of time to get everything ready for this baby, and that’s kind of true. But we had our crib just sitting around in the box, so today we put it together. Here’s the … Continue reading
Filed under Beginnings, Drew, Home improvements, Pregnancy, Sentiment
Masterful suspense
My bff Liz, who is 19 weeks pregnant, is currently in the doctor’s office finding out whether she’s having a boy or a girl. All day long I’ve been getting texts and emails from her, saying “We find out today!!!” … Continue reading
Filed under Beginnings, Being a girl, Children, Friends, Love
This Girl’s Treasure
The other day Drew put on a jacket he hasn’t worn in over seven years (apparently) and said, “Oh wow, guess what I just found?” My first thought was Twenty bucks?? But what he showed me was kind of way better … Continue reading
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Better late than never
Drew and I are in the middle of moving, as I keep mentioning. In fact we have given ourselves a goal of being completely out of here and living there by next Sunday. Which is slightly daunting. This afternoon he went … Continue reading
Filed under Beginnings, Being a girl, Books, Home improvements, Sentiment, Writing
The Devolution of an Apartment
Because I missed the boat on having a comprehensive wedding blog (one of my top 5 regrets ever), I have become slightly obsessive about documenting everything just in case it’s important. Most lately, the devolution of our apartment. Here it … Continue reading
Filed under Awesome, Beginnings, Being a girl, Drew, Endings, Home improvements, Memoir, Nonfiction, Sentiment, Work
Setting a routine
We’ve been in our new place for a week now. I can now say comfortably that I do not think we made the worst mistake ever moving out of our apartment. (That was a very real fear a couple times … Continue reading
Filed under Beginnings, Being a girl, cars, Dreams, Drew, Exercise, Food, Home improvements, Memoir, Self improvement
2011 New Year’s Resolutions: Finis
Now is the time to look back on 2011 and see which of my New Year’s resolutions I accomplished. I’m happy to report that this year went pretty well! 1. Get off of unemployment In June of 2010 I finished … Continue reading
Filed under Awesome, Beginnings, Being a girl, Dreams, Drew, Endings, Family, Memoir, Nonfiction, Self improvement, Sentiment, Writing
The end of an era
Packing sucks. Two years and five months ago, Drew and I packed up all out stuff in New York and moved back to California. Since then we have apparently fooled ourselves that we’re minimalist – we are finding that we … Continue reading
Filed under Beginnings, Endings, Home improvements
