Category Archives: Home improvements
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
Missing: Very Small Reward
We cannot find our can opener. Despite the fact that we have TWO of them. Despite the fact that Drew swears he’s seen one of them somewhere in the new apartment since we moved in. But we seriously cannot find … Continue reading
Filed under "Other people", Being a girl, Home improvements, Memoir
Shelve all the things
Last night Erin came over to the new place to help me go through this: After about an hour and a half, we took a break to get some water (and seconds of pizza) and admire how far we’d … Continue reading
Filed under Awesome, Books, Friends, Home improvements, Love
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
Airing My Previously Dirty Laundry
One of my New Year’s Resolutions was to submit a newspaper column once a month. I slacked off in February (hey, there was a lot going on) and while this one didn’t run until today, I submitted it back on Feb … Continue reading
Filed under Awesome, Being a girl, Home improvements, Memoir, 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
Ready to be moved already
Every morning this week, when I’ve gotten up and come out to the living room, my first thought is always, “We’ve been robbed!” I mean, I guess yeah, I would say I’m easily amused. Although…maybe I’m just going a little … Continue reading
Filed under Endings, Home improvements, Memoir, Nature, Sentiment
It’s Christmas in South City!
There’s this neighborhood in South San Francisco, where they must have some kind of agreement or something that you have to sign when you move in, because everyone goes crazy during the holidays. I love it. I aspire to one day … Continue reading
