I happened to be thinking about the house we left behind almost six months ago (!) and I realized that I never posted about our basement refinish. We enjoyed the completed space for two of the seven years we lived there; not nearly long enough.I think part of the reason…
This isn’t my typical blog-worthy material, but it consumed so much of my life this month that I felt the need to document. When we moved to California, we expected to hook up our electric dryer on move-in day. The dryer was a trusty appliance that had dried hundreds of…
A couple of months ago, right after Troy was finally able to walk again and the worst months of pregnancy were behind me, we woke up to no power one morning. Troy had to get to work but was unable to open the garage door with the power outage. His parents…
We’ve held off on making a lot of changes to our early 90’s home because we’ve always thought we were just here temporarily. But fast forward five years, and we’re still here. We decided it was time to start updating some rooms to look a little more 21st century (I…
Nesting is in full swing for me. The last few months of pregnancy are when I feel my best, funny enough. It doesn’t quite make up for feeling debilitated the first four months, but I am appreciating the extra surge of energy. The nesting hasn’t transitioned over to any prep…
Scene: Our house. 10:12am. Sunday morning. I knew we couldn’t go more than a week before the next catastrophe hit our home. The fact that it had been almost two weeks since the last malfunction should have been our first indicator that we were past due for the next problem. It…
Our photos are full of celebrations, vacations, and family adventures. But the memories I find myself already sifting through the past to find are the ones that I didn’t think to photograph. I don’t ever want to forget the unique texture and tones that make up our family’s life from…
The Joys of Homeownership: Troy called me at 6am on the other morning to let me know that our basement flooded. A pipe broke and left us with over a foot of water in the lower section of our basement. The water was so high that a whole step was…
