Hello Fall

It’s officially fall – my favorite season of all. And to celebrate the beginning of the new season, I had the whole family work on an autumn wreath that now hangs on our front door. The autumn wreath was actually a kit. It was on sale (75% off) when I...

Monster Sunflowers and Birds on Wires

Boy, they (whoever they are) weren’t kidding when they named these plants Monster Sunflowers. Troy planted the seeds in between the bushes on the side of our house leading to our front porch and they grew to be at least 8 feet tall over the summer! The leaves...

Recreating Our Not So Big House

My family lives in a small condo in a nice, quiet neighborhood. So quiet, in fact, that it can get really depressing during the winter. When we bought this place, Troy and I thought it would be the perfect transition from an apartment to a real house. We said we were...

New York 2009, Part 5: In Summary

This post is the last part of a 2-week series about my recent vacation in New York. To conclude my trip (at least for this year), I would like to share 5 things I love about New York: 1. I love that streets are always bustling with activity, like an endless pool of...

New York 2009, Part 4: Visited Places

This post is the 9th part of a 2-week series about my recent vacation in New York. I’ve been mentioning that this series of posts is about my trip to New York, but so far, it would seem that I was barely in New York. Rest assured, in between our out-of-state...