Our Kitchen!

We finally got around to taking some somewhat decent photos of our kitchen now that it’s complete. Here’s a reminder of what we started with: And here it is today: We are thrilled with how it all turned out. It feels like a brand new kitchen, even though the cabinets are all original. And a…

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7 small things on a wednesday

I sort of think this post should be called ‘7 really enormous things on a wednesday’… because it’s been a whirlwind of really sort of big deal life moments. Here are a few:

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7 small things on a wednesday

it’s thursday… I blame an important screening of Lemonade last night (it gets better with each viewing) for the tardy nature of this post. But in the Queen’s words: I ain’t sorry.  

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Unsolicited advice: how to make friends as an adult

The last time I was tasked with the job of making new friends Abercrombie & Fitch was the main source of my clothing (that white eyelet ruffly mini skirt that fell exactly 1 inch below my tush was my pride and joy) and The Facebook was an actual physical book you received in your freshman orientation packet.…

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Luke at the Rodeo (we went, too)

 not my first rodeo This weekend our friends Frank and Katie invited us up to Fort Worth to the rodeo. The only comparable experience I have to the immediate and astounding culture shock I experienced at this event was when on my first day of meeting my home-stay family in Quito, Ecuador during study abroad…

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