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I am a wife, mother, and attorney, but not always in that order. I am also phenomenally indecisive, except when it comes to my husband, the Mister, and our boys--they are an easy commitment to make, and I write about them often. I devote the rest of

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  • The Lowly Bean and Other Food-Based Adventures

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 14:38 in entertainment, ideas, the boys

    Not to be out done by his older brother, Nicholas made his own sunflower seed-butter and jelly sandwich yesterday.  (Nut allergy, remember?) Cooking with children being what it is, a certain Beagle named Buster waited patiently for disaster to ens...

  • The {Almost} Black Kitchen

    Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 14:51 in budget, design, ideas, remodel, things i thought you might like

    I thought I would share the project I was working on so diligently while Rembrandt was working on the sofa and chair.  But first, a back story. When we moved into this house three years ago, we knew we would have to remodel the kitchen.  The turquo...

  • How to Remove Permanent Marker Ink from Fabric

    Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 18:34 in ideas, what the?

    {the very bad before} Ah, good times. Tackling this mess took some doing.  The items I used to clean up the permanent marker are as follows: FOLEX Lift Off No. 3 Oxi Clean Rubbing Alcohol Tide with Bleach Alternative Tide Stain R...

  • The Assignment

    Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 18:22 in ideas

    Mikey starts kindergarten on Wednesday.  He is attending the same Catholic elementary school I did as a child, which pleases me to no end.  Growing up without extended family in a new country means everything is new, including your history.  I us...

  • Sheltered

    Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 13:13 in ideas

    Yesterday on The Bright Side Project we featured photographer Rachel Ballard and her carnival series.  As I stared at her images and later wrote the post, I couldn’t help but feel like I was missing something.  Aside from my Catholic elemen...

  • Blog Crush | Inchmark

    Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 15:58 in design, ideas, beauty, fun, inspiration, crafts, raves, things i like

    Image © 2009 by Brooke Hellewell Reynolds of Inchmark.  Originally posted HERE. I have been reading Inchmark for a very long time but never linked to it anywhere. Clearly a mistake on my part (you know how careless I am with the whole linking pro...

  • Treating Allergy Attacks

    Posted on Thursday January 8th, 2009 at 21:06 in health, budget, love, ideas, the boys, i'm still crazy

    When you are 4 years old, and you’ve had a long, hard day at work playing with kids who have cats for pets, often the best thing you can do is sneeze, itch, and come home and have a good cry. Preferably on watercraft-sized breasts, which I can...