I bought our first “real” sofa today, which is to say I bought our first overpriced, not that well made, new sofa today. The tossup was between Ikea and Rooms-2-Go. The brown modular 4 piece sectional at R2G won out based on how well I think it will hold up with two active children and [...]
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“In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.”
Posted in Home on November 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”
Posted in BellaGrace, Home, Max, School on August 26, 2009 | Comments Off
enough time to relax and write, but not enough time to dive into reading school stuff – this is my wednesday during the three hours max is away from home. there is some cooking and playing with bella to be done, some surfing on the net and of-course, some snuggling.
bella visited her classroom for a [...]
Lessons From Children:
Posted in Family, Home, Words on July 28, 2009 | Comments Off
it takes the average child about 20 seconds to undo a days worth of housework. it takes my children about half that amount of time. talk about a lesson in detachment to the fruit of one’s labor.
Paint
Posted in Home on March 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve never walked into someone’s house and thought, I want these colors on my walls. It is very hard to get paint shades/tones/glosses just right to satisfy my senses. Its an individual thing, colors on walls. I’ve seen plenty of magazines and design shows with the perfect wall colors and wall [...]
New Stuff.
Posted in Home on March 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
When I thrift store shop, I always see stuff I want but won’t let myself buy. Usually, said stuff is furniture, which is expensive. Instead, I look for practical items five bucks and under, like vintage linens for our beds and kitchen or vintage items for storage purposes. Whenever I come across a $130 [...]
