Emery places at Maple Leaf Run
The big Maple Leaf Festival weekend is over in Baldwin City, Kansas… whew! I really love Maple Leaf, but it really is tiring and makes me feel like I didn’t have much of a weekend at all. Over the years, we have become known for our elaborate Halloween display and it takes a lot to...
First 5K down!
Rather than bore everyone with a recap of Color Run – Lawrence, since pretty much everyone knows what it is about by now… Let me just say that I had a great time and am looking forward to my next 5K! I will be running Maple Leaf 5K in my little town of Baldwin City...
not really a run… more like a jog…
As a mom of five boys, it is easy to forget to do things for me. Between having a baby permanently attached to my body the moment I get home, to running the older boys to their activities, it is easy to get lost in all that. For the last couple months, I have been...
Nigel the Lemon Tree
The entry way is in need to some sprucing up. There are a number of items on my list if terms of a makeover… The pictures that are running up the staircase are not the right proportions and I want to do a gallery wall I think? The entry tends to collect “things” and we...
Hello… hello…. hello…
Wow… a bit dusty around here, yes? It isn’t that there is a lack of projects going on around here… there is a lack of time to post! I really need to figure out a more streamlined manner to take pictures, edit and add watermarks, upload, etc. (If anyone has any tips for me on...
matching game for Modernist families
Steven made a neat little find at Half Price Books… This little matching game by Binth is really modern and cute! So much more chic than the regular Memory game cards! I really love the designs and the edited color palette. And I might add… Bowie is really good at this game. He has a...
the thinking chair (and a birthday!)
Steven finished sinking nailheads, wood-filling and sanding the hallway floor. Whew! After a coat of primer, some black paint (Silhouette by Martha Stewart), and some satin sealer, we are so much closer to a finished hallway. It will be awhile before we have “finished / after” photos for you since the reading nook and bookcases...
Historic roofing for modern times
Due to a summer storm, we are putting a new roof on our home. It was really interesting to talk with the insurance adjuster that came out. He was very surprised that our asbestos-concrete shingles were in near perfect condition. Unfortunately, the hail broke a few of our shingles and these are non-replaceable. I had...
Goodbye, sweet girl…
For our children, Cross Check has always been there. She joined our family when Emery was a baby. She was always happy to see us; her face would light up and she would wag with her entire hind-end. She was never aggressive and tolerated baby’s tugging on her ears and younger dogs nipping at her...
the painted hallway
The hallway is looking a lot less scary these days. We have more work to do, but the list is getting shorter and a lot less daunting! Scrape off popcorn ceiling Mud ceiling Patch holes, skim, sand Wood-fill trim as needed Caulking Install quarterround Prime everything Paint (texture) ceiling (Irish Mist) Paint walls (Newsprint) Paint...
Tatum Evan, 9 months
Mister Tatum Evan is now 9 months old… we are rolling up on his first birthday soon. What a wonderful age he is in. He has been crawling for months, and walking along the furniture for a couple months…. which makes for a lot of “no-no” and “no-thank-you.” But really, he is a wonderful baby....
hallway painting
I was eager to share a picture of the new light fixtures that Steven installed. We have two of these replacing the original gass-electric fixtures in the hallway. These Allen + Roth fixtures came in oil rubbed bronze, or ORB for you hipsters, but I wanted flat black to match the rest of the home. ...
