Last year for Father's Day I found this free collection of vintage printable blueprints for everything from bicycles to airplanes to cameras. Because my husband and his father are both really passionate about playing guitar (his dad has an entire room devoted to it!) I decided to print out a few of … [Read more...] about A Very Cool, Totally Free Last-Minute Gift Idea For Father's Day!
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Blueprints and DIY Kitchen Cabinet Crown Molding
Our home renovation has been in progress for, um, five years. We bought our house five years ago so I feel like that is excellent progress. Except not. But what happened was, we started with a lot of enthusiasm and then we unexpectedly had a baby at 25 weeks and spent all our money on medical bills … [Read more...] about Blueprints and DIY Kitchen Cabinet Crown Molding
Scarlette Shenanigans, Sleepwalking and The Weirdest Week
It's been a weird week. For one thing, I've spent most of the week doing shots. Of Nyquil. I'm not even being facetious about that, I've been very sick and I literally lost the dosing cup because who can even keep up with those things? And just so you know, half of a shot glass is almost the same … [Read more...] about Scarlette Shenanigans, Sleepwalking and The Weirdest Week
A Light In The Darkness
I know. You thought this was going to be a touching, heartfelt story about how God lights a path for us in the darkness. I understand that, given the title and all. But, no. This is a story about that time Scarlette stole my flashlight. I mean, that is true of God but it is also true that I … [Read more...] about A Light In The Darkness
Scarlette's Room: Cute & Creative Wall Art With Storage Space
This winter we took a weekend and switched Scarlette's room and the spare room, which functions as my office. We mostly did it because it was time to convert Scarlette's toddler bed into a full and even though her room was the larger of the two, the positioning of the windows and closet doors meant … [Read more...] about Scarlette's Room: Cute & Creative Wall Art With Storage Space
The Redaction
I know I said I was going to write a funny story about Scarlette today. And I did, I wrote it all down and it was really funny. But then I read it over again and decided that it was the sort of funny story that should stay in the family album instead of on the internet. That offline book is filling … [Read more...] about The Redaction
