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  • Memorial Day Weekend Recap: Happy Hollow and Ardenwood Historic Farm

    It was a great three day weekend! I hope you all enjoyed your extra day off. We spent a lot of time with family, and Zoom adored seeing his twin cousins twice over the weekend. Here they are at Happy Hollow in San Jose on Saturday … now that they…

  • My Love and Prayers to Boston

    My love of Boston started when I first visited in 1996. I was on a trip to see two divinity schools, Harvard and Yale. At age 24, I traveled alone to see the two schools; an adventure that would shape my life. I took a huge suitcase, carrying more clothes…

  • $20 Thrift Store Challenge!

    This weekend I took part in the Young House Love $20 Thrift Store Challenge. We were in San Jose, and decided to see what we could find at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. If you haven’t been to the ReStore, it’s awesome. We found our medicine cabinets there at $125…

  • Three Ingredient Hot Chocolate

    This weekend, Zoom and I made hot chocolate. It was easy 🙂 1/2 cup chocolate chips, melted1/2 cup warmed milk1/4 teaspoon cinnamon Stir the milk and melted chocolate chips. Add 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Split into two mugs, and add another 1/2 of milk to taste. Rewarm if needed. Perfect for…

  • Favorite Projects of 2012

    This year has been such a journey for me, and for my little family. In February, after Sean had lost his job and we were a one income, we had to look for new ways to make the budget work. And after we did the math, well, we discovered we’d…

  • Interiors: Living Room Inspirations from Nell Hills

    A little more eye candy today from my recent trip to Kansas City 🙂 As I mentioned before my Mom and I met at the Nell Hills Briarcliff location as I was headed to drop off my rental car at the airport. We usually make a trip out to Atchison, but…

  • In Loving Memory of Jean

    Be like the birdwho halting in her flighton limb too slightfeels it give way beneath herand yet singsknowing she hath wings– Victor Hugo The quote first came in to my life when I was five or six. It was in a big glossy book, with pretty pictures of statues. I…

  • Home Update: The Yard, the Master Bedroom, and Baseboards

    We moved in to our home about three and a half months ago, and have been working on a bunch of renovation projects. Things happen a little each day, as we can get to them. Here’s a little recap on some of the work we’ve completed. I can’t wait to…

  • Wordless Wednesday: A Ride on the Niles Canyon Railroad

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