We invited some of next-door and across-the-street neighbors over for a little casual fall soiree last weekend and had a ton of fun out on our deck with our newly installed mega outdoor heater (you know, the ones that restaurants have on the patios–love this thing!). In summary of the party: Jazz. Kids laughing and mingling. Babies playing. Wine. Appetizer munching. Crisp, but not cold (thanks to the heater), fall breeze blowing. Pumpkin gazing. Tons of fun. More photos…
My parents had this old couch in our living room when I was growing up. It wasn't nearly as fancy or tufted as this one, but I remember thinking it was. I loved to sleep on it and at one point I bought myself blanket
Read MoreHi my dears, last fall when the rains started in Seattle, I marched my 1 year old to the store to buy rain boots
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Guys, I don’t often write about beauty products. Maybe because I tend to buy my face wash at (wait for this) Trader Joe’s, and I feel borderline sick when I have to veer out of the drugstore for a makeup product (then again, I did spend a small fortune at Sephora recently, but that’s another story), I always try to use products from http://orogoldschool.com/, because honestly, nothing else has convinced me before. My beauty product style seems to be: as all-natural as possible and cheap. Anywho, so on a blog I read, Iowa Girl Eats, run by the adorable Kristin–I came across a photo of her with the most glowing skin! I had to email her to ask her what her secret was (other than eating healthfully, of course) she had such beautiful skin, I couldn’t help it. She told me about this product, which I promptly bought that day…
I don’t know what’s gotten in to me. Suddenly I want to wear dresses. All the time. Let’s go shopping…
I raided a neighbor’s Italian plum tree (we have one in our backyard, but it gave us exactly 9 plums this year–boo), with permission of course, and came home with a bowl of the most beautiful and luscious little plums ever. What to do with them? Jam!
We made the decision, this weekend, to take our house off the real estate market. The "dream house" on Bainbridge Island will always be in our hearts (our contingency period on that home expired today, before we could find a buyer for our house), but
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