All Good Things

Oh, August.
You’ve brought me friends and family, trips to the seashore and little villages nestled in the hillsides, more fried foods than I can possibly cop to eating, and tons of laughter. You’ve also completely drained my energy (what little there was to begin with), depleted my bank accounts and brought me to the edge of a crying [...]

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Red, Red Wine

Ah, blessed quiet. Brian and I are currently decompressing after a week of hosting my mom and stepdad. God love my momma, because I sure do, but the woman cannot stop herself from saying something every five seconds. Observations, running commentary, you-name-it…she says it. Still, I managed not to let my inner 14-year-old loose and my [...]

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Light a Match

All right, all right, all right. Brian and I are now the proud owners of a brand new matching loveseat and sofa. Aw, we’re all grown up now. It’s strange seeing this furniture in our living room, but it’s a helluva lot nicer in here now. Less like a college apartment. It only took us over three [...]

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Sit Down, Baby

A while back Brian and I took a look at the dismal state of our living room and decided there was no way in hell that a crapped-out, cat-scratched, brokedown loveseat and tv-trays-as-end-tables were going to stage well. It was either buy some new pieces or rent them out when the time comes to show [...]

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There’s a price to pay, for a wish to come true

My friend has come and gone; she took a little piece of my heart back to Seattle with her. We spent a too-short weekend laughing and talking, stopping only to drink copious amounts of white wine. It thrills me that we still have so much to talk about. Sure, we relive the old stories- and [...]

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