Category Archives: Living

  • Vegan Living

    Posted on April 2, 2012 by in Cooking, Living

    Yup, I’m converting to vegan-ism.  It’s going to take a long time, probably in large part because I LOVE cheese, but I’ve been doing a lot of research and soul searching, and I think I’m ready to take the plunge.   Marty’s mostly on board, but he’s even less willing to give up cheese than [...]

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  • Preparing for Spring

    Posted on February 28, 2012 by in Living

    Yesterday I talked about my plans for one of the loveliest times of year: Easter. But before we get to Easter, we’ll hit spring. And I have three major agenda items on my list for spring this year: (1) move in and get settled into a rental, (2) green my cleaning, and (3) start growing things.

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  • Fall Preview

    Posted on August 26, 2011 by in Living

    This year for fall, instead of making big project lists that I may have no hope of completing, I’m simply going to pick one thing to try each week.  Now, technically, fall runs between September and December, but in my mind fall begins September 1 and runs through about early November.  At that point I’ll [...]

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  • Coastal Confessions

    Posted on June 16, 2011 by in Decorating, Living

    I mentioned yesterday that Marty and I plan on moving to Virginia this year.  His job may require him to be in DC, but if it doesn’t, I’d love to live either near Richmond, where my little sister is going to start graduate school (seriously, that chicadee is super smart – she’s going there to [...]

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  • Who is that Doggy in the Window?

    Posted on February 10, 2011 by in Living

    That’s our new dog Bo!!  Bo is 10 months old and he just came with us on Saturday from a Newfoundland rescue.  He has a little bit of Newfoundland, Labrador Retriever, Collie, potentially some Terrier, and Lord-knows-what-else in him, but he’s super cute and we couldn’t be happier to finally have a dog!  Although he’s [...]

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