Still waiting on some warm spring weather …. at least the sun is nice and cheery! The photo above was taken close to 6am on Sunday. (Yes, I was up.) The sun was streaming in all of the windows on the front of the house, and I quickly grabbed my camera and started taking pictures. […]
We are (potentially) just a few weeks away from starting our kitchen remodel. As anxiety producing as that fact is for me, I am also seeing signs that it is “time”. Like the fact that our current kitchen faucet died on Friday. We have it on life support right now (can it last three weeks?), […]
I spent most of Wednesday on a field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago with my son’s 4th grade class. Between navigating the drive (all roads under construction, of course) and making sure all students, teachers and parent volunteers were present and accounted for (another mom and I co-chaired the program) I’m just a […]
Soccer tournaments can suck up all available weekend time. Thankfully, this weekend’s tourney was located in Hinsdale, IL, which has an ultra-charming downtown and tons of houses to admire. There were a lot of houses for sale, but the ones I liked were $2.0 million and up, so it’s not there was any seriousness to […]
Wednesday was here and gone in a flash. I had a long list of tasks, starting with cleaning the windows in one room, as I slowly make my way through the entire house. Two rooms down, and most to go. (Tasks as thankless as that have to be broken up or I’d never tackle them.) […]
