Wabi-sabi is the Japanese concept of finding beauty in imperfection. Or so I’m told. I’m actually not that up on design philosophies. My kitchen has lots of wabi-sabi. A local company is having a contest to find the ugliest kitchen in the city; the winner gets their cabinets refinished. Here is the image that I […]
Confession Time: It’s been five years and I STILL don’t know how to get my child to go to sleep at night. And I’m a bit tired. A lot tired. My husband is a night owl, so I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised that our daughter, River, turned out to be a night owl […]
Sunday evening was a particularly bad evening for my five year old, River. As dinner approached, she complained nonstop – that pot roasts is just too smelly and those carrots are just so crunchy and mashed potatoes are way too mushy and her little sister is oh so pushy and on and on and on. My […]
In general, I don’t care much for fashion trends – although I really should admit that I’ve never been much good at it all when I’ve tried. Can you blame me though? The industry is so indecisive! Flip through the archives of any clothing magazine or blog and you find so many mixed messages: 2010: […]
Happy Birthday! And happy birth day to you, Tamara xxoo – Crystal Every time one of my daughters has a birthday, I buy myself flowers. Because I am proud of myself and who I’ve become. Because my life changed dramatically when I became a mother and when I became a mother again. Because I have grown as […]
I know, I know. As far as resolutions go, this one is kind of boring: January’s goal is to head to bed early, which doesn’t seem to need much explanation, right? But it’s not just about hitting the sack at 10:00 pm – there’s a bit more involved: I resolve to get the girls into bed at […]
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