And just like that – a blink of an eye, a sharp intake of breath – we are at Jude’s 9th year. Nine years of fun, hilarity, and general awe of the person he has become. We had parent/teacher conferences on Friday and his teacher remarked how another set of teachers saw us passing by. […]

Internet, it is the Hot Mess Express for week 4 of the One Room Challenge (see week 1, week 2, week 3). Nickels cannot even with all the furniture moving and shuffling that is happening over here. I got the call on Friday morning that the sofa was going to be delivered (finally!) AND of […]

As I was brainstorming ideas for colorful fall decorating and table arrangements (Thanksgiving!!!), I kept coming back to the beautiful Hudson Grace shop in San Francisco. Matte black interiors, loads of bright white dishes and dark candles, a stack of colorful linen napkins, and the most curiously beautiful black flatware I’d ever seen. It felt […]

This weekend was a mix of a basketball game for Jude, errands, cleaning house, and naps. We’re on the downhill slide of October and Jude turns nine next week. NINE. Halfway to eighteen. Which means, to a mother, that we’re halfway to him leaving the nest and I cannot even begin to consider this. In […]