celebrating the journey. surviving the everyday.
“Politeness is a way of showing externally the internal regard we have for others. Good manners are the shadows cast by virtues.”- Fulton Sheen Manners. No one seems to talk about them anymore, but they haven’t stopped being important. There’s a reason moms and dads raised their children for a long time, reminding them (drilling …
Once, when Jacob was a little boy, he was watching a “The Making of Spiderman.” He was mesmerized over on my bed, staring into the backstage world of this super cool movie. When it got to the famous upside down kiss part, I cringed. Great scene, fun idea, something everyone I know wouldn’t mind trying–kissing …
There’s a difference, isn’t there? Between settling in for something. Getting cozy, getting familiar with it. Settling in to a new job, a long run, a strong marriage, a first apartment. It takes time, it takes practice, it takes learning from mistakes and it takes dedication and desire to make it work, to make it …
In my humble and unsolicited opinion, there are five rules, not recs, for making a space feel like a home. Making it feel clean, happy, smart and comfy. I’m not talking about “a decorator came in here and I custom ordered everything, so it will be cool now but not in three years” kind of …
I dreaded turning 40. In my recent memory, I haven’t actually reacted to a number so violently and with such trepidation! All those stupid tombstone cake toppers, all those black shirts with pathetic hills on them–was that really going to be me, me who still feels like she did when she was “young and alive” …
I piddled through one of our downtown Boise store’s the other day called Mixed Greens. Cute little store with a Restoration Hardware/Anthropologie feel. Idaho souvenirs, jewelry, succulents…it’s quirky and fun and a great place for gifts (for someone else or a “just because”). And they have these cute cards on display around the store…for 50 …