Category: Life with Mr. Marvelous

  • Priceless.

    Time in which I have been married to Mr. Marvelous: 6 years, 7 months, and 7 days. Time in which I’ve been daydreaming about having a baby with Mr. Marvelous: (at least) 6 years, 7 months, and 7 days. Time since we were told we might not be able to have children of our own:…

  • Weekend Recap (or diary of green paint gone wrong)

    After a fun yet exhausting week with A and B, the boys packed up and hit the road to Michigan on Friday to spend time with the grandparents. Mr. Marvelous also left on Friday morning to spend the weekend in North Carolina with his parents. I elected to stay home, thinking that a long weekend…

  • Summer Vacation

    I took this week off from work to spend with my nephews, A and B. That word, “nephews,” doesn’t really do justice to our relationship. Perhaps I should rephrase and tell you that I took this week off from work to spend with my best friends, A and B, and that I have been looking…

  • Kitchen Update, Summer 2009

    I am excited to reveal the finished product of our kitchen shelving project! The simple back story is that we had a big empty wall in the kitchen that needed some attention. I knew that I wanted open shelving on the wall to match the style and feel of our kitchen cabinets, but I assumed…

  • The Simple Things

    A sweet friend paid me a very nice compliment this week. She said “You do a great job capturing the simple, but wonderful, things in life.” How kind is that? I wanted to earn that compliment, so my eyes were open all week for the simple and wonderful things. Like the darling kitty who found…

  • Weekend Round-Up

    I was inspired by the inspiration images in my last post to add some artsy family photographs to my office at work. Sadly, I spend more waking time here at this stage of my life than in my precious home, ahem, so I might as well fill this office with images of those who are…

  • New Old House Updates, April 2009

    We worked worked hard this weekend on lots of projects around the new old house. A few of these projects we actually completed and I’m happy to have the pictures to show for it! Last month, Mr. Marvelous and I snagged this solid wood table at a local antique store for just $55! I was…

  • I Love . . .

    I love white bathrooms. I love streams of natural sunlight in white bathrooms. I love lanterns. In any room. They make me happy. I love Lake Michigan. I love being with my love on Lake Michigan. I love bright, white kitchens. I love to bake in my bright white kitchen. And boy do I love…

  • And it was good.

    We had a WONDERFUL time in Charleston! I had been to Charleston twice before, but never for more than an afternoon, and I’ve always wanted to explore the city. We took a taxi from the airport straight to our hotel in the historic district-“on the battery.” No need to rent a car, we walked everywhere.…

  • Getaway

    We are not avid vacations. I am a homebody. Mr. Marvelous is a saver. Combined together, most weekends of our six years of marriage have found us content at home-me trying to find the perfect place for my latest Pottery Barn purchase and Mr. Marvelous reviewing our checking account online questioning “you spent how much…