Bedtime Reading

We are all still enjoying our family vacation. On school nights we are pretty strict about bedtime. Lights out at 8:00 p.m. During this vacation, however, we are allowing the boys some time for bedtime reading with their new headlamps.

A few of my favorite things….on Etsy.

I love you collage by srcdore. It has sold.

Vintage photograph via 2bitsstudio. Nice collection.

Amazing Dress by Leanimal.

And the best for last — a gynormous scarf by Yokoo.
I just love her photos. You can see more of her work over on her Flickr account.

And in this corner….

…weighing in at 140 pounds is ….me.
I joined a gym today. Looks like I weigh 140 pounds. I weighed 141 this same time last year. I’m looking forward to getting into shape. This time I’ll actually take advantage of the complimentary hour with a personal trainer. I want to make [...]

Danny Seo – Green Remodel on Huffington Post

One of the blogs I read regularly is Danny Seo’s blog Simply Green. Danny has just bought a gorgeous mid-century modern home in Pennsylvania that is in need of a little care. In a few weeks Danny is going to start a weekly post on the Huffington Post that will chronicle the [...]

Rogues Gallery

I am a few days late reading the Sunday New York Times. In the magazine was a photo essay called “The Coats (and Dresses and Shirts) of Utopia”. One of the designers included in the spread was Rogues Gallery of Portland, ME. It sounds like they are a wildly successful little company [...]

Robert Carey Williams

I finished watching the first season of Project Catwalk. Pretty good. Episode 6 was my favorite. The designers were challenged to create a dramatic new outfit for an editorial fashion shoot using only secondhand clothing. The inspiration and special host for the show was Robert Carey Williams. Apparently he [...]

Winter Tie Dyes

We had such a nice day today. Drew set up the chimney thing outside along with some milk crates with cushions. I set up everything for the boys to make tie dye t-shirts. It was just …. so nice. A good day. Perhaps we should go outside more often.

Eulogy for Mom

My mom passed away on October 10, 2007. For a while now I’ve been thinking about sharing the eulogy I wrote for her. I am proud of it because it accomplished what I wanted — it made people laugh and remember my unique mom. I’ve held off putting it on my blog [...]

Happy Holidays

Portsmouth looks pretty tonight.

Project Catwalk

This holiday season Youtube is the gift that keeps on giving. Last night I settled down to see if the Project Runway Canada finale had been uploaded — it hadn’t, but what I found instead was Project Catwalk. It is the UK version of Project Runway. Elizabeth Hurley is the host. [...]