In the words of S Club 7, there ain’t no party like a Pinterest party. As I’m sure many of you know, Pinterest is addicting. You can go through pictures for hours and pin hundreds of recipes and DIY projects that you’ll never make, dozens of clothing items that you’ll never buy, and a few […]
Tidbits and Treats
City Christmas-ing
What a (Windy City) weekend! I’m still catching up on sleep after an energy-packed three days in Chicago. The holiday season is one of my favorite times of year to be in the city, and it was fun to take a trip back to visit friends and see my old view decked out in Christmas […]
Soup’s On At Panera Bread
It took a little strategy – and more than a little sparkle that wound up in our hair, on our clothes and all over the house – but our inaugural Arizona Christmas tree trimming is now complete! Bobby and I stayed up until the wee hours last night putting it together. The tree used to […]
All Is Calm, All Is Bright
The holiday spirit continued for us over the weekend, as we decked the outside of the house with Christmas cheer. Our neighborhood has some incredible light displays – including one house who went all out with decorations everywhere – and so we were inspired to create our own unique assortment of tree lights, icicles, snowflakes […]
Nine Is Fine
Things are starting to come together around here. We’ve had an exciting week of furniture delivery – since I took that “part-time job” as Craigslist poster back in September – and after one particularly amusing scene where Mama Bender and I somehow managed to hoist a mattress up the stairs (those things are heavier than […]
An Air Heart Auction
Thank you all SO much for the kind comments on our house (and kitchen)! Bobby and I have enjoyed reading every single one of them and your support, as always, means the world to both of us. Speaking of support, I am excited to share a guest post today from a truly inspiring and wonderful […]
Homeowners
The past few days have been a whirlwind. After signing the final paperwork, we received a call Friday morning with big news: our house was officially “our house!” I had to impatiently wait most of the day to pick up the keys because of work projects, but it was worth it. After an initial walk […]
Is This Real Life?
Post title courtesy of David After Dentist, who also led me to this video. So cute! Now where was I? Oh yeah. A funny thing happened last night! One minute I was at the Bender home, minding my own business, and the next I was in an office with Bobby and a notary, walking through […]