So… we had to redo our sewer line. The best case scenario was that it would cost about $2400. If the water line got in…
Silent Art Auction for Project Grow this Sunday
Grow Show Sunday, story May 23rd, 5pm – 10pm The Cleaners at Ace Hotel 403 SW 10th and Stark Portland, Oregon Silent Auction A fundraiser…
Doggy Chronicles: Thirteen Months
We’ve had beautiful Mississippi for thirteen months now. We started her in a new dog training class. I wanted to sneak in one more class…
Happy House Work
We had a productive weekend getting house stuff done. We’re getting down to more fun stuff like gardening and fixing up rooms. Our house is…
Sugar Cube, I heart You Big Time.
Ohhhh. Myyyyy. Gaaawwwd. I just had the best brownie sundae of my life. But lets back up first. A month ago I had a test…
giggle bubbles
The night we got the keys to our home, we met with our realtor and looked around the house for a while, imagining how we…
Back on Track
I’m feeling much better. I had enough energy to empty out a couple more boxes from my office yesterday. We had a very lovely dinner…
A Weekend Getaway
We snuck away from the boxes for the weekend and headed up to the Hood River area of Oregon. We stayed at the Mt Hood…
One Year in Portland
We’ve lived in Portland Oregon for one whole year now. In that time we’ve gotten a dog, got pregnant and bought a house. We’ve been…
Portland Realtor Recommendation for Benjamin Rice
If you’re in Portland Oregon and you’re looking for a great realtor, I’d like to suggest ours. Benjamin was great throughout our entire house hunting…
University Falls Hike
I looked in our Portland hikes book for the easy hikes that allow dogs and we decided on the University Falls hike starting at Roger’s…
Grey Day
Well, the amazing fluke of an early spring is now gone and we are back to very dark, grey, wet skies here in Portland. I…
The new ugly green chair
I have really bad luck with office chairs. I have been through quite a few, from several stupid Office Depot varieties to a few very…
the baby bump at 14 weeks
Yep, I’m 14 weeks and I’m definitely looking pregnant. Things are pretty easy right now. I just get tired. I have funky sharp pains in…
Dark Malaise
No, it’s not a rich, chocolaty dessert, it’s how I feel today. I feel like I’ve been sitting alone in this house for a thousand…
Nesting
As if having a baby wasn’t excitement enough for us, we’re also buying a house. All the cool kids do the baby/house combo so we…
Sunday Brunch and the 11th week
This weekend we invited over just about everyone we know in Portland. I made quiches, biscuits, and two kinds of coffee cake. We had a…
December 2009 sky
This is what December looked like in Portland
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! I hope you are having as magical a time as we are having. Christmas eve we went over to Mo’s house for roast…