We did it! We have our new kitchen! And when I say “we did it”, I mean “we survived with no kitchen for two weeks while builders did all the work.” But it feels like quite an accomplishment. Plus, the builders did a much, much nicer job than we would have. It looks gorgeous. (Secretly, [...]
It’s been busy around here, with one project in particular eating up lots of our time: we’re remodeling our kitchen. We’re replacing almost everything: cabinets, counters, floor, lights, some appliances. After a wild few weeks of decision-making – which we survived somehow, even though, under normal circumstances, we could have spent that long deciding about [...]
Snowpocalypse is what they’re calling the blizzard that hit the DC area yesterday, and it’s not far wrong: 20+ inches of snow on the ground, and it’s still coming. If you’re one of the unlucky 210,000 people without power, it’s pretty miserable. The roads are bad, and the government let us know that it won’t [...]
I had big plans for Labor Day – they involved a really long bike ride, followed by collapsing on the couch. But I woke up Monday morning to a slow, soaking rain and unrelenting grey skies, so I pulled the covers back over my head, slept a couple more hours, and decided to spend the [...]