SHOPPING
Design a little bit of good (FashionABLE and Alt)
July 17, 2014Here’s my little plea for some good on a Thursday afternoon when there is oh so much sad on the news. The lovely Alt team has teamed up with FashionABLE for a contest and though I’m clueless at design, I love both of these groups oh so much and I hope someone I know out […]
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Anniversary sale shopping, adventures with my dog nephew and oh so much sun on a Monday
July 14, 2014One of my very favorite people stopped in town with my favorite dog nephew the same weekend that my very favorite sale started at Nordstrom so we definitely spent some much needed time picking up goodies and catching up. We had a lovely lunch at London Plane and then did done serious shopping at the […]
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What I’m buying the Monday after camping the July 4th weekend now that it’s finally summer
July 7, 2014We can finally say it’s summer in Seattle. We completed our first camping trip in the Olympic National Park and the boys had a fantastic time. Me, I’m still a little wary about having only nylon protecting me from the wild outdoors, so I was really happy that our site (Willaby Campground if you’re curious-I’ll […]
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What Costco feels like when you’re five and how it makes me feel as a parent
July 3, 2014We went to Costco for the first time in ages. It was a zoo. It wasn’t Superbowl, or Black Friday, or even the night before Christmas but it felt like each cart was a bumper car with a mission to get groceries and get to the line with a personal best time. And this kind […]
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Because I survived two weeks while the husband was away in Japan shopping on a Monday
June 30, 2014So I did it. I totally survived even though I didn’t think I would ever be able to even take care of myself for the whole time without missing all the kids’ classes or blowing up the house in a disaster. I was alone with the kids for TWO WEEKS and we all are still […]
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The cutest little ice cream stand in Copenhagen (Oswald’s Isbar, Copenhagen)
June 18, 2014And maybe the sweetest ice cream man I’ve ever met. We biked to this adorable little neighborhood looking for the smallest hotel in Copenhagen and its coffee shop underneath after we had a lovely morning biking to an amazing playground and mirror house I saw on Pinterest. (Did I tell you we biked a TON […]
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10 loves on a Monday
June 16, 2014Oh, Monday. I need to list it today so that this wonderfulness gets out, but oh, how I’m feeling a case of the “is it 5-o-clock yet?” Mondays…. Today we love the USA. Not just because it’s fabulous, but because at 3pm two of our Seattle Sounders are playing in the World Cup. And you […]
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Little secret garden at Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wa)
June 13, 2014The hubby and I joke about how often we come to Pike Place Market. And since I decided that I love the mint ice cream at nearby Bottega Italia, I think we’ve been coming a LOT more than usual (We visited at least 8 times in the past couple weeks and each visit except our […]
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Running Mantra #1
May 29, 2014I am running again and as much as I sometimes dread it, it is so good for my health-especially my mental health. I find that when I run, I feel empowered, in control and strong and sometimes it’s just a nice way to concentrate on myself after hanging out with the kids and all their […]
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A few coloring resources my little world travelers (and I) can’t live without
May 28, 2014A few months ago I needed my guys to do some independent coloring and for some reason they chose flags, and I didn’t know at the time this would start a whole flag coloring madness in our house but now they’ve started a flag collection and have been coloring like crazy ever since. I […]
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Spring breakups on a fake Monday after a weekend of cleaning
May 27, 2014Just in case you thought it was all happy shopping here all the time, I have a confession. Because we order more online than most in this house, (the boxes show up here daily…) we get a lot of purchase mistakes. And because there’s been a string of them lately that have been costly in […]
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Local love on a Monday
May 19, 2014Happy Monday lovelies! I can hardly wait for the boys to go to school this morning because this book arrived in the mail this weekend and I haven’t had a chance to open it and read it yet. I love star signs and the fact that these Astrologers are twins is something very cool to […]
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Because men are so much harder to shop for on a Monday
May 12, 2014You know how when you go to any big box store the minute Halloween is over you are already too late to buy Christmas things because Valentine’s Day stuff has already thrown itself up all over it? Well, that is how I feel about Father’s Day. ALL the men in the family (especially my grandpa!) […]
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A love note to Airbnb from a family who used an Airbnb in Paris
May 6, 2014When we visited Paris with our kids, I wanted to re-visit this coffee shop my bestie took me when I went without the kids about a year and a half ago. It had a merry-go-round in front and so many adorable shops and bakeries nearby. So, when I found a nearby apartment on Airbnb, a […]
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When the founder of an awesome clothing company comes to your house (Sodo Apparel, Seattle, WA)
May 1, 2014I’m not exactly sure how this one happened, but I kind of just went with it and I think that’s the story of my life these days. (I’m trying to add a little more controlled Carpe Diem back into our lives now that the kids are getting older and we’re no longer in the double […]
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10 or so things I’ll probably buy at the Container Store before Monday
April 12, 2014Oh how The Container Store is brilliant. If it weren’t for my husband I’d be a clutterer/hoarder/disaster/junk heap but every time I walk into that store something overcomes me and I feel like I could be an organizational genius and everything wants to come home with me. So a few days ago I was invited […]
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Playdate Seattle is a fun place to play
April 6, 2014I forgot to post this one a couple of weeks ago and I totally need to because my kids really love it-I heard about Playdate Seattle ages ago and I typically hate indoor play-spaces, jumpy gyms and stuff like this so I just kind of ignored its hype when it opened. But then I heard […]
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A visit to the Seattle Macy’s Secret Garden
April 4, 2014I am a member of the Everywhere Society and Everywhere has provided me with compensation for this post about Macy’s. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed herein are my own. I have been obsessed with flowers since my college days when my bus would take me past the most amazing flower shop I’d ever seen. […]
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Sniffly Monday Shoe Shopping
March 31, 2014Usually I love Mondays. The kids are at school. The house is semi-clean. I have a little time to myself for running, grocery shopping and starting the week. But today I’m a little sniffly and all I want to do is cuddle up in a bed with a warm blanket and a cup of tea […]
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They’ve (sort-of)seen London, They’ve (sort-of) seen France (Family Travel Europe Research)
March 24, 2014Long ago when I was pregnant with my guys, we visited London and France to see my two besties who were living overseas. I can’t believe how much life has changed since then! Then last year, I went back to see S who was still there for a quick 3 night trip, my first away […]
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