The Life I Have Imagined

Well it's been a long time since I posted. The kids are teens and almost 15 now.  They are so tall, I wasn't ready for them being ta...

Which is my favorite month by far, but it's been a crazy year for us all. I started a post back in the winter about the seemingly pressi...

After I finished my full time on-site seven week project in December (my first since the twins, after several false starts), I didn't...

I haven't been much of a blogger lately, but I have been slogging it out for awhile.  I'm entering my seventh year, though it has b...

The struggle is real... Our babies turn four next weekend and we'll all be off to the city for a packed long b-day weekend.  We...

Some people are happy with new constructions on clear cut lots, but not this one.  Give me a 1960s Robert Parker Coffin design.  This one i...

We are rounding the final month to three, which is crazy...  Even though it has felt like winter for weeks, it's been a busy fall aroun...

Happy New Year!  First of all, can I ask how the heck is it 2014?!  I've been out of college almost (ahem) 15 years, and HS nearly (c...

As I continue to ponder whether to send the kids to preschool before next fall, this is definitely for the annals of nerdy suburban parent,...

The kids turned 14 months old yesterday.  The months are really flying now.  The saying that the days are slow, but the years are fast is d...

As I am looking at pre-pre-schools for the kids, it has gotten me thinking about real school, like kindergarten (hold me).  As I've...

We're keeping busy in these early fall days.  After having a house full of all sickies last week, including the kids' first bout w/...

I like to think of myself as a goal oriented person, as many people do, but I think I'm actually more of a planner. And I think of goa...

It is so wild that we are approaching the holiday season.  How is Thanksgiving next week already? I love Thanksgiving. We'll be chilli...

We have hot water!  This is a major accomplishment after 12 days without any.  They are coming back tomorrow to finish and install the new f...

Well, the good news is that we've finally decided on the new systems and hope to have them installed this week (and on stilts!).  The ba...

We have babies the size of avocados!  I love avocados! :)  It's crazy how much I'm feeling them.  I can only imagine what it will be...

We are still "camping" over here...  Did I mention I abhor camping?  Still no a/c or hot water, boo!  The a/c guy is coming tomorr...

Oh you know what they say about best laid plans?!  We didn't get our radon mitigation this weekend, or me to prenatal yoga.  We had the ...

And we're going from lemons to apples and oranges! :)  I can not wait to see the babies again on Tuesday, I'm just dying of anticipa...