Favorite things

6-9 month essentials.

March 17, 2012

I’m continuing my series of posts on the gear that we ended up using for baby (previous ones here and here). It’s amazing how most of the things that were absolutely essential during the first months are relegated to the closet now. With Meret becoming so much more mobile during months six to nine, here’s [...]

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Wise words.

January 17, 2012

This quote is massively inspiring to me right now: I wish I had known that many of life’s great moments are missed because we are afraid of being tired, cold, wet, hot, hurt, or embarrassed. Push through those fears. Great adventure awaits. via Living With Kids: Rachel Peters.  

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Eat your lipstick.

January 3, 2012

Did you know that whatever we put on our skin actually enters our bloodstream? I used a transdermal birth-control patch for a short time, and wow, that made me think. And I started looking at the ingredients in the lotion that I was rubbing over my entire body. The way I see it now, putting [...]

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Baby Essentials: my 3-6 months list

January 2, 2012

A while back I posted my list of essentials for a newborn baby. Babies change so fast, and they cycle through gear just as fast! Assuming you already have clothes, diapers, a place for baby to sleep, and a car seat, here’s the other stuff that we really used during months three to six (along [...]

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Succulent wreath, one year later.

December 6, 2011

I got this lovely succulent wreath for our front door last year. After a year of spotty watering and general neglect, it was looking sad. So I finally grabbed a bunch of little plants at the farmers’s market and spent an evening poking them into the wreath. before:     after: I think I need [...]

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Hung out to dry.

November 3, 2011

This blanket was mine as a baby. Aren’t the little appliqué outfits cute? The green romper has a functioning pocket — as a child, I loved putting things in the pocket.

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Newborn essentials: a list.

September 8, 2011

Because I always enjoy reading these lists when other people post them, I’m sharing my essentials for the first three months with a baby. It’s so overwhelming when you are pregnant, trying to figure out what you REALLY need. We didn’t need much with a newborn, but some of the things we did need surprised [...]

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[Favorite things] White porcelain

April 18, 2011

When we registered for wedding gifts, I was lucky to choose simple white porcelain for every day use. Twelve years later, it still looks great — not dated, like the other patterns I was considering. I’ve ditched some pieces I didn’t like and added to my collection from all sorts of places — white porcelain [...]

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Linen sheet fetish.

April 14, 2011

I’m a total junkie when it comes to bed linens. Seriously, I’m embarrassed to admit how many sets I’ve gone through in my quest for the perfect sheets. Jersey sheets that stretched out. Percale sheets that were scratchy. No-iron sheets that were treated with formaldehyde (oops!). Expensive sateen sheets that developed holes. Brightly patterned sheets that [...]

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Downton Abbey

March 8, 2011

Say you’re stuck inside because of bad weather, or feeling a little under the weather, and you’ve never met a British period drama that you didn’t like. I have just the thing: Downton Abbey. The new Masterpiece Classics show that the New York Times aptly describes as “Remains of the Gosford/Upstairs/Brideshead Revisited Park.” The setting is [...]

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