Most people get suicide, I guess; most people, even if it's hidden deep down inside somewhere, can remember a time in their lives when they thought about whether they really wanted to wake up the next day. Wanting to die seems like it might be a part of being alive. I've read a few of… Continue reading Book Review: A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
(See the dress in 2014 here.) This dress is from H&M. It's a nice mid-season item, easy to wear in Fall and Summer. Today started out overcast and rainy and ended sunny and this worked well for most of that. My boots were a thrift store find at a Goodwill in Seattle when we were… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge – Day 9
(See this dress in 2014 here and in 2013 here.) After several days of heat and sun the weather has returned to a more familiar rain today, albeit a muggy and confusingly warm rain. It seemed like a good day for this dress, which is best worn with leggings. Especially when dealing with toddlers and… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge 2016 – Day 8
I'm clearly not here to impress anyone with my photography skills but I have to warn you that today is particularly unimpressive. Yeah. At least Pearl's head is mostly there. I took pictures (with a timer, obviously) early this morning before my parents came up from the big city to visit for the day. I… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge 2016 – Day 7
(See the dress in 2014 here and here and in 2013 here.) It is hot around here. Which is highly unusual for us so early in June. Who knows if it will last. Our grass probably won't. I've had this dress for years now (and pretty much just been wearing it the same way with… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge 2016 – Day 6
A Visit from the Goon Squad is Jennifer Egan's most celebrated novel (winner of the Pulitzer Prize) and so even though I hadn't really enjoyed her previous novel, The Keep, that much I was looking forward to reading this one. I didn't love The Goon Squad but it was an engaging read. Although the blurbs… Continue reading Book Review: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
(See the dress in previous years here and here.) Hey, a new background! Check out our crazy climbing roses. This dress is from Vero Moda and I bought in Prague way back in 2008. I had planned to wear a different dress today but the temperature has jumped up this weekend and so sleeves were… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge 2016 – Day 5
(See previous years here and here.) If I had thought ahead, I would have taken pictures first thing in the morning today - before we headed out to the beach where I sat in the sand with Pearl, waded through the waves, and generally had a fantastic time and came home with my dress wet… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge – Day 4
Tried for photos today while Pearl was awake. (She is not wearing a dress.) My dress is from Old Navy. (I think it's still on sale.) It's linen so it has a nice weight. I ordered it in a tall so that it would be more "Mom-appropriate". Old Navy's vanity sizing drives me crazy though.… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge – Day 3
Welcome! Happy Friday! Friday Favourites are where I spend one Friday a month talking about a book I've read and loved in the past. Ann Patchett is that rare author who straddles the line between literary and popular fiction. By which I mean, she's approachable and readable for that reader off the street who might… Continue reading Friday Favourite: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
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