Author Archives: Jody

Mystery Solved: Geneva, not St. Charles

We headed back to the Our Sweetheart on Tuesday for the home inspection, otherwise known as When That Guy Terrifies You Six Ways to Sunday About Your Major Life Choice. On the up side, it gave us about three hours … Continue reading

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St. Charles Cabinets: The Prettiest Steel in Pittsburgh

In my previous post, I mentioned that we realized we didn’t want to spend 20% of the cost of a house fixing it up. Which is to say, doing work we’d have to do, just to make the place livable. … Continue reading

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Kate Spade Giveaway over at Modern Kiddo!

Check out this beauty of a bag that you can win over at my favorite blog, ModernKiddo! Head on over and try to win that baby! 0 Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share … Continue reading

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While We Were Out…

It’s been awhile, faithful readers! I hope there’s still one or two of you left. I was going to post about settling into our new life, but then work got crazy. Then I was going to post about looking for … Continue reading

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Oh, The Things You’ll Buy!

Congratulations! Today is your day! You’re off to a house! You’re off and away! Thanks, craigslist, for the table! But only five chairs?   This one’s a doozy. So who really cares?   On your walls, you have space! You could … Continue reading

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One year ago today…

… at this very moment, I was probably getting my vital signs taken, and the nurse was furrowing her brow. I had a fever–I’d said all night I did–and I was officially on infection watch. Which meant suffering through the … Continue reading

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Oh, how our lives will change.

Nothing like a flight on an airplane to bring on a quick-burn stuffy head flu virus. On the upside, judging from her screams when she sees the Blue Sucker Of Hate, Gillian’s lungs haven’t been aversely affected. (We only brought … Continue reading

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To Grandmother’s House We Go: Our Nation’s Capital

So we’re five days in, and it looks like the kids are mostly going to sleep when we want them to, and naptime is slightly less stressful than it was three days ago. Which means I actually have a spare … Continue reading

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Please, Yell at My Kid.

A few weeks ago, on Thanksgiving day, I heard my sister-in-law say, “No, Eliza! You’ll pinch your fingers!” from the other room. My mama instinct kicked in–heydon’tyellatmykid was the first thought–and the second was, Oh, good. I wasn’t there, but … Continue reading

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Product Review: The Applecore

As followers of this blog no doubt have realized, we have a cord problem in our apartment. The building is a pre-war, which means we have exactly eight outlets for all 680 square feet. How pre-war is it? So pre-war … Continue reading

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