While Luke and I were waiting for the plumber to show up at the new house today (he never did), we decided to go explore part of the yard an...

On a brighter note, my new studio is almost done - I've been painting and painting (a bright clean pure white) and I just have some trim...

Sadly, there are mean people in the world who just wouldn't let a fun little business alone - they had to spam my guestbook with all of ...

This is so fun. The seller of our house called yesterday to wish us happiness in our new home and to give me some details about what's g...

...and other reasons to move. Luke and I have a difference of opinion on what would be a good selling point. I like to have a clean sink wi...

It's that limbo thing - being busy but not feeling like I'm moving ahead, and having to stop and wait be patient at the same time - ...

Stopped at Starbucks today and was served my favorite beverage (a grande no-whip mocha in case you didn't know) in their new holiday cup...

What a whirlwind this past 20 days has been! Everyone (except the sellers) thought the contract said we were closing on the 18th... but NO -...

Something magical about my new house that I forgot to write about: this summer Luke and I went to tour a home in Edmonds that was next to an...

And it feels like it's almost time to start over again. May this house please sell quickly and easily so I can stop cleaning and scrubbi...

But it is just not going to happen - it's just too big a mess to deal with and all the other things would not get done. I'd also lik...

Or, so the boys think... Luke needed the jacks, Frank needed the seeds... I would have been happy having whole, cheery pumpkins on my porch ...

That was our Halloween night. I brought the camera but left the media card in my printer - so no pictures even of my little green Power Rang...

Luke has had two birthday parties, one Halloween party, my parents have been in town, we bought a house and got another one ready to sell an...

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Of course I'm thinking about this a lot as I work my butt off trying to make my current home sparkle so it can go on the market... what ...

We got the house!!!! I never even said where it was, did I? It's in Edmonds. It's right next door to an elementary school, it's ...

I submitted the offer all by myself. And by that I mean pretty much all by myself... with just a tiny bit of help from my agent who is on va...

I found our new house. I love it. It's beautiful. It's fantastic. It's almost everything I want. And guess what? Frank is in Ind...

Had thought to be spending the day with a friend who is in town, but that didn't work out, so decided to get those Halloween decoration ...