10 Things I Found in My Closet

This week’s Monday Listicles asks us to share 10 things from our closets. Ta da! A pile of clothes to be donated. An empty shoebox. A shoebox with unworn crosstrainers. A backpack filled with emergency supplies. Another backpack filled with… Read more10 Things I Found in My Closet

The Rich Are Different

I was reading this Expatria, Baby post about the flooding in Jakarta. We used to live in a crappy apartment. How crappy? For four and a half of the five years we lived there, we had almost no cold water… Read moreThe Rich Are Different

Parenting: Reality Check

I’m thrilled to be a featured writer at Studio30 Plus! I’m writing about one of the ways my real-world parenting has diverged from my theoretical, pre-Baguette parenting–and how maybe, just maybe, the two are getting closer: I used to imagine… Read moreParenting: Reality Check

Update: Baguette and Speech Therapy

Forgive me for the rambling post. It won’t be the last. Two months ago, I wrote that we were exploring speech therapy for Baguette, based on feedback from her school and our concerns about her confidence levels. While we were… Read moreUpdate: Baguette and Speech Therapy

Top 10 Movie Quotes

This week’s Monday Listicles is 10 Best Movie Quotes. So if you’ve ever wondered what Mr. Sandwich and I sit around quoting, well, here’s your answer. And while we’re at it, do you recognize any of these? 1) “But I… Read moreTop 10 Movie Quotes

Update: We Have Heat!

This update is very out of date; we’ve had heat for about 6 weeks. But then there were the holidays, and Baguette got sick, and I got sick, and then work started, and that’s just how it goes. So, here’s… Read moreUpdate: We Have Heat!

Nearly Wordless Wednesday

So many blog posts, so little time! I have a number of posts in mind, some requiring a lot of photo editing and some requiring a lot of writing. Yet what I lack is the time to do either right… Read moreNearly Wordless Wednesday

Sticking With What Works

Today’s Monday Listicles ask us to post 10 things we have no intention of changing in 2013. So here are some areas in which I plan to maintain status quo: 1) Hair color: This is not the year I let… Read moreSticking With What Works

New Year’s Resolution

I’m going to eat more greens. Starting with this smoothie (kale, spinach, frozen fruit, almond milk–if you were wondering). Also, maybe I should work on my food photography. Happy New Year, everyone!

Thank You!

I had a “Best of 2012” post in the works, but I just wasn’t feeling it. What am I feeling? Grateful. I’m really happy that this blog reaches people, whether few or many, and that people want to read what… Read moreThank You!