Hopefully it’ll stay
Fall weather arrived in Chicagoland on Monday! Yay! Lower temps, lower humidity and dew point, cloudy skies and windy! I’m loving it! Let’s hope the cool weather stays around for the marathon! Steven and I have A LOT of projects to do around the house...
I think she likes us
CK knows we’re suckers now and just comes to the dining room door and stares. And meows. And tries to come in. We haven’t pet her yet, but I think we’ll be there very soon. And luckily, Data is handling it okay!
All decorated for Halloween!
I’ve had the urge lately to decorate. But all my decorations are still in storage. And I only have winter holiday decorations. And I am not good at decorating. Ha. So I picked this up today: Boom, decorations, done! Ha ha. In all seriousness, I am excited to get...
House Updates – decorating!
New Rug! Our old neighbors graciously let us use their rug at the rental house and at our new home – that’s almost ten months we had it! Time to give it back! We found a rug on rugsusa.com (thanks for the rec, snis! also, not sponsored, I bought it) that...
House Project: new linen closet shelves
aka, “the quickest project we’ve ever done” When we were working on our second floor project, we only planned on demolishing the ceiling of our linen closet, and not the walls. Ugh, the linen closet ceiling was so gross (we imagine they all looked...
Hi! I’m Kim, a 40-something-year-old living in northeastern Illinois with my husband Steven, and our cats, Khaleesi, Apollo, Starbuck, and Eddard aka Ned. My current main hobbies are running, painting rocks, flying, reading, and eating. I follow a vegan lifestyle and work in an account management role. I write about a variety of topics and consider this a “life” blog – a place I can share anything that’s on my mind. Please visit the “About” page to get a better idea of who I am! 🙂