We are homeowners!

We’ve been waiting for this day for weeks. Why? Because Nick took the GMAT in December, applied to Carnegie Mellon University in January, interviewed in March, and … found out this morning that he was accepted into the part-time MBA program! To say that I’m proud of my husband would be an understatement. (And of [...]

Welcome to Samuel’s nursery! It is certainly the happiest room in our home. Nick and I spent many months planning this space, starting with the color scheme. We had to to pick shades that would suit either a boy Peanut or a girl Peanut, and after much consideration, we chose green and orange. Our first [...]

Some days I miss running. Pulling my hair into a ponytail, lacing up my Asics, turning on my iPod, and tuning out the world. I miss the crunch of the leaves and the calm of the creek along my favorite trail. I miss the post-run stretches and warm showers and the feeling of accomplishment. Fortunately, [...]

Nick and I play our fair share of Scrabble (and I’m anxious to break in Bananagrams), but there are few other games suitable for two people. (If you have suggestions, please share!) So one of our favorite things about going to Dover is clearing the dinner plates off the dining room table and settling in [...]

We spent the weekend in Dover with my family — our first trip “home” since Laura graduated from high school. (Do you still call your childhood home your home? I can’t resist — it will always feel like home to me.) On Friday night we had Dad’s famous Pastrami Reubens. (He’s famous for pizza pies, [...]

Quiet weekends at home are few and far between these days. But when we do stumble upon one, we make the most of it. Here are a few highlights from our first and only free weekend in June: Friday Night: Alfresco dining on buffalo burgers from Gearhart’s Meats, strawberries from Baronner’s Farm Market, and kolsch [...]

We spent (almost) the entire weekend unplugged, save for visits to eBay to bid on an antique orange vase to display on our bookshelf and Etsy to search for an “All You Need is Love” print. So what did we do with all of our technology-free time? We organized our office space with help from [...]

In an effort to unplug over the weekend, Nick and I took advantage of the sunny spring weather and headed east to visit my family. We met my cousin for breakfast on Saturday at the John Wright Restaurant in Wrightsville. The restaurant sits on the Susquehanna River within two miles of our wedding venue. (Although the [...]

A successful dinner party begins with a well-planned menu. And so on the occasion of our first dinner party in our new home, we spent more time choosing the dishes than we spent preparing them. (We also spent a lot of time cleaning and organizing the first floor to make it presentable for company. I [...]