Raleigh

  • Monday Funday

    I love Mondays, said no one ever.  But lately I am digging the start of a new week. On weekends we seem to run around having fun with the littles leaving no time for projects in my head.  Mondays though, miraculous everyone gets back in the rhythm of the routine and I get to refocus on…

    Monday Funday
  • Doorbell, Mosquitoes, and Craigslist

    I never realized this until two weeks ago that our Chicago home does not have a doorbell. If you’ve visited, you already know that what we have instead is a complicated system of locked gates and a buzzer that only works once you are half way up. It was/is a pain and has made itself…

  • Life Lately

    The highlight of our first Friday (I promise I will eventually stop with the firsts) was walking from home to The Big Easy for some libations.  Historic Oakwood is like stepping in a fantasy world of beautiful colorful homes.   And not to seem like Peeping Toms, we had to limit ourselves from stopping and staring…

  • New Normal

    Just like last time, the first thing we did after closing on our new home is to drive to Costco and buy a TV.  I say this to poke fun at Devang, but will admit that it’s nice to have a TV (and internet) while we wait for the moving company to bring our stuff.…

    New Normal
  • One Last Time…Not

    We leave for Raleigh on August 22nd and so begins the process of making sure we see everyone and eat everything that we will miss.  Had you asked me a few weeks ago how I might feel this close to the move, I would have guaranteed non-stop tears but I am happy to report that…