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I don’t know what your partner is like, but mine is a pack rat. We’re not talking “Hoarders” level pack rat, but my husband, Mark, can’t throw anything away. (And that’s why I throw his things away when he’s not home…shhhhhh.) It’s almost the start of a new year and we want to start 2016 light and fresh and without baggage! We decided to throw a purge party for two. We poured wine, turned on…

Yes, it was 70 degrees last weekend, but we know we’re gonna get socked with some winter weather soon! That means we MUST insulate the back bedroom in The Rowhouse. My man loves nothing more than a weekend full of insulating. (Insert maniacal laugh here!) We thought this task was going to be difficult and tedious because of the small spaces and awkward corners, but it went smoothly and quickly! Once we finished, our favorite…

A little switcheroo in our lives this week… For my REAL job, I anchored the morning news which meant my afternoons were spent with my favorite nugget! The weather was so beautiful that I walked with niece Lily almost every afternoon. Babygirl sings when you go for walk. Other people might think it sounds like weird moaning, but to me she’s singing…and she’s always smiling the whole time! Because of the schedule change I never…

A sweet little nugget with the cutest face EVER tops my thankfulness meter this year. Punkinhead Lily makes my heart soar with joy every time I see her! If I don’t have a baby soon, I might try to convince Kelly to let her live with me. This Thanksgiving my heart is bursting with thankfulness and gratitude. My soul is happy because this man makes me laugh and loves me even in the early morning…

My husband’s career as a landscape architect and his ability see the beauty and possibility in something and then design it is INCREDIBLE! It really helps me because I’m one of those people who has a hard time visualizing the “after” look. Mark’s designs and 3-D models allow me to see his vision, understand it and work toward it. These are quick mock ups he did of the back bedroom we’re working on. We’ll do…

We’ve got about a month to take our back bedroom… And make it look like this… We just bought all the insulation that we’re going to put in the ceiling. I also called my other favorite Mark (Dr. Drywall Mark) and we’re going to have him hang the drywall in the bedroom and finish it. Based on our workload and timeframe, I need his help or I’m going to pull my hair out. And based…

When my in-laws called last Thursday and said they were going to come in for a quick visit, I said to Mark “OMG, what’s wrong?” Turns out nothing was wrong. 😉 Mark’s mom and dad had their original plans fall through and so they thought…”Let’s go see our son and make sure that Pittsburgh girl is being good to him!” All the Brennans came over for dessert Saturday night after a really good dinner at…

Don’t turn your nose up at me…you know you do it too!!! 🙂 Friday night cleaning party because my in-laws are coming in for a quick visit. We’re jazzed to show them the new house, and Mark’s mom always brings yummy Dutch goodies that I can’t pronounce but inhale anyway! We’ve got a few things in the works with our final renovations at The Rowhouse. I’ll post more this weekend…right now, we’re gonna sneak in…

I was voted “most athletic” in high school. I now teach spinning and go to all kinds of workout classes. I chase criminals and politicians in heels during my day job… You think I could manage to walk down the steps?! Apparently, that skill escapes me. This is the third time I’ve had my feet slip from under me while walking down the steps. This weekend, I slipped coming down our beautiful new staircase and…

Mark and I are forever indebted to my family because, without them, we would be sitting in an unfinished house silently sobbing into our wine glasses wondering why the renovation isn’t going faster. My dad, mom, sister and brother-in-law helped us all throughout this DIY home renovation, and my Daddio saved our butts again this weekend. In addition to his many wonderful attributes, my Dad is a great painter…he’s clean, careful and precise. All he…