Last Thursday night I was rushing around preparing for a visit from the notary, the final step in our 4-month long refinancing process. Aside from our signatures on a large pile of documents, the only other thing he needed was a check. I opened the drawer where I usually keep it, but there was no […]
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Our Compost Garden
August 27th, 2012 
Jessica When we first moved into our house, it had three separate compost piles in the backyard. Brad cleared away two of those piles, but we kept one. We don’t do anything fancy. We just dump our organic leftovers in a pile. At one point, I decided that the pile was getting unsightly, and turned the […]
A Slice of Heaven
June 23rd, 2012 Jessica With the combination of warmer weather and our kids being a little older, I have really enjoyed the opportunity to let the kids spend more time outside. It’s great for their health, and my sanity! They love to follow Brad around the yard as he waters his fruit trees and flowers, or as he hangs […]
Missing Men
June 19th, 2012 Jessica Two doors down from our house is a family that keeps a large kiddie pool filled with water in their driveway. Tonight as we were walking by, they invited us again to come over for a swim. After yet another hot day (it’s been in the triple digits all week), a dip sounded perfect. So […]
May 16, 2012: Home Sweet Home
May 16th, 2012 Jessica When Brad and I chose our home in California, we analyzed every last detail. We looked at dozens of houses. In fact, Brad still boasts (and laughs) at the elaborate spreadsheet that I created detailing all the qualities of each rental home we found on Craigslist or the various realty websites. In the end, Brad […]
Keeping Me Humble: Our Living Room
February 29th, 2012 Jessica Just in case you were under the impression that I must have it all together (whatever “it” may be), I thought you might enjoy a sneak peak at my living room this morning. It usually looks something like this by the time the kids go down for their nap each day. Bloggers in general may […]
An Ordinary Fairy Tale
February 27th, 2012 Jessica “Sometimes, in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.” On February 13, 2012 I stepped out of the airport and into the cool California night. I was excited to see Brad and Naomi again despite my fatigue. We’d been apart for a week while I got acquainted with my new […]
This Crazy, Tragic, Sometimes Almost Magic, Awful, Beautiful Life
February 8th, 2012 Jessica I was listening to the radio this morning, and heard the words to this song by Darryl Worley, “I love this crazy, tragic, sometimes almost magic, awful, beautiful life.” It seemed to describe this last month perfectly. At first I tried to keep up with my blogging, but then I gave up as the days […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27th, 2011 Jessica “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures for ever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” –Psalm 100:4-5 We are so grateful to be able to spend Thanksgiving with our families! Above is our annual family […]
