Category: At Home
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Let it Snow!
Last Month, Emma and I stayed at the ranch house in Gardnerville. Steve was able to drive up a couple of times, and Alix came up for Thanksgiving. We had a really productive visit, which I’m super excited to share with you in some upcoming posts. However, the best part of our visit was the snow! It…
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Sweet Apple Pie
We have an apple tree at the San Juan Capistrano house. We learned this was the first year it has ever bore fruit. As I was saying goodbye to Liz, the wife-half of our landlords, (They are working and living in Abu Dhabi) she yelled, “Make something fabulous with the apples!” I yelled back that…
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To The Ranch!
Emma and I are headed up to the ranch house today. We will have no TV, no internet and no coffee maker. I can’t wait. Of course I’ll have my phone and the DVD player so we’re set! If you’d like to stay in touch with what we’re doing up there you can follow…
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Carpet’s Dirty Little Secret
When we bought our ranch, we originally wanted to have all wood floors in the house. We intended on using area rugs to warm up the rooms. Then we moved into our rental which has all woods floors and zero carpet. We haven’t bought any rugs for the place because I’d rather not spend the…
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Inspiration Saturday 10/24/15
Just the other day I was thinking about design. I was thinking about those people who have said to me they’re “just not creative.” I had a girlfriend last week who told me she just can’t think of ideas for decorating her house. I’ve also watched my own husband struggle with imagining what our new…
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City Mouse, Country Mouse
We sold our house of 15 years and bought a ranch in the Carson Valley, Nevada. Steve retires in less than 3 years and then we’ll be living on the ranch full time. Until that time we are living in a rental in the city of San Juan Capistrano, in Orange County, Ca. Steve still…
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Inspiration Saturday 09/12/15
It’s Saturday again! As you may know I’m in love with design. I can spend an entire day looking at everything from home decor sites and magazines to Pinterest and Houzz. It’s my serious time waster. However, I never feel like I’m wasting time because I’m constantly being inspired and getting so many great ideas.…
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Inspiration Saturday 07/15/15
It’s Saturday and I’m starting to feel like I’m at home in the new place. After the mad rush over the last two months of selling our house and moving out, it’s finally time to relax a bit. I feel like I may be taking the relax part way too seriously though. I’m feeling pretty…
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The Ball is Rolling!
So here we are! We have completed our move and are about a day away from being settled in our new place. Talk about being displaced. We went up to the Carson Valley last week and stayed in a hotel. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I had absolutely no idea…
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Sangria!
This week we are having a get together at the house because next week, we start moving out. We thought it would be fun to have some people over to celebrate. This house has always been the best house ever to entertain in. It has an open floor plan and a huge kitchen that everyone…
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Sold!
We sold our house! We will be starting to move out in less than 2 weeks! We signed a lease on a little triplex in San Juan Capistrano. We’re so excited about the area and the house. Last year I blogged about our staycation and visit to San Juan Capistrano. The city has been featured…
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Waiting For Take Off
So here we are. Waiting, waiting… We have sold our house, and over the last three weeks we have been waiting. Waiting for offers. Waiting for signatures. Waiting for inspectors and their results. Waiting for repairmen and repairs, waiting for the bill. Waiting for results and for more signatures. Waiting to see properties and sign…
Multi-ti-purpose Room 