Moving has an expiration date This is not a bottle of ketchup, this is THE bottle of ketchup. This is the bottle that will travel across the country with us as we relocate because there is no way we will finish it before we move to the East Coast this…

Never have dorm room decorations held so much promise — I feel like twinkle lights are having a moment. As I walk in the evenings around the neighborhood, or even look around our own house, I am noticing more strands of lights. One of my initial stay-at-home nesting instincts was to pull out a strand of lights to hang up…

I considered myself moderately crafty to begin with, but this quarantine life is pushing me to a higher level I might not otherwise attain once things get back to a general sense of “normal.” I’ve gathered a garage full of shipping boxes and food takeout containers to have on hand…

It’s more terrifying than you can imagine — On my desk in the garage there is a fresh cup of iced espresso and a glass of water. …

The final frontier in outsourcing basic adult skills — I tried grocery delivery for the first time since the lockdown started. I ordered through an app on my phone and was quickly partnered with Dean, my personal grocery shopper. I always hoped a personal shopper would be picking out Jimmy Choos and not bananas, but here we are. I…

Don’t try this at home Last year we planted butterfly bushes in the backyard in hopes of attracting Monarch butterflies. We had at least half a dozen caterpillars make it to the big fat stage, only for us to lose track of them entirely. Any butterflies that resulted from our…