Come Sale Away

Come Sale Away

If you should find yourself in the Bay Area this weekend, please come check out our multi-family moving sale.  We're hosting it on Sunday, June 3rd, in Alameda. We'll be spread out on a big front lawn, there will be a lemonade stand with some adorable kindergartners raising money for Legos, and some pretty great finds including my Dipped DOCKSTA table (now making the rounds on pinterest).  Here's the craigslist link.  Hope to see you there, oh and please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.  

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More Sweet Than Bitter

More Sweet Than Bitter

They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Well, life gave me a lot of lemons this weekend, about 3 dozen in total.  My in-laws have a meyer lemon tree that really overproduces and as a result we've perfected our homemade lemonade recipe. The glass bottles are from IKEA. They are perfect to throw on ice for a bbq and fit on the door of the refrigerator. I used a grease pen to mark which was which. Here are three variations, Original, Lavender-Thyme, and Ginger...

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Chugging Along

Chugging Along

I took my older son Jasper on the zoo train when he was just over a year old. He had a shock of white hair and a chubby little face. He was already deeply enamored with trains, and I can say that despite new interests in super heroes and Star Wars, trains are still a source of wonder and delight for him.  He'll be finishing up Kindergarten in the next few weeks, we'll celebrate his 6th birthday and say goodbye to his new found friends as we head off to our new home in Petaluma. It's a lot for a little guy. That's what's on my mind right now, along with moving boxes and garage sales and new sofas...  

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