A Cool Drink

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A Cool Drink

We are so excited to celebrate 4th of July here at our new house. The weather is amazing and our good friends will be coming up from Oakland to visit us for a few days. To keep cool we'll be drinking plenty of lemonade (and drinks with lemonade in them). In an effort to do yet another project involving my favorite Kikkerland striped straws, I created these wide mouth jam jar sippers. Using a 5/16 all purpose bit, simply hold the jar steady, centering the bit on the circular depression in the lid, apply very little pressure and allow the drill to pull itself in.  Turn the lid over and gently hammer down the metal on the backside, removing any jagged pieces. Wash jars and lids thoroughly before use. Picture tutorial below.

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Townie

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Townie

I am very excited to start riding a bike again... I've had a few over my lifetime. I took the training wheels off my yellow banana seat nearly thirty years ago.  My next ride was a folding road bike for cruising the mean streets of England, then a big girl ten speed, the requisite 90's mountain bike for my native foothills, and of course "Hula Girl", my beloved beach cruiser while at school in Davis. Since then bikes have solely become vacation transportation for me. Having lived in the Oakland Hills for so long I haven't owned my own, opting to hoof it instead.  I found this Windsor Town Bike via Say Yes To Hoboken and immediately fell in love with the way it looked (the price is right too). I just need a stylish rucksack and helmet to complete the look.

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Summer Reading

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Summer Reading

Our new house has this built-in bookcase that houses all of our children's books, dog-eared paperbacks, board games, and puzzles. It's located in our family room with wainscotted walls and plush carpet looking out onto the greenery of the backyard. In this space you feel as though you are on vacation somewhere meant for napping and losing yourself in a good book.  

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Away We Go...

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Away We Go...

When we moved to our Montclair house 4 years ago Jasper was 2 years old, and to help him understand where his new place would be we nicknamed it "The Bunny House", because of the tacky, now sentimental cement rabbit adornment on the front steps.  We kept it in it's place for him and at some point it mysteriously gained a little bunny friend.  If you've read this blog before, you know that lawn art is not really my taste, but when making the move from Oakland to Petaluma this past weekend, I put a little something in the backyard outside the guest cottage to remind us of home.

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