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Matching to Seattle Children's Hospital
Just wanted to let everyone know that I am finishing medical school in May (…finally!), and then will be moving to Seattle (woohoo!) for a five year residency program in Pediatric Neurology. I will be working primarily at Seattle Children’s hospital and at the University of Washington. The program involves two years of general pediatric…
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Here's to Health!
My sister Brigette and I have been talking about ways to amp up our families’ intake of healthy foods: vegetables and whole grains. As if in accordance, the Better Homes and Garden March edition came with a whole section on how to use alternative grains. I was impressed by the recipes offered and decided to…
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"New" Curtains
Before: After: I’ve been meaning to lengthen these cheap Lowe’s curtains forever, it just never rose to the top of the priority list. Now with our listing drawing near, I made time. To be completely honest the other reason I didn’t tackle these was because I wasn’t sure what to do, I didn’t want to…
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Scotland's Milestones: 2 years old!
Sometimes I get this powerful desire to share my son with my Mother. I wish we could see her rmore often. I’m so thrilled that she and Scotland are going to get two weeks together to bond and create memories here in a few months. -Books. Scotland has finally taken a interest in books. We…
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Myrtle's BBQ
Last Saturday our Grandma Myrtle hosted a BBQ. It started out with three couples and kept expanding until we had 16 people. Myrtle and I experienced a lot of joy anticipating the event. We talked about what to serve, who to invite, how to seat everyone, etc. We went shopping together to purchase all the…
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"The Naked Voice"
Stephen Smith promotes a wholistic approach to voice. The title of his book “The Naked Voice” suggests that only when one bears ones voice in complete honesty and integrity, stripped of pretense and characterization, can one reach the pinnicale of singing- moving the listener. There are moments as a teacher when a student truly exposes…
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Scotter's 2nd Birthday Party
Yesterday, we celebrated Scotland’s birthday with our family away from family: Mary and Lydia, Jen and Cody, Claire, and Anne (or as Scotland calls her: Annie) and Brandon. They are all important people in Scotland’s life, his adopted aunts and uncles, cousins. When the night wrapped up and everyone left I felt overwhelmed by the…
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Happy 2nd Birthday, Scotland Jazey Caprezi!
This year has been one of the brightest of my life- thanks to you. I never comprehended how much love and joy motherhood would bring. Happy Birthday bug. Your father and I love you like crazy.
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Success
I struggle with the concept of success. I want desparately to be a “successful” person, but often I get confused with what that really means. Too often I get wrapped up in capitalism’s measure of success: income. Today, I read a definition that resonated with me. From W. Stephen Smith’s book “The Naked Voice:” Success…
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Come have a peek!
(I took advantage of our clean house to try and get some shots for our listing. This time I shot in raw- why haven’t I been doing that? Wow. The results are dramatic.) Wanna, snoop around our casa? Come on in! And while you’re enjoying our “open house” I’d love suggestions on the staging, photography,…