Kjirsti & Tom

There couldn’t have been a better day for XX skiing than yesterday. It was warm, the sun was bright and the snow was a perfect powder. Thanks to Tom’s urging we got out of the house and spent a few refreshing, inspiring hours out in one Ohio’s beautiful metro-parks. (For those in the area, check…

I’m not one to remember Groundhog’s day, but we talked about it yesterday in my Italian class, learning marmota is  groundhog in Italian, and ombra the word for shadow. So anyway, I figured hey why not see what the little fella saw this morning. So. I appropriately went to www.groundhog.org, and this is what I…

Memorable moments from my week: (in no particular order) Feeling such a love for each of my students as I taught this week. Calling Anette Johansson, a Swedish song expert, hearing her call me Kjirsti (pronounced Sher-sti), and hearing that she was planning on compiling a potpourri of different Swedish songs for me to sing…

So, to be honest, I was a bit anxious about our paint choice. More anxious than usual, actually. I had wanted a more “mature” “sophisticated” look for our bedroom.  A color and style that when you walked in you would say, “Ah, the master bedroom.” But alas, that was not meant to be- and I’ve…

Throughout the years I have, surrounded myself with talented creative people. I hereby call on all those creative minds to help Tom and I with our master bedroom. Here’s the schtick: Tom and I have a gorgeous master bedroom, it’s large, has two huge windows, has a walk in closet and an attached bathroom. Everything…

One of the things I love about the New Year’s tradition is the setting of resolutions. I enjoy thinking of ways to change or improve, as well as new things to incorporate into my life. This year Tom did his New Year’s resolutions  a little differently. He broke them up into daily, weekly, monthly and…

I’ve been wanting to do this for some time now. I love reviews, live by them when it comes to allrecipes.com or amazon. I never buy a product without reading several reviews; but, I have never written one. So here goes to a new year! I used to hate taking my mascara off. The act…

I had a few days before school started to work on our master bedroom. Its walls have been senza wallpaper for sometime, and instead just covered by the remaining gluey remnant. Ugh. I’ve finally gotten around to priming the whole thing. Please notice the bright color of green and yellow paint on the painter’s cloth.…

So, I’m just to impatient with this old computer to do much blogging. But as many of you have expressed your eagerness to see pictures of our trip here they are. I’ve inserted two slide shows. You can watch them quickly. Or, if you want to see the pictures more slowly, and read some comments…