Category Archives: home

Fireplace

Posted on December 7, 2017 by TheSmirkingCat

When we first started looking at houses a few years ago, my list of must-haves included practical features like a recent roof, relatively new air conditioning unit, a safe neighborhood, windowsills wide enough for my fat cats, you know, typical … Continue reading →

Posted in fireplace, home, house shopping, our home, our house | 3 Comments

Manual Labor

Posted on March 7, 2016 by TheSmirkingCat

Buying a house means a lot of things, but most certainly the fact that idle days of sitting around with nothing to do are long gone.  I spent most of the day Saturday sweating through more manual labor than an inmate of a … Continue reading →

Posted in home, love, new home, proud, yard work | 5 Comments

Our Home

Posted on February 24, 2016 by TheSmirkingCat

My mother has told me many times, with an exasperated sigh, that I owe her an address book.  In my younger, wilder, and woolier days, I liked to move at the drop of a hat.  I’ve zig-zagged along the coast, … Continue reading →

Posted in happy, hard work, home, love, new home, proud | 4 Comments

The Old Couch

Posted on January 26, 2011 by TheSmirkingCat

After many delays, our new sofa was finally delivered yesterday! I was excited to sit on it, test it out in all its new-ness glory, and stand back and admire it. We have needed a new sofa for a loooooong … Continue reading →

Posted in couch, Gary, home, kids, new furniture, sentimental | 1 Comment

Diary

Posted on July 1, 2009 by TheSmirkingCat

From about the 5th grade through my first year of marriage, I kept a diary, filling 5-subject notebooks with my impossibly tiny handwriting, my observations and frustrations about the world through the years. I even devoted one journal to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gary, home, kids, love, reflection | 5 Comments

Still Not Used to It

Posted on December 2, 2008 by TheSmirkingCat

Life keeps marching forward, menial and necessary tasks like going to work interfering with simply adjusting to the huge changes in my life lately. I had 4 days off last week to spend with Gary, for us to get used … Continue reading →

Posted in Gary, home, kids, love | 10 Comments

Guess Who’s Home?

Posted on November 18, 2008 by TheSmirkingCat
Posted in Gary, home, homecoming, love | 21 Comments