I am hot. Literally hot. Nearly on fire. We don’t have air conditioning. Yesterday, it was 96 degrees when we walked home from work. It was 93 degrees upstairs in our house. By the time I was going to bed, it was 90. Today, it was a little cooler – 91 when we got home. That was upstairs. Thankfully, our bedroom is in the basement. It was a pleasant 80-ish.. Read More

Check out this new blog!! I’m glad you found your way to it. I’m so excited about the new design and the WordPress platform. It’s so fun to be married to a man with such cool skills. And, as you can tell by looking at this blog, my man also has a great sense of style. I love getting to take advantage of this great taste. But I have to.. Read More

During our wedding, I had the pleasure to address some words to our friends and family. I know my words moved Sarah, sadly they didn’t get recorded and they were impromptu. So before time takes its toll on me, I decided to write down what I remember saying. “I would like to start by thanking you for joining us on this special day. We know some of you have traveled.. Read More

Good morning, dear duplex neighbors! I just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed the wake-up call this morning. The music itself wasn’t quite enough to get me out of bed (although I know Gilda loves death metal at 5 am), but the pounding on the walls shook me up. The animal noises in the back yard were a nice touch. I hope the yelling helped you as.. Read More

We made an offer on the Sherwood house today! I am excited, nervous, excited, terrified and excited all at the same time. But I can’t be too excited – we are in a multiple offer situation on the house, which is in short-sale. In my newly-augmented real estate knowledge, this means that the bank will take a practical look at the numbers and accept whichever offer results in the largest.. Read More

Rafa and I just got done volunteering with a bunch of other people from our church, The Rock, at the AIDS walk in Minneapolis. We cheered until our throats hurt and rang our cowbells until our knuckles bled (not even kidding!). We jumped up and down at the starting line to get people pumped up for the walk and gave about a million (almost kidding) high fives to participants as.. Read More

We walked through five houses tonight. It really struck me how hard it must be to sell your house.Forced to allow all your doors to be opened,people poking in the nooks and crannies,judging every color, carpet and crack,questioning every spot and stain,knowing that everyone is imagining how to get the memories of your family out. As we drove home, I couldn’t help but peer into houses of every shape and.. Read More

I made a new dish tonight that is now on Gilda’s favorite foods list! It’s called the Crunchy Couscous Salad: Ingredients:1/2 cup dry couscous3/4 cup water1/2 cucumbers, thinly sliced and quartered1/2 red bell pepper, chopped1/2 sweet onion, chopped4 oz black olives2 tablespoons olive oil1 tablespoon vinegar2 tablespoons feta cheese crumbles1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon black pepper Preparation:1. In a medium saucepan, boil water and add couscous. Return.. Read More