We measured our first floor powder room to be 5′ x 5′ — it’s very tight. We brought home one or two different tiles until we found our final selection. In about 45 minutes from mixing the thin set mortar to sliding the last tile into place, we got the floor done earlier this week.…
I’ve never found the original text of the NPR story we heard one Thanksgiving, but it included a conversation around a dinner table that went like: Pie? You mean there’s pie? I couldn’t let you come over without having pie. Someone might find out that I didn’t make any pie. So when the in-laws were…
The most thrilling thing for me last week was touching the tidal pool specimens. Real sea stars. Real sea urchins. Vermillions (actually a wide variety of colors), bat stars (see the orange one in the back with the “webbing” between the legs/arms), awesome stars! The touch pool required me to wash and dry my hands,…
I had the chance to take a quick trip with my entire family to Chicago. We hung out at Shedd Aquarium for part of a day. My kids are tall and can read, so it takes more time to visit attractions like Shedd than when they were short and/or unable to read. We got to watch…
One change Mr. TellBlast has always wanted since we moved here was the dining room. The wall color bothered him (But what color? That’s why we had a designer come over.), the spindles bothered him, and the light fixture bothered him. We had several people say that we could knock out the spindles and knee…