By now many of you have seen the sea of encouraging messages on my wall, you’ve seen the 7 inches of hair I cut off and you’ve seen the “such good news today” update from yesterday.

So here’s the deal. In an effort to save myself from explaining 1,000 times what is going on, I am going to update you all at once – via blog. For those super personal people who never tell the world anything, this might seem like I’m putting my business out there in a “needs attention kind of way”. That’s cool, I kind of feel that way too, but for me – it’s the only way I can do this and not cry every time someone asks “what’s wrong.”

Last Saturday my dad was diagnosed with Acute lymphocytic leukemia. It has not been the best week of my life to say the least, but everything has been going really well (as well as things with cancer can go). I’m not going to bore you with all the details, but it looks like we are going to be on an upward climb for the next few months (yay! – upward is always better than downward). Read the rest of this entry »

Every so often I get a little bit closer to creating my dream apartment. This past weekend I was able to add a bit to the place and it got me thinking about the finished product. So here it is kids, a photo collage of all the items I would have in my dream apartment.

Wall clock and picture frame can be found at Pier 1. Basket available at Target. Coffee table, pillow shams and jewelry display from Pottery Barn.

It’s love.

I am currently reading Jennifer Weiner’s Fly Away Home and I am in love. It’s about a family that has been broken apart by bad decisions, selfish behavior and the general need to survive by any means possible. Weiner beautifully illustrates how the small choices we make in life, the unconscious decisions we make (whether we think they are right or wrong) have the power to influence us for years to come. It’s not until a scandal completely cracks this family’s foundation that they are truly able to love and appreciate each other in a way that you would have never thought possible. Read the rest of this entry »