GaraAug 9, 20183 minI'm Back . . . I Think?It's been a minute. Actually, it's been about 125 days since I last posted. The first 40 of those consisted of our last days in Chicag...
GaraApr 5, 20182 minWhat's the Right Way to Say Goodbye?Being six weeks out from our move feels a lot more real than being three months out. I imagine at two weeks out, sleep will completely a...
GaraMar 29, 20182 minThe Tidy Life Is Not For MeWe are having our first open house this Saturday. Leading up to it, we've gone through every room to make it "show-ready" and, of course...
GaraMar 9, 20182 minIt's 4 a.m. . . .Do you know when bears emerge from hibernation in Vermont? I do. It's sometime between early March and mid-April, depending on how late ...
GaraNov 21, 20173 minSix Months Out and I'm NothingA few weeks ago I was reading J a bedtime story. This particular bedtime story was a tale of Hello Kitty imagining all the different pro...
GaraOct 31, 20173 min$4.50 Say What??!!!It's been a couple weeks since I've posted, not because I've been working on some deep well-thought out blog piece , but because I've bee...
GaraOct 18, 20174 minWe Will Soon Return To Our Regularly Scheduled ProgrammingI had planned to write my next post on kids' consignment clothes, and I will, but this whole Harvey Weinstein debacle has really gotten u...
GaraAug 24, 20172 minMe, the DreamcrusherOur oldest child, J, is four years old. She loves dance. She loves gymnastics. She loves swimming. Or so she says when I ask her what...