A Touch Of Tyrell

A few years ago I ripped a page out of a magazine that had some 'super foods' listed on it (and why they were good for you) and I put it on the side of my fridge. Since then I've tried to eat at least one food on that list a week.  Some of the foods on the list were: Spinach Sweet potatoes/carrots/butternut squash Flax seed Olive oil Avocado Salmon Broccoli Beans Turkey Red grapes Almonds And several others that I can't remember (my list is long gone... if you saw our kitchen you'd understand :) Yes, eating at least one of those foods seems like a super attainable goal, but I'm sure some weeks I didn't make it. But over the years I've learned how to eat/cook a bit healthier and I'm almost positive I eat at least one super food a week... even though I've started to try to eat them daily.  I'm pretty proud of myself actually.  Here are some of my favorite (and almost picture-worthy) dinners... (90% of...

As I've mentioned 100 times already... last week was horrible. Everett started getting sick Sunday morning and had a fever of 101.6, then I was so sick that I couldn't move by Wednesday, and Jake was sick Thursday-Tuesday. Everett is still trying to get better.  I finally took Everett to the Dr. on Wednesday and we discovered that he had the flu and had minor bronchitis. He's still coughing a whole bunch and has a supper runny nose.  I really love Everett's pediatrician. I trust him. He's an honest and God-fearing man.  He was Jake's pediatrician too. He's been around for a long time and he's made sure that a lot of babies and kids stay healthy. Which is why last week was so hard.  He's always told me how terrible Tylenol (and any other 'drug') is for infants/children. It seems like every time we are in the office he reminds me about it and shares the latest statistic with me. He really laid it into me at our appointment afte...

It's done, it's done! The laundry room is done! Well, 95% done. But done enough.  Okay, before I post the rest of the pictures and our process of converting a *laundry* closet into a laundry room, there are a few things I think I should let you know.  1. I don't plan things well. When it comes to decorating/design, I work as I go. I have a general idea of how I want something to look... but I can't sketch the finished project before it starts.  2. I obsess about little things. I will decorate and re-decorate until I like it.  3. Jake is the man.  So here we go... there was a closet in our house that used to be a laundry closet but had been converted into just a regular closet. (This picture was taken after we took shelves out of the closet and took the bi-fold doors off). Jake did a whole lot of work to make it into a room. Leveling out the walls and ceiling was quite the challenge.  Jake also moved the hole for the light...