J: You know that overhead storage shelf I want to get for the garage?
K: Yeah
J: I was thinking… those aren’t that complicated and we have some wire panels left over from the dog kennels. I could probably just make one. All I would need is some…
K: Jef, just buy one. It’s on sale. Why [...]

Categories: Jef · The Fam

Jef got me two amazing accessories for our camera for Christmas. He’s been really supportive this past year (forever really, but this year especially) as I’ve taken photography classes and obsessively studied and asked questions about lighting and composition and exposure. He’s a good teacher and very patient.
The first accessory that I opened was a [...]

Categories: Daily Photo · Jef · Shutterbuggin'

Oh. My. God.
The sea monkeys are alive.
They really WERE off building structures and assembling and army.
Jef beamed.

Categories: Jef · Shutterbuggin'

When my sister was here, she bought Jef some Sea Monkey’s from Terra Toys. If you have kids, or a boyfriend, or a husband, any guys in your life, I totally recommend getting some of these. All the guys I’ve told about them are unabashedly curious and jealous.
This is how the past week has gone.
Day [...]

Categories: Jef · The Fam

Our A/C went out again. This time on the hottest, most humid day in August (I’m not sure if it’s technically the hottest day of the year, but with no A/C it certainly feels like it).
Do you remember life w/out AC? Man, we didn’t have it all the time growing up, I’m really not [...]

Categories: Buster · Home Sweet Home · Jef

Jef and I have had an ongoing debate over the pruning of the fig tree in our back yard. Last year he said he wanted to cut it back by at least half and and I panicked. I love that tree. Even before I knew what it was, I loved the shape and unique [...]

Categories: Home Sweet Home · Jef · Nature-ish

Jef brought me these beautiful flowers out of the blue yesterday. ‘Just Because’ is my favorite holiday.

Categories: Jef · Nature-ish

I’ve only mowed a lawn twice in my life. The first time I was about 14 and living in Wyoming. The lawn at the farm is about 10,000 square feet and we had a riding mower. When I was done my dad said it looked like a drunken sailor mowed it. I never had to [...]

Categories: Home Sweet Home · Jef · The Fam