We’ve been having a great Summer of Fun (part deux) here at the holaisabel household. Too bad it’s only been summer in Seattle for maybe two weeks. Maybe. But those last two weeks have been a whirlwind. First my parents and sister came to visit. Officially they came up for my cousin’s wedding, unofficially they came [...]
At the start of every month my mom would hang up a chore calendar for us kids inside the door of the pantry. There was never a month in my entire childhood where my mom forgot to make the calendar or even hang it up late. Every month, without fail, more chores.
The reality was that [...]
We started traveling as a couple early in our marriage. We’ve always traveled very cheaply, which means we don’t buy a lot of souvenirs while on our trips. And by “we don’t buy a lot”, I mean “I’m not buying anything I have to carry around in my backpack!!!”
Basically, they cost too much [...]
The King and I got married in August of 2000. That first Christmas we decided to start our own tradition by documenting the year with a new ornament for our Christmas tree. Of course the defining ornament for 2000 had to represent our wedding, and so we bought an over-sized diamond ring ornament.
We’ve been using [...]
I often tease The King about the time he confessed that he was “making a commitment to the environment”. He made it sound like The Environment and he had kneeled at an alter, hands entwined, family and friends witnessing, and made a commitment to each other. They would now do everything they could [...]
When we built the first house, we moved in very prematurely. We spent three years living there without any painted trim and a master bathroom that wasn’t finished until the day we put the house on the market.
When we started construction on our new house we vowed to not move into it until it [...]