posted by K | filed under Adoption | 31 Comments

I’ve been looking forward to naming a child for as long as I can remember. That’s probably true for most people, but I’m seriously obsessed, a genuine name nerd.
A brief history of my naming obsession:
In elementary school, I thought “Gloria” was the epitome of beauty and enjoyed naming my pets human names like […]

posted by K | filed under Adoption, IF | 17 Comments

Last week I turned 27, which - for some unknown reason - I’ve always considered the “grown-up age.” It’s fitting, then, that we also recently decided to become parents, the ultimate grown-up act.
No, I’m not pregnant, but feel free to treat me like I am for the next 6-15 months, the amount of […]

posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 23 Comments

A hundred million years or so ago, I bought some black and white hexagon tile for our kitchen countertops. At that time I perkily predicted we’d get started on the tiling in “a couple of weeks.” Oh, that silly, silly 2005 me. How hopeful and bright and full of speedy renovation the future seemed […]