Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption, IF, Misfortune | 13 Comments
This weekend I turned 28. Usually, my birthdays don’t affect me much. I start referring to myself by the new age a month prior, and when the day actually arrives I mostly just get excited about the prospect of birthday cake from my favorite bakery.
But this year is different. Around the time of my […]
Monday, July 13th, 2009
posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Organization, Ooh, Pretty! | 4 Comments
My official painting T-shirt is back out of retirement! The last time I busted it out was seven months ago, when we were preparing for our home study, and I decided impulsively to paint the hall bathroom with a pint of dark green paint we had lying around.
Turned out there wasn’t enough paint to […]
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
posted by K | filed under Travel, Mr. and Mrs. | 3 Comments
This is part three of a three-part series on our vacation to Ireland in June.
Part Three: Swine Flu?
We began the final third of our trip with one night’s stay at Ballyseede Castle Hotel in Tralee, County Kerry. I have one Irish ancestor that I know of, Thomas Blennerhassett Hurley, who immigrated to the U.S. […]








