no, i'm not sick of taking pictures with my phone yet.

noch mehr handyphotos. : )

also, my floors are really clean tonight. my windows, too. that'll last about five minutes. 

but i have a picture to remind me tomorrow.

außerdem sind meine böden gerade jetzt wunderbar sauber, meine fenster auch. morgen ist er dann wieder vorbei, dieser kurze moment der ordnung, aber in diesem bild bleibt mein zuhause für immer so friedlich und geordnet.

i ❤ a good list.

So here is this weeks very optimistic list:

✭ bake bread
✭ find a better digital photo storage program than iPhoto (horrible to back up or maybe I'm just not clever enough)
✭ sew two of the four quilt blocks I have to assemble this month
✭ sell my treadmill (I am ready to go back to the gym after five years of nearly daily workouts at home. I am kind of excited.)
✭ touch up paint on some of our door frames inside the house
✭ read Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin
✭ wash and store all winter coats, hats, scarfs and mittens
✭ plan Anouks upcoming birthday and baptism (yeah!)
✭ go to the Beehive Bazaar
✭ walk by the river with Lovis while the others are at school
✭ plan crafts and activities for the kids for May
✭ make a list of all meals I can make from my pantry and freezer without buying more than fresh produce, milk products and eggs

✭ and if the rain and snow and cold ever stop I will wash my windows

happy.

things that make me happy right now:


ethan is back home after filming in LA
stuff is leaving the house and the garden via KSL every week
the weather can only get better : )
i'm pain free
anouk is done with state testing and feels soooo good about herself
regina spektor and ben folds
things growing in my garden
my summer projects list
my found fabric stash
the dos family
christian morgenstern
only one more month until summer break
my bangs are back (thank you, lovely suzanne!)
nikki mcclure
my kitchen
date night tomorrow
trader joe's vanilla meringue
the library
three happy kids out on a date with their father

this week not so much in the kitchen.

I am currently without a working kitchen and I'm loving the reason: after much back and forth I have finally made the decision to replace our counter top with butcher block. And that means the beautiful tile that has been waiting to be installed for months now was finally installed today! My friend, Laura had ordered this tile in pure white for her kitchen and received this just slightly green tile instead which she generously passed on to us upon receiving her actual order. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Laura! We absolutely love it!
This week, there will be very little cooking again since the wood finish will be applied, cured, reapplied, cured,....
Ethan and I have been talking about this house and all the projects we have been doing in the last seven years. Everything we know about building, maintaining, installing, plumbing, planning, hanging, designing things we have learned in and from this house. We made mistakes (we are still making them) and always had a crazy small budget but we have embraced this gigantic DIY project with all it's quirks and imperfections. It truly is ours. And so far the house has been so good to us!