Category Archives: Feathered Nest

Organizational Therapy

By Amy | Published: September 2, 2010

Retail therapy sounds so much better, but this is what I needed today. The place was trashed. Ants. Pulverized rice crispies on the table from this morning’s breakfast. {could explain the ants} A million and one sheets of college ruled paper with Elliott’s darling drawings and practiced penmanship. A dirty pot from last night’s dinner. {again, I wonder why we [...]

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Apricots & Airstreams

By Amy | Published: August 27, 2010

Talk about a random Friday night post… The Charger/Saints game is on. Big Blue is heating up to grill some quick cheeseburgers. I’m throwing some sweet potato fries in the oven and whipping up a fabulous little dipping sauce with an Asian flare: Mayo Ketchup Sesame Oil Fresh grated ginger The amounts of these ingredients are sketchy…maybe 2 parts mayo to one part [...]

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Beach Cottagification

By Amy | Published: June 30, 2010

The front porch needed a little summer color. Many flowers or plants don’t make it because of the heat here in the SCV. At first I thought a few cactus plants would work, but they’re not very colorful and not to mention kid-friendly! The guy at Home Depot said these would survive the summer outside as long as [...]

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Turning The Corner

By Amy | Published: June 22, 2010

This week is off to a MUCH better start. Thank goodness. If things didn’t change from last week, it was going to be a LONG, and not in a good way, summer! Today we packed a quick picnic of ‘wiches, cantaloupe and graham crackers and headed to the pool. The 1.5 foot deep baby pool was wide open [...]

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DIY(ish) Book/Mag Rack

By Amy | Published: June 14, 2010

I bought this black plate rack forever and a day ago at Home Goods. It never made it onto the wall for whatever reason. One can of red spray paint later and you have a cute, curly crimson book rack for your new reading nook! I’ll look for some more substantial pillows, but these will do for now: And [...]