School was cancelled for the year. It was a strange feeling to see the news and to think about our students. Working from home turned in to the only reality we will know for the remainder of the school year. We took some time to…
When we were originally talking about renovating our old house, our contractor told us we should each choose one luxury item to add to it. I didn’t really have much come to mind, but Mike knew instantly: a built-in coffee maker. When we realized we…
We have been catapulted into living and working from home as we go through some uncharted waters. Luckily for me I’m pretty comfortable with that- but even with that being the case I’ve had to adjust some routines to account for the times. Truth be…
There have been so many changes to all of our worlds the last few weeks. It’s hard to imagine a new normal, but inspiring to see how we evolve, change and adapt. Being an elementary school teacher has always had challenges, but it is safe…
Working from home these days does have some comforts. No commute, no traffic and well- comfy clothes. It’s super easy to crawl into pajamas and never want to come out. Why not? I’ve been doing that myself. But then I started to realize that my…
Now more than ever we are invested in supporting our small, sometimes local, businesses. We try to buy local when we can and I wanted to share a few of the small business we have been supporting a little bit extra these days! Best part?…
Working from home has been an adjustment. Every day things change and I’m learning slowly how to adjust. One of the best adjustments (if we try to find a silver lining to all of this) has been the change in clothes to comfy over formality.…
Moving is NO JOKE. I had read about moving being one of the most traumatic experiences a person could have… and being on the other side of it- I believe it. I was talking to a friend of mine recently and she said “I think…
Spring has officially come and it looks NOTHING like any of us expected. Times are, well, strange. The majority of us are in a quarantine situation- and it takes a bit of effort to put on anything other than pajamas if we are forced to…
It takes a bit of time for things to warm up here in New York and we often joke that we don’t see Spring at all. That said- we are at least able to layer a bit less – and over the years there are…