BABIES & WHAT THEY EAT

Dear Olive,

Do you remember when I couldn't stop talking about this documentary?  There is something about experiencing how others live their day to day lives that puts into perspective your own and how you want to navigate it.  This week, the New York Times posted this article that channeled my two favorite things: daily routines in differing countries and food.   We should totally live in Istanbul.

THE SPECTRUM

Dear Olive, 

Got a new haircut today.  Was going for this:

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Fear I may have left with this:

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Sigh.

AN OLD CHAIR NEW

Dear Olive,

Each night this week, after the kids went to bed, I spent a little time reupholstering this chair for my sister in law's apartment.

A thousand little upholstery nails, but it was easier than I thought.  Basically, I just stretched fabric over the angles, made some cuts and tucks, and hammered it back on.

The chair was her grandmother's and she had wanted to have it redone for some time.  I figured I couldn't screw it up too much if the plan was to eventually have it professionally reupholstered anyway.

I can't wait to show you all of the accessories for Jac's full apartment makeover.  It's pretty much my primary focus right now.  I hope that professionals in my work meetings can't tell I'm contemplating fabric samples nonstop.

HELLO OLIVE

Dear Olive,

I've been thinking lately about how isolating new motherhood is.  The irony of adding to the world's population and ending up lonely was unexpected to me.  Still, I feel fortunate to be experiencing the journey alongside my best friend.  Even if we are too tired to call and see each other rarely, I think of you daily.  While I feed my babies and as I rock them to sleep, I imagine you doing the same.  Gone are the madmen days of raising a family as a neighborhood and of mothers cavorting in the dusk with their wash lines.  But at the end of a long day, I wonder if we would have the energy to dine together or share our evenings even if we lived next door.  So, in place of our daily conversations and spontaneous travels with each other, I'm starting a blog.  To log the life we have for now, and keep you a part of the daily wanderings.  Hello Olive, welcome to my musings to you.

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