I have never been one to think too far ahead. When I was a child, I never fantasized about my future husband or my wedding day. When I was in school, I never hypothesized my career path or decided what I wanted to be when I grew up. As much as I enjoy home design, … Continue reading My Countryside Garden
Chile is directly south of the east coast of the United States, which means that despite the 11 hour flight it took to get here, I remain in the same GMT time zone as most of my friends and family (until Daylight Savings Time practices in each country push us 1, then 2 hours apart). … Continue reading El Mes de Junio
I hesitate to call this a living room. It's more like a living nook. This little area is located between the kitchen and the bedrooms and was previously an under-used space, mostly due to the furnishings. But it wasn't hard to imagine how lovely and cozy this nook could be. Other than closing off the … Continue reading The Cabin Living Room: After
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who like to move furniture around in their homes, and those who don't know where to put their shoes because the shoe basket has been moved again. I like to move furniture around, I like optimum functionality and I like to watch Fixer Upper, so … Continue reading The Country Cabin Kitchen: After
As I mentioned in my last post, when the Coronavirus came to Chile, we decided for our safety and sanity to move to the countryside, also known as el campo. And while this might seem like another transition we'd have to navigate with our children, our family is no stranger to the campo. My husband … Continue reading The Country Cabin Tour: Before
I wrote this Instagram post on Monday, and wanted to share it here as well because it feels like a good way to bridge the gap between where we were a month ago and where we find ourselves today: Our family has had an intense period of loss, house-selling, health scares and moving abroad that … Continue reading Here We Are
A strange thing has been happening as I have been taking pictures of this summer in Chile. I love photography, and I use a digital camera as often as I can instead of my phone. Every few days, in order to make room on my memory card for new images, I batch delete some old … Continue reading Second Summer
Our family doesn't throw many parties. With two kids who have celebrated a combined total of 12 birthdays, we have hosted just ONE birthday party. To be fair, my children's birthdays are two weeks apart, so that one party did celebrate two kids. But when we made the decision to move abroad, I immediately started … Continue reading Saying Goodbye: Meaningful Ideas for Children’s Going Away Party
This time around, I am much more comfortable with every aspect of life in Chile, except for my relationship with Spanish
The word "transition" didn't show up much in my vocabulary until my first child was born. Then it became something we thought about a lot - How do we transition him from the car seat to the crib? From playing to a diaper change? From breast milk to solids? From the playground to the grocery … Continue reading Transitioning to Life Abroad with Young Children
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