Kitty Deschanel

We've been making great progress on our custom floor plan. It's a bit better than the last one I shared, don't you think? In fact, there's a new feature I really love. Oh yes. Pica and Biscuit are getting their very own room! Almost 25 square feet all to themselves, with direct access to their own, private courtyard. Can you tell we don't have kids? We've nicknamed this the "Puppy Penthouse Room". Pica looks so happy in her new room. Or the "P.P. Room" for short. Kinda perfect, especially for a future puppy, wouldn't you agree?

We've begun the design process for our mountain dream home (we're working with Panorama Homes - if anyone out there has something good or bad to say about them, now is the time to tell us!) and I've been trying to narrow down my thousands of photos into one cohesive house plan. In addition to the photos I've saved to Houzz and Pinterest, there are folders and folders of photos saved to my computer, some from before we even knew we would ever be building a house. It's time to weed out the rejects. I'm deleting the photos that aren't right for our new house, but posting them here first. I'd hate to have deleter's remorse. Sunny yellow laundry room idea Modern, rustic laundry room idea Stackable laundry room idea Hanging space above the washer and dryer would come in handy Country laundry room idea White laundry room idea (Are you starting to understand how overwhelming the design process is for me? I want to build e

Driving home last night, I noticed a new, scrumptious-looking banner outside my local Del Taco. Turkey Tacos = Healthy (Right?) (Look at all the tomatoes, onions, and lettuce on top. Of course these are healthy, silly!) I remembered that Del Taco had emailed me a coupon to try their new Jennie-O turkey tacos for free. You can get one too via their website . Yay! Waiting my turn in the Del Taco drive-thru, I was thankful that Sexy Nerd wasn't joining me. Heaven help us if he ever discovers there's such a thing as saguaro cactus lights! He would have them inside and outside our house. Sexy Nerd is obsessed with cactus. It's horrible. In addition to my free turkey taco, I decided to order something called a bacon quesadilla, which was less than a dollar. How have I gone more than 30 years without ever trying such a delicious-sounding thing? I would normally dig right into my tasty food and devour it while driving home. Last night, however, I dec

Today, it has been ELEVEN YEARS (!!!) since Sexy Nerd and I had our first date and SEVEN YEARS (already?!) since our wedding. Crazy, right? At work yesterday, my boss and I were sitting around chatting (and working very hard, obviously) when my coworker, Marie , exclaimed "Hell is going to freeze over tonight!" She went on to explain that she'd just seen my husband walk past our office window and he was carrying a Frappuccino. "No way," I told her. "It must have been someone else." Sexy Nerd goes above and beyond with many things in his life, but romantic gestures have never been one of them. To my astonishment (to the astonishment of everyone in my office, really) it actually was my Sexy Nerd and he actually had brought me a Frappuccino, just because. It was even Salted Caramel Mocha - my favorite! Now, before you give him too much credit, he told me (in complete seriousness) that he reckons he scored enough points with this spur-of-the-mome