Posted by smgrady on September 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Number 14? Check & check. Someday I will showcase my (tiny, but growing) rummage sale china collection, but not today. Today all that matters is that I breakfasted in the by window, watching the leaves turn. I ate homemade walnut bread. Off of Martha Stewart’s Wedgwood. I drank fresh orange juice. From a wine glass. … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on September 8, 2011 · 2 Comments
I have many things I should be doing but today I am revelling in beautiful things. Reminding myself of the good stuff. Restocking my internal store. It involves much eye candy and daydreaming, which usually falls into one of the following categories: dishes housewares stationary dresses shoes books Today , it has included rather drool … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on September 7, 2011 · 2 Comments
We are back home. I have indeed ticked another one off my list of Thirty Things, but I’ll tell you about that another time. Today is for two of my favourite things: books and lists. As the launch of BookTalk is imminent, they linked to a GoodReads list about books. I almost never use my … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on August 29, 2011 · 1 Comment
We are going away tomorrow. For a whole week of blissful time-out and thankfully, also some blistering sunshine. Lord knows monsoon season in Scotland hasn’t provided us enough Vitamin D this year. So before we leave, I thought it was time for a check-up. How am I getting on with my Thirty Things? One Visit … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on August 16, 2011 · 2 Comments
When I was little, I thought I knew how to count. The numbers went 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 5 3 0 9. I was a child of the eighties. And a small enough child I didn’t know Tommy Tutone was singing about a phone number. Sigh, such innocence. (Incidentally, … Continue reading →
Category Food & Recipes, Starter for Ten, Thirty Things · Tagged with baking, being a kid, family, friends, holidays, photos, projects, recipes, Thirty Things
Posted by smgrady on August 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In all probability, I will live forever. The women in my family are made of some rare mixture. They lived into their 90s even in the 18th & 19th Cs. Back when people died of colds. When there were no antibiotics. When one in five women could die in childbirth. When the estimated average life … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on August 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I am getting ready to be 30. Which is lame and uninteresting to the naked eye, I grant you. But I, in my extremely eccentric version of wisdom, have decided it is actually quite special. I am going to make it special. By doing 2 things, which I’ll tell you about later. In the meantimes … Continue reading →
Que Sera Sara? 