The first logical thing to do when you are 2 months away from giving birth is to completely gut and remodel your kitchen. So we did just that. Aaron and my Dad (who is the best Dad EVER and so much better then your Dad. Sorry, I'm sure your Dad is very nice but....) took an afternoon this past May and removed the kitchen you see in the photo below. I liked this kitchen. I really did. It was charming READ MORE

Elsa Mary Jane Ripplinger was born on 7/16/09 at 3:56 in the afternoon. She is AWESOME! No joke. Our days have thus far been filled with some activities that we were not, but now are, accustom to. These activities include, but are not limited to baby gazing for hours on end, having one sided conversations, coming in contact with human waste and not being too bothered by it, making up songs about babies READ MORE

I have to apologize for my absence from this blog as of late. I have been making things, really, but my energy level at this point has been terribly disappointing. I will return with grand postings after this baby gets here, promise! In the mean time, I thought you might enjoy hearing a mysterious voice mail that I received at work this morning. There is a lesson to be learned from this and that lesson READ MORE

So Rip and I got hitched this past February in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. We were lucky enough to have a few members of our Family and some of our oldest and dearest Friends join us.The Wedding was planned in about a month and there wasn't a whole lot of time to get formal invitations sent out. We sent emails and made phone calls giving everyone the heads up about the Big Day. Once I had a head count READ MORE