NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

Why didn’t you tell me?

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Okay, friends… I’m a little disappointed in you. Why didn’t you tell me that I NEEDED a food processor? I feel like I’ve been missing out on something great. And, I’m fairly certain it’s because you were keeping me out of the loop. But, last week I broke down and bought a Cuisinart food processor. […]

Birdies and BBQ

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Last weekend, we finally had grillin’ weather. I was psyched for it… until I opened the grill. Looks to be a robin’s sparrow’s nest. (Post edit: I mixed that up.) A very large nest at that. With four five little eggs. (Post edit: I can’t count, clearly.) Luckily, our neighbor allowed us to use her grill, […]

Let’s talk about eggs (and brunch)

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You may have heard that Sunday was Mother’s Day. (If not, you’d better call your mom. Right now. And apologize for missing Mother’s Day.) My mom is still in Arizona so I didn’t get to spend the day with her, but we are lucky to have Ryan’s family close by. We hosted a little brunch […]

Renovation progress report – week 39

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Our new yard is a heckuva lot larger than our current yard. There are also several huge trees with billions of leaves. (I counted.) So, yardwork is taking up much more time that we anticipated, just to keep up with things. We also want to get grass going now while we can and get the […]

A decade of NewlyWoodwards

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In August, Ryan and I will be celebrating a decade together. Yowza. At 17, neither of us were thinking marriage. Or how full and wonderful (and sometimes really hard, too) our lives would be as adults. (Okay, calling us ‘adults’ may be questionable. But I’m going with it.) I’ll have to share more photos when the […]