As the school year winds down and the days grow longer, summer break beckons with its promise of relaxation and adventure. Even if you’re working full-time, summer just has a different vibe—fewer cars on the road, colleagues taking time off, and a general sense of ease in the air. Before our son was born, my […]
married life
Dealing with disappointment…
It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Dealing with disappointment. Things that are not in your control. How others handle things. (which is not in your control) Even when you do everything you can possibly do. Michael and I encountered our first house hunting upset. We found a beautiful home in the location we wanted. It checked all […]
Go with the flow … like wine.
A LOT is going on right now. I already knew this would be a busy month with recital preparation and all. But I didn’t know our “let’s find a new home” would elevate to the next level. Remember my “f**k perfect” post and getting our place ready to show without it being “stage ready”? Well, […]
Eff Perfect
I’m a perfectionist at heart. And I’ve been challenged to let go of my perfectionism in many ways over the years. Certainly in my more recent “adult-ing” years. I feel like I’ve been doing a fairly decent job with it, too. Though I’m not always “perfect” at letting go of my perfectionism. LOL. A few […]
What’s in a name? Part deux…
“Larissa Smith began her piano studies at the age of four and made her public debut two years later at the Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, Poland. An active chamber musician and solo recitalist, Ms. Smith has performed publicly throughout the U.S., Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany…blah blah blah … Ms. Smith served as the director […]
First comes love, then comes marriage, then…
…no, I’m not pregnant. (though people keep asking because the assumption seems to be that 3 months after our wedding, we’re pregnant … LOL! We’re not in that much of a hurry…) BUT we are in the process of another step after marriage … buying a house! It’s very exciting. And slightly stressful. Because we […]
TBT: DC Wedding Portraits
Another TBT of wedding photos. Woohoo! These are some of my favs. After our “first look” at the Jefferson Memorial, we decided to do some photos of just the two of us at the monuments. Because this was a DC wedding after all! And the monuments are simply stunning! I was really nervous leading up […]
TBT: Honeymoon 2017
Today I taught classes that I hadn’t seen since the beginning of December. In fact, the last time I saw my Thursday classes was the day before I left for my honeymoon! (because of our snow days at the end of last week) Crazy. And it got me to thinking about our honeymoon. It was […]
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose (nberg…) by any other word would smell as sweet…
There are certain things that have to happen post-wedding. Going over all the gifts. Finding room for them all (not an easy feat when you don’t have a big place!). Writing thank you cards. And for us ladies, should we so choose, the name change. It’s a process. But I started the first “official” part […]
You don’t get gold stars for cleaning your toilet…
My husband and I split chores. He cooks, I clean. It’s that simple. I figured that out by our 3rd date when he cooked dinner for me. There was NO WAY I was going to cook for him after the amazing dinner experience he created. Granted, and he will fully admit to this, he was […]