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More from Santiago
Food and family continue to be the main focus over here. We’ve spent every morning playing with Ignacia, every afternoon coloring in those intricate coloring books with gel pens while we chat and prepare a big lunch, every lunch eating some traditional food that we can only find in Chile, every late afternoon coloring, hanging out on…
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Return to Chile 2016
We are back in Santiago with Javier’s family! The last time we were here was in 2014 for Macarena and Alex’s wedding, and Paula had just found out she was pregnant. It’s been two years and little Ignacia Paz, our “new” niece, is already so grown up! We’ve been communicating with her as best we can…
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Shop Buena Buena
This is another topic I’ve been meaning to post about for quite a long time. I mentioned back in June that Javi and I had picked up a bunch of things from Goodwill to make our house more comfortable, including that awesome corner cabinet for our china. I also mentioned that I’d come back to…
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McClure Fall
It’s family photo time again! I have several shoots lined up over Thanksgiving weekend in Louisville and Nashville, but nothing beats spending the afternoon taking photos of my niece and nephew. I could not get them to smile at the same time for the life of me…hats off to Ian and Andi who smiled the whole…
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On Hashtags and VSCO
I’ve been wanting to write this post for a long time, and when I gave the blog a facelift I was finally able to make some of the VSCO hashtags I’m going to talk about easily searchable. I’m getting ahead of myself though – let me first describe these hashtag thangs to folks who don’t know why…
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Friendsgiving 2016
It may still feel like summer down south (it was 80 degrees in Louisville on Friday – but no, there’s no such thing as climate change…[eyeroll that shook the earth]) but late November is here and it’s time to stuff our faces in the name of giving thanks! Humming House is en route home after…
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MccRodLife
This time last year, I lived an 8-hour drive away from my brother, sister-in-law, and niece and nephew. I got to see them a couple of times a year for few days – usually when Humming House was in Chicago, on Thanksgiving, and maybe Christmas or a summer trip to Nashville. When we moved to Louisville,…
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JaviProjects
I have “it’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to” stuck in my head, except the lyrics are “it’s my blog and I’ll brag if I want to…braaaag if I want to….” And yeah, I want to. For this one (long) post I will brag on Javier, who built the most fabulous, luxurious bed…
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Six Men and a Lady: The Sixthman Sessions
I’d like to do the Sixthman Sessions the justice it deserves by writing an entire book on the craziness of how I met a group of awesome musicians on a cruise ship, wrote and recorded 9 songs in 2.5 days with them and in the process gained a bunch of great friends. I’d like to do…
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DLG in Hilton Head
July was a damn good month. I got home from a little over 3 weeks on tour at the end of June ready to soak up some quality time at home with the fellas. After a few nice recovery days (it feels like it takes that long to recalibrate to being in one place…unpacking, doing laundry,…
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Dolphins in Redondo
Some days on tour are completely lousy with an early start, a 10-hr drive and a late show (or even worse there’s no show, just a day of driving to get you closer to the next destination). Most days have the normal ups and downs; moderately long drives, cool cities but no real opportunity to enjoy…
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More Odds & Some Ends
Beyond the wood floors, we’ve been adding other small details here and there to the house that have certainly made it a warmer, more inviting space. My favorite additions are the gorgeous curtains my mom sewed for our living room and kitchen windows. Our local Hancock’s Fabric Store is going out of business, but before…
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Refinishing time
It’s been a busy couple of months in the LRL, and slowly but surely our house is coming together. The last time I updated here I mentioned that we were planning to paint the wood floors in our guest room because the wood underneath the carpet was beyond our DIY rescue capabilities, but our good…
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My doggos are video stars
Last month Humming House released the official video for our song “Run with Me”! We filmed the video over two incredibly hot days last fall (back when my hair was flowing and Kumita was a baby). Running around the city in heels and business-casual clothes while trying to capture the right shots for our storyline was…
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Paint Forever
You can bet your life is pretty chill when the most exciting thing that happens to you over the course of a few days is getting a brand new super vacuum. I don’t know what the normal life span of a vacuum cleaner is, but Javi and I have been using a standard canister vacuum…
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Shine on, wood floors.
When we moved to Louisville we decided not to move into our room until we took the carpet out or we’d never do it. The previous owners stapled down some fantastically ugly carpet over hardwood floors, which I’m sure was cheaper than refinishing the wood before selling. I prefer scuffed and scratched hardwood over cheap,…
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That’s so Louisville
“I’m a Louisvillian again.” “We live in Louisville now!” “Louisville is my new, old home.” “Louisville is my hometown.” All of these phrases keep rotating like marquee announcements through my brain when I wake up in our new house in our new city, and I’m wondering when it’ll just become a normal thing that Javier and I…
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Knitting Yoda
This fall I was inspired by a pair of adorable knitted mice and their maker Robin Nikkel to pick up my abandoned knitting needles and try to make something besides scarves using the most basic stitches. I haven’t ventured far into the world of cable knitting yet, but I did make a few little animals…
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A few things
Quite a bit has happened since the last time we posted, so here’s a VERY abbreviated summary of Aug-Dec: JACKSON WAS BORN! – Our little nephew Jackson John was born August 8, 2015 and he’s AMAZING. He’s SUCH a good baby and absolutely the most darling little boy I’ve ever beheld. We were there the day…
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Day Off in CO
Today is a good day. I woke up this morning and, miraculously, I could smell a pot of fresh coffee already made. I assumed I would be the first one in this group to wake up this morning, but Josh beat me to it. He fixed a pot of coffee earlier but had since gone…
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