Happy holidays from the VonSosens! Here’s a quick update. After over 25 years living in California, we made the decision to relocate to Salt Lake City last summer. We landed in a fantastic neighborhood in Federal Heights very close to my sister and her family. Ralf is working for a Bay Area tech start up …
It’s surprising how connected you can feel to a house. As I sit here surrounded by boxes, preparing to say goodbye to the home where we raised our four favorite kids over the past twelve years, I’m feeling all of it. Each room tells a story, a chapter in our family’s narrative. From first days …
This is tradition. It’s my favorite thing about Maui. My dad used to rally us kids, almost every morning of vacation, before the sun came up, to pull on our suits, grab our snorkel gear, and make our way over to Black Rock. We’d get there just as the sun peeked over the mountain, illuminating …
Welcome to our Tuff Shed turned home office! With the pandemic, we suddenly found we had a house full of people working from home. Our spaces felt tight and we were all looking for our own work spaces.
We live in a suburb of San Francisco. In a 90s tract home. The year was 1992.
Quarantine has been advantageous for us in two areas. Our dogs and our house. The dogs have never had so much attention. And our house has seen some projects move from the “to-do” list to the “done” list. Including a guest room refresh. This room has housed three of our four kids at one time …
DISCLAIMER: 4/20/2022 Hey there! It’s been about five years since I wrote Boys Who Wear Makeup and it has made its way around the virtual world. Lots of things have changed during that time. Erik headed off to college and subsequently came out as transgender. Her pronouns have changed as has her happiness. She …
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Challenges can hit us from all directions and levels in life. One challenge I have struggled with over the years is self-confidence. My childhood was filled with the highest of highs and lowest of lows. There were many tumultuous and chaotic experiences I went through that were life altering for me and my family. Through …
Before him I was annoyed by dogs. Simply put, I was not a dog person. It seemed that every one I encountered knew it but tried to convince me otherwise by jumping up on me, sniffing me, licking me or rubbing up against me leaving a trail of hair behind on my clothes. All began to change …
Once upon a time, I fell in love with a house. If you’ve happened upon my blog sometime in the past four years, you might have heard of this little 1905 historic home I’ve been restoring. I named it the #1905cottage. You can read about how I fell in love with the home here. When I bought it, I thought …
One night during finals week one of my daughters, after seeing what I had made for dinner, begged me to take her to Baja Fresh. Yes, of course, I was totally insulted but she had worked really hard that week and I thought she did deserve something nice and perhaps something that wasn’t so Minnesota …
I was born with a rare heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. My mom and dad found out about it the day after I was born and were given two options; a series of fairly new surgeries throughout my first three years of life, or to take me home and let me die peacefully. …