Casa Petrie

I could not help myself.  You know my great love of vampires would become inappropriate at some point.  Hehe. Happy trick-or-treating!

Happy Halloween from Familia Petrie! (And a happy, happy birthday to my mom!  Cheers to a lovely, smart and courageous lady.)

I’ve been looking for a high quality leather purse with an over-the-shoulder strap.  I knew I would find one at a thrift store if I was patient.  And last week, I scored!  I found this dark brown Coach bag. Did I ever show you the pillows I confiscated from my parents’ house? The blanket under [...]

A witch and pumpkins: what could be more Halloween?  The pumpkins are real.  I am a big fan of the grey pumpkin.  Mr. Petrie and Miss Petrie will carve the orange pumpkin this weekend. I apologize for my week long absence!  I had my grad class midterm due yesterday.  But, it’s done. Have a great [...]

Gratuitous Petrie girls post ahead! I am knee deep writing a big paper for school.  I hope your week is going well.  

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction. -Antoine de Saint So true!  Enjoy your day.

It was cold in Albuquerque this past week!  I decided to pull all of the veggies out of the garden.  We ended up with a boatload of green tomatoes.  Some I will let ripen, but others we decided to grill and use for green tomato salsa. I left some green tomatoes sit on the windowsill [...]

It’s still a blast to make Miss Petrie her lunch every day.  If I can, I use leftovers.  She doesn’t always eat everything, but she does make an effort to eat some of her food. Happy eating!

All summer our kitchen faucet had been leaking like crazy.  We knew to replace it would be a little more skill than we have in the DIY department.  Boy, were we right about that!  We contracted a plumber with Lowe’s.  The first plumber to try and replace the faucet had to stop because he said [...]