my messy house

I cannot wait until the bar exam. I’m going to spend days just organizing and cleaning.

yard transformation

I am too lazy to edit my photos before I post them. What this meant before was that I simply wouldn’t post. But I’ve decided that I’ll just go ahead and post my crappy photos so I don’t just keep taking them, and doing things, and not writing about any of it because I’m too [...]

missing in action

It has been so long since I wrote anything. I promise I’m doing stuff, I just don’t have the time or energy to write about it. And I feel a little weird just writing about stuff without supporting it with pictures, which makes it so much less likely that I’ll write anything, because lately I [...]

getting crafty at work

I decided to bring some of my crafty things with me to work, so I could get some stuff done while I’m here. (Note: My job involves sitting at a desk and looking pretty for 8 hours a day. Occasionally I will answer a phone. So crafting isn’t cutting into any working time, it’s just [...]

my christmas haul

Yes, I’m going to take a moment to brag about what I got for Christmas. My parents still do a pretty big Christmas for me and my siblings, gift-wise, even though we are all definitely old enough to be fending for ourselves. They do things a little differently, though. Ever since I was around 15 [...]

Welcome to Domestic Novice

It’s been a while. A long time ago, in a district far far away, I was a law student. I started this blog to document the things I did at home while trying to avoid losing my mind at school. I decided to try my hand at baking, sewing, gardening… anything and everything I could [...]