A Rose-y Glow

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Stow Away

Calling all pack rats!  If you're one of those kooks who just can't let go of that bus ticket or luggage tag, rest easy in the fact that you're in good company.  To avoid a situation similar to the sickeningly sloppy participants on TLC's Clean Sweep, tuck your memorabilia away in semi-organized vessels- try the ol' cigar box if you've got one kickin' around the house.

Worth Saving

Concert tickets from shows you really loved

Luggage tags or boarding passes from especially nice trips

Postcards

Photobooth photographs, Polaroids, well any photograph really...

Foreign currency (sometimes comes in handy in a pinch)

Knicks and knacks you pick up in your travels

Anything that makes you smile/laugh/cry/etc

Decidedly Not Worth Saving

Pop tabs

Wrappers (unless they're really cool)

Every business card you ever receive

Toothpicks

Greeting cards that you're not particularly attached to

Things that rot

In other words, junk goes in the garbage, souvenirs and memories go in a memory box.  You can decide the difference for yourself.  Happy hoarding!

Be My Baby

When visiting a newborn, it's important to keep a few things in mind.

1. They are quite possibly the most adorable things you will ever see.  Be prepared.  But do try to keep from weeping incessantly.
2. Never ever call a baby ugly.  First of all, newborns are just getting started on the gorgeous thing, and second of all, babies are beautiful no matter what.
3. Don't ask to hold the baby if you don't actually want to.  This is simply a terrible idea.
4. If and when you do choose to hold the baby, place the baby's head in the crook of your arm (the other side of your elbow) and wrap your other arm either around the baby or around your arm.
5. Don't be afraid to talk to the baby, or tell it nice things.  Just don't get carried away and try to avoid baby-talk.  Keep in mind that just because you are in the company of an infant, you yourself have not regressed to their vocabulary.

Pictured above is Madelyn Francesca Palimaka, O'Keefe House's most beloved little person.  We wish Kate and Jared all the absolute best in their adventures with Maddy.

Photographs by Chris Taylor and Kate Palimaka