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Seville, Spain I’m back from my four week trip to Spain and Italy. First we spent one week in Spain and then the Amalfi Coast and we ended up in Tuscany because it was one of my favourite places from when we were there three years ago. Terreeia and I already spend a lot of…

See the before photos here. I can’t believe I’ve been writing this blog almost 10 years (the anniversary is coming up in October). Because of my blog I was able to buy my first house, and renovate it from top to bottom. And if that wasn’t enough, rip out my front and back yard and…

Positano Thanks so much for all your emails and suggestions on my fashion dilemma from my last post! I really appreciated them so much! I need your help again. Terreeia and I are going to Spain and the Amalfi Coast in June for 3 weeks. We have our accommodation booked in Barcelona because we are…

My sister Elizabeth and I have not had a girls weekend in about two years it seems like! So this past weekend, we drove down to Seattle for a little shopping and I thought it would be fun to get some photos taken of the two of us! When my Mom, Terreeia and I were…

I Make House Calls Last year was the first time we rented a house in Palm Springs for the entire month of January. It reminded me that, yes, I make house calls. Everyone always thinks we are on vacation And we were there again this year. Everyone always thinks we are on vacation, and I…

Terreeia and I have known each other for almost 20 years. We’ve been married for six. I first posted about our relationship here. And then talked about our first date here. So here are 7 Things I love about my Wife: Terreeia Rauffman and Maria Killam on Valentines Day last week! Terreeia’s first love is…

This is not a post about what to pack although I have a couple tips in there about that too. Mostly it’s about little things that no one talks about but you just learn over time. How to open a restroom door source When you go into public restrooms, open the door by pushing on…

The gate to my backyard party! This has been an incredible year for Maria Killam Inc. so far! We had five sold-out Specify Colour with Confidence events in Austin, Toronto, 2 in Chicago, finishing off our Spring lineup in San Francisco! I’m so thrilled and grateful at the response from participants all over the country! I just received…