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Wanna be a Baking Rock Star?
Years ago, when we used to drive halfway across the country to visit grandparents, there was much I didn’t look forward to. Kids who were bored and acted up at the worst of times; sleeping...
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Flying by the seat of my (yoga)pants
Most people who know me would say they think I’m uber-organized. Which is not true. Uber-organized people are those who get the payoff from the process of organizing – they organize for the sake of...
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A really good beginner is good enough
Three hats I knit from Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Knitting Workshop. I donated these to the homeless shelter, where I’m confident they’ll go to good use. My first attempts at stranded knitting and reading a...
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Did someone just shoot a gun?
When I was younger I had a collection of wreaths for our front door, all of them hung on nails that I’d hammered into the wall of the garage (yes, he loved that I did that). The older I got the less...
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Engaging vs. Entertaining, and cinnamon donuts
They were SO proud of themselves! Today was a ‘teacher development’ day, so two of the local littles came to spend the day with us. Our day started at 8 am, which means their parents’ day started...
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Cooking THE meal
I posted a couple of weeks ago that our doctors put both of us on the DASH diet. We have three months to fix lab numbers or start picking up prescriptions at the local drug store. What a great time of...
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Thankful for a less than perfect Thanksgiving
As I sit here, Thanksgiving 2015 is one for the books. All the leftovers are tucked away in the fridge, the stuffed-to-the-gills dishwasher is quietly humming away, and we’ve eaten enough mashed...
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This and That
Here’s what I’m up to: After being given the go ahead from my cornea specialist, I started swimming again. After three weeks I can go for 10 laps, or 20 lengths, which sounds so much better. I’ve set...
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There’s a method to the madness…
You know all those beautifully decorated homes showing up on Instagram? The ones where everything is white and glowy and pure perfection? That’s not us. This is more where we’re at: See that red nose,...
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Caramel corn from questionable sources…
About 30 years ago we lived in a town, which I will not name, and had next door neighbors, who I also will not name. The woman was a delightful person. She was sweet to our kids, let us swim in their...
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Asking and Answering the Right Questions
“People often ask themselves the right questions. Where they fail is in answering the questions they ask themselves, and even there they do not fail by much…But it takes time, it takes humility and a...
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Carrying Albert Home
I’m not generally one to walk into the library, with no idea of what book I’m looking for. Rather, I have requested books online, and they’re sitting waiting on the shelf, with my name on the binding....
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Favorite things…
There’s a long-standing family squabble, amongst our three ‘kids’, as to who is ‘the favorite’. The girls will say it’s Dan. He’s the baby, all 6’3″, 200 lbs of him, and the only boy. And Dan will...
View ArticleCulling Deep!
I mentioned, awhile back, that we’re making plans to sell our Texas home, and downsize. To half the size of what we’re in right now. The first time we looked at the house plans, and saw ‘two bedrooms...
View ArticleOff to the PNW….
We survived the last ever garage sale of our lives. Barely, and I’m not even being dramatic. Ibuprofen, ice packs, wine, hot baths, and 9 hours of sleep every night except the one before, but we did...
View ArticleNeighbors and Being Real
We’ve had Steve (our vintage camper) parked behind our townhouse for the past few days, getting him ready for our first overnight outing; yesterday one of our neighbors who lives behind us wandered...
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Decorating help please….
When we were in Idaho for the past six weeks, I spent some time working on decorating our bedroom. It was a bit of a jumble with red check pillows on the chair, a green dresser, no decorating pillows...
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