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Back and forth
This summer has been a whirlwind, as summers often are, this year made slightly more insane by trips to and from my parents' place in Maine, which means logging many hours in the car. Thankfully,...
View Articlerun the circumference of Southport Island
I've never been one for romanticizing my runs. I've liked running since I was on the cross country team in high school, and I've done it as exercise ever since, at times much more frequently than...
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When I think about this time in our lives
I will remember that the bathroom was very popular.
View ArticleRaising my standards (maybe)
I was talking to some friends the other day about how the past few months have been crazy, and even stressful in some ways as we try to deal with the logistics of three kids, work, elderly dogs and us...
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Brought the old dollhouse out for another round
Everyone is constantly being put to bed or stuffed into cupboards.
View ArticleNotes on my afternoon coffee habit
One of the joys of being in my mid-thirties (listen, I'm going to skip over "late thirties" as a term I use in relation to my age, despite the fact that 37-almost-38 is decidedly "late thirties) is...
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To do (one year, ten goals)
As you know, I’m a big fan of to-do lists.Personally, I like to write mine down in ink on paper; on the blank, waiting page of a notebook, or scrawled on Post-its that I stick to the edge of a table...
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Chickpea & Cavatelli Soup (recipe #1, January)
So. I wasn't super adventurous this first month of recipe-trying. This was an pretty simple one, which I found on The Splendid Table website. But I wanted to get the ball rolling as it is mid-January...
View ArticleHaikus about Mina's coughing
Our dog Mina, as some lucky souls have experienced firsthand, sometimes exhibits a hacking cough. The cough, impossible to ignore, is the result of heart disease. Before you go feeling sorry for her,...
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In this corner
No, I'm not trying to cultivate some kind of hipster vibe; she put that hat on herself. I realized recently that I've taken so many pictures in this corner of our dining room. Maybe because of the...
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Because I didn't say it had to be food (recipe #2, February)
El Presidente! Or...an adaption thereof, which I discovered in Imbibe magazine, then bought the proper ingridients and then, ok, J actually made it, because he is really, really good at making...
View Articlerunning mix (almost-springtime-that's-right-I-like-Maroon-5-edition)
starships - nicki minajgive me everything - pitbullhoudini - foster the peoplesugar - maroon 5touch the sky - kanye westunbelievers - vampire weekendnew sensation - inxsreturn to the moon - el vyso far...
View ArticleThis is my new productivity tool, and it is going pretty well
It is called, "write the things you need to do into the current day in your datebook, and then do them."You see, I have tried various methods of getting things done (a.k.a. "GTD" to the nerds amongst...
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I cannot believe I'm writing this (a post about home improvement)
One of the things that often occurs when we have one of those utter rarities - a completely free weekend - is that my husband and I get very excited about improving our home, mostly concentrating on...
View Articlelist of complaints
I am in not the greatest mood, probably a result of being away for a week - visiting my parents in Maryland - during the kids' spring break and the inevitable let-down that occurs when you return to...
View ArticleThe truth (about my self-righteous game plan)
When I wrote that inspiring post back in early January, the world fresh with 2016 promise, I had a few goals in mind.One was to create more material to write about. More mini, and actual, adventures....
View ArticleRunning mix ("You used to be a stranger, now you are mine" edition)
One of the things I've been trying to accomplish over the past few years is to get back into music, at least a little bit. I've written about this plenty of times before, admitting my tendency to...
View ArticleIn which I use this blog and the internet in general as a hopefully...
This week, beginning with Memorial Day, should have been golden; a shortened work week and an unofficial start to a glorious summer. Flip flops. Being super productive during the day and then...
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