What do you think of our raised garden? Looks pretty good, huh? What’s that? Where exactly is it? Why, on our back deck, of course! As we entered our first spring here in the new house, we’ve had to rethink our kitchen garden. The house is south-facing, which means the front yard is really sunny, [...]

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Happy Day After Valentine’s Day. I hope you enjoyed your celebration of the holiday. Unless you don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, in which case I encourage you to at least take advantage of all the half-price candy sales today. (My grocery store was OUT of candy hearts this morning. I was peeved.) We celebrated here with [...]

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The open door to the deck lets the outdoor breezes in. Which is good because I’m still warm from our walk. Charlie and I decided to go for a walk this morning. I don’t know why I decided to walk outside instead of on the treadmill; the beautiful weather probably had something to do with [...]

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Like almost everyone’s these days, my birthday last Thursday began on Facebook. Greetings came in all day, pinging my phone over and over. Very heartwarming to see Happy Birthdays from so many people from my past and present. If Facebook is good for nothing else, it at least has increased the number of birthday greetings [...]

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I’m joining Joyce’s Wednesday Hodgepodge over at From This Side of the Pond. Random is just what I needed today. If you’re at a loss for ideas, feel free to visit Joyce and join the party!   1. What do you do at the first sign of a cold? Will you get a flu shot [...]

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Thirty-two years ago today, my parents exchanged vows. And they’ve been perfect partners ever since. So in their honor, I present, A Soul Train Anniversary!

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What I want to be doing right now is baking cookies, not writing. My creative muse appears to be hanging out in the pantry with the oatmeal and chocolate chips. But I’ve told her to wait so I can catch you up on the past week and a half. After all, it’s been too long [...]

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We were at Target the other night, looking for Barbie storage units. And at our Target, the storage stuff is right by the pet stuff. So while I was pricing flimsy plastic drawers, the girls were examining the items on the end of the pet aisle: Dog Costumes. “Mom! I know what we can make Tess [...]

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Scene: Living room, Night. Man and woman on sofa, watching TV. On the TV is The Grammys / VMAs / any other musical award show. On TV, Scantily-clad presenter: And the winner is…. Singy McAutotune! Man on sofa: Who’s that? Woman on sofa: I don’t know. Let’s see if we have anything on DVR. Man: [...]

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As I might have mentioned before, I have two daughters. As I don’t think I did mention, we only have three bedrooms. Since we also have a son, this means that our girls share a room. This has always been a challenge: How do you get a baby AND a toddler to nap when the [...]

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