I thought I was pretty “with it.” After all, I’m a blogger – that’s current. I’m a social media manager – that’s still cutting-edge. I’m on Pinterest and Google+ and LinkedIn and Twitter. I watch YouTube videos. Unfortunately, my kids have led me to understand that I don’t watch ENOUGH YouTube videos. Of course, in [...]

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I know Halloween is now far in the past, what with all the Christmas displays up in malls and stores. But for me it feels like just yesterday. That’s probably because I spent November 1-5 in Seattle, WA, for a John Maxwell conference called Exchange. Highlights of that include touring the Boeing plant, visiting Microsoft, [...]

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Waving in the wind In layers of color, leaves Shift and fall to earth Today is a rather blustery day. The wind, cold from the north, swept in on the heels of yesterday’s rain. I turned on the heater for the first time this morning. The kids all willingly wore their jackets to school. I [...]

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Abby, creating edible art for Halloween They tasted as good as they looked!

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I’m eating M&Ms. Dark chocolate. I don’t know why, but somehow telling you what’s going on this instant helps me get in a writing groove. So let’s see, what else is happening? I’m getting a cold sore-like thingy on my tongue from sucking on the aforementioned M&Ms. Does this stop me from eating them? No, [...]

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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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Guess what Abby got yesterday!

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A fish jumped out of the water behind me, right next to the shore. The splash broke the stillness of the lake. I leaned back in the Adirondack chair on the dock and tried to get back to breathing. I’m not very good at relaxing. No. Let’s get real here: I suck at relaxing. I’m [...]

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How to hold your baby when you need both hands for taking a picture: (Totally stolen from 22 Words because it made me snort out loud.)

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LC, Hannah and I were driving home from their Wednesday night middle school worship time, when we started talking about childbirth. (Doesn’t every family talk about that in the car?) “Mom, did you have any of us the regular way?” asked Hannah. Me: No, you were all C-sections. LC: You tried to get ME out [...]

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