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Am I finishing my last bit of wrapping?  Am I making my husband’s lunch for tomorrow?  Am I relaxing on the couch with a nice glass of wine?  Reading my newest book? No.  Dammit.  Thanks to Pinterest, I’m spending the few precious moments of quiet time I have doing things like this: Star Wars snowflakes.  [...]

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Remember this post? Well, it all actually turned out okay: But I still don’t want to do it again anytime soon.

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On Saturday, Sam, Andrew, Luke and I hung around the YMCA ice rink while Jack and Maria had skate school.  Bored with watching the lesson, the boys chose to entertain themselves:

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I’ve heard that the brain cannot remember pain.  Although I’ve never researched it, it’s believable.  I mean, women go through pregnancy and child-birthing multiple times (some of us more than others).  And there are people who have run more than one marathon.  Painful, right?  And, yet, people repeat those experiences. I believe, however, that my [...]

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While the baby cried, the dog begged, the children yelled and the TV blared, I prepared a new meal tonight.  Inspired by something I saw on Pinterest (my latest time-sucking obsession), I made this: Pretty cool! Yum?  Maybe. It was fun to try, but I doubt I’ll go through the trouble again.  Maria pulled hers [...]

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Despite the riskiness of putting swords into the hands of my children, our family chose a pirate theme for Halloween this year:  five pirates and a parrot.  (It’s too hard to take pictures with an eye patch, so I forwent.) Scenes from the event: P.S. Be sure to check my Flickr page (click the little [...]

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Last weekend, I had the chance to attend a 3-day retreat.  The stars must have been aligned just right, because I managed to leave behind my family on Thursday evening, not returning until Sunday evening, and everyone survived.  Even the dog. Not only did they all survive, but there was no mud, no blood and [...]

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We took the kids camping – AGAIN!  Can you believe how stupid we are it?  We almost took the dog too (just ’cause we like to punish ourselves like that), but changed our minds and kenneled her.  Never mind that it cost more for her to stay than for us to camp… It was worth [...]

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When we constructed a new kitchen in our home, this is the light we chose to hang above our table: Unfortunately, it recently met its demise.  When Grandma and Grandpa were here taking care of our children so that Dan and I could head West for my sister’s wedding (yes, back in August), the glass [...]

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I can’t remember what Luke was mad about this morning.  And, I’m sure if I asked him, he wouldn’t remember, either. But boy was he MAD.  The yelling, screaming, stomping, saying-nasty-things kind of mad.  I don’t think I helped the situation much, as when he told me he didn’t love me I told him I [...]

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