I don’t miss much about apartment living, but I do miss the communal mailboxes for 30 buildings because whenever there were free food coupons, I would get about 15 of them because everyone just tossed them in the garbage without looking at them (did I just admit to dumpster diving?). One year, during Bart’s busy season, we ended up with…
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Raiding My Sister’s Closet: Pinterest Closet Inspiration
A quick question – do you call it “Pin-Ter-Est” or “Pin-Trist”? Merrick pronounces it the first way, I pronounce it the other way. Anyway, that is not important. (Unless you’re saying it the wrong way). This week, we each chose a photo from our Pinterest style/fashion boards and did our own take on the outfit. This was the one I…
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State Fair
Almost from the moment we arrived in North Carolina, people started telling us about the state fair and how it was a must-see. We planned to go on the last Friday in October, but as the day went on and Ani’s last nap went later and later, we almost abandoned it. Finally, after debating back and forth, we rallied ourselves,…
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Obviously, I’m Going to Force Some Halloween Pictures On You
. . . but fortunately, the light was disappearing so fast, I didn’t get many. Count your blessings. Months ago, Ella said she wanted to be a wolf, so clearly, we needed Ani to be Little Red Riding Hood. And then it was a quick jump to decide I’d be the grandmother and Bart would play the woodsman. We thought…
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Giving Up
I finish most books I start. (Can’t tell you how many books, though, I’ve read one page of, and then never picked up again). But some books just are so painful for me that I end up giving up even after investing some significant time in them. In the last year or so, here are a few of the books…
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