This week is fall break for Duke MBA students, so Bart has been home all week. Yesterday, after Ella got home from preschool, we packed up the car and drove to South Carolina to spend a couple of days with my friend Meghan and her kids. Her parents own a gorgeous lake house and let us stay here (I’m remembering…
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Black Shirt and Jeans
Some four and a half years ago, I wrote a post called “Why This is Not A Fashion Blog.” The gist of it was that basically all I ever wore were jeans and a black t-shirt. I take slightly better photos these days, and I like to think I’m a little better at dressing myself than I was in 2009,…
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Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
Back in the spring, Ralphie came to pick up her daughter from my house and brought with her the library copy of Edenbrooke. She said, “This is due next Thursday. You should read it. I think you’ll love it.” But I am an idiot, and I did not. (I did return it on time, though, because I am a good…
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Foam Sticker Banner
Sponsor-y post ahead. Consider yourself disclosed. Thanks, as always, for being a good sport (read on, and you’ll see that that, there, was a really fantastic and clever and highly original pun). I would have been happy to get a giant box of PomTree Kids supplies any day of the week. But when it showed up on a Friday night…
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Pumpkin Crepes with Cheesecake Filling
I know. I’m just as bad as everyone else. That first can of pumpkin I bought for my Spoonful chocolate chip pumpkin cookies has turned me into a monster (after I made those cookies, I went ahead and put together an entire collection of pumpkin cookies, many of which I’m tempted to try). Judge away. And have another pumpkin recipe….
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