Boston was fantastic. Bart said, on the last day of our trip, “I think this is the most fun trip we’ve taken together.” When I questioned him, he amended “except for our cruise, of course.” And it really was that fun. We visited Lexington and Concord, Salem, and, of course, Boston itself. We saw tons of great things and just…
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Excuses
Bart and I just returned from spending 4 days in Boston. We opted not to mention our absence while we were gone as it seemed foolhardy to publicly announce that our house stood alone and unguarded (as if we have anything of great value there). It is quite difficult to blog when you can’t actually write about what you’ve been…
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Lazy Cop Out Post
Things I love: 1) Warm weather (people laugh when we say a main reason we picked Texas was because it had mild winters, but I assure you we are completely serious. I am dreading being cold all through Christmas in Utah and loving that I can still go get the mail in flip-flops in Texas). 2) A nice soft bed….
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That is the Question
So the other day, Bart’s cousin Laura left a comment asking about book titles and mentioned that she never reads a book twice. This comment has been rolling around in my head all week. I love rereading books – I like catching things I didn’t catch the first time around, I like cementing the story and characters more firmly in…
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Why?
The first time I saw a friend of mine after Bart and I got engaged, she asked me straight off, “Why do you want to marry him?” On paper this sounds sort of harsh, I think, but the way she said it wasn’t that way at all – she genuinely wanted to know what helped me come to the decision….
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