I have about as much artistic ability as a one-legged duck, so when I decided to make some sort of large-scale art to go on our dining room (and I use the term “dining room” in the loosest of terms), I knew it had to be something that could be done by an infant. Possibly a sleeping infant. This project…
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Situations Matter by Sam Sommers
You know how you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover? I judged Situations Matter as something I wanted to read solely on the basis that it was narrated by Joshua Swanson, who I loved as the reader for Split last year. Is that a bad reason? (No). Joshua Swanson is just as good a non-fiction narrator as he is…
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It Doesn’t Take Much: Hunger Games Edition
. . . to make me happy. Just going to see The Hunger Games this weekend (eee!) ********************************** It doesn’t take much to make Preethi happy. . . “Just walking to the park for a picnic with my boys.” ********************************** It doesn’t take much to make Kayla happy . . . “Just two little boys who always want to…
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Yellow and Blue Times Three
Apparently, the combination of yellow and blue is one of my favorites, seeing as I’ve unconsciously worn it three times in the past ten days. This dress was a recent Old Navy purchase and I love it. I took in the shoulders a little (I bought a medium since it was the smallest size available) and it actually turned out…
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Busy Season Aftermath
Last Monday, Bart came home around ten p.m. with the happy news that busy season was over. And even better, he had the rest of the week off. We made every effort to enjoy the week with him off. There was lots of hanging around at home (while Ella asked to “weed, weed!”). But we also got out plenty too….
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