I didn’t really plan on hosting a bbq on the 4th of July. The lawn hasn’t been mowed, I didn’t have a much food in the fridge, bbq’s out of propane, no decorations or fun things planned. But when some friends were all excited about getting together to celebrate, we pulled it together and bbq’d [...]
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Sand & Sea
Being 45 minutes away from the beach is an incredible luxury. Even though we don’t often make the trip, having the option is priceless. And when I looked at my schedule yesterday and I saw that I had almost nothing on the calendar today, we all immediately thought of the beach. The drive from home [...]
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Street Food in the Park
This afternoon a friend posted a link to Facebook about the local parks department hosting a gaggle of catering trucks this afternoon by the lake, and I was up and out the door. Few things can rival my enthusiasm for the park trails on a sunny day and food. Sweet, glorious, catering truck food! There [...]
Thrift Store Therapy
I haven’t been shopping in ages. I was starting to get withdrawals! For a week all I could think about was browsing around at Target with a coffee and a shopping list. And every thrift store I drove past whispered my name, I swear. It was a pleasure to stop by a Goodwill and thrift [...]
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Weekends & Weekdays
I like a low key Saturday night. A couple of beers at my desk, see what’s happening on the internet, head out for a little poker at a friend’s house. Sunday morning, sleep in, have some tea. Prep a bit for the week and veg out in front of the computer. Lol cats and YouTube [...]
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Violin Lessons
We’ve been meaning to integrate some music lessons into the curriculum since the beginning of the school year. We finally got it together to have a violin teacher come to the house once a week to teach Z some basics, and it’s been great so far. She’s getting used the instrument and learning to read [...]
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Year of the Rabbit
The year of the rabbit is supposed to be the luckiest year. The children are very aware of the Chinese zodiac and new year, they see and read all about it on their placemats when we go out to eat. We’ve been eating dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant once a week, and both girls [...]
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Sewing by Hand
I’ve been taking up the thread and needle to sew by hand. Some mending, a par of doll pants, here and there. It would be easier to gather up all the mending, grab the sewing machine, get it threaded, and work my way through the pile. But sewing a tear is about more than fixing [...]
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Thrift Score :: A Deposit Rather Than a Withdrawal
It’s not often that I take a whole trunk full of things TO the thrift store, especially when I end of bringing nothing home. My big project of the year is to clear out the extraneous items in the house, the single purpose tools, the decorative things taking up space for no reason, the storage [...]
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Egg Season
Since the weather has been so nice around here, the chickens are laying again. I love being able to go across town to pick up eggs from a friend, who has chickens I know and have held and seen since they were chicks. But, the weather (and taste of fresh eggs) are getting me to [...]
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