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JANUARY ’09 BOOK CLUB
Last night we had a very successful book club at my house, thanks in part to some wonderful new members helping to reinvigorate the group. We read the Feast of Love by Charles Baxter, and almost everyone read it! I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Book Club, Izzie
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ALDI’S
Ryan and I had been hearing about this new discount grocery store in Vernon and being the thrifty shoppers that we have become, we decided to check it out. The store is called Aldi, but we prefer to call it … Continue reading
Posted in Shopping
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DAY THREE WITHOUT A MICROWAVE
On Sunday morning our microwave died. It went out in a blaze of glory. It was like a lightning storm was happening inside of the microwave. Lots of pops and bangs and sparks flying. There is a burn hole in … Continue reading
Posted in Eating Out
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TOMORROW IS AN HISTORIC DAY
Gosh, I have never liked writing “an historic,” it’s even harder and weirder to say out loud. Tomorrow, something that has never occured in the history of my life will be happening. I hope that this historic day will end … Continue reading
LAZY WEEKEND
I had a pretty great, pretty uneventful weekend. Friday night I met up with Stefania for a yummy pizza and calzone dinner. It was great catching up and I’m so looking forward to her joining Book Club this week. The … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Izzie, Life
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IF THIS IS MY BIGGEST LIFE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW . . .
I feel like I am totally copying Katie with this post. But today, my favorite shoes died. I don’t know when exactly it happened, but I felt a draft and looked down to find the sole totally cracked and the … Continue reading
Posted in Shopping
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SWEAR BEAR
I am not calling New Year’s Resolution #1 a failure yet, although it’s been tough going. I think the key is developing a new vocabulary replace my old choice words: “Gosh Darnit all to Heck!”“I can’t believe these freakin’ idiots!”“Learn … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Work
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I SURE HOPE THIS GROWS BACK
I could be the worst mom ever, and I don’t even have children. This past weekend I was super gluing a hook to the inside of the coat closet door to hang Izzie leash, and we had a little incident. … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Izzie
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2009 RESOLUTIONS
1. Be Impeccable With My Words.This comes from the first of the four agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. This year, I would like to reinvent my vocabulary to exclude certain curse words, and other words with I do not like … Continue reading
I’LL MINIMIZE IT, I SWEAR
I had been hoping to make a New Year’s Resolution to reduce the swearing altogether. And I’d still like to do so, even though I am losing faith in myself. I’ve been trying to cut down for weeks. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Work
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The True Story of What Was 