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Colorado
The West officially has my heart. Refashions and adventures-in-sewing were put on hold for a while as Regan and I escaped to Denver. We spent a week exploring downtown, taking trips to Estes Park and Ft. Collins and visiting friends and family. Mostly we just wandered by foot everywhere and took in the views. We…
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House Vacation
This year for our anniversary we decided to take an extended Labor Day weekend, splurge on a few nice meals out (Shalimar, Siam Square), eat all the ice cream we could ever want, and enjoy being at home. Each morning we chose whatever adventure sounded best for the day. This took the form of reading…
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Ahoy, Matey!
I squealed out loud and clapped my hands when I read our neighborhood newsletter and learned 200 tons (TONS!) of sand were going to be dumped in our park so that sand artists could build a pirate ship. Regan, Jack and I have watched the progress on our nightly walks over the last month and now…
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Waging the Battle
I used to have daydreams about which town would claim me. As a twelve-year-old who hoped to someday see her name in lights, I envisioned signs welcoming visitors to Small Town, IN or Small Town, MN with: WELCOME TO (whatever city claims me) Population 5,000 Home of Claire Ellen My upbringing was split between these…
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Birthday Weekend in Pictures
I love weekends that make me not think about real life. This was one of them, thanks to Regan and all my friends and family. Here’s how it all played out: 1. Baked bread, made muffins, cleaned house, generally took back my life on Friday night. 2. Saturday morning woke up, played with Jack, headed…
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Oh, Deer
Last weekend Regan and I headed 90 miles north for a quick visit with my parents. As soon as we arrived, my dad led us over to the creek and showed us a fawn who had been in the same place for two days straight. It was so well behaved, staying in one place, waiting…
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Or maybe I’m not
Last post I bragged about how I was really starting something– a new sweater about which I was SO excited. And I was. Until I knit the bust in two nights, tried it on and realized it was too big. It took me a few weeks to get around to ripping it but finally I…
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The Joy of Photo Booth
Photo Booth is the perfect tool for capturing Jack’s frustration at having to live with two completely unreasonable people. Poor animal…
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Ridiculous
Why is my husband the best? Because when his friends are down he joins me in creating stupid-fun things for them. Regan created the Mr. T-inspired belly. He also helped me pick out the gold jewelry at the local hardware store, and this week we spent piecing it all together. Joint projects with Regan tend…
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Food
Food is the word that sums up this weekend. We ate take out, eat in, and home made. Now I’m questioning if I should continue to refrain from eating meat, I’m ga ga for popcorn and in love with brussel sprouts. Who knew that a weekend of indulgent fooding could open my eating horizons so…