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More about landscaping than I thought I had in me
I am pretty excited about the daily watering/watching things grow part of gardening. Just yesterday I noticed that my radishes had popped through the soil and I felt an embarrassing amount of pride and...
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Life sans kitchen
So. This keeps happening. Prior to the start of the kitchen remodel, it was our very sincere intent to do all the cooking in the downstairs bedroom and on the grill. The first day, while Joel was out...
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Words and phrases
Claire has taken to calling me “girl.” As in “Yeah, girl, you’re probably right [someone did want our parking space]” or “Giiiiiiirl, that’s a cool skirt” or “Sure, girl, I know what you mean.” Even,...
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Astraphobia and Lilapsophobia
I spent the first 25 years of my life living in Missouri where weather happened on a regular basis. When I was a baby, my aunt and uncle’s house was hit by a tornado (spawning a lot of our family...
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Progress, not progress
Last night I went to bed super stoked about sharing some in-progress updates on the kitchen, but then this morning I woke up to smart/depressingly true commentary on the SCOTUS Hobby Lobby decision as...
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A bad step-parenting analogy
Being a stepmother is like coming in to produce a movie after most of the major decisions have already been made. The director has been hired, the cast has been chosen, the locations have been booked,...
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Setback or opportunity
Five weeks ago I went to a session of Moms on the Run – a running club I joined, kept meaning to write about and never got around to – and I had a mediocre run. We were doing sprint intervals. It was...
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8 thoughts on 8
This summer, all my kids are turning eight. Cooper in June, Claire in July, Huck at the end of August. And while it might be sacrilege in some circles to equate dog birthdays with kid birthdays, my...
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Freestyle Friday: Self-realization, cocktail attire, vintage capes,...
Ladies and Gentlemen! I have officially hit the blogger milestone where I realize that if I always wait for fully-realized posts to magically appear, I will never hit “publish.” So, like all bloggers...
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Year 1 done
Well, Internets, I made it. As of today I have been a Minnesota resident for an entire year, and I lived to tell the tale. In the last 12 months, I have survived: The coldest Twin Cities winter in 35...
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That time we remodeled the kitchen and dining room
Over the weekend I had a photographer over to take some pictures of Cooper – a sneak peek of which you can see here – and we got to talking about the kitchen renovation and how Joel and I ended up...
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REVIEW: February Stitch Fix
The Internet says it is 47 degrees outside. Claire and her best friend are running around the yard in t-shirts, claiming they’re hot. For the first time in months I’m sitting on the couch with no socks...
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The life and times of Cooper J. Pants
Cooper and I just got back from our first Spring run and I’m feeling even more woobie-ish about him than usual, so thought I would finally sit down and write this post. Back in January, I had the...
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