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Good-bye August
What happens when you have too many disjointed thoughts: The kids start school next week Wednesday and I think this is the first time I can say with 100% honesty that I wish summer were longer. It was...
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Bobbledibits
What started as a desire to organize a drawer, turned into a full on organizational mission. We’re currently in the “things get worse before they get better” part of the project, but by the end of the...
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Juggling Act (Where I Beat a Metaphor To Death)
Quite a few years back, my very wise grandmother told me the key to juggling everything is to know which balls bounce and which balls break. “As long as you’re keeping the important stuff moving,...
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Finding Joy
I posted on Friday about the juggling act in my life and how I’m trying to fight a case of bitterness that seems to want to settle in. (Thank you for your comments – either online or via text or in...
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On Feminism: Me Too
It’s Tuesday. I’m sitting here after a particularly draining session with my personal trainer. I told her I needed to work so hard that my brain shut off. I’ll feel my abs until Saturday and my brain...
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Boo, October.
Snippets of life lately. Messy rooms, unmade beds, little things that tug at my heart strings. The sign up there that says Katie’s Room? I spent an afternoon in my grandpa’s shop and he helped me make...
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Tuesday Things
We had snow. It didn’t stick, but it was lovely and I was a bit like a child in my delight. I’m a firm believer that if it’s gray and cold, snow makes it worth it. Our Halloween was frosty. About a...
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It’s Tuesday. These are my Things.
On Friday, Violet had a playground accident and broke her wrist. She’ll be in a splint at least until Friday when the orthopedist will take new x-rays and decide if she needs a cast and for how...
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Crazy, Good and Tuesday
On Thursday we’ll celebrate Thanksgiving. I’m a bit in a panic. I’m usually done with most of my Christmas shopping by now. I am not even close. I usually have a good handle on the handmade gift...
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Madness
The last few weeks have been a complete whirlwind. Thanksgiving was wonderful. We celebrated at my parent’s new home with everyone bringing a little something to the table. On Friday we went to...
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2018
I didn’t set a resolution. I didn’t give myself a word. I didn’t make a list of books I want to read or projects I want to knit or goals I want to accomplish. 2018 is not going to be that kind of...
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A List for January
Here are some random thoughts from January. Everything that is required of me right now is basically the opposite of my skill set. If I manage to make it through the next few months with my...
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some days are like that
I wrote a whole post. Close to 700 words. And then some network thingie happened. And 1/2 of it was gone. Rather than sit here and type it all out again, I’m going to take it as confirmation that the...
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An idealistic punch in the gut: Background writing/working stuff: Happy wake up music: Friday cruisin’ with my baby: A little 20 year old me nostalgia: Just a little gem: Cleaning the house: Mom, don’t...
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Books and Bits
In an effort to make more things from scratch, I decided to “feature” a different cookbook each month. For June (I’m getting a bit of a head start), Jesse picked “Mad Hungry Family” by Lucinda Scala...
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Fluff and Not
Life has been full. Promotions, concerts, baseball games, birthdays, graduations, parties. I feel a bit as if I’ve had the air knocked out of me. How did my children get this old? How did I? And I...
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Taking a Bite
Pretty lights. I tried an infrared sauna for the first time with chromotherapy. I want to try it again. Skyline. I really wanted to purchase her, but couldn’t get up the courage so I convinced myself I...
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The End of June
Never got around to posting Tuesday, so here are some pictures from our last weekend in June. My sister and her people came up to the cabin and we fished, swam (the sis and I challenged each other to...
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A Piece of Peace
I sat down a few days ago with some yarn and a pair of needles and decided to try my hand at socks again. The last two pairs I’ve attempted left me in a funk. Good pattern, bad yarn followed by good...
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Michigan 2018
We rented the same place we’ve rented for the last 5 out of 6 years (we missed 2017). We visited the same amusement park, the same mini golf stand, the same dune ride company. We jumped in the waves....
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