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Vodka and toast
If you don’t love Arrested Development this post may not interest you, unless you like to gawk while I make a fool out of myself. If the latter is the case, most of the posts on this blog should be...
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How we’re surviving our apartment (5 Favs)
Linking up with Moxie Wife for Five Favorites! I mentioned multiple times that we’re looking for a house, and I hate to say it, but that search is not going very well. We keep finding reasons to wait...
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Some Father’s Day shout-outs
A day late and a dollar short, as usual, but here’s one for the fathers. Today (and every, really) I find myself incredibly grateful for my own dad, who set an nearly impossible standard as husband and...
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The garden grows
I was loose in the garden today with our new camera… Handsome didn’t appreciate me interrupting his nap. . He ate all the ripe blackberries. . Golden cherry tomatoes are my new favorite! We’re going to...
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Not for the faint of heart
It’s been bit of a natural disaster around here the past few days. We were hit. We were enveloped by a tsunami also known as norovirus, which swept through our home in a wave of vomit and diarrhea....
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A few from the 4th
Oh my goodness, where have I been? I feel like I’m late turning in an assignment. I’ve been meaning to get these up from our little Independence Day festivities, but my sister and her husband just...
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What we wore Sunday
We’re actually on our way to Mass now. We were planning to take the kids to the bookstore beforehand, but Max fell asleep so we’re stuck in the car. I’m writing this post on my phone. Will I do this in...
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Lemon Meringue Pie {Mystery Ingredient Monday}
Better late than never, linking up with Anne for Mystery Ingredient Monday. This week, we’re in the kitchen with lemons. Oskar is not a dessert person (somehow our marriage still works) but he does...
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What I wore Sunday
After Latin Mass last week, today’s 8:30 morning Mass was a breeze. Unfortunately, it felt like a different religion (and not in a good way) with the drums and the guitar and all that jazz. If Latin...
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7 Quick Takes
Joining the Epic Blog Challenger herself for 7 Quick Takes. ~1~ I’m recovering from a a very poorly conceived and terribly executed walk to the “big playground” this morning. It was 6 million degrees...
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Girls just wanna have fuh-un
Popping in here to fulfill the day 6 post for Jen’s Blogging Challenge. I just got back from the girl’s night out that Oskar so sweetly set up. My sister, a friend and I ended up getting a 45 minute...
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Making the most of it
When we moved back to Fresno last year, I was starved for family. I needed to be able to rely on someone besides Oskar. I was so exhausted from being alone, without someone I trusted to leave my kids...
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Shrimp Scampi
It’s time for another Mystery Ingredient Monday, and we’re cooking with wine. OK, I know it’s Wednesday, but I started writing this on Monday, then got distracted with trying to throw together a first...
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Some thoughts on the 1st birthday of my 2nd baby
Lucia, my sweet second-born, turned one last week. I’m going to say it… My, oh my, how this year flew by. I’m not being trite! It genuinely surprised me how quickly the year passed, mostly because the...
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7qt from the Denver airport
This 7 Quick Takes made possible by my thumbs and my new Samsung Galaxy S4. Excuse lazy grammar this once please! 1. both kids fell asleep in the stroller on our walk across the airport. minor...
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South Dakota run down (7QT)
We’re back! We survived our travels with the kids. It went 130% better than I thought it would, even though Max had 3 meltdowns daily and Lucia refused to let anyone but me or Oskar hold her. I’m...
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Mack Attack with a Lulu bonus
I’ve been a sporadic blogger recently, but I have been diligent in saving these Max quotes. I’m packing up the kitchen and the dry-erase board on my refrigerator is full of them. Max’s latest: Sitting...
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Some Sunday morning musings
When next summer rolls around and I’m complaining about the heat, and how awful Fresno is during the month of July, please remind me that in mid-November, my kids will be doing this While I get a...
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A quick but sincere “Merry Christmas!”
Dear Family and Friends, Our warmest well wishes to all of you this Christmas season! What a full, happy, exhausting month (make that year) it has been. God continues to bless us, challenge us and...
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Are you sure it’s January?? (7QT)
I’m back and better than never to get at least one post published in January. A few fun happenings to document, but first with the oh-so-original weather commentary: 1.Sunshine. Clear days. Kids...
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