Category: my life
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I'll admit — it's hard. Hard to focus on anything other than "getting stuff done" during this time of year. Well, for me anyway. I guess I shouldn't speak for the rest of you. But, as I was going to through my gazillion emails in my inbox recently, I received a YouTube update for one…
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Our 12+ year-old washer finally gave out last week. I wasn’t surprised. We’d never done any maintenance on the thing and pretty much ran it ragged with loads upon loads of laundry. Hubs and I had been talking about getting a new washer/dryer set soon anyway, so it was kind of a blessing in disguise.…
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Pin It Oh yes. You know these would be my items of choice if I could only grab 3 things and journey off to a far-away place. Ok, well maybe I'd swap the laptop for some lip balm. Maybe. This is my everyday. This is me. I love this. Pin It
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(Nathan & I with our fun glasses from Irish Fest – a Labor Day tradition.) Goodbye, summer. I will surely miss you. In fact, I can't think of a single person who will miss you more than I. Seriously. But alas, September is here and I've got lots on my plate and am looking forward…
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watching … Kate Plus Eight on TLC. Crazy, I know. But I've watched the show ever since it was actually called Jon & Kate. It's a dumb show. But I just can't look away. I think it's the fact that everytime I watch it I am reminded what a great mother I am. …
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Sometimes football practice being cancelled can be a blessing. Yes, even for me, a great football fan. Because of the strong thunderstorms we had earlier today, my son's afternoon football practice was cancelled because the fields were too wet up at the school. So, after dinner we went on a bike ride instead. Nevermind that…
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Happy Monday, peeps! You may have noticed that beautifully colorful banner ad over on my sidebar that will take you to the SheStreams info page when you click it. I found out about this conference about two months ago and knew I wanted to attend. When I found out who was behind it, I wanted…
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A few weeks ago you might recall a post I made about the homebuilding event taking place here in Kansas City as part of the Libby's Get Back to the Table initiative. As excited as I was for that day to come where I'd get to meet up with some of my blogging buddies and…
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Our summer days are filled with regular trips to the library. Most of the time we're able to fill our canvas and reusable book bags to the brim with colorful reads, exciting chapter books, autobiographies about baseball stars and football stars, and even a few fun DVDs for the occasional movie day at home. This…