I completely failed to acknowledge that my niece (and god-daughter) Greta turned 6 last week. I wanted a picture to go along with the occasion and then forgot, because I didn’t get any pictures from her actual birthday. So you get this recent one of her snuggling with their new...
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There is a huge wildfire burning in the foothills right now and even though we haven’t been impacted much by the smoke (yet) down here in the capital, I am really hoping that they’ll get this fire under control. It’s already destroyed 76,000 acres (that’s 310 km² for us metric-thinking...
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This week has really been flying by. I’ve been transitioning to some new responsibilities/tasks at work and it has kept me really busy (so much that I’ve been dreaming of Excel spreadsheets and long data files for the last couple of days! Do you experience this when you’re spending...
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We spent the weekend in SoCal – again! – for Mother’s Day, because why the hell not. It’s nice to get out of town. I found this cute idea for a Mother’s Day gift online and I totally went with it. It was just a nice, sweet little surprise for my mother-in-law....
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I took a sick day this week (because of a legitimate raging headache) and I felt bad about it. What has become of me? I shouldn’t feel bad for staying home and taking care of myself, but the mentality here unfortunately is a little different. (This should be another “Things...
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Today is my nephew’s 4th birthday and as always I am really bummed that I can’t squeeze his cute little face today. How is he four already?? We got to talk on the phone this morning though and he told me about the shirt that I sent him in...
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I had a doctor’s appointment this morning because of an ongoing cough (and stomach pain) that I had on and off for the last 10 months. The doctor thinks it might be related to acid reflux (even though I don’t really have heartburn), so he prescribed a heartburn medicine to...
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I had a dentist appointment this morning. Even though I don’t particularly like going to the dentist (who does?), I always feel so accomplished and grown up when I walk out of the dentistry. Because that is what adults do, right? Schedule their bi-annual dentist visits and stick to them....
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