We had a nice and cozy first Thanksgiving. We were still living out of boxes for the most part, but I worked on setting up our bedroom and kitchen, so that we could enjoy our first Thanksgiving meal in our new home. We took a break from unpacking on Thursday,...
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A week ago, J and I moved. We are no longer homeowners. I know, this announcement just came out of left field for you guys. In all honesty, I didn’t feel like discussing it and I also didn’t want to “blog through the process”. I had mixed feelings about the...
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You know, there is really nothing more satisfying than a delicious bowl of carbs, am I right? Ok, this really is not a “full” recipe as we’re using prepared pasta sauce, but hear me out: the pasta sauce from Mezzetta* (made right here in Napa Valley) is one of the...
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I thought it was time again to share some of the items I recently picked up at Trader Joe’s. They’ve started bringing in a ton of new seasonal items, many of which I am sure I’ll try out in the next few weeks, but I was particularly excited to see this...
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REMINDING YOU | that today is the last day to sign up for the Secret Santa Mug Swap 2018. If you want to participate, sign up here by the end of today! WATCHING | Friends. EATING | freshly baked bread. I can’t get enough right now. DRINKING | hot tea most days. I am...
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There are always so many things we should be thankful for every day (not just during the holiday season), but Thanksgiving is, of course, a good time to share these things with our friends and family. So, I’ll take the opportunity today to list the things I am most thankful...
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Idioms are probably one of my favorite things about foreign languages. This is a series I’ve carried through a number of years of NaBloPoMo and many people have told me over the years that the posts about German idioms are one of their favorites, so I’ll, once again, try to find some...
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Remember that I wanted to tell you about the fitness challenge I participated in a couple of months ago? When Susi asked me, if I would consider doing a 20-day fitness challenge with her in September, I wanted to jump on it. However, September was shaping up to be a...
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