Another election in the books. Well, almost. I’ll be glued to the TV tonight, that’s for sure. I can only hope for a happy ending. I’ve participated in my fair share of election duties by now and take this relatively newly acquired right in this country (well, it’s been four...
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October, 3 was my Mom’s birthday and I was so happy to be able to celebrate with her. I baked a birthday cake for her (every birthday kid deserves a birthday cake!) and we surprised her (and belatedly my Dad) with tickets to the Paul McCartney concert at our newly...
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I made these blueberry muffins for J’s birthday instead of a birthday cake (because J loves blueberry muffins > cake) and they turned out really great. Jon is a big fan of the crumble topping, so I was happy to add that and modify my Mom’s recipe for pound cake...
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Happy Saturday, friends. I literally have no post planned for today and I have to wing it. As I said, majorly unprepared for NaBloPoMo this time around. To get a little bit more in control (what can I say, I am a planner), I’ve been trying to outline the month...
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Today I am linking up with Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness for Friday Five 2.0 Linkup. They’ve taken over the weekly linkup from Courtney, Cynthia and Mar and I am so glad they did, because the Friday Five posts are so much fun – to read and to...
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Last year, a couple of blog friends posted these little snippets to the universe and I thought it was such a great idea, because don’t we all have something to put out into the universe sometimes? I sure do, so I am reviving this post idea and encourage you to...
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Look at these two – aren’t my selfie-taking, very excited parents just the cutest? I loved getting that picture right before their take-off. Multiple hours later on September, 29, they arrived at SFO. I had to leave work a bit early and make my way over to the Bay Area....
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So, it’s November and while I know that November always follows October, I feel like we’ve skipped a whole season or something. We went from pretty much summer temperatures to cold + rain in a matter of days and I am not ready for the holidays and for this year...
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