Category Archives: General

Project Food Part I: Happy Herbivore, Preview

I hadn’t made any New Year’s Resolutions for 2011.  Instead, I just thought about some of the things I’d like to work on this year.  I have been trying to pay attention to my grumpy moods and figure out why … Continue reading

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Laughter

I am the kind of person who can read a funny book or watch a funny show without actually laughing out loud.  I might chuckle, and/or smile, but outright, belly laugh? It doesn’t happen often.   The movie The Hangover … Continue reading

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August Briefing

Somehow, we are a quarter into September.  Wasn’t it just July?  It’s hard to believe that we have lived in this house for over a quarter of the year. Below is what happened in August, in no particular order: We … Continue reading

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The First Six Weeks

It’s been six weeks already since we moved into our house.  How are things going?  Well … pretty good, actually.  Despite the fact that we still have one more room (the library) to finish unpacking and need to get our … Continue reading

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House Mysteries

For the last month or so, at the house we currently live in, I’ve been complaining to Matt that the water is “not right”.  I hadn’t taken a very good shower in a long time, because I kept being unable … Continue reading

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Craziness

Chaos. That is my life lately. Maybe nobody else thinks it is, maybe its just me, but I have just been running around, making phone calls, doing stuff. And since nobody offered to be my personal secretary, well, then I … Continue reading

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Procrastination Pays Off

It really does! Procrastination is one of my very best personality traits. Or worst. But I’m also a perfectionist. And so the perfectionist in me procrastinates doing things until I have time to do it perfectly. Or I just procrastinate … Continue reading

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Health Updates

I know its been a while since I posted.  I see a notice that I have a TON of comments. I know they are spam.  So as I am deleting them, I am reading them and I crack up.  The … Continue reading

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(Some) Faith in Humanity is Being Restored

So often, all we do or hear is complaints about humankind.  And really, can we be blamed?  In an age of dogfighting, rudeness, poor customer service and road rage, some days we just wonder where the human race is headed. … Continue reading

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Matriculation/Convocation and Other Things Not as Interesting

Or, getting caught up on my crazy life.  I guess its not really so crazy, but it feels crazy to me!  Last Friday, we attended my cousin’s Matriculation/Convocation ceremony at her university.   You are all probably familiar with Kayla by … Continue reading

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