Spring Break Just Got a Whole Lot Better!

New York in the fall has nothing on DC in the spring! Ah, Spring, that glorious time of year when I want to wear short sleeves, but I can’t find them.  My nose is stuffy, my eyes itch, and yet for some reason I feel wholly and ridiculously happy.  I want to hug the spring this year–every zyrtec requiring moment of it is pulling me out of the dark-ish zone I’ve been inhabiting for too long to admit! This spring […]

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The Year of Getting Organized

I’ve written gobs of blog posts where I’m really bad about never going back and letting you know how that all turned out.  This is my goal for tonight:  lots of updates!! Update #1:  The Great Clean Out inspired by reading Money Saving Mom‘s book:   It’s sort of an odd time to suddenly be all about organizing my house:  we are moving in JUNE.  However, we are drowning in TMS–too much stuff–so I have been plugging away at “The […]

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Goals for my Future

Who knew I would ever be so excited about a label maker?   I have big plans for this thing. Alan also got me this beautiful necklace.  Love it! This past week I turned 33.    That makes me stop and ask, “Am I where I wanted to be at 33?” Yes,  definitely,  plus some!  I never counted on having all these blessings,  and to top it all off,  I have way more direction and goals than I had 10 […]

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Joshua, the Super Bowl, and the skateboard trampoline trick

Today marks the very first time, in our 11 years of marriage, that our family is watching the Super Bowl.   Why are we doing this?    Joshua learned about it at school, and he decided that it’s a really important thing for us to do.  He has begged us all week to let him watch the ENTIRE Super Bowl tonight.  He’s been rather insistent.   Weird.   He’s never shown interest in watching sports before. Good news!  His team […]

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