My 10 Favorite Memories from 2019

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Can this also double as our year-end Christmas letter? I’m thinking it can. I’m going to do these in order of the year and my memory. Most things that happened have been forgotten, of course. But here are 10 happy memories. #1. The snowed out promotion ceremony All set for a stressful day at the Pentagon, when SURPRISE, snow buried D.C., and we got to have Alan’s promotion ceremony in the comfort and relaxation of our own home–in the basement, […]

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What to Expect at the 9/11 Museum and Memorial

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What to Expect at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

We arrived to the museum around 4pm, but that was okay because it is open until 8pm on weeknights and 9 pm on Friday and Saturday night. We were there on Saturday evening and hardly even had to wait in line.

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What Remains of the Original New Testament Church?

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This morning I was reading the introduction in my study Bible to the book of Titus. It was talking about the early church that Paul planted in Crete, and that got me thinking. Having spent my whole life living in America, there is oh so very much about the Mediterranean region that I do not know. Is there still an active church in Crete? Ha! Well, if you’re from that region, you might laugh at this question because Crete is […]

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Girls Trip New York City with Amber and April

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Bus tickets. I feel like all great stories begin with the sentence, “we decided to take the bus.” I’m sitting here laughing at my own joke, but the bus TO NYC was probably our best decision of the day. It was getting to the bus that proved to be tricky,

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Goal: To Take Housekeeping Seriously (But Not Too Seriously)

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Was I ever good at the actual housewife part of the stay-at-home-mom life? Ehhhh. It didn’t matter too much. I didn’t feel like that was my real job

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House Cleaning Jams Playlist, Part 2

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These are songs that “spark joy” for me. They help make cleaning up around the house doable. This is super important because when you have children

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Exciting Weekend Ahead: 4 Months into the Move

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Our sprouts are growing. Each stalk of our beings is figuring out where the room to stretch out to the sun is. Before you know it, there will be new leaves, buds, and even flowers. Maybe we won’t even wait for spring. We’ll be like the early daffodils of late February, always showing up before you were quite expecting them.

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How to Bake Yummy Yeast Rolls

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how to bae yummy yeast rolls

I have tried several recipes in my quest to make delicious-melt-in-your-mouth rolls from scratch. They were all utter failures…..until this one! I found this gem in one of those church cookbooks,

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Of all the places, which one did you like best?

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of all the places, which one did you like best?

This year we moved AGAIN. Did I mention that already? Maybe I’ve brought it up too much. Sorry about that., but moving is everything. Where you live and who you’re surrounded by, that’s your life setting. I was at the eye doctor this week because I’d run completely out of contacts and haven’t been to the eye doctor since 3 states ago. The eye doc asked me many of the usual questions, including this one: Of all those places you’ve […]

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Tour of Homes from 17 Years of Army Life

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One of my favorite parts of this strange life we lead is choosing my next house. With each one, I say, “Such and such a thing is killing me. Our next house will DEFINITELY have…. -sidewalks -a bigger master bedroom closet -4 bedrooms -more kitchen cabinets!! It’s always something. I love getting to see new places and try new set-ups. I don’t even mind redecorating, though it takes so long to get a house looking the way I want it […]

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