Life @ Home
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The Rest of the Weekend and Bonus Excitement
My poor old, old, old laptop shut down just as we were getting ready to leave The Cup. The screen suddenly went dark and a dire sentence: “Core temperature has reached 27° C:…
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Getting Ready for Christmas
It seems like we’ve been getting ready for the holiday since Thanksgiving! I don’t know how people with kids do it. I didn’t even bake cookies, which I think is de rigeur once…
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Procrastination
I just read a Newsweek story about procrastination. I’m serious—I just read it, and here I am, responding! All jokes aside, it was interesting to me because I’m a procrastinator—I always have been.…
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Dinner Party
Dave and I had fun at our dinner party last night. Our guests were our caving friend Jen, our church friend Rob, and a co-worker of mine, Andrew, and his wife Maggie. The…
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Food and Exercise
I’m here to talk about food. Food and exercise. This afternoon I pulled on my running shoes and went for a jog. The whole time, I was thinking about how much I hate…
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Two Haircuts and A Little Bump
Dave and I both got haircuts this weekend. His was the standard Great Clips $14-with-a-$2-tip haircut. He seems to have quite a bit of skin behind his ears this time–his haircuts are always…
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Happy Birthday, Dave!
Well, since we have a blog, I thought I’d take a moment to wish Dave a happy birthday. We’re headed out to dinner with good friends tonight, possibly followed by ice skating. (That…
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Food, Mouse Update, and a General Hooray!
Hooray! We finally have a comment on our blog! Ten gold stars to “Bob,” who likes the new paint job. I thought you might be interested to hear that I was wrong about…
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Falling Down (includes house photo)
First, for those who have been eagerly waiting for visual proof of our alleged house painting, here you go! I can’t tell you how nice it is to finally have the house painted,…
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Mice Aren’t Always Nice
We occasionally get a mouse in the house, usually in the fall when they’re trying to get in out of the cold. This year I was talking to N on the phone in…