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Enjoy Cleveland Week
We’re down to 16 days.With all the “to-do’s” behind us, besides packing. We’re left with one “free” week. To reward ourselves for our proactive diligence we’ve dedicated this week: Enjoy Cleveland Week! Reading time by the fire set the tone Saturday and Sunday night. Monday we were thrilled to wake up to an absolutely stunning…
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Adding a little sun to my hair
My sisters and I had a highlighting party over Christmas. I was ultra conservative and the slight lightening we added, was only noticeable to me. Now, a few months later, I looked at my hair and moaned at its drab, flat quality. Oh, how I’d love a bit more dimension. Certainly I could do it…
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Twenty-seven
Happy birthday from my nephews Dallin, Bryce, and neice Claire! Yesterday, I turned 27. I can’t say the age feels particularly significant. Though, its placement in the year seems poignant- considering the changes that are sweeping over us. I guess 27 is a more appropriate age to learn to drive in Seattle traffic, to take…
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Friends
I’ve been reminded of the blessing of friends this week. I returned to teaching after a week off for spring break (Though it felt like a month) and was delighted to catch up with my students. They are so dear to me. I loved meeting Olivia’s new puppy hearing about Bill and Katie’s trip to…
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Easter 2013
Happy Easter! We were fortunate to have a gorgeous Easter weekend. The weather was warm and sunny Friday and Saturday, though a bit rainy and gray Sunday. We enjoyed coloring eggs on Saturday, and enjoyed egg sandwiches, an egg hunt and a delicious Easter dinner with friends on Sunday. Tom carried on his tradition of…
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We signed!
We put our house up for sale on March 16th. Eight Days later we got an offer. Two days after that we got a second offer. Yesterday we signed. It was a whirlwind of emotions. From the stress of keeping the house clean, to the anxiety of how to counter the first offer, to the…
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NYC- Aunt Adi and Uncle Jeremy
It’s been a whirlwind week for us. With the reality of our imminent move to the West coast we decided to capitilize on Tom’s time off, and our nearness to Adi and Cass and drive out and visit them one last time before we head off. We were nervous about the 20 hours of driving,…
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Conversations with Scotland
I love that Scotland carries on conversations now. He also comes up with funny observations. Last week he was out visiting teaching with me. Mary started asking him a few questions. At one point she asked, “Are you a big boy?” Scotland looked at her for several moments- with his big open-eyed thinking face and…
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Myrtle's BBQ
Last Saturday our Grandma Myrtle hosted a BBQ. It started out with three couples and kept expanding until we had 16 people. Myrtle and I experienced a lot of joy anticipating the event. We talked about what to serve, who to invite, how to seat everyone, etc. We went shopping together to purchase all the…
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Scotter's 2nd Birthday Party
Yesterday, we celebrated Scotland’s birthday with our family away from family: Mary and Lydia, Jen and Cody, Claire, and Anne (or as Scotland calls her: Annie) and Brandon. They are all important people in Scotland’s life, his adopted aunts and uncles, cousins. When the night wrapped up and everyone left I felt overwhelmed by the…