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Rusticating with cousins
Scotland playing ball with his cousin Bryce The first leg of our trip was spent with my folks in Moxee, WA gettting Scotland adjusted in preparation to leave him for two weeks (Ack!) Five of my other siblings were also there! It made for a mini-reunion, which was super fun. My parents live on a…
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Seattle!
Welcome back to the Cascades! Yesterday, we trampsed around Seattle for a few hours seeing it with fresh and excited eyes- our new hometown! The Seattle airport is one of my favorite to fly into because of the views of the Cascades and specifically Mt. Rainer. Mt. Rainer We met our landlord, Laura and saw…
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Choppedy-choppedy
You may have noticed in yesterday’s blog pictures I got a new haircut. I only get my haircut about every six months so it’s always kind of a big deal. Last time I got a very drastic cut, I went in with this picture: Danielle at La Bella della Rose, really wanted to make me…
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Soaking up Cleveland
My emotions have been strange these past weeks. I tend to be quick to cry- be I happy, sad, or angry. I just have over-active tear ducts. That being said, they’ve been particularly refined these past weeks. I had my final student voice recital Friday- no tears. I cried my eyes out a few years…
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Purge?
Right now in the packing when 3/4 of our stuff is in boxes, I have this overwhelming desire to leave it all behind and start fresh. Can you have an estate sale before you die? Lot sale, anyone? Unfortunately, there’s no time to sell anything else. So I guess it’s coming with. I gotta say…
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AHHHH!
Have you noticed the little countdown timer to the right? We’ve got under four days until we take off. AHHHH!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you
My girlfriend Claire told me about a book she read where the author says: “I have two prayers.” One of them was “Thank you, thank you, thank you.” I’ve been saying that over and over the past few days. There’s a swing on the front porch! A few nights ago we found housing in Seattle.…
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The final before and afters!
It’s sad, in a way, that right when we have our house as we like it, we are moving. But that was our intent when we bought it, so it feels as it ought. We set out to leave our mark on Cleveland in a positive and beautiful way. How crazy it is to think…
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Savoring Spring
I love this time of year when the world is erupting in life and color. Knowing that this is my last spring in Cleveland I’m particularly savoring the changes. I’m loving these purple-hued dogwood buds agains my amber forsythia. There is about a week each spring when the baby burning bush leaves are so new,…
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Kamik Rainboots in RED!
A few weeks ago I mentioned my fixation with rainboots. Something about our imminent move to Seattle has convinced me that buying rainboots is top priority. And I tend to be rather one-track minded. At first I was convinced that Hunters were the way to go, their blog’s summary of their long and illustrious history…