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Just the two of us.

This weekend we got breakfast in bed. Twice. Which now brings the number of times in my life that I have ordered room service to a whopping four. Last week was rough around here. It was good, as we looked … Continue reading

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DC Café Crawl

Last Monday I did a café crawl. I know that the youths are into the sorts of crawls that include progressive drinking, progressive partying, progressive unrestrained merriment that starts late and ends later, and almost always involve disorder, uncomfortable shoes, … Continue reading

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Life hacks: You always have 5 minutes.

This is not one of those types of blogs, the ones that have it together and do things like series, where they post about the same sort of thing every Wednesday or whatever. Sometimes, I think it would be fun … Continue reading

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Christmas break by the books.

Today I am heading back to DC after an extra stolen week in Kentucky with my family when James flew back to the East Coast last weekend. Even though my graduate school schedule doesn’t have the rigid hours of a … Continue reading

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The family photo dump.

If you have been reading around here for long, you were probably getting very worried that you would be spared the annual family photoshoot that I always drag you through in excruciating detail following Christmas (like these fine bits of … Continue reading

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2015 looked like the Italian coast and cereal.

Last year James and I ended 2014 with very little fanfare. We ate vegetable soup, watched World War Z (maybe one of my favorite movies– don’t judge) with my parents, and then stayed up till midnight, not to watch that … Continue reading

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Christmas happened, and the only pictures I have…

… are of this scrumptious butterball of a nephew opening gifts.Because he just couldn’t get enough of his stuffed doggy, to whom he kept feeding his beloved ball. And every time I raised the camera, he would charge my way … Continue reading

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This & That from Christmas.

Merry Christmas Eve! Oh wait… Merry 4th Day of Christmas! I typed the first line of this post on Christmas Eve and then never made it back to finish because PRIORITIES. Like finishing shopping and wrapping and watching Elf (again) … Continue reading

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16 weeks.

Well, well, well, what have we here? A BABY. A BABY IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE. Ok, well not exactly here, but on the way, because in the beginning of June we will be welcoming a little baby into this … Continue reading

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Whole30 Sweet Potato Casserole [with bacon and candied pecans]

Let’s talk about Christmas cookies. And cakes. And pies. And potluck dinners with mac n’ cheese. And Christmas parties with multitudes of tiny finger foods that pile up on your plate until you have eaten your weight in pigs-in-a-blanket. Hello … Continue reading

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