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Monthly Archives: August 2012

Project: Food Budget – Weeks 14 & 15

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Slowly but surely, I’m getting back into the swing of things. I should technically be on Week 34…  Oh well! I have gone grocery shopping twice this month. For dinner, we had been using a lot of gift cards that had been so thoughtfully and generously given to us after Ezra’s birth. Those are just   …Continue Reading


A beautiful morning

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I have always loved mornings. Though I haven’t always been awake for them. Morning always hold such promise. I love a good, quiet, peaceful morning. Alex is awake before I am, so I relish the 20 or 30 minutes I get every morning in our room, just me and the quiet of the morning. I   …Continue Reading


Five year plan

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Day 8: How do invision your life being in 5 years? Ah, the infamous five year plan. I have heard, so much, about the importance of having a five year plan but I have never taken the time to actually write one out. I have a general idea in my head. But it just floats   …Continue Reading


You light up my life

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I’m catching up on August Blog Challenge entries, so excuse this post dump! _______________________________________________________  And I hope I got that song stuck in your head after reading the title to this entry! Day five for the August Blog Challenge is to share a photo of something or someone that made my day special. Ezra always   …Continue Reading


If I could rid the world of one thing…

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…what would it be? I could go the philosophical route and say I would rid the world of hate, racism, hunger, and so on. Or I could go the simple route and say I would rid the world of bugs or something similar. But. If I could rid the world of one thing, I would   …Continue Reading