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the “special” grilled cheese sandwich
It was ladies night on Friday night. Mr. M was down in Southern California frolicking at his college reunion weekend, and Miss L and I were busy planning sleepovers and snacks for our weekend at home. “Alright. You can choose…
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spring is for soccer
Around these parts, soccer is a year-round sport. They’ve got indoor soccer fields, plenty of outdoor ones, and just about every family is playing or practicing or watching it during the spring and summer and fall and winter. Now, let…
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#birthdayfest2014: thursday is for the tikes
Today’s giveaway was inspired by Miss L and her current love of a certain book. As it often happens, the words “I quit” started floating around our house in recent months. They were followed by temper tantrums of stubbornness and…
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#birthdayfest2014: tuesday is for trinkets
I was wandering through Amsterdam on a Sunday in the summer of 2001 when I walked past a jewelry store that was closed, but in the window were the most beautiful and colorful necklaces I’d ever seen. They were costume-style…
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#birthdayfest2014 : Monday is for magazine contests
I love magazines. No really… I LOVE them. As a kid, my grandparents would gift our family a subscription to National Geographic every single year. And each month that it arrived, I would rip off that silly plastic bag and…
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