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Simple Sunday – Bunk Beds

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Shoes

Over the weekend we combined the boys’ bedrooms into one room, merging their beds to form bunk beds.  They now have a shared bedroom and a playroom.  Time will tell if this was a brilliant move or a colossal mistake. … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving and Grief

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Shoes

Thanksgiving 2011. While we did not know it at the time that would be the last time Cody and Carter would ever see their Grandpa.  It would be the last time Husband would ever see his father-in-law, the man he … Continue reading →

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The Little Annual That Could

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Shoes

I am the first to admit that I do not have a green thumb.  When it comes to keeping plants alive my track record is grim.  I believe my main deficit when it comes to gardening and tending to plants … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – The Things Found on Our Entryway Table

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Shoes

At first it was simply the beginning of fall.  The grocery stores started carrying those little decorative pumpkins in their produce sections.  Carter begged for one.  It looked nice on our entryway table. Then I needed a couple spiders for … Continue reading →

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Always Home

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Shoes

Snails.  Not only are they always home but they are always in the process of creating their home.  For the snail their shell is home but it also means safety from predators like birds and frogs as well as from … Continue reading →

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Of Fall and Feasts

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Shoes

It is that time of the year again.  There is a chill in the air, that even the sun’s rays cannot warm. The leaves take their final bow, step away from their partners twirling and swaying, to land gracefully on … Continue reading →

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Mini Math Muffins

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Shoes

This year not only did I sign up to be one of the room moms in Cody’s classroom (something I vowed I would not do again) but I also signed up to help out with the school’s largest fundraiser, XtraMath.  … Continue reading →

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Where Are You?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Shoes

It is close to dinnertime.  I am in the kitchen cooking.  The pots and pans are being rattled, the water turns on and off, a timer beeps alerting me that something is done or needs to be checked.  I am … Continue reading →

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Summer Pie Day

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Shoes

We have celebrated National Pie Day, which falls on January 23rd, for the past two or three years ever since I learned of it’s existence.  Every year my pie enthusiast friends and I lament that the holiday falls during a … Continue reading →

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Women Only

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Shoes

I have known my friend Amy since Husband and I moved to this small town on the water seven years ago.  When she moved here her son was one year old.  Her husband was a stay at home dad and … Continue reading →

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