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7QT in which I do the predictable thing and complain about sleep
I know, how trite. A mother is sleep deprived… shocking! I shall complain about needing sleep, anyway. 1. I usually deal with no sleep quite well. My body has adjusted to 6 hours of patched-together...
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Camping craziness
And craziness it was. Fun, yes. Exhausting, very yes. No mother present got more than 2 hours of sleep. We all survived, though and we’re even talking about doing it again, so it must be considered a...
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Vodka and toast
If you don’t love Arrested Development this post may not interest you, unless you like to gawk while I make a fool out of myself. If the latter is the case, most of the posts on this blog should be...
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Somebody get mama some coffee (7QT)
It’s Quick Takes Friday! Let’s just describe this week by saying there has been a steady stream of “Jake and the Neverland Pirates” from Netflix to our living room and a trice daily flow of caffeine...
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Sunday best
It’s my Grandfather’s 85th birthday. There’s no way he’d ever read this blog, but I wanted to wish him a happy birthday here anyway. He’s a bald, white-haired (and has been for as long as I remember)...
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Mack Attack
It’s been a while since I posted one of these, and I have no excuse for not doing so because Max is always feeding me quality material. Max: Mommy, is this an allen wrench? Nichole: No, it’s a pocket...
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A little bit of this and a little bit of that (7QT)
We survived another week of Fresno hot, hot heat. To celebrate, I’m linking up for another round of Quick Takes, then putting my head in the freezer until we’re out of the triple digits. Just so you...
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Sunday best and my bad taste in liturgical music
Linking up with FLAP and Camp Patton for the Sunday things! I was “explaining” how to take a better photo. After I saw this one I realized why Oskar tends to glaze over when I give instructions. It’s...
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How we’re surviving our apartment (5 Favs)
Linking up with Moxie Wife for Five Favorites! I mentioned multiple times that we’re looking for a house, and I hate to say it, but that search is not going very well. We keep finding reasons to wait...
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The dress that never should have been
I should know better by now. When you’re going to invest 3 hours constructing a piece of clothing, it’s really in your best interest to fricken’ MEASURE first. But I’m too impatient to measure when my...
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Some Father’s Day shout-outs
A day late and a dollar short, as usual, but here’s one for the fathers. Today (and every, really) I find myself incredibly grateful for my own dad, who set an nearly impossible standard as husband and...
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A favority five
Aaaaaannnnnnnnd, here we have another Tuesday evening and another fun five to write about. Linking up the effervescent Hallie at Moxie Wife! 1. COFFEE I know, yes I know. You may now call me Captain...
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Jalapeno Jelly! {Mystery Ingredient Monday}
I’m excited to join my friend Anne Bazin and her sisters for Mystery Ingredient Monday! Anne, I’ll never forgot how we bonded at UD, hiding in that closet when a party was “interrupted” by some...
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Ain’t no wasp gonna ruin my day
Today got off to the kind of start that usually means we are all crying by lunchtime. Max was needy, Lucy is teething and I was experiencing residual annoyance from a loooooong budget “discussion”...
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Five Favorites
On mornings like this it’s difficult to look at my Facebook newsfeed. I don’t mind having friends who disagree with me, but when I’m feeling particularly depressed about something in the news while...
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Black and White {Theme Thursday}
This is my favorite black and white photo. It’s my mom and three of her six siblings, taken by my grandmother. I’m cheating and using it instead of my own photography for Cari’s Theme Thursday link-up...
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7QT of the utmost importance…
Did you catch the sarcasm there? I know you did. You’re so smart. Linking up with Conversion Diary to share some fascinating facts about none other than… my hair You’re welcome! We’ll start it off with...
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Chlodnik {Mystery Ingredient Monday}
Linking up with Jessica at Housewifespice for Mystery Ingredient Monday! The food du jour? Beets! Five years ago, if you would have told me that I would be making, serving and enjoying cold soup with...
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Not for the faint of heart
It’s been bit of a natural disaster around here the past few days. We were hit. We were enveloped by a tsunami also known as norovirus, which swept through our home in a wave of vomit and diarrhea....
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A few from the 4th
Oh my goodness, where have I been? I feel like I’m late turning in an assignment. I’ve been meaning to get these up from our little Independence Day festivities, but my sister and her husband just...
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