goodbyes and such

I notice on my google reader that I am not the only writer I know who is posting less frequently. One dear friend has said good-bye to her blog & others have not said so, but it is clear the posts are just not being pumped out at the same rate by most of us. [...]

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Summer’s Sweet End

There was finding our new apartment, vacationing in the Adirondack’s, hernia surgery, more time with all my nieces than I’ve ever had before, a raucous week of VBS at our now old-church, moving on the only truly hot weekend of summer….and then one morning, having stayed that hot weekend of the move at my in-laws, [...]

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Summer’s Sweet End

There was finding our new apartment, vacationing in the Adirondack’s, hernia surgery, more time with all my nieces than I’ve ever had before, a raucous week of VBS at our now old-church, moving on the only truly hot weekend of summer….and then one morning, having stayed that hot weekend of the move at my in-laws, [...]

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Quick Quiz & Query.

We just arrived back from our week in the Adirondack Mountains, this time with my mother, both sisters, 3 of our 4 husbands and all 6 cousins. It was glorious and quickly becoming a fading memory. Tomorrow is the date of my super glamorous hernia surgery, brought to me by 3 over-sized babies. Then at [...]

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So, I think I’ve mentioned that we are moving again

Yes, I have, a few times. I think I may processed why I am not writing about that more. It is after all pretty big and exciting news. But, at least on this blog & also in my mind, I haven’t had much time to plant here. We are really quite happy (aside from the [...]

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After all that fuss….

I owe you these: Moving Out: the short series. My life in my old apartment was hectically busy. This is best represented by this photo taken from the foot of my bed. I will not miss my room being grand central station. Those are two of the 7 doors that were in the master bedroom [...]

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In Which I Have a Somewhat Normal Morning

Because, we’re there, or rather here, our “different new house” as LP has lately dubbed it, followed by “Look, it’s magic.” And it is. Well, it’s getting there. For a week and a half I have given up all but the lightest of reading and really only blog skimmed here and there. I’ve given up [...]

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We’ll be there when we get there.

This week has been a bridge week between our old home and our new home. While staying in the home of friends, I notice how three boys has given us a house full of boy toys. In our friends’ home the younger child is a girl, so my younger boys have spent the week enjoying [...]

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It’s a 4th of July present that even Canadians and Brits could love!

Today was moving day, plus all our neighbors are the best and there were sparklers! Turns out none of us had particularly patriotic activities happening so everyone helped us schlep things into our pod type thing. But one quick word before we go any further into this holiday:I am a patriot of the ironic, left [...]

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In Which I Am Completely Overwhelmed

by the dread of moving, by fear of things working out okay with our finances, by confusion about where to put our PackRat container, by indecision about whether I want the school to bring back the dumpster or not because I have a horridly old washing machine that needs to go into a dumpster, by [...]

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