Tag: Family
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Celebrating Noel in NC
Once again our plans to visit my cousin in Denmark fell through. But hope was not lost. Not only was Lise coming to America to see her parents, but it was during my favorite season of the year 🙂 Just like last year. You might remember that last year I was in too much pain […]
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Slowing Things Down in a Smart Way
Did you see my Featured Image? I’m throwing it here in the post in case you didn’t. I wish I had the rights to edit it so it says: Slow down for life…. When I cut back work hours I was determined to spend that extra time getting healthier. Mentally and physically. Exercise more, eat […]
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Our Star was a Star
“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.” ― John Grogan Around […]
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Mountain Biking at Deer Valley
My last full day in Utah was a treasure of a day. CJ and Lauren had given me a pass for Deer Valley, and Zeb procured a mountain bike for me 🙂 It was Zeb’s day off work so he and Shiloh accompanied me. Last Friday I woke up to have breakfast with my adorable […]
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Miraculous Maeva
The last few weeks have felt like a massive roller coaster ride. As you know from a few of my previous posts, our latest grandchild had a tumor. The surgeons decided to wait until she was at around 36 weeks gestation before bringing her into the world using a cesarean section delivery. We were keeping […]
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Bloggers from Different Angles
This is a fun thing. My aunt is an amazing writer and a gift to the blogosphere. Before that she typed out communications and her takes on daily life for the entertainment of our family. She is truly a gifted person. My uncle saved her old letters, and now she is putting them on her […]
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Tough Decisions
And I wouldn’t mind your tips, dear readers. If you had a few extra hours in your day, and needed to get off your duff, away from monitors and aren’t particularly talented in art, cooking or any endeavors requiring coordination, what would you do? Topic jump. I made two extremely traumatizing decisions (for me) this […]
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WordPress.com Truly Cares
The other day I read a post on companies’ policies on time off, and they highlighted Automattic (the company I work for — ). It said: At Automattic, time off is unlimited. To be sure vacation days get used, we recommend that folks take at least a minimum of 25 days off every year … […]