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Around this home… there are plants that I kill.

“Why can’t I keep anything alive?” “Listen, I love you, but you’re a plant killer. It’s what you do. It’s a good thing our children won’t need to photosynthesize.” “But I  photosynthesize! Think of how much sun I have to have … Continue reading

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Around this home… there are pillows you can’t sleep on.

 “How is it that we have 7 pillows on the bed and I can only sleep with one of them?”  “Because 5 of them are decorative pillows.” “All 5? Can’t I just use this big fluffy one?” “No – that’s … Continue reading

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Kentucky Winter

Winter in Kentucky is a wet and muddy mess. States further north get snow to hide their naked winter selves and states further south get spared some of the cold. Kentucky just gets long, cold, soggy winters broken up by … Continue reading

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“Wegmanns at home.”

Lately there has been a lot of time spent at home, just James and me. Sometimes we just declare to each other that we need to be Wegmanns at home, rather than Wegmanns out being social and fun. There has … Continue reading

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Milestones.

Lately there have been lots of big accomplishments around this home.  Or maybe not so big. So little, in fact, that if I didn’t put them here, they might go unnoticed.  I have learned to like brussle sprouts and oatmeal, … Continue reading

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The Fourth the way it should be.

The Fourth of July might just be my favorite holiday. I love Christmas and Thanksgiving, but they have so much more pressure attached. There are gifts, traditions, weighty religious and historical undertones, and all sorts of hype. But on July … Continue reading

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Shower: Rejoicing while one shoves one’s face with finger foods

I have been remiss in blogging about the amazing wedding shower that I was thrown a couple weeks ago. Let me pause to say that there are lots of not-fun parts to wedding planning. Tracking down addresses, remembering lots of … Continue reading

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ihave [an] iphone.

I have an iphone. Now, for most of you reading this, this is no big deal, as you have all had smart phones for quite some time. But for me, who has been using a phone that was mediocre at … Continue reading

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A last date with my brothers: Shakespeare and Co!

Have I mentioned that I have really awesome brothers? Because I do. Lyman has an internship in DC starting this week and before he left, Zach insisted that we do one final sibling thing, just the three of us. It … Continue reading

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When you really love someone, you have to take up the causes they think are important…

… Which sometimes means taking the regular shiny adult toaster off your wedding registry and replacing it with the Pittsburgh Pirates toaster. The one that burns the Pirates “P” into every slice of toast.  The one that your fiancé didn’t … Continue reading

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