Month: July 2010
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I Believe She’s Amazing
I came across this video on one of my favorite decorating blogs – The Lettered Cottage. And I love the premise behind the website that sponsored this. Please go to I Believe She's Amazing if you have an amazing woman to nominate. This video is for Jule, MeMe, Stef, Melissa, Alice, and the other amazing women… Read more
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Oh…..it’s a fight
I am totally high on Percocet after some surgery yesterday and probably shouldn't even be writing this but I just found out that my hubby posted a comment on my post from two days ago. It was a totally obnoxious comment written on purpose to cover up what an absolutely wonderful nurse he has been to… Read more
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Our vacation room
I'll be spending a lot of time out in our vacation room over the next few days. Otherwise known as the sun porch. But, we call it the vacation room. 🙂 If you sit on the couch and close your eyes, you can almost imagine you are in Maine. The birds sing, the leaves on the trees… Read more
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Escape to Chicago, Part II
This week has totally gotten away from me. We've had a ton of doctors' appointments, Andrew has camp this week, and there's been a lot of shopping for Emily's big camp that starts on Sunday. Which, by the way, we will not be discussing because any thought of her being gone for a week with… Read more
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Escape to Chicago, Part I
As soon as Tom's trial got over, we decided to run away for a few days. Earlier in the summer, we had considered going to Mackinac Island and wondered if we could make that work. But, it was just too last-minute to get a decent hotel rate and it was a heck of a lot… Read more
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Fireworks at the beach
Since Tom has a trial that starts tomorrow, he has worked all weekend long and we didn't really celebrate the holiday. But, last night, at about 6:30, he came home and we decided to drive north to the beach to see the fireworks. We were able to quickly call around and met up with some… Read more
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Longing for the 4th
Tom is prepping for a trial, I am injured from running and we weren't able to make it to any other family celebrations for the 4th this year. So, we'll sit home this year and look forward to next year. 🙂 Read more
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Being lazy is a lot of work
My biggest decision that I have to make today is whether we should go to the beach or the pool. The beach is an hour away and the pool is ten minutes away. The beach is an all-day affair usually and the pool can be just an hour or two out of our afternoon. The… Read more