Month: January 2011
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Missing Maggie
Thanks so much for all the sweet comments and emails about Maggie. We are still very sad. More than anything, I didn't anticipate how difficult watching her die would be. It was extraordinarily peaceful and couldn't have been easier for her but I simply had no idea how difficult it would be for me to see her put… Read more
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Ode to the Best Cat in the World
We had to put our nearly 16-year-old cat, Maggie, to sleep this morning. Tom and I have had her almost since we met. But her kidneys were failing and it was the right thing to do. The end was very, very peaceful and our vet was as wonderful as he could be. But it was… Read more
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There is a teenager in the house
It is almost impossible to believe but Emily turned 13 yesterday. There are some days that I'm totally good with that and love the young woman she's becoming. And then there are days when I look at her and still see this: She will always be my baby but she's quickly becoming a grown-up baby.… Read more
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No more lazy photos
I used to have a photography business. It became sucessful, everyone praised my photos and I made some money and some new friends. I stopped doing it after a couple of years so that I could go back to work full-time. And I've always wanted to go back to it. But every time that I… Read more
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A weekend away
I spent this last weekend in Las Vegas with the amazing Creative Team and designers from DesignerDigitals. Photo by Katie Pertiet We stayed at the Venetian and it was stunning! It was probably one of the best trips I've ever been on. I'm still trying to come up with the right words to describe it and… Read more
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Postage stamp Quilt Along
The minute I saw that Rachel Griffith was having a Quilt Along, I was hooked! I love everything that Rachel does at P.S. I Quilt. The pattern calls for a Jelly Roll and I just so happened to have one that Santa brought me for Christmas. 🙂 It is the same fabric that I… Read more
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Running around this week
I am literally running this week after buying a treadmill for my birthday! After 18 months without any serious running, I started up again last week and was pleasantly surprised to see that I didn't have to start from square one. I was able to run 1.3 miles on day one and am now up to 1.7 miles without… Read more
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January 7, 2011
I've gotten into the habit of blogging on my birthday – I think I've blogged on January 7th since 2006. I looked back at previous entries this morning and it's kind of a neat way to keep track of time and where I am in my life. One year, I was totally down and it… Read more
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The story of the gnome
One morning last week, the kids and I were headed out on errands and I spotted something in one of our snowed-over flower beds and vowed to look at it when we got back. As we were driving past the house and pulling into the driveway later that afternoon, I spotted it again. I slowed… Read more
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One Little Word 2011
Many of you are familiar with Ali Edwards' concept of One Little Word. Ali has been using this concept for over 5 years now and it never seemed to impact me before this year. For those of you who are non-scrapbookers, the theory behind One Little Word is to choose one word to focus on… Read more