We’re refinancing, and on a recent Friday, we had a visit from an appraiser. The house was not even remotely clean, although I did set my alarm for 5 a.m....
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5 Things I Found While Looking Around
Watermelon Basil Agua Fresca on Kitchen Konfidence It’s going to be hot this week. I may have to make this later today. Dogshaming Sometimes they just insist on behaving like...
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Liebster Award, Round 2
Karen at Dinosaur Superhero Mommy has kindly nominated me for the Liebster Award. Now I have to admit that this award has been extended to me before. But it doesn’t...
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5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
50 of the World’s Best Breakfasts on Hostelbookers.com Blog Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, and now that can be true in even more countries. Portraits of Dogs...
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Can a Toddler Be an Introvert?
Recently, Baguette’s teachers asked to meet with us. Apparently she falls asleep throughout the day, and she doesn’t interact with children or her teachers the way they’re accustomed to seeing....
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What I Want to Tell Every New Parent
Meagan Francis of The Happiest Mom has asked me to contribute a guest post to her wonderful blog! I’m writing about what I’ve learned as a new(ish) mother: To paraphrase...
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Santa Barbara Sojourn
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What We Ate on Our Summer Vacation
When we decided we wanted to go back to Santa Barbara, that naturally meant that we wanted to revisit some of the restaurants we particularly enjoyed. First, though, we decided...
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Bullies Come in All Shapes and Sizes, Part III
I just came across this post on GeekDad about a first-grade girl bullied for carrying a Star Wars lunchbox. It’s a couple of years old, but it resonated with me....
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My First Books
Come on. You know you want to. Everybody’s doing it. I’d say “enough with the bandwagon propaganda,” (Check that out–I remember something from eighth-grade English! But I don’t remember that...