before i get too bogged down in “catching up” here… and before i start opening MORE boxes in this house to continue with my job of unpacking, let me give you a BRIEF and incomplete tour of our new (to us) home (a rental) here in Mesa. We live in a gated community (you [...]
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well, we’ll probably be back in july (or sometime this summer) but i got started with changing the words to the song and just kept typing! tomorrow morning (monday, january 23, 2012) we pull out of grandpa & grandma’s driveway to begin our 3-day journey to mesa, arizona. this past week has been [...]
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today is packing day. despite the several inches of snow on the ground (photo on my FB page). i will dig out the kids’ snow clothes so they can enjoy snow ONE. LAST. TIME. and i WILL let davey play in it even though he threw up at 4am and again at 8:15am. i will [...]
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this post is a photo-less catch all. last friday night (9th) was girls’ night out. nine of us (sara, missy, carrilee, barb, karla, megan, lisa, stacy and i) went to downtown Bellingham to enjoy dinner at D’Anna’s – some of the BEST homemade pasta/Italian food (foccacia bread…. mmmmmm!) i’ve ever eaten. with dave going [...]
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these women, Amy, Lea, Julie and Dee: will be missed. i’ve been a part of their scrapbooking circle for a little over a year. they meet every other friday to get together to scrapbook. or sew. or quilt. or fold laundry. or sort papers. or any variety of other random things. the “fold laundry” bit [...]
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unfortunately for those of you who read the post title (“baileys and ice cream”) this post is NOT about alcohol. bummer, i know. it’s actually BETTER than that. it’s about our friends, the baileys, who up and moved across the country last august. they moved from lynden where both justin & brandi were raised. where [...]
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i’ve known tom, dave’s youngest brother, for over a decade. okay, so YES, i’ve known his entire family for over a decade, but it’s different with tom. when i met tom, he was in junior high. he was this pre-teen who hadn’t yet his his growth spurt. he was in marching band and he played [...]
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i thought i was safe. i thought there were YEARS and YEARS before i had to turn into the stressed-out-mom of a driver. i was wrong. the kids’ good friends, Henry, Jorja and Albert received a FABULOUS gift from santa this year…. turned out that jorja was the “worst driver” (at least [...]
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what kid wouldn’t want a house made out of candy? i know i would have. as far as i’m concerned, hansel and gretel were LUCKY to get lost in the woods and find that witch’s house. my sweet tooth ached every time i heard that story. heck, even THINKING about it right now makes me [...]
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i’m one of those weird people that (until this Christmas) had never made sugar cookies in my adult life. i’m sure i made them a few times when i was a kid, but since i’m a chocolate chip cookie aholic, i never bothered to learn the art of sugar cookies. but something kept telling me [...]
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