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vitamin D

Published by in health on January 3rd, 2010

our area is suffering from the loss of natural vitamin D. unfortunately, this vitamin plays a vital role in MY HAPPINESS. the 10-day forecast shows snow-showers and cloudy conditions every single day. this means that we won’t see the sun. and the sun makes me….happy. joking aside…any suggestions on getting an extra vitamin D boost

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another resolution

i never buy paper towels unless i’m forced to. i clean all the messes up with our kitchen towels and then promptly throw them in the laundry room (which is right off of our kitchen, so it’s easy for me to wash a load every day). kenny and my mother make fun of me and

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the book you can’t put down…

i was first introduced to audrey niffenegger’s new book several weeks before christmas. since i fell in love with the characters in her previous book, The Time Traveler’s Wife i was eager to see what this book would be like, story-wise. when i read the book jacket notes, i was very excited about reading it

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the new year resolutions.

Published by in family fun on January 1st, 2010

happy new year! this year, i resolve to: blog more. get a new blog. play more boy games (that include pretending to be a monster or a dog, playing Mouse Trap 10 times in a row, and making a bigger effort to play in the snow for more than 5 minutes). put more dinners in

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school days

this morning, i was privileged to have school with two superheros: they FLEW through their lessons.

gingerbread houses, sugar and friends (or, “a re-post”)

this is a re-post blog entry from advent, 2007. i have to remind myself of its message every time i sit down to do crafts with my kids. today, i spent the afternoon with two friends and their children making gingerbread houses. we all had a great time, got sugared up just in time for

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joy in the chaos

Published by in family fun on November 5th, 2009

just before dinner this evening, i stumbled into a time in our family when two out of three children were in diapers, squinty eyes and a  big “CHEESE!” was the sound behind the still photos, and there was an actual, real live BABY in the house. i can’t believe that time was a full THREE

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advent in our home

kenny and i met, married, and baptised our three baby boys in the episcopal church. for the entire time we’ve been a family, we’ve been liturgical. from the grace we say at our table before dinner every evening (from Kitch’s “Anglican Family Prayer Book”) to the books that i cycle in and out during the church

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Geneva, the Donkey

so we got ourselves a donkey this weekend. meet Geneva: donkeys protect sheep extremely well, and we found one on craigslist last week, being sold by a retired sheep farmer. she’s the sweetest, most gentle thing. however, she really knows how to BELLOW and put her foot down so you cannot move her. she’s strong and

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a season…

Published by in general on October 6th, 2009

i find myself in a season with this blog….i haven’t written more than a few posts over the past few months! oh, i remember the days when i’d write a post a day for weeks on end. and it’s not that i’m short on material as i have daily blog posts i could be writing

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