I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! For me, spending time with family is so precious, and I soak in the moments my kids have with grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles. While the past few days in my house have been full of last minute preparations for Christmas, now that…
I’m in a minor panic mode. Weather forecasters predicted a possibility of 1-4 inches of snow Tuesday night. I don’t mean to sound pessimistic, but in the Portland area, there’s much hype from the media when it comes to snow and little is delivered. So I didn’t think too much about…
It has been unusually cold in the Pacific Northwest. We had two separate snow storms that cancelled school for 2 1/2 days in mid-December, and yesterday, a snow/ice/wind storm rolled in. Here’s a picture of our backyard. We didn’t get that much snow. Clearly we got a lot of wind,…
Growing up, New Year’s Eve was something my sisters’ and I always looked forward to. The main reason? We got to stay up past our bedtime–3 hours past our bedtime. You know, when you’re in middle school, that’s a big deal! My parents aren’t big ring-in-the-new-year kind-of people, so…
Today is my 32nd birthday. I used to like getting older, but since I hit 30, I wish I didn’t have any more birthdays, that I could stay 30 forever. Okay, maybe not forever, but at least longer than 364 days. Since I turned 29, I’ve kind-of had a mini pity-party the morning of my…
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