Denisa made a comparison the other day that stuck with me. “This was a silverware day,” she said. I had no idea what she was talking about, so I asked what she meant. (Always a good call.) “Some days it ends up looking like you got a ton done,” she said, “even though you did […]
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Well, I’m back from Utah and Boston, but I’m on my way to a library meeting in Bangor today. No rest for the wicked (though I plan on taking some days next week to catch my breath and get my bearings.) Anyway. Not much time to write, but that made me think about how great
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The family carved pumpkins the other night. TRC and DC were on their own for the most part. Denisa helped them get the guts out, and then they picked patterns to carve. (I had suggested they just wing it and do faces, since I often end up getting stressed by silly things like pumpkin carving
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I’ve been pretty darn busy these first few weeks of the semester. There’s a slew of things related to a new school year going on at work (at the university), and then a bunch of beginning of the school year activities with the kids, plus a writing deadline approaching, a work construction project about to
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After my post about my European vacation plans yesterday, I’ve had some people ask how in the world I can afford to go. It’s been a while since I did a post on budgeting, so I thought it might be time to do another one. As always, my own experiences don’t necessarily translate to everyone.
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