Top Ten: The things I love to hate

Tonight, as we were in between dance drop off and pick up, I saw something I hate seeing.  A horrible car accident.  And, it reminded me to be thankful.  For all my blessings, even if they feel like crosses today.  Here is today’s… TOP TEN:  THE THINGS I HATE THAT REMIND ME OF WHAT I…

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Top Ten: Age vs Innocence

This week’s torrential rain storm has reminded me that once upon a time there were things that I hated as a kid, but now love as an adult.  And vice versa.  Here goes this week’s… TOP TEN:  THINGS I COULDN’T STAND AS A KID, BUT LOVE AS AN ADULT 1.  Rain.  Then it was all about spoiled…

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Top Ten: Summer Highlights

It’s been a really fantastic summer here.  Although, I suspect an army of hands would go up if I asked, “Who thinks it went by too fast?”  You know, it’s funny.  Before I had children, and even during the first four years of just having Will, then John Paul, then ALG as little people, our summers…

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Top Ten: Free Time

So, yesterday at lunch the topic of school (gasp) came up somewhere in between Fritos and PB&J.  ALG got super excited that she would be joining the boys at “big school” this year.  I had to fight back a few tears. Eventually, it dawned on all of them, that it would just be Clare, Luke…

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Top Thirteen: Anniversary Trips!

If you logged on last Wednesday, then you learned a bit about our anniversary trips.  We don’t always get to take them on the actual day, but we try to get close.  We got the idea when we were in graduate school and had zero money.  I mean it.  At the time, we were living…

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