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I don’t know about you, but sometimes I struggle with the start of a new year. So much anticipation, so much pressure to set the “right” goals and really, to even set goals in and of themselves. And then to start off the year somehow… Perfect. Do you ever feel that way? I know I…
I am realizing that the older I get, the more I enjoy fall. I always used to be a “summer” girl, and probably always will be to some extent, but there is something about the smell of fresh cider, apples filling up the displays at grocery stores, the smell of pumpkin-everything, that gets me excited…
Gardening is something I have loved doing. Back in St. Joseph, we had a little 6 x 8 plot – must remind you we had only .15 of an acre. Yes, that is a decimal BEFORE the 1. So it was a small plot of land and a small garden. But we were able to…
It absolutely amazes me that it has been 16 years since we said our “I do’s”! This day, 16 years ago, looked MUCH different in many ways. We had just graduated college two weeks prior, Dan moved into our new home we bought a few months prior, I brought what I could so that I…
Back in Michigan, we lived directly across from an ice skating rink. We knew we HAD to buy ice skates – kind of a rite of passage. Even though we only went about once a year (sad, I know…), we were always thankful we at least owned skates. Then we move to Minnesota – what I…
I know I may be “overblogging” about all this, but this blog is a journal for me too, so I am just writing about EVERYTHING :). This is probably one of the happiest days of my life! We both could not WAIT to “meet” our two babies for the first time. I know this is probably a…