Category: Posts
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Oscar-Talk
Just a wee teensy reminder that the Academy Awards are tomorrow! ((dancing emoji girl)) Should you be of the camp that believes the Oscar ceremony to be a colossal waste of time… I concede. I agree! I do. It’s silly and unimportant, of zero eternal consequence. But if you insist on ruthlessly judging anyone who admits to enjoying them as…
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Still I Will Praise Him
My kombucha grew fuzzy green mold instead of “beneficial bacteria.” Center Sister lost her favorite mermaid charm amongst the prolific deer poop in the backyard. Husband put in extra long, stressful hours at the office, and once again we opted for church via Vimeo in our jammies. Though I laundered an unholy amount of bedding due to a flu scare and serial…
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Making a Bookworm — 10 ways to woo a reluctant reader
Though inarguably extroverted, I can squander hours and shirk human interaction like a veritable hermit whilst under the influence of a good book. I’m a bookworm. Accordingly, I aim to impart my book-worming ways upon my impressionable offspring. Despite my natural bent, however; a mere third of said offspring share my gluttonous appetite for the written word. [Thus…
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My Funny Valentine(s)
Center Sister, our resident Calendar Girl, counts down to each and every holiday. We always try to incorporate some education into the festivities. The girls dipped a near bushel of strawberries in chocolate for their 4-H bake sale, since I’m not a baker. Forgoing a babysitter, Handsome Husband treated the entire fam to a Valentine’s…
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As For Me and My House, We Will Dress Up
In our house we sport head-to-toe green on St. Patty’s Day. We make sure to always don red, pink, or ideally both simultaneously, on Valentine’s. I send the kiddos back to their closets to try again if they’re not proudly emblazoned in red, white, and blue come Independence Day. To Husband’s chagrin we rock costumes each…
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Monkey Business (Chinese New Year 2016)
I was feeling a twinge of guilt because we weren’t hosting a big, authentic feast to ring in Chinese New Year this evening… but then I realized that this year’s celebration has actually been more traditional: We’ve stretched the holiday into several small gatherings and good ol’ quality time with friends. In China, New Years fun lasts for fifteen days! We…
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Year of the Monkey
It’s that time of year again– Chinese [lunar] New Year! This coming Monday, the 8th, commences the Year of the Monkey. Festivities will be a touch piecemeal for our household this year –what with the Superbowl and all- but we will observe it nonetheless. Husband put the kibosh on our usual floating lanterns, citing concern about fire hazard and…
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Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter, and Me {book review}
Gather round, all Kindred Spirits and Bosom Friends, I have something more scrumptious than raspberry cordial to share with you today… Did you grow up on all things Green Gables? My grandmother fell in love, was married, and gave birth to my own mother on Prince Edward Island. Decades later, she would travel back from the…
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M-I-A
Confession time… I’ve been M-I-A (<—never gets old) and all’s been quiet on the blogging front for two very specific reasons: #1) I’m reading and reviewing another incredible book. It’s GOOD. Neglecting-all-housework-and-leaving-the-kids-to-forage-their-own-meals Good. Can’t-put-it-down-yet-deliberately-pacing-myself Good. I actually lamented to Handsome Husband yesterday that homeschooling was seriously imposing upon my leisure reading. I can’t wait to share…
