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Chinese New Year Prep, Oscar Picks, and Much Ado About Nothing
This Thursday, the 19th, is Chinese New Year. We’ll be ringing in the year of the goat/sheep/ram with our wonderful former neighbors, whom we miss terribly. Check out last year’s festivities for a few of my tried and true Chinese recipes you can try your hand at– or, at the least, get takeout. This year’s menu…
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Room With a View
Once upon a time, there was a season wherein I dressed our girls identically… Every. single. day. Pretty sure it’s a God-given right to moms of girls. While it was undeniably adorable (and effectively curtailed excessive spending, as I only purchased clothing I could find in both their sizes) at the time, it just wouldn’t fly anymore. They have developed distinct styles, tastes,…
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Camera Roll Catch-up
Despite the near-constant flux of sub-contractors in and out of our construction zone of a new house (and peering into our windows, like that scene from the classic 1980’s film The Money Pit*), things are starting to normalize around here… *My Oregon friend, The Dalai Mama, recently reminded me of this film, with her hilarious Money Pit posts.…
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Back to the Grind
To quote the incomparable Freddie Mercury, the show must go on. In our house this, of course, means homeschool and regular activities. With a full week in the new house under our belts, we have decided that driving “into town” is a royal pain. We’ve done a bit of shuffling to consolidate our time away from home. For instance, this Tuesday we had a jam-packed day: Field…
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Little Man Cave
Little Man is adjusting remarkably well to his new room, new home, and new neighborhood outside a new town. (Oregon friends, Belgrade is to Bozeman as Keizer is to Salem.) He never ceases to amaze us. We credit all success in this arena to the sage insight of wise parents who graciously advised us in preparing…
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Settling In
We are completely unpacked; our vehicles are parked snug in the garage. Hurray for type-A personalities! This evening, Husband hung window coverings throughout the house, so we wouldn’t have to low-crawl from the shower to the closet anymore. Sorry for all of the nudity, new neighbors! We’ve already scratched our wood floors, installed a cat door into the garage,…
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New Nest
I should be unpacking. Moving is like childbirth. It’s horrendous, JUST the worst… But worth it for the end result, which is why some crazy folks choose to do so more than once in a lifetime. We selectively forget the bad (e.g. having to be out of an impeccably cleaned old house by 4pm on Thursday, though only…
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Moving Day
I should be packing. Our final walk-thru on the new house is this evening, tomorrow we start moving in. We bid farewell to our trusty old couches, and put them out to pasture (passing them on to our neighbors’ college aged kiddos), though they have long served us well. If I have one piece of advice for…
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Preparing Little Man for a Big Move
I should be packing. We move in just a couple of days. It has been long enough since our last move that we are no longer efficient, unfazed Rockstars at it. Yet it’s been recent enough that we do keenly recall how awful much work it is. Moving is stressful. For everyone. For pint-sized adoptees, a…
