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sharing our stories
I only wish that my body was as refined from all of the millions of words of typing. I’m reminded again, it is all about my habits, discipline and putting in the work. Practice, practice, practice. Leaning in. Powerful writing muscles. ***** How far will your determination, attention, curiosity and passionate heart take you today? Continue reading
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payday
We had our first true spring day on Sunday. I spent over an hour walking in my neighborhood taking it all in. The vitamin D was needed and I got a kick out of seeing how many of my neighbors “celebrated” the great weather. There were many other walkers, runners and joggers out. Other neighbors… Continue reading
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do over in progress
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but 2015 is the year of Putting My Shoes Under the Bed. March is in full swing and I couldn’t be more thrilled. I recently finished reading a book about seven important factors to regaining good health. This includes a normal body weight, and all of our body systems… Continue reading
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finding your inner beverly
I have long held a deep fascination with televisions moms. They are part of pop culture and therefore, can sometimes cause us to examine ourselves as mothers against their personas. Many iconic TV mothers are near and dear to my heart. It seems that I can find such inspiration or humor in the way these… Continue reading
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the state of our garden
I’ve got a little good news/bed news situation going here. The good news is that the garden is still ON. The bad news is that the seeds we used for my son’s science fair project are the same seeds that I bought for the garden and Ryan isn’t so sure the seed quality wasn’t to… Continue reading
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goals in progress
I am purposely updating and checking in on the progress of some of the goals I’ve set for myself in 2015. I find that if I merely say I have goals or even simply write them down, but don’t evaluate and update their progress, then months go by and I have made NO progress at… Continue reading
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what I learned in february
Today I’m linking up with Emily P. Freeman at Chatting at the Sky to share what we learned in February. Here’s what Emily has to say about the practice: “At the end of every month, we have a regular practice here of looking back before moving forward. While some of the deeper, more in-process things I… Continue reading
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teach them diligently [the oven]
One of my goals for this year is to continue teaching my children some skills to make them more independent of me. A focus of our learning around here is to take full advantage of all the learning we can in and around the home. In addition to math, science, and languages, I feel it’s my duty to help… Continue reading
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