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Back To The Colorado Dude Ranch – Black Mountain

  • Posted on September 3, 2013
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Note: Our stay was provided by Black Mountain Ranch but all words and photos are mine. While I feel very lucky that work has been keeping me so busy, one drawback is this: the photos from fun things we do sit there and languish. They…
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Summer Homework Assignment: Percy Jackson

  • Posted on August 30, 2013
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Note: This post is not sponsored in any way.Declan had a teacher for second and third grade who just loves the Percy Jackson books. She kept trying to get him to read the series, but he just wasn't having it. I have no idea why…
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Minecraft Birthday Present

  • Posted on August 19, 2013
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It was Bryan's birthday over the weekend, which in the end, proved to be a little stressful for Dex. See, much like most kids his age, he loves Minecraft. Mostly the building and exploring side of Minecraft versus the blowing stuff up part of Minecraft,…
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Goodbye, Judie

  • Posted on August 14, 2013
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We were home in Maryland at the end of July and before the visit, my oldest friend Jen called with bad news. Her mom, Judie, had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and it was bad. Things didn't look good. I have lost other people to…
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Love Is My Anchor – Lisa Leonard Jewelry

  • Posted on August 13, 2013
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Note: the anchor necklace was provided by Lisa Leonard but words and photo are mine. It's amazing what happens when you put stuff out into the universe. I have been talking about anchor imagery for a while, because my dad was a sailor. A competitive…
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Hands

  • Posted on July 18, 2013
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We went in for a well check recently and things were different. The questions were more teen-oriented and Dex got embarrassed. Not terribly so, because HELLO, he knows EVERYTHING, but just enough to show we were entering new territory.He had to get a bunch of…
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Writer’s Block

  • Posted on May 30, 2013
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When people ask me, I often say I am a mom blogger, because I certainly started out that way. Most of what I wrote about were things Dex was up to, in order to help me remember them.As he grew, I pulled back to protect…
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