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Life at the condo: Personal growth in the kitchen
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Sunday, July 12, 2015. Personal growth in the kitchen. Note: This is a 'pat yourself on the back moment', brought to you by Christie. I am definitely getting more comfortable in the kitchen. (And just a shade over four decades, alright! For example, this morning I went to the kitchen intending to make blueberry muffins for breakfast. I'm using Smitten Kitchen's recipe. Nuts There is no vanilla yogurt. But we do have blueberry. We'll give that a try. I'm typing all of this up as my first batch is baking.
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Life at the condo: Book forty-three: Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
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Monday, July 06, 2015. Book forty-three: Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand. Family drama, family drama, family drama. Bart has been shipped to Afghanistan. Mitzi has left with Santa Claus. Margaret is finally able to go on a vacation. And Kelley wants to cancel Christmas. The family, minus Mitzi who flees the scene, descends on Winter Street to celebrate the holiday. Secrets are exposed, and they must figure out how to be a family. One wonders if they'll be able to. 43 down plus 9 to go. The Life of Nain.
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Life at the condo: Book forty-six: See How Small by Scott Blackwood
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Friday, July 24, 2015. Book forty-six: See How Small by Scott Blackwood. 46 down plus 6 to go. Woohoo! Don't panic and label me a bad mama. This is at the community pool where there are between 7 and 13 lifeguards on duty so I feel it's okay not to watch my boy every second. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life and Times of Tomokee the Dog. Life in a Small House. Noodle, Boo and Moolani, Too! Shawn, Becky and the Boys. The Dot in the Middle. The Life of Nain.
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Life at the condo: As an aside
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Saturday, July 11, 2015. Am I really only 8 books away from my goal of 52 for the year? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life and Times of Tomokee the Dog. Life in a Small House. Noodle, Boo and Moolani, Too! Shawn, Becky and the Boys. The Dot in the Middle. The Life of Nain. Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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Life at the condo: Book forty-one: Going Somewhere: A Bicycle Journey Across America by Brian Benson
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Friday, July 03, 2015. Book forty-one: Going Somewhere: A Bicycle Journey Across America by Brian Benson. Find at the library turned out to be a really great read. Brian meets Rachel. They decide to bike across America. And then they do it. I appreciated when Benson finally understood that Rachel's experience was different from his own. (It takes him awhile to get there.) His pleasure, spending days in the saddle tackling gigantic climbs, is not hers. 41 down plus 11 to go. Life in a Small House.
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Life at the condo: End of the school year, a belated post by mama
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Saturday, July 11, 2015. End of the school year, a belated post by mama. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life and Times of Tomokee the Dog. Life in a Small House. Noodle, Boo and Moolani, Too! Shawn, Becky and the Boys. The Dot in the Middle. The Life of Nain. Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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Life at the condo: the pool. THE POOL!
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Saturday, July 11, 2015. The pool. THE POOL! Hen is tall enough to hit the pool by himself. And so are his friends. We're going to spend a ton of time in chlorinated water this summer. First one in at the Sellwood Pool. Slide at the Montavilla Pool. Preschool friends (left to right: hen, emory, eliot). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life and Times of Tomokee the Dog. Life in a Small House. Noodle, Boo and Moolani, Too! Shawn, Becky and the Boys. The Dot in the Middle. The Life of Nain.
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Life at the condo: Book forty-two: The Precipice by Paul Doiron
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Sunday, July 05, 2015. Book forty-two: The Precipice by Paul Doiron. Doiron is a new author for me. It's a mystery, which I haven't read much of since, well, Nancy Drew. Two women go missing on a remote hiking trail in the Appalachians. Later, two unidentified bodies are discovered. Coyotes are suspected. But there is something about everything that bothers Bowditch, the local game warden. 42 down plus 10 to go. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life and Times of Tomokee the Dog. Life in a Small House.
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Life at the condo: Book forty-four: The Family Man by Elinor Lipman
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Saturday, July 11, 2015. Book forty-four: The Family Man by Elinor Lipman. With a hastily sent note of condolence, Henry Archer opens the door to his past, reuniting with his quasi-crazy recently widowed ex-wife and their now-grown daughter. This is a humorous and touchy read with familial themes of obligation and love and charity and forgiveness. A good read for a vacation, I'd say. 44 down plus 8 to go. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life and Times of Tomokee the Dog. Life in a Small House.
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Life at the condo: A rose is a rose is a rose
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Sunday, July 12, 2015. A rose is a rose is a rose. Hen, takes a whiff as we cuddle: Mama, smell your armpits. Me, after sniffing both pits: Smells good. Hen: I know. It smells like flowers. Are you rubbing your armpits with flowers all day long? Thanks, Dove deodorant. My pits do smell good. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life and Times of Tomokee the Dog. Life in a Small House. Noodle, Boo and Moolani, Too! Shawn, Becky and the Boys. The Dot in the Middle. The Life of Nain.
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