Tag: celebration
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Happy Thanksgiving!
First of all, thank you so much to everyone who continues to check in with my blog to read my older posts. I know I’ve been AWOL (and right after promising to post more!) but I promise I have very good reasons for that, which I’ll divulge later on. Until then, I wanted to make…
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In which we soak up the last days of summer
How can it be that summer is already winding down? Normally, our summers are hot and miserably humid, but we had only one week that was truly unpleasant. This summer just seemed to fly by. Late mornings at playgrounds, trips to the zoo, and most recently, splashpads, have filled my days, as I take Little…
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In which we battle a fever, and I give up sewing
Sickness has struck in our home again. Little Lion has been battling a high fever since yesterday, and refuses to take any form of medication for it. I hate to force him to take the syringe, and he has a very effective method of spitting it out. Even the little chewables were rejected. This boy…
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In which I proffer a Happier Happy New Year
Happy New Year, again. After processing 2024 here, my husband and I settled in for a quick episode of Survivor before watching the ball drop. Our toddler recently broke our tv, so we had to hunt for a live channel on my laptop, but just before midnight, we found something. Outside, people were launching fireworks.…
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In which I reflect on 2024
Happy New Year. It’s another foggy night here in Shadow Lake, but people are still launching fireworks anyway. It’s been a week of foggy nights, cloudy days, and the occasional sunny day. We have had a few warm days, pushing into the 50s, but tonight, we settle back into frigid lows, with a potential for…
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In which we celebrate Christmas
It’s a cloudy, almost foggy day here at Shadow Lake. A flock of geese just settled down in the middle of the lake, which officially froze over this week. Everything feels calm and peaceful. The smell of chocolate chip cookies and hot cocoa fills my little home. Tomorrow is Christmas, and today is the day…
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