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And it only took 2.5 years!

We’ve been knocking around the idea of remodeling the master bathroom since purchasing the house in 2006.  For one reason or another, we never wanted to spend the money and eventually decided to just replace the faucets (since I broke one) and replace the outdated wallpaper with paint.  We vacillated between hiring someone or doing […]

Some decisions, and a movie review just for kicks

I’ve grown weary of the nicknames I use for my family on this blog.   I was feeling woefully uncreative when I first started writing here and couldn’t be bothered to come up with anything fun for N and AE. Then Miss T came along and I copped out with her, too.  I don’t use real […]

Worth every single one of those many, many pennies.

Last week, in celebration of our 10th wedding anniversary, N and I took a 7-day cruise to the Caribbean on the Carnival Conquest.  And IT. WAS. AWESOME.  Wonderfully relaxing, and precisely what I needed after a looooooong semester of statistics and major stress. I truly couldn’t have asked for a more perfect vacation. The boarding […]

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N and I are leaving on a cruise (to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary!!) one week from tomorrow and while I am incredibly excited, there is still a ton I need to do.  My mom is coming to our house to stay with the kids and pets (thankfully saving us the cost of boarding the […]

And how was your day?

After running a few errands this afternoon, I stopped at the gym before heading to the grocery store and then on to pick up the kids.  As usual, I had scheduled myself down to the very last second – I rushed through my workout and left myself just enough time to grab a few major […]