12-26-16

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Aza's cat Zara helping with the annual Christmas puzzle.

12-25-16

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Christmas morning-- I cooked shrimp and grits while the kids looked through their stockings, which were hung by the chimney with care. They ...

12-24-16

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All my children are home. Squirt arrived around 10pm--- Aza drove to ATL to pick him up. Love love love...

12-23-16

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Christmas eve eve and my twins are cuddled up on the couch looking at boys on Tinder :) Aza does not look too happy I'm taking her pic...

12-22-16

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Today I finished crocheting Squirt a stocking!  (Guess you can see his real name now.... mystery revealed...) I designed our house...

12-21-16

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Jes arrived last night at around 1am... I picked her up from the shuttle stop. Tonight we played our favorite game.  I think I won. M...

12-20-16

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I finally finished Squirt's sweater and blocked it! I sure hope it fits him...

12-19-16

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Walked tonight and found the town's most amazing corner of lights! Aza and I made these ornaments today with my Silhouette ...

12-17-16

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I'm trying to walk 10,000 steps a day over break to keep active.... walked home from my mother's tonight. Nice view of campus...

12-16-16

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Aza is home! Time to start a holiday puzzle... And she brought Zara, who is going to live with us this year until Aza graduates. Zara...

12-15-16

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The bathroom is officially done, and we moved back onto our bedroom today after 4 months. It feels good! And here's a peek at m...

12-14-16

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The bathroom is ALMOST done... just need knobs, and then moving all our stuff back in. I finished blocking this baby blanket today- a g...

12-12-16

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Campus is empty this evening after I leave, having worked most of the day meeting students and such.

12-9-16

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I'm writing this today. Sometimes I back-date my entries, and have to check the calendar to see what I even did that day. But today is t...

12-8-16

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I was inside the house grading papers (classes are over and I'm buried under so much grading) when I noticed how beautiful this tree was...

12-7-16

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I finished painting and now Dan is doing the tile backsplash. Today I went to teach knitting at a school in the country. I got lost on ...

12-3-16

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It's been raining lately. For almost a week now, it seems, we have gotten rain. It prevented my weekly walk today. I spent all day paint...

12-1-16

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What color to paint the walls? We picked White Down, the one on the left. And so, I will paint this weekend. Today I met with a pro...

11-25-16

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We spent the day in Williamsburg and Jamestown. I got to get reacquainted with my ancestor, Pocahontas. Jamestown was fascinating--- ...

11-24 16

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Thanksgiving day. I made a Paleo dinner:  A turkey breast stuffed with spinach, mushrooms and onions, Gravy from turkey broth, schm...

11-23-16

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Woke up-- no migraine-- and we drove to Richmond in time to have lunch with my BFF and her husband.  53 years of friendship looks like ...

11-22-16

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We drove as far as Smithfield NC today. I had a migraine and collapsed into the hotel bed while Dan ran out for dinner take-out. Hoping t...

11-21-16

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The tile is laid. This photo is not a very good one--- it looks better than this.  Now we will be able to leave tomorrow for Virginia to ...

11-20-16

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This morning I asked Dan to light a fire and he did :) It made me very happy and I pulled up the green chair and drank my coffee and di...

11-19-16

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Fast walking this morning in the leaf litter. It felt good to get out and walk with LACA. Something about this just spoke to me and ...

11-17-16

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So I'm doing pretty well. I think being on a lower dose of Synthroid for six weeks now has helped with a lot of things. I feel more chil...

11-16-16

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The shampoo area of the shower looks good! In class tonight I took a hold of the Van de Graaff machine. The students called me Dr. D...