The Innocence Dilemma

December 1, 2011 By 3 Comments

After Thanksgiving dinner our entire family, all 26 of us, sat down to watch the movie Super 8. Granted, I knew the movie involved something from space, a train wreck and a bunch of kids – but I really had no idea what the actual story line was going to be or how scary, violent, [...]

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Challenges and Joys

November 17, 2011 By 6 Comments

Being a parent provides many moments of joy – unfortunately, those little buggers also have a way of showing us that “no, we are not in fact smarter than a fifth grader toddler.” There are times when I am so proud of Mackenzie and can’t help but silently think to myself “wow, we’re such good [...]

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Childhood Eats

November 10, 2011 By 6 Comments

When I was little I used to love our excursions to Seattle. Looking back, it seems like we spent our time in downtown just about every weekend. I have so many good memories whether it was going to Pike Place Market, the zoo, the aquarium, Capital Hill, etc. However, the International District will always stand [...]

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FAQ

November 3, 2011 By 4 Comments

Today’s post comes to you via Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Here are the prompts. I chose to cater to the Q&A prompt. Because my blog is so incredibly well read (ha!) and I have so many followers (ha ha!), you can imagine that I get so much fan mail that its hard to keep up. [...]

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Something Big

October 27, 2011 By 4 Comments

It’s no surprise to anyone that read my post yesterday that I was in a bad mood. I try to stay somewhat positive on the blog but I had been in a bummed out state for a while and I guess it was finally time to put that out into the universe. Several things came [...]

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