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Pick Your Best Friend

Pick Your Best Friend

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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You know how they tell you that when you get married, you want to marry your best friend?  They say you should choose that special person whom you can talk with and be yourself with. The person that you would want to be with over everyone else.  The one who really gets you. Well, that’s who [...]

Restaurant Week in DC – Sette Bello

Restaurant Week in DC – Sette Bello

Sunday, August 29, 2010

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If you’ve never experienced Restaurant Week in DC, you are missing out.  It comes around a couple of times a year and is a great opportunity to check out the restaurants that may normally be a bit out of reach price-wise.  We usually go for the dinner meal but with a baby and still being [...]

Life is Made Up of Defining Moments

Life is Made Up of Defining Moments

Friday, August 27, 2010

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Life is made up of defining moments.  Like the time you go on your first date.  Or the first time you meet your future husband.  Then there’s the moment you graduate from college and realize you are officially a grown up.  Or the time you learn that you are finally going to be a parent. Then [...]

Back in the Saddle Again

Back in the Saddle Again

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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Not so long ago, the CPA and I were adventurous people.  We’d check out cool places around town like the Library of Congress and the National Cathedral, and we’d attend events such as the Whoopi Goldberg dinner and we’d visit the annual cherry blossom trees.  But a year or so ago, coinciding with the beginning of [...]

What’s The Deal with Spam?

What’s The Deal with Spam?

Monday, August 23, 2010

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I’ve been blogging for almost two years now and during that time I’ve gotten my fair share of spam, but the past few months or so it seems to have gotten progressively worse.  And by worse, I mean sneakier. They used to be pretty obvious – direct links, foreign languages, weird sounding phrases.  But these days, [...]

Watercolor for Fun

Watercolor for Fun

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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Last spring I signed up for a photography class through The Torpedo Factory, located in Old Town Alexandria.  I was excited to take it but unfortunately, my morning sickness sidelined me and I backed out at the last minute.  A couple of months ago I remembered the credit that I still had with the school [...]

A Catastrophe Averted

A Catastrophe Averted

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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Henry went down for his afternoon nap like he always does – I gave him his pacifier, he cried and fussed for a bit, and then he finally fell asleep.  I checked on him several times as I often do, just to make sure that he was breathing fine and was resting peacefully.  I did [...]

Happy B-Day Big Boy

Happy B-Day Big Boy

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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Dear Henry: It’s been six months since you were born.  Hard to believe, but it’s true.  During that time, you have become such a part of our lives that it’s strange to think you haven’t always been here with us.   Every morning we look forward to you waking up so that we can see your [...]

Mixed Feelings

Mixed Feelings

Monday, August 9, 2010

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I’m sitting in bed as I write this.  It’s not my bed, mind you; it’s a king size, full-of-pillows, absolutely divine bed located in our room at the Brampton Bed & Breakfast in Chestertown, MD.  What am I doing in Chestertown, MD you ask?  Celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the day that I married the [...]

Guess Who’s Here?

Guess Who’s Here?

Sunday, August 1, 2010

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Do you remember this guy? No?  Here, let me refresh your memory. This is what he looked like the last time I saw him almost three months ago. Big difference, isn’t it?  I’ve missed him so much. And I’ve missed his parents too. They’ve only been gone for the summer, but it’s just not been the same without them nearby. [...]

Living in New York

Tue, Jan 12, 2010

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Living in New York

Picking up where I left off… I had been at Temple Square in Salt Lake City for about nine months when I received notice that they were sending us away for a while.  Since Temple Square isn’t a typical proselytizing mission (going door to door), they wanted us to have the experiences that other missionaries have. [...]

Trying to Agree on Art

Fri, Oct 2, 2009

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Trying to Agree on Art

Everyone’s tastes vary so differently when it comes to art.  Knowing this, I am amazed that the CPA and I have any art work in our house at all.  He tends to go for traditional pieces while I often choose art based on the room in which it is going to be displayed.  Normally we [...]

Dream Home: Nursery

Tue, Jun 30, 2009

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Dream Home:  Nursery

The more the CPA and I talk about starting a family, the more we think about our house and how it will work with our plans.  While it’s premature to design a nursery, of course, I couldn’t help but think about it the other day as we were sitting in our spare bedroom.  I casually [...]

Birthing Trends

Wed, May 27, 2009

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Birthing Trends

When you’re trying to have a baby, it suddenly seems that everyone around you is pregnant or has children.  You run into women pushing their strollers on the street and you see expectant mothers at the grocery store.  Maybe they’ve always been there and you just begin to notice them or maybe it’s true that [...]

My Life on Temple Square

Thu, May 21, 2009

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My Life on Temple Square

I remember when, in the summer of 1994, I received the letter telling me that I would be serving my voluntary mission at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.  I was excited because it was a place I had never been and because it was different from other missions I had heard about.  Instead [...]

Who Doesn’t Want a Little Extravagance?

Wed, May 20, 2009

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Who Doesn’t Want a Little Extravagance?

This week I’ve been dogwalking for one of my favorite clients.  They’re one of my favorites because number one, the dogs (two black labs) are adorably sweet and are just great dogs.  And number two, they live in a fantastic location.  All of the houses have beautiful, landscaped lawns and are surrounded by towering trees.  [...]

Pregnancy: How Do You Decide When to Have a Baby?

Tue, May 19, 2009

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Pregnancy:  How Do You Decide When to Have a Baby?

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post called “How Do You Know When to Get Married?”  Afterward, I received a sweet email from a reader asking if I would pose the same question about having children. While I have written previous posts about my personal experience and how I finally decided that I was [...]

Marriage: Five Questions to Ask Each Other

Tue, May 12, 2009

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Marriage: Five Questions to Ask Each Other

The CPA and I had been dating for a while when we got engaged.  Because of this, we felt that we knew each other pretty well.  The more I think about it, this seems to be the nature of relationships – when you’re with someone for a while, you begin to think you know all [...]

Washington DC: Marian Koshland Interactive Science

Thu, May 7, 2009

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Washington DC:  Marian Koshland Interactive Science

The CPA and I are always looking for cool places to visit in the city.  We’ve seen museums and gardens and statues, things that have historical significance and things that have been added in recent years.  But when we went to visit the Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, we had [...]

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