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Category Archives: friends
April Sewing – Anne’s quilt
April’s big project was sewing the Hide and Seek Spectrum Quilt from Handmade Beginnings for Anne and her little girl, who was just born on Wednesday! Betsy, Heather, Steph, and I worked together on this one. We each sewed some … Continue reading
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Pizza was her first solid food!
Ellie is six months now and we wanted to make sure that she really had a good start with solids. We want her relationship with food to be based on really good feelings from the very beginning. So we decided … Continue reading
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Help a good friend and ESOL teacher
I have a soft spot in my heart for students who are learning English (obviously). My friend Katie is an excellent ESOL teacher. She teaches in Baltimore City and is currently raising money through DonorsChoose to purchase vocabulary activity sets … Continue reading
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Random news
1. Yes, it did finally stop snowing. Yes, they are calling for another storm on President’s Day but it’s supposed to be small, thankfully. And yes, maybe we’ll finally go back to school on Tuesday. 2. The official total for … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Anu!
Happy Birthday Anu!!I think you’re my farthest flung friend and blog reader. I hope we get to see each other again one day! (She’s in India!)
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Fun times
Last night, my friend Julie and I saw the play, “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde at Centerstage. It was fabulous. The movie is really great too and I’d highly recommend it if you haven’t seen it! And … Continue reading
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Nothing like a party for getting things done!
We had a birthday potluck on Saturday night for both Nik and me – Nik’s birthday was on Friday and mine is in 2 weeks. My birthday weekend will be taken up by Brody and Lisa’s wedding (rehearsal/dinner on my … Continue reading
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Devout Thanksgiving
“Today, I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Home again, went away, and now home again (for now)
1. Off to England 2. Back again, home for 14 hours. 3. left for Dan Gerding’s wedding 4. was the wedding “I’m good at bossing people around” coordinator for the weekend. 5. The wedding started almost 30 minutes late (lost … Continue reading
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She’s here!
Welcome Anna Lindgren! 5 pounds 15.8 ounces, March 7, 2009. And boy does she have a lot of hair! We had the privilege of visiting Tim and Kristen at the hospital on Sunday. It is an thing of amazing wonder … Continue reading
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Salmon and Souvlaki 