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It's Week 69, Day 1 of my blog experiment, about four months and one week past the day it was supposed to end. I can't say exactly what's taken me so long to finish. The momentum of this blog changed...
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It's Week 50, Day 1 of my blog experiment and it's time that this blog come to an end. I can feel the end, even though I have a few strings left to tie. My posts have become fewer and farther between...
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It's Week 49, Day 1 of my blog experiment and it's funny how quickly this whole blog project feels like it's winding down. It feels different to come to the computer to write and I'm drawn in...
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It's Week 48, Day 1 of my blog experiment and this week, the house has been a wreck. My husband and I have been snoozing on the couch while the kids play trains and eat graham crackers for breakfast...
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It's Week 46, Day 2 of my blog experiment and I'm desperately trying to find peace in this Christmas season. It's a selfish request but I know I'm not alone in it. I don't want to be the stressed-out...
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It's Week 46, Day 1 of my blog experiment and things are winding down fast. I'm suddenly finding it harder to post my blogs, mostly because I have a lot of work coming in, a lot of other writing to...
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It's Week 45, Day 2 of my blog experiment and I wanted to report back about my last post, Sunday is the New Monday. Sunday was fabulous. Maybe it was just good fortune but it went like this: church,...
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It's Week 45, Day 1 of my blog experiment and it's Sunday morning. I want Sunday morning to start feeling like the beginning of a new week. It's a backwards thought. The start of the week usually...
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It's Week 39, Day 3 and I'm cutting ties once again. I've been trying to play catch up for a while but it's time to own up. Instead of posting my blogs three times a week as I originally set out to...
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It's Week 39, Day 2 of my blog experiment and today I met Saffron, a Scottish Deerhound, who belongs to the owner of the salon where I get my hair cut. Saffron has the tallest dog legs I've ever seen...
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It's Week 39, Day 1 of my blog experiment and I want to scream, "Slow down, people!" Sure, I'm to blame, too. I rush the kids to school, rush to eat breakfast, rush to get the words out of...
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It's Week 38, Day 3 of my blog experiment and today I helped out in my daughter's Sunday school class. It's a Catholic program, a new Montessori-like class for 4 and 5 year olds. There were about a...
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It's Week 38, Day 2 of my blog experiment and last night, I was wrapping birthday presents for my son. He was asleep and I was downstairs but still, I tried to be quiet so he wouldn't hear the rustle...
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It's Week 38, Day 1 of my blog experiment and this happens to me a lot. I'll read a book and hear a phrase that pops up again and again for no obvious reason. It's already happened twice this...
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It's Week 37, Day 3 of my blog experiment and I spend too much of my time in the past or the future. I don't mean to...it just happens. I wake up and make lists of things to do. I think about the...