April 2012

It has started. Somewhere, somehow I thought it could be different. Or maybe I just blocked it out. It’s hard not to get excited at the thought of winter turning to spring and eventually leading to summer. It’s easy to get caught up in everything that means…except when it comes to baseball. We have a mixed marriage. And in some [...]

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After three nights of little to no sleep due to this cold/allergy thing I have going on, I was less than thrilled to open my sleep deprived eyes to discover a rainy, gloomy day. It was one of those days were I NEED to call in sick and stay in bed all day watching movies. When you are a stay [...]

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I always had an affection for writing. It seemed like an easy way for me to get out my thoughts. English teachers from when I was very young were complimenting me for my advanced writing skills. Although writing always had a presence in my life, I never really focused on this skill or passion for that matter. When I was [...]

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Last week was a tough week. It was a storm of temper tantrums – some of which I felt that I had properly conquered and some of which I had not. Then the weekend hit. And I suddenly realized that temper tantrums are a day in the park compared to true discipline problems. It’s funny how soon I forget. At [...]

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Tonight marks the beginning of Adam’s birthday celebrations. We are headed to Milwaukee to catch Daniel Tosh perform his comedy routine. Some of you may know him from Tosh.O. And so starts the pressure. Adam is a totally low maintenance, easy to please kinda guy. He usually lays out what he would like (i.e. Police tickets, Neil Young tickets, Cubs [...]

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A very cute 2.5 year old, Jonah, requested blueberry bread the last time I brought over one of my variety of fruit dairy-free recipes. And blueberry bread he got…   Blueberry Bread #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Recipe Type: Dessert Author: Ashley Skabar (via dairyfreecooking.about.com) Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 1 hour Total time: 1 hour 10 mins Ingredients [...]

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In 2006, Heli invited me to join her on a little race in my neighborhood (the Bucktown 5k.) A 5k is 3.1 miles. As a self defined couch potato, this seemed like a feat akin to climbing Mt. Everest. Nonetheless, I did it (slowly). I walked, I ran. I ran, I walked. I carbo loaded, even though its not really [...]

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I spent six and a half years living behind Costco. I shopped there when we entertained or for a few select items but for the most part I rarely went. People would rave at the luxury of living behind Costco and I would just sigh that it’s alright. Now that I’m a family of four, my feelings have changed. It’s [...]

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The first full day Drew was home from the hospital, in 2008, we were supposed to go to my parents’ for Father’s Day. After a very unsuccessful night of little slumber, we started preparing for our 5pm evening engagement bright and early in the morning. What we could possibly have needed to do for eight hours to prepare for our [...]

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