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Top Five Memories: 2012 Edition
A few years ago, Mike and I started a new tradition of visiting Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA on New Year’s Eve. The lights, the holiday decorations, the fountains, the fireworks, the music, the displays–all of it is pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, 2013, babies, children, couples, first birthday party, improv, just married, kindermusik, life, looking back, love, marriage, married, Married Life, memories, motherhood, new years, parenthood, parents, rehoboth beach, relationships, stay at home mom, top five
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The Four Days of Finals (Part 2)
On the second day of finals, my students gave to me: another bunch of portfolios and some more final exams. Though I got a lot of work done on Tuesday night, I stayed up way too late, and as a … Continue reading
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Tagged english, final exams, finals, just married, life, love, marriage, married, professor, students, teaching, writing
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Happy
This is the busiest week of the semester: finals week. As much as I would love to be inspired and motivated, I am not. So, in light of the anxiousness I shared in my last post vis-รก-vis turning one year … Continue reading
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Tagged age, aging, birthday, birthdays, couples, getting older, happy, marriage, married, Married Life, mid-life crisis, passage of time, relationships
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Millions of Suns
Yesterday in American Lit, we had what I thought was a nice little chat about Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”. It was our last class discussion of the semester, and it felt good to end with something hopeful. Amongst the … Continue reading
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Tagged american literature, couples, english, hope, just married, life, love, marriage, married, millions of suns, song of myself, students, teaching, walt whitman, writing
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He Gets That From Me
On Sunday, Jude was traipsing around my bedroom, dancing and pointing to light fixtures and the ceiling fan and just being the general ball of energy and enthusiasm that he is every single waking moment of every day. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Baby Life, Daily Life
Tagged anger, babies, boys, eighteen month old, just married, life, love, management, marriage, married, moms, motherhood, mothers, parenthood, rage, tantrums, temper, terrible twos, toddlers
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So Long, Hostess
My first reaction to the announcement that Hostess was going out of business for good was: “Oh man, no more Funny Bones.” Where many are mourning the loss of the beloved Twinkie, I was always more of a rich- chocolate-cake-infused-with-peanut-buttery-goodness … Continue reading
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Tagged bankrupt, couples, drakes cake, eating, funny bone, hostess, junk food, life, love, marriage, married, married couples, motherhood, parenthood, snack cakes, twinkie, twinkles
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Revisiting: Rocking the Vote, Goofball Style
This post is a couple of years old, but I thought I’d resurrect it in honor of election day. Happy voting, everyone! (Fingers crossed that I get it right this time.) *** I remember going to the polling place with … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, election, just married, life, love, marriage, married, obama, polling places, president, romney, silly, vote, voting, voting booth
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