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Continue reading →: Book Review: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Last month my book club read and discussed Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being along with the UW Go Big Read, an annual event that “has thousands of people reading, talking and sharing their reactions and opinions.” This is our third year reading along with the Go Big…
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Continue reading →: My little ninjas: thoughts on karate lessons
There is a little karate studio down the street from our house. We pass by it when we go to our favorite pizza place in the same plaza. Seeing the sign, I remember being a kid and taking karate lessons for a short while. Either because money was tight or…
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Continue reading →: 11 Things I Learned in September
Emily at Chatting With the Sky has started a monthly feature where she asks us to share what we have learned each month. It can be silly or serious, two things or twenty – all that is up to you. If you’d like to join the fun, link up your…
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Continue reading →: What’s On My Nightstand: September 2013
I’m kind of crazy late in publishing this month’s What’s On Your Nightstand? post. For anyone new, this is a super fun, super ease blog carnival, hosted by the lovely ladies at 5 Minutes for Books. The goal is pretty simple: Share what books you’ve been reading this month and…
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Continue reading →: Mind Blown. Another trip to “Daddy’s Office”
When we moved to Wisconsin four years ago and first saw my husband’s place of employment, we were a little star struck by the beautiful architecture and landscaping, the thoughtfully decorated buildings, the dorky references and the mere novelty of working for a company with more than three employees. Every…
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Continue reading →: The Amazing and Heroic Adventures of Super Smize Girl
Mommy Shorts is running a contest with Method called the “METHOD POWER POSE-OFF” and it’s going to pit a bunch of kids’ superpower stances against eachother Justice League Vs. Avengers style. Seeing her pictures of Mazzy posing like a Super Hero, I was itching to do a similar photo shoot…





