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It hit me around 8:30 – a wave of inexplicable sadness. It took me a while to remember that Mom died 12 years ago today. I think it hurts more now than it did then – not the same raging, overwhelming depression I felt then, but a steadily growing lump of guilt and regret that…
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I slowed down a lot today and really worked on keeping everything level. I tried to fix the problem spots, but they are still not level, so I’ll have to try again next weekend. They’re definitely better, at least. I need to get that one edge set because the rain washed out the sand and…
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It feels so good to finally have some pavers down! I’m really excited to be so close to being done. There are some spots I need to fix that aren’t level, like the edge where I didn’t think I needed gravel. Oops. Looks like my gravel days aren’t behind me. There’s a big surprise. Luckily…
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Robin was bored, so she made these enormous, head-sized peanut butter cookies filled with buttercream frosting. I love that she spent time doing something to entertain herself besides sitting alone in her room on her phone. The cookies taste good, but they are a lot. They look pretty impressive.
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We went to Robin’s freshman orientation today. I MIGHT have cried when it started. How can I be old enough to have a kid in high school? I feel like I just graduated myself. Robin signed up for color guard, which makes me so happy. I remember loving color guard in high school. We were…
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Christina had friends from dance performing as mascots in tonight’s Jumbo Shrimp game, so we got some tickets to go watch. Unfortunately, this was the weather situation. After about an hour, they called the game. We still got our stadium food, at least. You’d think I’d be annoyed about wasting a night sitting at a…
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I FINALLY finished building the foundation for the patio today. After more than three months, it feels overwhelmingly awesome to finally have this done. I have a lot of gravel left over, but that is still better than not having enough. I got it up to the height I needed and it looks pretty good.…
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I got a nice birthday present and the gravel delivery arrived before 7am so I could get it moved before starting work tomorrow. Saved myself two hours. I used the rest of the day to knit and read, and then we went to Cooper’s Hawk for dinner. We didn’t love it – the food was…
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I realized about a third of the way in today that I still don’t have enough gravel to finish the patio foundation. I just about lost the will to continue. Then I thought I’d just continue until it was done no matter what it took. In the end I ordered another 85 bags of gravel,…
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I finished sewing the National Parks tapestry. I’m not thrilled with it. A lot of puckering, several holes where the seams just didn’t happen. But it could definitely have come out worse. I think I’m going to stitch a pattern into it to try to hide some of the flaws. We’ll see if that makes…
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I pulled out my knitting the other day. Haven’t worked on this in a while. Still a very long to go on this one. We ordered in pizza from Renna’s tonight and it was delicious, as always. I feel like I worked very hard today and have very little to show for it. I don’t…
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Lately the inspiration isn’t there. So we have pictures of dirty pots. We called Aunt Cathrine for her birthday. It was nice catching up with her. Sounds like she’s doing well. The day was otherwise uneventful; went for a run, went to work, made dinner (stuffed pork chops and rice).
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The kids had their annual physicals today. Christina managed to escape her shot, but Robin was not so lucky. Christina had been so nervous about it that her blood pressure was 146/78. It went down to 126/71 after she found out she was good. They are doing ok, but if Christina was that scared about…
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Took the car in for service today, learned I had a nail in my tire, walked out with a patch instead of a new tire, and called it a good day. Watched Hoosiers again with Billy. Still a good movie.
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Busy day with cleaners coming, AC maintenance, and work. We played Mount Cleverest after dinner, which was fun. Even Robin played without any pleading necessary. We haven’t had a game night in a while. The kids need something to do. They are so bored.
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