Year in Photos

dog

  • April 12

    Pinot at bedtime. Every night. “Put me in my crate if you must.”

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    April 12

  • March 30

    The kids and I cleaned the gutters for the first time since we moved in eleven years ago. There were trees growing in them. It was hard work, but feels so good to accomplish something like this. And the weather was amazing. Hooray for spring!

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    March 30

  • March 28

    Back to baseball! Also, after surviving to the Sweet Sixteen, my bracket finally started breaking. It’s the best I’ve ever done in a bracket, so it was only a matter of time.

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    March 28

  • March 23

    I almost forgot to take a photo for the first time in almost 15 months. Remembered at the last minute. All the decorating is done and now I’m ready for basketball. It’s been a pretty good spring break, the kind where going back to real life absolutely sucks. Got to milk what’s left for all…

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    March 23

  • March 16

    I had a pretty good day. I finished up my sermon for next weekend and I think it’s pretty good. We went shopping for beds for the girls. Robin ended up getting a nice 7-piece bedroom set for $800, which was a real steal. We went out for dinner, I played with Legos, and we…

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    March 16

  • March 11

    Late nights alone after long days. Not so bad.

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    March 11

  • February 29

    Today I: Prepared and took the kids to school, wrote the tenth page of my novel, worked, picked Christina up from school, later returned to pick Robin up from school, made dinner, did four loads of laundry, including folding and putting it away, and refilled my medicine trays. Today was an easy day because I…

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    February 29

  • February 27

    We put foil on the seats around the kitchen table so that Pinot wouldn’t jump onto it and lick it, and it was working well for months. Until now. He found a way to bypass the foil and jump on the table… but then couldn’t figure out how to get back down. I heard him…

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    February 27

  • February 26

    Today was one of those days that was not unlike many other days. Work, dance, cheer, dinner, repeat. It’s hard to fit in much else.

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    February 26

  • February 19

    Without traffic, we made it home from Atlanta in an hour’s less time and used a quarter of a tank less gas to do it. This was a good trip, but I am exhausted. Four more days until the next one.

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    February 19

  • February 13

    Somehow even though I planned ahead, I am up past midnight finishing crafts for Friendship Day at school tomorrow. They came out pretty nice, I think. I hope people like them.

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    February 13

  • January 18

    I think sometimes I forget how hard it is to be 12. So much is changing all at once – your body, your relationships, school. An entirely new sense of self is developing and it’s so hard to navigate it all, to sort things out. It’s hard to know where to turn, if anywhere. It’s…

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    January 18

  • January 16

    Unlike me, Pinot knows not to read work emails right before bed.

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    January 16

  • January 9

    The kids had the day off, thanks to the storms coming through. The storm wasn’t too bad by us, but it did rain pretty hard. The rest of the day was pretty low-key. I need some new projects to work on.

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    January 9

  • December 14

    I’ve had my eye on this reindeer costume for Pinot for weeks. I finally broke down and bought it. It is a little disappointing. The hood with the reindeer antlers doesn’t stay up and it blinds him because it covers his eyes. Also the antlers don’t stand up. It took forever to get this crappy…

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    December 14