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April 9
I finally had a minute to catch my breath today. Which isn’t to say it was an easy day, just that I had some time in between the madness to catch up on photos, look at my garden, look up some things on the internet that have been bugging me, work on the jigsaw puzzle……
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April 6
Robin had a marathon cheer practice today for 4+ hours, so Christina and I used the time to do some shopping. She bought herself some Judy Blume books and a Snoopy shirt at the mall, and I couldn’t resist buying myself a book, even though I’ve been reading Wicked for four months now and I’m…
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April 4
Christina and I got to have dinner together in front of the TV, watching Jungle Cruise. It was another day of endless driving to activities for people other than me, but these little moments, even when we don’t talk to each other, mean so much to me. It makes it worth it.
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March 29
Every year I attempt to make this garden beautiful. I know I’ll never make it look as nice as my dad would, but I at least try to make it presentable without letting anything die. I know the pentas does ok, and heather has done well before, the roses seem to hold up… so I’m…
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March 27
I am at a point where I cannot take on one more thing. I hate admitting that I can’t do it all and there isn’t anything I DON’T want to do, which makes it hard to adjust the load. This is not a new story. One of these days I’ll learn the lesson. Won’t be…
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March 23
This weekend was incredibly productive. Billy and I hung my dad’s painting, I went food shopping, Billy cleaned out the garage, I did laundry, I updated my website for the first time in a month, Christina finally finished putting together her book for publishing, a gift we gave her for her TENTH birthday well over…
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March 13
I finally have a day where I can sit and relax a little after work. It feels weird! It’s ok, though. It’ll be back to insanity tomorrow.
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February 24
Ten days later, and these roses are just as beautiful as the day I bought them.
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February 19
Robin took a tumbling class tonight and added her name to the wall for two more level two skills: back walkover back handspring and roundoff back handspring. She did them all night long and came home happy. I’m so proud of her, and grateful to the coach who quietly and patiently showed her over the…
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February 14
I had fun with Valentine’s Day this year, which is really a testament to how I’ve been feeling for the last six months or so. I’m not sure which switch flipped or how, but this is probably the first time in my life I have actually felt good for more than a week or two.…
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February 12
It’s been a nice day that has involved no octopuses. If only it also involved no errors in judgment. C’est la vie.
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January 30
I went from 60 to zero in a matter of minutes today. Super energetic, and then I sat on the couch and couldn’t keep my eyes open. It’s 9:38pm and I’m throwing in the towel. So many days of rote routine this month. Seems to be all I can handle right now.
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January 26
Our gardens are looking dismal. The latest freeze seems to have done a number on them. I don’t know what will come back, but we’ll trim it down and see what happens. This milkweed seems to be doing ok, anyway. Come, butterflies!
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November 5
Today was one of those days. I’m doing my best to do the right thing. I don’t know if I succeeded 100% today, but I did at least try.
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October 20
It was a pretty quiet day today. I had hoped to go for a hike, but couldn’t string together enough consecutive time to make it happen, and then it started drizzling. We did make it around the block after dinner with the dogs. I need to start taking more walks with Pinot on my own…
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