From the monthly archives: June 2012

Evaluation

On June 28, 2012 · 8 Comments · In child development, nora

Nora had her early intervention evaluation for her speech last Friday.

It went really well. We weren’t sure exactly what to expect in terms of cooperation on Nora’s part, but she was great. A little shy when they first arrived, but she warmed up quickly. We scheduled the appointment for early in the day–9 [...]

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DIY-cation

On June 25, 2012 · 2 Comments · In home improvement

Michael and I are taking a random vacation day tomorrow. But here’s the thing: We’re using it to work our asses off–not behind our desks, but in our house.

Nora is going to daycare.

We’re setting out on a home improvement extravaganza.

I haven’t shared a kitchen update with you in FOREVER–I haven’t even shown [...]

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Fire Helmet Cake

On June 21, 2012 · 10 Comments · In cake decorating

Oh, this cake. It gave me so much grief.

But before I get into any of that, let’s start at the beginning.

My brother and his wife: They’re having a baby. A baby boy, due next month. A few months back, Marie’s mom and sisters started planning her shower, and asked me to make a [...]

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C25K

On June 20, 2012 · 19 Comments · In exercise

I’ve been a fairly active person throughout my adult life (after college). I was never a gym rat in any sense of the term, but I was in decent shape at least. Michael and I used to go to the gym a few times during the week–I took step aerobics and kickboxing classes–and on the [...]

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A Day in the Life

On June 19, 2012 · 5 Comments · In day in the life

At the end of last week, I talked about doing a little “day in the life” project using Instagram. I committed to completing the project over the weekend, and I’m happy to say that I followed through. Woot woot!

The concept was simple: Take (at least) one photo an hour throughout the day to [...]

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