28 Sunday Jun 2020
Posted in family, fun and games, Monthly Review, travel
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camp fradd, family, fiction, friends, fun, my darling love, quotes, reading, reflection, travel
“I was faced with a dilemma …A
I could either wrestle with my life …
Or I could plunk myself down right in the middle of the mess and realize that the mess is actually my life, the only one I’ll ever get, the one I’m in danger of missing completely, waiting around for fantastic.”
Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
Continue reading22 Saturday Feb 2020
Posted in daily thanks, family, link-ups, Monthly Review, the big move
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books, camp fradd, family, february, fiction, moving, my darling love, reading, Valentine’s Day
Once again its time to review the month and share the things which stood out most for me. February has flown by, but I’m pretty sure that’s just a combination of stress and old age. Between the doctors’ follow-up visits for Jay and the pressure of the impending move, my hair stylist is going to earn her pay coloring my hair at the end of the month.
Continue reading19 Wednesday Feb 2020
Posted in family, fun and games, holiday, stream of consciousness
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1000gifts, adventures, beer, blessings, family, gratitude, holiday, local flavor, marriage, movies, my darling love, sickness, story, tavern, Valentine’s Day, wife-of-the-year
Valentine’s Day was low-key at Camp Fradd this year. We’re in the process of a move, in addition to the medical issues we’ve faced this year.
Me: What do you want for Valentine’s Day this year?
Jay: To just take you out to dinner, and you to be happy with nothing more.
Me: Throw in a giant card and you’ve got a deal.
14 Friday Feb 2020
Posted in family, sharing spoons, stream of consciousness, Uncategorized
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family, free-writing, health, illness, life, marriage, my darling love, pain, sickness, treatment, wife-of-the-year
LIFE – This was the one-word prompt provided for the Five Minute Friday link-up a couple of weeks ago. LIFE got in the way and prevented me from turning in my homework on time. But our LIFE has been a bit crazy these past 6 weeks, and I wanted a chance to unload my brain a bit.
The dominos fell slowly. Camp Fradd came down with the flu just after Christmas. Jay got sick on Friday, by Sunday he had given it to me. For Jay, pneumonia followed closely behind.
Continue reading15 Wednesday Jan 2020
Posted in 100DaysProject, family, Foothills Voices, fun and games, stream of consciousness, travel
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2019 lists, adventures, bullet journal, concerts, family, hiking, journaling, my darling love, project, scotland, storytelling, west highland way, writing
In reviewing 2019 and looking forward to 2020 (the year of my 40th birthday!), I’ve considered what direction I want to take my writing. Seasonal fatigue mixed with stress about moving to a new house (if just up the street), has left me with not much energy to devote to writing. Then I got the flu, which I’m still recovering from.
Continue reading29 Tuesday Oct 2019
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books, concerts, fun, halloween, holiday, learning, monthiversaries, my darling love, reading
The leaves are finally starting to turn here in my corner of the Smoky Mountains. As we wrap up the month of October, I wanted to share a few of my favorites this month.
Continue reading18 Friday Oct 2019
Posted in healthy living, link-ups, travel
When I look at the pictures from that vacation I don’t see me, not really. Sure, the woman in the photos looks like me and is creating memories I currently possess. But she seems far more joyful and confident than I consider myself to be.
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