Bracelet of a Fearless Girl

black bracelet with stars

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I have a black bracelet studded with stars, a fearless girl I knew a decade ago often wore it.

She was completely comfortable in her own skin. One of those girls who at 20 inherently knew what suited her and stuck with it. She didn’t mind being cute as it fit her somewhat [Read more...]

Menu Plan Monday

Meal Plan - Menu Plan

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So last week we started out well following the menu plan and then it got abandoned due to life happening. This week I’m hoping to do better at sticking to the plan. I’m also hoping to get Nicholas to help me prepare dinner more often and bake a Banana & Carrot Cake with [Read more...]

Pet Deception

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Pet Deception: Secretly replacing a child’s dead pet without child’s knowledge.

A couple months ago we took Nicholas to the pet shop to look at potential small animals. After spending a great deal of time looking at all the gerbils, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits, Nicholas announced the he was certain he wanted goldfish. [Read more...]

Menu Plan Monday

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Hubby’s decided that he wants to go Vegan for awhile which is going to make my menu plan a bit more complicated than usual for awhile.  Generally the meals listed are the ones Nicholas and I will be eating, as Hubby will happily cook spicy vegetable concoctions for himself.

 

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Silent Sunday

Silent Sunday

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16 hours, 49 minutes

What will you do with your time?

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The sun rose at 4:45 this morning.  It will set at 9:34 tonight, making today 16 hours and 49 minutes long.  I expect that I will be up for at least that many hours, if not more.  Rising early has given me time to contemplate what I’m going to do with those 16 hours, [Read more...]

Giving Myself Permission

Enjoy life NOW this is NOT a rehersal.

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I, Erin Lee, hereby give myself permission to ignore the dreaded *mommy guilt* and take care of myself for awhile.  It seems that since October I’ve been doing my best to take care of stuff, with my eye towards doing the best job of being a mother, wife, student, housekeeper that I could [Read more...]