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Clearing

By Erin | Published: May 3, 2011

Every day should be so pleasant. Yesterday was my birthday and the last day of regular classes. Until finals start pouring in, I’m without grading to do. Today, I slept until 8:00 a.m. and went to a much-needed and long-overdue chiropractor appointment mid-morning. Then, I went to the arboretum, a free local garden, where I [...]

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A Saturday Post

By Erin | Published: March 26, 2011

I usually take the weekend off from blogging, but today I’m in such a good mood I thought I’d better write now before things change. Last week was absolutely brutal. Jesse and I were running up on the deadline to finish processing my niece’s senior pictures, but we weren’t concerned, as we had no other [...]

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Jesse and Erin Go to the Fair

By Erin | Published: October 21, 2010

Last weekend, Jesse and I finally made it to the State Fair. We’ve been wanting to go for a while, but it hasn’t worked out. Well, this year we were determined. So determined that we drove two hours north-ish and then spent an entire hour in the car, stuck in traffic. Literally, it took us [...]

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Peanut Boil/Boll 2010

By Erin | Published: October 12, 2010

One of my favorite things about living in North Carolina—and what I look forward to all year, every year—is when the Shaws boil peanuts. (Here’s last year’s event.) Sunday, Brandon and Kara had a boiled peanut party, and it was perfect. During the day, it had been sunny and hot, but as the sun set, [...]

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Date Night

By Erin | Published: October 6, 2010

The past couple Fridays, we’ve been doing what we have never been consistent at: Date Night. Yes, we’ve been married for more than six years now and we’ve been hopelessly bad at Date Night. In fact, we gave it a good try a couple years ago but the whole experiment ended badly and I’m pretty [...]

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