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The Last Three-Day Weekend Before Thanksgiving

By Erin | Published: October 5, 2010

This past weekend was a three-day weekend at our house. Yesterday, I was on fall break, and Jesse took the day off work. We both agree: three-day weekends are the best. There’s enough time to get things done and still have fun. Normal weekends seem crowded these days with chores and freelance work and catch-up [...]

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Fall

By Erin | Published: September 22, 2010

It’s the first day of fall today, or so I’m told. The person who decided when the seasons change did not, obviously, live in the South. To think, it’s nearly October, and we’ve yet to have a single day in the 70s (even the high 70s–I’ll take anything under the 80s right now. I’m over [...]

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Gracie’s Home

By Erin | Published: July 21, 2010

I have my cat back. She’s got a urinary tract infection, which means I get to shove a pill down her throat twice a day. She loves that. But, it’s just so good to have her home. I just talk to her in silly voices and kiss her fluffy neck and tell her how much [...]

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Dinner Party

By Erin | Published: July 16, 2010

Last night was our pod dinner party, summer edition. I spent all day preparing for it, cleaning the house, shopping for the food, cooking. The menu: Appetizers: caprese salad (mozzarella with tomatoes and basil from our garden), crusty bread with roasted garlic, and yellow teardrop tomatoes from our garden. Main: Chicken with roasted garlic cream [...]

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Year of Significance

By Erin | Published: May 4, 2010

On Sunday, I turned twenty-seven. Jesse calls twenty-seven “the year of significance” because seems like in movies something big always happens to the main character in his or her twenty-seventh year. Friday night, Jesse and I ate stir fry and then walked around the outdoor mall where all the rich people shop. I had birthday [...]

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