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Models in the making
Two of my sisters-in-law, Ashlee and Heather, are collaborating on opening an Etsy shop. It's very exciting! Heather recently rediscovered her love of sewing and immediately started making the most...
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Happy 4th of July!
I love the 4th of July. It's one of my very favorite holidays: great food, family together, totally relaxed atmosphere, and lots and lots of tradition. But not stuffy tradition! It's all fun...
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4th of July - again!
Since I was too tired to write it all up last night, here we go! We spent the early part of yesterday relaxing by ourselves, sleeping in a little (well, not Judah who woke up at his usual 6:30, but...
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A few of Judah's favorite things
It's been kind of a miserable day here at Casa de Cowell. I spent last night having nightmares that I can't remember now but which left me exhausted from the word go. Which, for Judah, was at 5:50...
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A little help, my artsy friends?
So, I'm working on a project. I thought it would be pretty easy, but it turns out it's harder than I anticipated. For several reasons. I saw this idea in a magazine to go around and take pictures of...
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A shout out to Africa
My dad is in Africa. I know, right? That was unexpected. But the trip makes sense, if you know my dad. It's missions trip with a group from my church, and they went to Liberia to help get African...
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Slightly (or very) rattled
This is the full extent of the damage the 5.4 earthquake this morning did to my house. One fallen sippy cup. You'd think that was a pretty mild shake, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong.Of the things that...
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What IS that thing?!?
It's a mailbox, of course! I'm just waiting for the note on our front door: "Sorry, but we can no longer deliver your mail to your home. Your mailbox seems to have been eaten by an extremely...
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Fair enough for another year
On Thursday afternoon we set out for our annual trip to the Orange County Fair. Judah was so excited, he'd been talking about going on the Ferris wheel practically since last summer. And from the...
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The Cure has three singles in the top ten on Billboard this week. THREE! Who says their day is past?
View ArticleEasily distracted by shiny objects and stuff
I think this is what all of my progress reports from grade school probably said. Yes, your daughter is a straight A student and she always seems to be able to come up with the right answer. However, to...
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Six
You know how in your high school yearbook they have all those categories like "Cutest Couple" and "Best Smile" and Most Likely to Succeed?" If they'd had a category in my yearbook for "Most Likely to...
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One short year
Micah is one year old today. I can hardly believe it! This year has gone by so quickly! Micah is such a joy to us, such a happy little guy almost all the time. I'm not a morning person, so I'm usually...
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Micah's Beach Bash
We threw Micah his first birthday party on Sunday night. Since summer's almost over, I wanted to make it like the last beach party of the season, but I didn't actually want to throw a party at the...
View ArticleAnother season, another playlist
More than any other season, fall inspires me to create playlists of songs that seem to fit the new feel in the air. And since we're almost to fall, here's my most recent.....Never Meant - American...
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Re-discovering an old friend
On the day Nathan and I got married we left the reception and headed straight for Santa Monica. Once there, we walked over to Third Street to have dinner and relax after a beautiful but somewhat...
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Camp Malabucha 2008
Don't ask where the name came from, no one really knows. It's just a funny word that stuck.Last weekend was our annual camping trip to Pismo Beach with Nathan's family. This was my eighth trip with the...
View ArticleInflammatory topic: consider yourself warned
For those of you still reading, you know that my blog is usually light, funny (I hope), somewhat self-deprecating. I don't write here to bring myself down, or others. But this issue has been on my mind...
View ArticleThe joys and pains of renting
Bad news: We discover a leak and lots of mold under our kitchen sink a couple weeks ago.Good news: We're renting, so we call our landlord and he has a guy call us and arrange to come fix it.Bad news:...
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