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The only thing I love more than working on my own blog is reading other blogs. As a relative newbie I draw much inspiration from the bloggers I follow each week, who inspire me to keep plugging [...]

Last weekend I did something I’ve been wanting to do for ages, make fruit preserves the old-school kind my grandmothers used to make . With D2’s godmother and Dr. D.’s three [...]

My boss, a retired Navy admiral, likes to tell this joke about a conversation he had with his wife: Her: You’re the General and I’m the Major. Him: That’s great! Sounds good to [...]

I’ve just had my first hair appointment since returning from vacation a week and a half ago and I have to say I am feeling pretty great. My amazing stylist, Carl, decided to switch up my [...]

We are hosting Dr. D.’s three nieces  (two aged 11 and a 7 year old) for the summer and it’s certainly been an adventure to go from one toddler to four kids in the house. One of the [...]

I used to be a madwoman on the weekends.  Dr. D. avoided me Saturday mornings as I rode around on my broom frantically trying to cram in as many tasks before noon as possible.  As a busy working [...]

Dear readers, I’m back! I’ve just returned from a fantastic vacation to California to visit my family.  It was quite the adventure getting there because it was D2’s first plane [...]