Author: traci
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Every year or almost every year since 2010, we have a tradition of going to see the sunflowers in a town near us. They have a field that blooms for about 2 weeks. It is absolutely gorgeous so many people stop to take photos and even draw pictures of the sunflowers. It’s gotten so popular…
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I have 2 teenagers in my house. One who turns to his mom for advice and will continue to let me know that he loves me. The other has decided doing anything with mom is pure torture. He may or may not say that he loves you when you tell him that you love him.…
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The last few days of summer During my first few years of teaching, school didn’t begin until around Labor Day. In fact, when Youngest was born, I left the previous school year pregnant and came back to work with everyone else. (He was born less than 2 weeks after the end of the school year.)…
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How can it be? My boys are in 8th and 10th grade now. They both allowed me to take their photos in the morning. In the afternoon, it was touch and go with the Youngest. Before I left the house, I got a few photos of the Youngest. I was lucky he was willing to…
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Jump ahead to the recipe The boys do not like when Hubby makes pasta dishes because he doesn’t always drain the pasta. He’ll rather use a slotted spoon to get out the pasta. Needless to say, it becomes very mushy. So whenever we have pasta dishes, I’m the only one who cooks, or if he…
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Before the boys were born, I went white water rafting twice. Both times, we camped out with the Scouts Venturing post. Imagine a camping site located in a valley. Then there was a torrential rainstorm. So what do you think happened? The water pooled into my tent. Oh, I forgot to give you one piece…
