Snickers, Reese's and Peanut M & Ms, oh my! Miles Defies the odds and Outgrows his Peanut Allergy!
I first discovered Miles had a peanut allergy when he was just a baby. I recall being in a bit of a hurry on that particular day. I'll...
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Sep 17, 20214 min read
More Joy and More Laughter, but Still Some Tears Too. A Very Different Birthday From Last Year.
My birthday falls on 9/9. Last. year, my mother passed away less than a week before my birthday, on 9/3/2020. The kids and I had...
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Jana
Sep 17, 20213 min read
How Could it Have Been A Year Already?
On September 3rd, we marked the one-year anniversary of my mom's passing. I could hardly believe that an entire year of birthdays,...
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Jana
Sep 11, 20211 min read
Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later, Through Miles' Eyes
Miles built this replica of the World Trade Center this morning, out of magnatiles, as his way of honoring the 2,977 victims who died on...
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Jana
Sep 2, 20214 min read
Three Birthdays in one Weekend? Bring it on!
My sincerest apologies to my children and loyal readers of this blog for an embarrassingly late post on not one, not two, but three...
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Jana
Sep 1, 20213 min read
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow. Graham Woefully Returns to School After an Unexpected Quarantine.
Graham completed his quarantine and retuned to school yesterday. To say it was bittersweet, is to put it mildly. We had our last...
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Jana
Aug 30, 20213 min read
Does Your Gardener Drive a Porsche? Well Mine Does!
Admittedly, I took a little artistic license when I created the title for this blog. Read on to find out more...... Truthfully, I am the...
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Jana
Aug 25, 20213 min read
I Said one day at a Time, but I Didn't Really Mean it!
We made it through two and a half of school last week before the proverbial Covid s*** , hit the fan. I was sitting at my desk on Monday...
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Jana
Aug 21, 20212 min read
After an Orwellian Eighteen Months, the Kids Finally Return to School, Full-Time.
On Wednesday, the kids returned to school, full-time, for the first time since Friday, March 13, 2020. That's 523 days, to be exact. ...
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Jana
Aug 18, 20213 min read
"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." Mark Twain
Isn't that the truth! We tied up our trip in the Bay Area, sightseeing, spending time with friends and enjoying one of the prettiest...
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Jana
Aug 9, 20211 min read
Monterey! When in Rome go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Monterey is lovely, but the highlight of visiting there is most certainly the acclaimed aquarium. Aside from driving through Big Sur,...
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Jana
Aug 7, 20212 min read
Big Sur at Last - Undisputedly one of the Most Beautiful Places on Earth.
After leaving San Luis Obispo in the morning, we continued to make our way up the coast via Morro Bay, San Simeon, Big Sur, Carmel and...
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Jana
Aug 6, 20212 min read
A Perfectly Mellow Summer day in San Luis Obispo.
I was so pleased that we didn't have to drive anywhere on our second day. We got up and wandered a few blocks down from our hotel to have...
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Jana
Aug 4, 20212 min read
Road Trip! California Coast, Here we Come!
After our trip to the East Coast in June, I wasn't sure I had it in me to plan, prepare for, pack and take another trip with four kids. I...
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Jana
Aug 2, 20215 min read
The Goats Have Come and Gone, but we are Forever Changed for Having Met Them.
Disclaimer: This post is a bit longer than my normal posts (with lots of fun videos), but I promise it will be worth your time and warm...
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Jana
Jul 27, 20213 min read
Our Trip Draws to a Close With a 240-Million-Year-old Crab and Unwanted Attention from the TSA.
Despite just a few hours of sleep the night before, having spent much of the night in the emergency room, I managed to get up by 8 the...
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Jana
Jul 26, 20213 min read
A Midnight Run to the Emergency Room on Cape Cod. This Wasn't Part of the Plan!
Garin was stricken with bad allergies as soon as we stepped foot in Boston. He had been fine in both New York and Connecticut, so his...
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Jana
Jul 25, 20212 min read
An Escape to the Cape! The Final Leg of our East Coast Trip.
After nearly two weeks spent in large urban cities, we were excited to escape to the coast and enjoy a quieter beach vibe. Joanne was...
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Jana
Jul 24, 20213 min read
Boston-Bound. Beantown, Here we Come!
From Connecticut we headed to Boston. For the better part of two of the four days we were in Boston, I toured a dozen or so of the...
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Jana
Jul 22, 20213 min read
Bye, Bye, New York. Hello Connecticut and a Chance Rescue we Won't Soon Forget!
Days six to eight..... This was our last nostalgic ride on the New York subway on our way to pickup our rental car that would take us...
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Jana
Jul 18, 20213 min read
Our Last Day in New York City and we Were on top of the World!
Still riding high from our memorable day with Zac and his family, we embarked on our fourth and final (full) day in New York City. It...
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Jana
Jul 11, 20214 min read
A Long-Awaited and Life-Changing Meeting with new Family in New York.
This compelling story most certainly deserves a blog post of its own. However, since I am doing my best to stick to my plan of finishing...
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Jana
Jul 7, 20212 min read
Happy 117th Birthday, Great-Granny!
Today would have been my grandmother's and the kids' great grandmother's 117th birthday. To commemorate the occasion we went to visit her...
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Jana
Jul 6, 20213 min read
What a Difference a day Makes. The Coolest Dinosaurs on Earth Never Hurt Either!
There's nothing like a bad summer cold to derail you from your blog-writing schedule (and your 4th of July plans as well, sadly). But...
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