Category Archives: OUTS

new to us neighbors.

So after living in our house several years, we connect with a family just around the corner with a buddy for Dannyboy and a friend for The Teen; who have also lived here several years. We just all have looked at each other and have said “seriously? how long have you lived here?” Honestly, at [...]
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morphsuits? what the – and huh?

Sitting with my feet, and all my children, in the water at our local beach; I look up and see what appears to be creatures taking a jog around the lake. I do only natural response known to mankind: I stare. I don’t think anyone is quite sure how to respond. We tell our kids [...]
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some wish I coulds.

I have and continue to have issues with this household I live in. The girls have heard it all. I sway back and forth among my ponderings: we chose to buy the house, it is shelter thus I should always maintain an attitude of gratefulness, what were the builders thinking, and waiting for the changes [...]
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don’t look up my friend.

Our after the beach – before showering and going out for dinner – menu browsing at a Sushi restaurant. Just the right subtle warm breeze with our still wet salt water wear on. After some time in the sun figure we better sit under some shade. As northerners we have had some struggles on our [...]
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more to the subject of sitting

So, I’m listening Julie. Regarding sitting. I am drawn to the wholesome, been-there-done-that-yet-still-around, not here to judge you kind of seats. Check out this tattered aqua rocking bench – going for $295.00 to some lucky soul out there in the world. Whoever you are, I might dislike you a bit. Noticed this need to sit [...]
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brasa ending

Thanks to the most  jen-erous woman, I had the pleasure of retreating to a cabin for the weekend. And after being spoiled by the host, we were as unwound as we could be and the conversation on the way home topped it off. In order to get that last little break in before re-entry, we [...]
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daytime coffee break

I am getting a during-the-week, during-the-day, kid-free break. I pack up everything known to man and head to my local coffee-shop: Caribou. It’s as funky of a coffee shop I can find in my suburbian hood. Sure I wish for the something more quirky: off street sidewalk seating, a kind of energy with some funk [...]
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