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I took half of Friday to recharge my batteries and see The Met’s annual collaboration with The Costume Institute, [Read More]
hodge-podge brain dump
1. I just had a brainfart and tried to go to the blogger platform to add this post. As much as I love the flexibility [Read More]
The Deployment Diet: Lose Five Pounds! Fast!
You’d think two weeks in a foreign country would be a recipe for diet disaster. No more! I recently found myself [Read More]
April is the month of Nostalgia
We were watching Objectified the other night. It’s a documentary about the everyday things we use in life, and [Read More]
The avocado Audrey
Feed me, Seymour! It’a my first-ever avocado sprout! Cross your fingers for it! I hope it comes out of its husk [Read More]
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