Hot Fun In the Summertime
23 Aug 2006
This week I have been making Grandma’s Salsa with the veggies I got from the farmers market last weekend. Usually my friend Morgen and I get together to make [...]
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Spell Bound
21 Aug 2006
One of my favorite things in the whole world is in the morning after Olivia has had her bath, and I wrap her up in her soft yellow towel, and hold her little body. [...]
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The Days Are Just Packed
21 Aug 2006
You might remember the comic strip from Calvin & Hobbes, “The days are just packed” (This later became the name for a book of collected strips from [...]
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Sunshine On My Shoulder
19 Aug 2006
When we all made it back from the funeral on Thursday night, we decided to invite Wynn and Heidi to stay a couple extra days and hang out with us for the weekend. So [...]
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Update to the Website
12 Aug 2006
I have updated the website. I wasn’t pleased with the original design of the “Andrea” section of the website, but didn’t really have time to [...]
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101 Things to Do With An Alligator
12 Aug 2006
Wrestle eat stew listen to Rock & Roll music floss watch “Crocodile Dundee” go sun bathing ride it show it off to my friends put it in the bath tub [...]
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Letters & Postcards
8 Aug 2006
When I was twelve or so, my friend Andi & I set up a hide-out under the stairs. It was there that I colored my first “letters & postcards box.” I [...]
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Baby Mine
2 Aug 2006
Olivia is growing up sooooo fast. Every day it’s something new. This week she’s learned to tense her shoulders (so it looks like a shrug) and get red in [...]
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When I See an Elephant Fly
31 Jul 2006
I think I’ve seen about everything . . . But this month I’ve seen two more quite amusing things. Over fourth of July weekend we went to Arizona. Wyatt [...]
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Let Freedom Ring!
5 Jul 2006
This past weekend was the fourth of July. To celebrate Wyatt and I decided to go to the Oakley rodeo. (We’ve wanted to buy a cabin in Weber canyon just outside [...]
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The Great Divorce
26 Jun 2006
The Great Divorce By: C.S. Lewis First Time I Read It: Summer, 2001 Number of Times I’ve Read It: Countless Kenneth Tynan said of Lewis: “How thrilling [...]
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The Westing Game
14 Jun 2006
The Westing Game Category: Book By: Ellen Raskin I first read it in: 6th Grade Number of times I’ve read it: 3 Last night I was at the local Barnes & [...]
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She Looked Like Herself
13 Jun 2006
I remember my first thought when they put Olivia on my tummy after I delivered her at the hospital. I thought: “Oh, she looks like herself.” I was quite [...]
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In Town For The Weekend
12 Jun 2006
Wyatt’s family came to town for the weekend. Jena & Lance drove out from Missouri, Wynn & Heidi flew in from Arizona, & Wade drove down from Idaho. [...]
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Splish Splish Splash
5 Jun 2006
Today Olivia and I were invited by our cousins, Anna & Jameson, to kick off the summer by going to the local pool. We went to the one by Jameson’s house in [...]
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A Week In Washington
27 May 2006
So, after ten days at my house, my dear friend, Emily & I road tripped to her home in Spokane, Washington. With Olivia in tow, we made the 12 hour drive over two [...]
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