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Family Life

My New, Wonderful, Fantabulous, Computer is Here!

April 10, 2010

A few weeks ago I posted about my poor sick computer.  Well, it died.  It was the hard drive.  So, we sprung for a new machine.  Not only that though – we also bought a monitor and cordless keyboard and mouse so I could work at the desk with a big screen and key pad [...]

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It’s Opening Night!

April 9, 2010

It’s Opening Night of the play I. has been working on for the last 6 weeks or so.  He’s so excited!!  I wish I could be there, but, I’m home with the 2 younger ones while Mr. T. is at the theater cheering for I. He has 6 performances over the next 2 weekends, and [...]

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An Afternoon of Music from West Africa

March 28, 2010

Mr. T. was at work this week listening to the local radio station and he just happened to win us some tickets to a show this afternoon! All 5 of us got to enjoy a few hours of amazing music by Bassekou Kouyate and Nagoni Ba.  It was so unique, so beautiful, and just some [...]

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My Computer is Very Sick

March 20, 2010

I’m posting this from the boy’s computer….because mine is very sick.  It seems to be the hard drive – never a good thing. Unfortunately, we didn’t backup in a few months.  It seems that Mr.T. is getting some of the important documents, and the pictures (I almost cried as it seemed like we wouldn’t get [...]

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Our Fun (and Free!) Drawing Class!

March 15, 2010

I. and K. both love to draw.  Usually though, if I’d ask them if they’d like to take any type of drawing or painting class to learn more they’d say that they weren’t interested. Then, the other day I read about some free drawing classes being held at the local library.  When I told the [...]

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I. is in His First Play!

March 10, 2010

Last year, after seeing A Midsummer Night’s Dream on stage at the local high school, Isaiah asked if he could be in a play.  So, I set about trying to find something that would work. I did find a director just getting underway with rehearsals for Anne of Green Gables.  She was happy to have [...]

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Awesome Antique Home For Sale!

March 6, 2010

As of yesterday we listed our antique home for sale!  It’s a lovely place.  It’s a sweet center chimney cape that was built in the late 1700s and has been very well taken care of over the years. Often, people update old homes to the point that they don’t seem old anymore.  They cover up [...]

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Our Life in New Mexico

February 26, 2010

I realized I put up a picture of our first house in New Mexico in a recent post…but my tag line says I’m in New England.  I think I have yet to mention about our time there….we spent 10 years in New Mexico actually.  During that time we lived in several different spots in and [...]

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The Big Hair Cut

February 19, 2010

I’ve been a bit busy this week, so didn’t get around to posting about I.’s big hair cut right when it happened on Tuesday. I. has had long hair for the last 3 years.  Over the last few months, he’s been thinking about cutting his hair all off, but, would decide at the last minute [...]

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It’s Time to Get the House Ready!

February 8, 2010

February is our last month to get things done around here before putting the ‘ol girl on the market in March.  So far, we’ve gotten the steps repaired and painted!  Oh, and the trim outside that needed to be sanded and repainted is half way done.  It got cold too quick on us and now [...]

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