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  • Empty Nesting

    Amazing Gracie

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    The loss due to kidney failure of our sweet amazing Gracie.

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  • Recipes

    Ahi Tuna Burgers with Wasabi Mayo and Oven Fried Potatoes

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     I don’t miss meat very much. I was never a big meat-eater, so giving it up a few years ago was really easy. But I did miss burgers. Not the meat so much…I…

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    Easy Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps

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    *This post is recycled from my old blog, Busy Mom’s Journal. About ten years ago, I watched the movie “Food, Inc.”, and promptly lost my taste for meat.  I made J watch the…

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  • Empty Nesting

    The upside of the Empty Nest

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    Getting over the hump, three years after the start of our empty nest.

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    An Empty Nest…again

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    This morning I walked into my kitchen and saw this. And started crying. It was completely unexpected, just like it was when I went to a farmer’s market in the fall of 2012…

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  • Exercise

    Lessons from my First Tough Mudder

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    What I learned from my first Tough Mudder

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    Why I cried during Tough Mudder

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    Why I cried during the Tough Mudder.

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  • Nashville

    Taking a trip down Nashville’s memory lane

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    We’ve been back in Nashville for two weeks and I am happy and exhausted.  There are awesome things about spending large chunks of time in the places that make me happy, like Colorado…

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  • Empty Nesting

    Five Tips for Easing the Transition to an Empty Nest

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    Before I became a mom, my entire life was wrapped up in my career.  I couldn’t imagine why women would get off the work train, just to stay at home to take care…

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  • Aspen/Snowmass

    Altercations on the Ski Lift

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    When my daughter was a little girl, she came home from ski school to tell me that she didn’t like snowboarders, because they were “disrespectful”.  That was a pretty big word for my…

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