Get Off the Beaten Path & Live Life Using Your Two Hands and Two Feet

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There’s nothing like a compliment that quickly warms your heart, turns your frown upside down and makes you feel good about yourself.
I’ve been tracking the progress of some of the effects of gravity mixed with the dry climate on my face.
I no longer have the smooth face of a 20-something. I don’t have the wise [...]

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This is not a statement from my third grade daughter.
Tonight it is my assignment.
No, I haven’t gone back to grad school. No online classes.
I have homework for the class field trip tomorrow. Last week, parents met for a training and organization meeting for over an hour for this field trip.
At the meeting I was given [...]

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I’m quickly learning that 3rd grade is the gateway to Tweens and the real world. Homework is more intense and serious, more and more grown up issues creep into the picture and relationships and social situations are more and more challenging.
Case in point – our current drama – Panda Gate. At a holiday fair last [...]

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My daughters’ school unleashed a huge debate this school year. Something that would rip apart committees, strain friendships, turn parents against teachers, send moms to secret meetings and special meetings with the principal.
No it wasn’t an announcement to double homework or take away recess. It was the announcement that the school would no longer celebrate [...]

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My oldest is 8 years old this year and I’m proud to say we have never been caught up in trying to find the most popular Christmas toy. I’ve never had to search the Internet, go store to store or get into mom fights at Wal-Mart.
Until this year.
I decided I was going to be early [...]

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Parents always say their kids are growing up too fast. They say it feels like they are growing up over night. My oldest, LM, grew up overnight.
Literally.
A few days ago, LM asked me if it was okay if she used an “adult” plate. We have always had fun kids dinnerware in our house. I don’t [...]

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I’m having my own pity party today. My husband found out that his company is re-locating to downtown Denver. The change will add about 30 minutes to a commute that is currently 10 minutes.
This changes a lot for us. He can no longer just run in to work for a short time or run home [...]

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We just returned from a long weekend with my in-laws at Lake Powell. The Glen Canyon area is absolutely beautiful and stunning. My in-laws fell in love with the area years before I met my husband and own a houseboat there.
D and I spent a few days at Lake Powell with the in-laws before we [...]

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My daughter, LM’s school does things a little different for their Field Day. It’s this week.
The gym teacher says he likes to hold Field Day in the fall, because the fields are in better shape in the fall and because it gives the parents a chance to be social and meet each other early in [...]