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I got a job! I was waiting to break the news until I got official word from HR and yesterday I got it. Looks like a GO! The Job: Business Analyst I Employer: Premera Blue Cross (a place I’ve worked two different times already, third times a charm…) Start date: Probably June 1st Commute distance…
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At times life makes no sense whatsoever. That may be the most understated sentence I’ve ever posted. But what do you do when you feel disoriented by life? When a loved one dies, when someone you are close to gets cancer, when your dear friends can’t have a baby of their own, when your wife/husband…
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Chasing jobs leads and searching for apartments can be hard work at times. Last weekend we got away from the grind of it all. We departed our suburban enclave for half a day in the woods and enjoyed a nice hike with the girls. Pictures:
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Like totally dreamy…this week I got a date to The Prom! I would love to share all the juicy details, but I’m going to wait until it’s all “officially” official. I baked you this delicious bass…
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At our best, Americans, are intensely awake to the contradictions we live and [are] redemptively troubled by them. Norman Mailer has suggested that to be a mainstream American is to live the life of a walking oxymoron, to be a heart in conflict with itself, with a psyche featuring Evel Knievel on one shoulder and…
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Sarah refuses to let us pull, touch, or talk about her two front teeth that are loose. I’m not saying that she’s in the wrong in being wary. I’m just saying: Look at the situation her teeth are in! She has two new teeth coming in over the top of the old ones. There is…
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Here’s some pictures from the 80’s Murder Mystery party we hosted for Christa’s 35th!* What a blast! *pictures courtesy of Jeremy Leffel
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Kathleen Norris’ creative non-fiction novel, The Cloister Walk, is turning out to be a marathon read for me. I’ve been at it for months; not because it’s a grueling long-distance calorie burner, but because it’s so packed full of ideas to reflect upon it would be a great disservice to read it quick. I typically…
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Say some prayers for me, please. Thanks…