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A Birthday Tale 26 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm

Thanks to everyone the kind words for Sarah on her birthday. It meant  a lot to her . . . and to us! So what did Sarah request we do for her 18th birthday? She asked to be taken to the nearest Barnes...

A Dozen And A Half Years. 23 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am

Today Sarah is eighteen! As a surprise for her, I asked a number her family members and a couple friends to send me 3 (or more) things that tell what they like, love and/or admire about her. In just ...

Counting Down! 21 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm

Today starts a countdown to Sarah’s 18th birthday on Friday. As we get near to her birthday, I thought it would be fun to post some pictures of her from past birthdays. Hard for me to comprehend tha....

Over Too Soon 19 Aug 2013 | 02:59 am

Yesterday Steve and I attended the wedding of a friend’s daughter. It was right on the water  . . . and so very lovely. Before the wedding started I caught a glimpse of another kind of loveliness.....

Snowy. One Year. 15 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm

Okay. So I thought I would be fine. I thought that I could read through this archived account of Snowy’s last day with just a fond smile and a small tear or two. After all, I have Summer lying here ....

Nathan. A Microscope. A Stinky Fridge 14 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm

One of the many cool things we got to do while in Florida was to take a tour of Nathan’s new workplace. (He works for the Florida Department of Agriculture.) It didn’t take us long to figure out whic...

A Rare, Variegated, Triple-Snouted Kumquat. 12 Aug 2013 | 05:57 pm

I’ve just had the unhappy experience of losing several days out of my life. (I don’t recommend it.) I’ve spent about 20 hours a day in bed for the past four days, wiped out by a miserable medical med...

Cousins. 9 Aug 2013 | 07:05 pm

We made it back to Manteo at 11 pm Wednesday night. Unfortunately, I haven’t felt well since getting back, spending most of the time in bed battling muscle weakness, shortness of breath and zero energ...

Rooms 6 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm

This post is all about the variety of rooms we’ve been in recently. I’ll start off with the room we stayed in for the past week at Nathan and Meagan’s which will, in just ten weeks, be Noah’s room!  ...

Three Ladies and Some Riffraff. (Also, Cirque Du Soleil) 5 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm

For a few years now, Steve and I have said that we would love to attend a performance of Cirque Du Soleil.  However, since the Outer Banks area is not rife with epic, world-class shows and since the p...

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