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Living By Airport Rules

We experienced our first “last” recently with having a senior in high school. Lola had her last high school tennis match at a state tournament. They didn’t win, but she played her best and we are incredibly proud of her.…

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Play Hallmark Movie or Not

It’s only halfway through November and it’s already been A MONTH. Luckily when times get tough, I have found my outlet (and it’s not even drinking, you guys.) When life gets heavy, my defense mechanism is Christmas. I noticed this…

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Missing Boring Elections

Our daughter in high school is taking a class on American Government right now (which is pretty exciting during a presidential election.) She has become interested in watching old clips of debates from previous elections. (Think Reagan/Carter or Bush/Clinton eras…)…

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Gifts Ideas For Your Retired Parents Who Keep Saying They Don’t Want More Things to Clutter Their House

Penn’s parents got to the point where they forbade us to buy them any gifts or bring anything into the house. They started the family tradition of making donations in honor of the gift recipient to a favorite charity. We…

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Gifts Ideas For The Relative You Don’t Actually Know That Well But You Pulled Their Name in the Yearly Secret Santa Exchange

Truly nothing more horrifying than doing an extended family Secret Santa and pulling the name of a relative you don’t actually know that well. These 12 gifts are affordable, vaguely personal, and will be generally appealing to almost any person.…

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