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I have a confession. The kitchen is not always clean before we go to bed at night. This has been especially true this week with a husband who was laid up with a man cold. I’m picking on him a little, but we really are a team when it comes to keeping this house clean.  His …
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Weekend Dance Party Playlist

January 18th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Fitness - (1 Comments)

No baby fingers were stepped on during the making of this blog post. We don’t have a Wii, but the girls have been playing “Just Dance” at a friend’s house and loving it.  We just recently discovered that you can find many of the dances from this game on YouTube – and now we are …
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Practice Staying Present

January 13th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Life - (1 Comments)

Two summers ago I was out for a morning run and passed a man running with a young boy who was probably 9 or 10 years old.  I guessed they were father and son, and that was probably a good guess because the boy looked like a miniature version of the man.  I was impressed …
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The Life Changers of 2012

December 31st, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Life - (7 Comments)

At the end of last year I wrote about The Life Changers of 2011 - the books, blogs and other ideas that effected my life in a positive, meaningful way.  I’m here today to do the same for 2012! Of course, the biggest life changer for us this year was addition of this guy to our family: …
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Simply Banana Bread

November 4th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Breakfast - (10 Comments)

I made these dark and early one morning while everyone was still snoozing, they were ready just in time for breakfast. Served with a side of Yahtzee, our favorite new thing to do at the kitchen table.
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Project Weight Loss: Week 4

October 19th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Weight Loss - (6 Comments)

Today’s the end of Week 4 of my little Project Weight Loss here, and not much has changed from last week to this week. Last week I weighed in at 143.8, today I weighed in at 143.6 Even if it’s not a lot of progress, it’s still progress.  I’ll take what I can get!  Today …
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Potluck Apple Crisp

October 4th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Short or Sweet - (1 Comments)

Over the weekend we had a potluck picnic on the calendar and we were asked to bring an autumn themed dish to pass.  I needed something simple, but more importantly, something that I could remember most of the ingredients to off the top of my head.  Per usual, I was making my decision about what …
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Since new baby = fewer trips to the grocery store, we’ve been visiting our weekly, neighborhood farmer’s market a bit more regularly this summer than we have in the past. For the last couple of years the CSA has served most of our local, seasonal produce needs. I didn’t sign us up this year because …
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Baby Got Back

February 28th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Lunch - (4 Comments)

Some of us (who shall go unnamed) have been feeling a lot like this for the past week or so. (He’s pretending he’s a pregnant woman.) This means that meals around here have been a bit lackluster lately. I’ve been letting Barbie’s Sharpie outfits steal the show. I just realized that I post quite a …
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