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Aunt Ruby's German Green
Last summer, my tomatoes seemed to explode all at once, but this year’s crop is slowly trickling in. While this isn’t ideal for canning homemade pizza sauce, I’m going use it as a chance to enjoy the peculiarities of each breed and take time to document my observations for better planning in the future. Aunt Ruby’s German Green is a…
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Garden Pics
Left to right: huge tomato, Silver Queen corn, garlic, cantaloupe, red okra Updates: Joe called me out on “taking it easier” this year… I told him that planting was the easy part and maintenance was where the effort lies. I’ve been taking it easy on watering and weeding, and it’s definitely shown. For the most part, the gardens look good, although…
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In A Year's Time
Today marks the one year anniversary of the loss of my baby in the twelfth week of pregnancy. It blows my mind how just a year ago I was overcome with such grief, and here a year later I can gaze into the face of this beautiful, healthy one week old baby boy. God’s blessings abounded then, and they certainly…
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Good Doctors
My 37 week appointment (technically 37.5 weeks) was this morning and everything went smoothly. I don’t think I’ve gained any weight in a couple weeks, which is pretty normal considering I’m in the final stretch and there isn’t much room to be stashing large pizzas and Mexican feasts. I’m doing my best to keep my feet up, the water down,…
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Coming Unhinged at Target
To make a very long story short (because my three page post was deleted by the magic that is Blogger), I went, I walked, I searched, I growled at children, I was completely defeated, I put things back on shelves and donning a dress with Chacos and no umbrella, walked to my car in the midst of a torrential downpour…
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