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What can’t you live without, even when money is tight? What’s most important to you? I’ve heard it said that you can tell what’s most important to you by looking at how you spend your money. In the past, I haven’t wanted to believe that because I was ashamed at all the frivolous things I paid money for, but I think it’s probably pretty accurate. These days if you look at our bank account you’ll see that most of our money goes to our mortgage, other household bills, and food. I guess that’s the part of growing up that isn’t too fun. But even so, I think these expenses say something about us. We didn’t have to buy a house,…
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Since I’m stuck at work today for 16 hours–and I feel the need to tell you that I only agreed to do this because I was awarded tomorrow off, and they will be paying me for four hours that I won’t have to work, and I also have Thursday off, as well as this weekend, so it’ll be almost like a mini-vacation–I figured I’d quickly tell you about how I came to fulfill #35 on my 101 goals list: Thoroughly research nurse practitioner programs in the area and decide whether or not to enroll. Ever since my mentor told me I should become a nurse practitioner, I’ve been thinking long and hard about it. I love my job, but I…
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Current Book(s): Finishing up Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout for book club. It won the Pulitzer Prize this year, and believe me when I tell you that there is a reason for that. I love it so much. Current Playlist: Mostly this month it’s been silence. The exceptions are my Over the Rhine Pandora station for when I’m cooking, and the Les Miserables original cast recording for when I’m cleaning. I guess I like a soundtrack for my chores. Current Shame-Inducing Guilty Pleasure: Probably NOT exercising the way I should be. All the days that it was raining provided the perfect excuse. But it’s sunny and beautiful today, and I should go for a run. Not really feeling it, so…
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“Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?–every, every minute?” –Emily from “Our Town” In life there are a lot of big things that happen–for example, when we moved out of the city when I was 10, when I went away to college, when I traveled to Europe, when I became a nurse, when I got married–and those are the things that we take pictures of, that we write about, that we remember. But those aren’t the things that really make up our lives. A week ago my husband and I went to see the play “Our Town”, and quite honestly I can’t get it out of my head. There’s no big premise to it, no crazy plots or…
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My morning has already been quite busy, and before I get on with the rest of the day (which will mostly involve cleaning) I simply must share with you these trivial thoughts. First of all, go on over and visit Lauren From Texas for her 6-month blogiversary! She’s having an adorable giveaway. Go ahead, go. I’ll wait. Now onto the randomness. Our dog Eddie hurt her leg last night trying to jump up onto our insanely high bed. She’s not putting any weight on it at all. We’ve been giving her children’s aspirin and trying to get her to rest. This has happened before, and after a couple weeks the leg got back to almost-normal. Here’s hoping it will heal…
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