by Lesley on September 28, 2011
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TweetWe took our first vacation as a family of three…and survived to tell about it. The place: Seattle The characters: one handsome husband, me, and a cuddly baby. The reason: Zach and Dana’s wedding. Let’s be honest- who would plan to take a 9 week old on vacation unless there was a good reason? Let’s [...]
by Lesley on May 15, 2011
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TweetWritten while on vacation last week in San Diego… I’m in a tank top and shorts this week. It’s a Thursday afternoon, and instead of pounding away at my desk I’m listening to Jewel and Sheryl Crow at a little coffee shop called Katy’s– “where friends meet and they serve it up hot.” It’s my [...]
Tweet In just a few short weeks I’m going to find myself standing on this baby! She’s the USS Makin Island and right now she’s somewhere 90 miles offshore from San Diego. On February 16, seven other bloggers and I will take a helicopter from Coronado to the navy ship. Once there we’ll get a [...]
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Tweet I’ve been at this blogging business for over four years now, and if you’ve been with me since the beginning then you might notice a few names and faces who seem to pop up every fall: Lori, Amy, Erin, Katie, Jenny and Anne. These women are my sweet college friends; the women who have [...]
by Lesley on February 28, 2010
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TweetWhen Jonathan and I were living in Shenzhen, China there were many nights it was just the two of us. Our little studio apartment, while clean and livable, didn’t feel like home. Our “friends” there were loving and kind but spoke limited English. And, after blowing through the entire first season of 24 on DVD, [...]