tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57141253174809529112024-03-19T01:23:31.383-07:00The Nelson NarrativeFormer stay-at-home mom of twins in search of work/life balance (it doesn't exist).Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.comBlogger710125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-6849470621406055692024-02-20T15:18:00.000-08:002024-02-20T15:18:09.177-08:00A Very Belated 2023 Recap<p>I guess I took a bit of a blogging break. I only blogged three times last year and this will be my first post so far this year. I just haven’t been in the mood but now suddenly I am. We’ll see how long it lasts.</p><p>Where to even begin? A lot has happened since I last blogged. The girls are about to turn 16, have jobs and are on the verge of getting their driver’s licenses. We took an amazing trip to Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell and Las Vegas last summer. We celebrated our 17th anniversary and are closing in on our 18th. We attended some great concerts, did some fun hikes and have had lots of fun date nights, game nights and girl’s/guy’s nights out. Ok, I guess that’s not all that much but whatever. So, I guess to start off my 2024 blogging, I will recap 2023:</p><p>I turned 54 in January.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QTs-nDmvOo6kbRkUPhvJ8s_GwA6OlCHBYzUNNR0PtWF8bm-IKiYxf0qAaTWvHS0pOEoPpTlGAMJUn5U2I8b-qUshIVUOM8f_XBYZv5poZbGqOBFnnf8daPTLVZFQsQIbc-7UnSusDuX6nATQTTcnp7udxOKsJ-VcIMUqXHx3hHpCkrfvhMp3ko75mVca/s4032/IMG_3330.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QTs-nDmvOo6kbRkUPhvJ8s_GwA6OlCHBYzUNNR0PtWF8bm-IKiYxf0qAaTWvHS0pOEoPpTlGAMJUn5U2I8b-qUshIVUOM8f_XBYZv5poZbGqOBFnnf8daPTLVZFQsQIbc-7UnSusDuX6nATQTTcnp7udxOKsJ-VcIMUqXHx3hHpCkrfvhMp3ko75mVca/s320/IMG_3330.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0056u6ADQKqJdvtmhXwskFaxxgdGhWxVUnYQ3mx8hc9jNIac2bBCQMxU6w1XxuMVX74UROAAP3upot2N1h7UtTLR202qCrl_c9qPdNVGSFx2ld9dvL2gZIfuKO3SLfwbI49eGNDVh7GceZ3Yi93Bp3QcLgQXQZSQIeF6xjml7UY7rF8btNjHeef9l_H7/s4032/IMG_3328.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was so awesome to hear "Africa" live (one of my absolute ALL-TIME favorite songs).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMdxn7F05iF5w3ZfHU6U4YkXgTo-bAxC6xjusokcB1IjsU8Rctpnfn00SZtKznO9OADAoJjhfd7T0inDcFdQ-EISk9QsoMXD1QX2XFOdAFLqF0htAvR747wX3ptsnD1QlIuxv6anH0N096CWAwZ57MCFNPr2eSymTtrlHC3FaEqDhwgV_H7eVQgcwy9WG/s4032/IMG_3696.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMdxn7F05iF5w3ZfHU6U4YkXgTo-bAxC6xjusokcB1IjsU8Rctpnfn00SZtKznO9OADAoJjhfd7T0inDcFdQ-EISk9QsoMXD1QX2XFOdAFLqF0htAvR747wX3ptsnD1QlIuxv6anH0N096CWAwZ57MCFNPr2eSymTtrlHC3FaEqDhwgV_H7eVQgcwy9WG/s320/IMG_3696.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgU0YGwBBNhlgN3QnGX0HUEGOkEynVwrnsJhKyxQ6A44l16LSTbmytnzrTmUlx_bu6qOOQEQvqFnuQuMurpEtptCJaJZKFHPUJR76LBXBDmvNlIrvJe5QCdDsWK3888l57I5s1XpzlkVudinPUha6CAyYWr62RemfozsAekVhcGW4ni_R7KJCqKZclPW3/s4032/IMG_3693.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>In June we took our annual Nelson Family Vacation to Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. We actually flew in the Las Vegas and spent a few nights at the Excalibur and then rented a car and drove up to St. George, Utah, where we stayed for a week at WorldMark and did day trips from there. But I am going to do a separate post about that trip so enough about that for now.</p><p>For the 4th of July it has become our new tradition to go to Paul's cousin's house. He lives on the water near Poulsbo so we can go out in canoes or paddleboards, and we have a big bbq dinner (salmon this time) and then some people stay for fireworks but we always come home and go to our neighborhood's fireworks show.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMd6KvDvAU1UwkpKc1bweikkOWG1jiyc9YUt8gnpROEE63fz59F5JD40b_CmKYa8WhAMnC0ZHmXw6sHiE6LEw_AB4-kxshS5ogBGisKn1q4BxT6ekuVrXKpJqWf_flCY7VOABwIRniXlgIh14uLWLTu4W5ArNv8EKr-_ftylRFPZvBF3bHmpBRju0J48Z/s4032/IMG_3977.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMd6KvDvAU1UwkpKc1bweikkOWG1jiyc9YUt8gnpROEE63fz59F5JD40b_CmKYa8WhAMnC0ZHmXw6sHiE6LEw_AB4-kxshS5ogBGisKn1q4BxT6ekuVrXKpJqWf_flCY7VOABwIRniXlgIh14uLWLTu4W5ArNv8EKr-_ftylRFPZvBF3bHmpBRju0J48Z/s320/IMG_3977.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Night Ranger was the first rock concert I ever went to back in 1985 so it was really cool to see them again all these years later, with one of the friends that I originally went with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKq7jKSzZJNIY0hpdizbcHxxXQIZ8sNaUX4HQkG3daJ_1RyXwxm_b7N0ckxnl8THRtjjNttv5Bn0uvqeCY9OZyG7lEcAivBB42ymDUO7P10qnMlIt09HvCclMUsMKoVFceuiYR6w5NDtVIpIZ8mqtYj9FVT6xNXhH8qJn3CdCHpv4YP35xtsLUEshJ-A86/s4032/IMG_4878.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKq7jKSzZJNIY0hpdizbcHxxXQIZ8sNaUX4HQkG3daJ_1RyXwxm_b7N0ckxnl8THRtjjNttv5Bn0uvqeCY9OZyG7lEcAivBB42ymDUO7P10qnMlIt09HvCclMUsMKoVFceuiYR6w5NDtVIpIZ8mqtYj9FVT6xNXhH8qJn3CdCHpv4YP35xtsLUEshJ-A86/s320/IMG_4878.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Couldn't resist the rhyme...</p><p><br /></p>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-47188944100396767902023-08-29T13:43:00.004-07:002023-08-29T13:43:42.114-07:00First Day of 10th Grade<p> Today was the first day of 10th grade for the girls. Sophomores. I can't believe we only have two more of these. Not counting college, of course.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxI2AQHhjSd0kZYpNX3lTD83B77pt0jx9YeaB10DtsffxPfL-Abuinc50I3lOoWq-7GAbw3mv_jnb3DtUGlsW8QU73XlkK_UxiTuRFymeTrT_zAOWhS6TcoYgVWq77CDesuc8tsgQ-nJAAZE49k2SvQCeMYn0PPULYDFjIcdfdfsi_To0yn_FmM2Iud0T6/s320/Kayley1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxI2AQHhjSd0kZYpNX3lTD83B77pt0jx9YeaB10DtsffxPfL-Abuinc50I3lOoWq-7GAbw3mv_jnb3DtUGlsW8QU73XlkK_UxiTuRFymeTrT_zAOWhS6TcoYgVWq77CDesuc8tsgQ-nJAAZE49k2SvQCeMYn0PPULYDFjIcdfdfsi_To0yn_FmM2Iud0T6/s1600/Kayley1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kayley</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnesoNpaR3n2HcfK2TLtaCSnPFYDGF6iPfggRFgZjD09zKICXcGbp2tJRyaKmpiIVFFHcopCjnb9y5nasVOgKZrVvMmofBDM9yy8gEMHzoILYJd8UyNKFaYr350LQsd5_PVy1Kmo9Pu4g7Kxt8ObIwKQt9kAw_rGloz3LMEMTqIHFR4mvm7_4P1HhvQzB3/s320/Kayley2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnesoNpaR3n2HcfK2TLtaCSnPFYDGF6iPfggRFgZjD09zKICXcGbp2tJRyaKmpiIVFFHcopCjnb9y5nasVOgKZrVvMmofBDM9yy8gEMHzoILYJd8UyNKFaYr350LQsd5_PVy1Kmo9Pu4g7Kxt8ObIwKQt9kAw_rGloz3LMEMTqIHFR4mvm7_4P1HhvQzB3/s1600/Kayley2.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kayley again</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOai6jCa06azPEfmeBMcwjw3dMOVUklVW041O_NWxfr0fbZCj0Tjp3aACfdzcTWuZzs5TV2HpIwEvwicXkhbVhZsxhGY8sJWW8KTeQalP-CrVF7l2hiQqqBOxSi8g1IPMRwuLfjdBg_5WM18TBNABbAYxE9hLhDhkCAuWV1lJfWyrB2BormA8F4fdL_8-/s320/Olivia2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOai6jCa06azPEfmeBMcwjw3dMOVUklVW041O_NWxfr0fbZCj0Tjp3aACfdzcTWuZzs5TV2HpIwEvwicXkhbVhZsxhGY8sJWW8KTeQalP-CrVF7l2hiQqqBOxSi8g1IPMRwuLfjdBg_5WM18TBNABbAYxE9hLhDhkCAuWV1lJfWyrB2BormA8F4fdL_8-/s1600/Olivia2.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Olivia</div><br /><p>It has become my tradition to take the day before and the first day off. Back in the elementary days, the day before the first day was "meet the teacher day", so I would always take them to that, then in middle school we would just go to lunch or get our nails done. Last year was their first day of high school, though, so that day was orientation and that brings us up to this year. The day before the first day is "Wildcat Day", which is mostly a freshman and new student orientation. Olivia is in ASB so she had to go help with that, but Kayley didn't go. Instead, her and I took some of her old clothes to this resale store called Plato's Closet to try and sell them (it's similar to a consignment shop except they just pay you then and there and then resell them, instead of only paying you when something sells). She had two big garbage bags full but they only bought 4 items, for a grand total of $13.20. Totally not worth the 45-minute drive down there, but we went to Target and got lunch while we were at it.</p><p>Today I am just enjoying a catch up day, a chance to get some things done around the house that I haven't had time to do lately. Then I will pick them and the neighbor girls up, since, like last year, their bus doesn't get to their school to pick them up until about 45 minutes after dismissal time! It's awful. Last year, because of that, I used my lunch break (late) almost every day to go pick them up. It was really a pain, so I decided I'm not going to do that again this year, except for today (since I'm off anyway) and Fridays (since on Fridays they get out earlier, actually around my normal lunch break).</p><p>Like usual, summer just flew by. We took a super awesome trip to Las Vegas, Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, The Grand Canyon and Lake Powell. I have been horrible about blogging this year but hopefully I will get around to posting about that soon. Heck, I still haven't even posted about LAST summer's vacation to Disney World/Island of Adventures, etc. One day...</p><p><br /></p>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-86243846421913686772023-05-28T20:09:00.000-07:002023-05-28T20:09:18.105-07:00Boston and Washington, D.C., Part 2<p>This is really late, but back in late June 2022, the girls and I took a trip to Boston and Washington, D.C. It's something or school district does every year for the 8th graders (it's optional). You can read Part 1 <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5714125317480952911/4897841139428662068">here.</a></p><p>At the end of day 2, we flew from Boston to DC and went straight to our hotel in Arlington, VA as it was pretty late. I don't remember what we did on what day, but over the next 3 days we saw all the regular stuff including all of the monuments, most of the Smithsonian museums and Mount Vernon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-jQ0kYApy2BZpipwjeUmg_BSHHnJl6UCjOgPwjDJdCOY2mtBf0v4FgCLH2W8LFzANrdLvj-6E5GYnL1kkEY0OTHuodMNOlopif6wpEO_9lFqxK7dDb0Sy3nB7xBK-sl-XYMmckkNdoGCRkXP6S_ADcPWZud169Ccfd3cjdDTIESvTT59smuAVMLUWg/s4032/20220627_132227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-jQ0kYApy2BZpipwjeUmg_BSHHnJl6UCjOgPwjDJdCOY2mtBf0v4FgCLH2W8LFzANrdLvj-6E5GYnL1kkEY0OTHuodMNOlopif6wpEO_9lFqxK7dDb0Sy3nB7xBK-sl-XYMmckkNdoGCRkXP6S_ADcPWZud169Ccfd3cjdDTIESvTT59smuAVMLUWg/s320/20220627_132227.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where Lincoln was shot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoQQ9VnSCk6AgWC4TG1IKolKbKoihgcvQNqjqgXSmcYcKMB8XfsvmTYsRcKYMBgwpCXOP-p2FcJUwulyg7XuqDHaPwfCB-Q9UHBOgKhmwtDfO81c8eaJ46iiyMWWqegiGZP7gBVovntWj_-e7BP8Mt7kgD0NxSjWMWdhZhxXbJvyIRoIoZXpXxUjZhA/s4032/20220627_085101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoQQ9VnSCk6AgWC4TG1IKolKbKoihgcvQNqjqgXSmcYcKMB8XfsvmTYsRcKYMBgwpCXOP-p2FcJUwulyg7XuqDHaPwfCB-Q9UHBOgKhmwtDfO81c8eaJ46iiyMWWqegiGZP7gBVovntWj_-e7BP8Mt7kgD0NxSjWMWdhZhxXbJvyIRoIoZXpXxUjZhA/s320/20220627_085101.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Iwo Jima Memorial. Seeing this in person was amazing. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDuyWFComlYccDmhhPi2t-Mh4Yf4KSeCv4C-w7P-_J1iIs23rTq7_hRdQ9CTyqVJvytW28IZN2XIdLcAfVn4YLiD9xFtkVuuq62V9ny3L-PIspo-0Bh8MMU56LtxlCxjD2n6BOuvLYtnUEVlx69wR5HkRU6l6hzyp9LeRTD53Zk6tmBxW_jd98nhJtw/s4032/20220627_085145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDuyWFComlYccDmhhPi2t-Mh4Yf4KSeCv4C-w7P-_J1iIs23rTq7_hRdQ9CTyqVJvytW28IZN2XIdLcAfVn4YLiD9xFtkVuuq62V9ny3L-PIspo-0Bh8MMU56LtxlCxjD2n6BOuvLYtnUEVlx69wR5HkRU6l6hzyp9LeRTD53Zk6tmBxW_jd98nhJtw/s320/20220627_085145.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCGUbvrnm_-JzQcDrMjFQCbEVzbGb_5jwRfG0uav2XylwUsfBEl4C0a1h-oElOgltwpfBAjPgmcgJ6odhrqSzChMx-wiMqLNobZEnqoIpY4tczOuRkh0xdTMBrSEDh-6j3bdN-R7WZtn39R3TFb7zjLIeUhaD_vJ_2jGtdb3OQAXcq27p-CN_xpzuyA/s4032/20220627_092510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">WWII Memorial--each star represents 100 American military deaths.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHd62W1EDpsG6rd4qtZz7X8VzvHOXjfgnzvw6nGWvI5zpmkHQhcHtKwldzPARaRGgQJKOMRaDHe0zEuDq4u4A2-oEuLGZmyXXK4KlO34wGi8B3OnOG7vNbEsI3PcSMNFHTqTKIXcHqBvq5li-k0RjZ2VVExnlRj6Gpl1DABiRksY5L_TAPXwlxx1MtDg/s4032/20220627_170535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHd62W1EDpsG6rd4qtZz7X8VzvHOXjfgnzvw6nGWvI5zpmkHQhcHtKwldzPARaRGgQJKOMRaDHe0zEuDq4u4A2-oEuLGZmyXXK4KlO34wGi8B3OnOG7vNbEsI3PcSMNFHTqTKIXcHqBvq5li-k0RjZ2VVExnlRj6Gpl1DABiRksY5L_TAPXwlxx1MtDg/s320/20220627_170535.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sideways Washington Monument </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Sideways, but George and Martha's grave. I forget which one is which.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-6tFdAJkEN1zSpHUtZFA8wOUNFg3TcKeUGocosv5Qk9xS4MhPs0DLj0N8TLBTZNn3K1v2wvEBZhnsygsfcqRuTX-RjbdjxPi_PZ5Vdf_NMDWUx0HkBz68gZah801b75Euu7qcDhOPa0AWFi_V2gKzqNnj6Cj6jkx8t2hwXTR8kwl9iyxGAw4lsN5GQ/s4032/20220628_130319.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-6tFdAJkEN1zSpHUtZFA8wOUNFg3TcKeUGocosv5Qk9xS4MhPs0DLj0N8TLBTZNn3K1v2wvEBZhnsygsfcqRuTX-RjbdjxPi_PZ5Vdf_NMDWUx0HkBz68gZah801b75Euu7qcDhOPa0AWFi_V2gKzqNnj6Cj6jkx8t2hwXTR8kwl9iyxGAw4lsN5GQ/s320/20220628_130319.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Air Force Memorial</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityzOz7kcG78Pl8PDyFjFwlIC8ZEDWbEWPI2zOgMlhhqLNZxoqFbbNsin4DgzJy3i47MMrCnLmYmuLecViiLolQDiSd7j9CTwxaYxCQ0BvTJrb5p_wckfPEfRIL5JNqVEAzSUJ4wDf7F73XaDQsmkG5eJpPM5yeMDDDBugE8VliC5BeF9WogKq1wAn0w/s320/20220629_120748.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9/11 Memorial outside the Pentagon. Each wing-shaped bench represents a person who lost their life at the Pentagon. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">My favorite was the whole National Mall and especially the Washington Monument. At one point I was sitting on the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial, looking across the Reflecting Pool at the Washington Monument as it was starting to get dark so it was all lit up and it was just gorgeous. I could have sat there all day staring at it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjo-acJhlbFSLir9CeVEJ7Y2JX1ZlmrScfOkD8DPw8QqlBXzSb1lwg682nQG8P9ziCaqBKHLmtaxLMVwvj_lFVe2SRFseQZsBeqErprHWXOUttX8oXOXcpVg2gfA32ZR0OSEGSglufjTG10lTLW2xBabg9hHwSIBXebQi7cy4TVoGbTt0f4GFi3LGEGg/s4032/20220628_210628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjo-acJhlbFSLir9CeVEJ7Y2JX1ZlmrScfOkD8DPw8QqlBXzSb1lwg682nQG8P9ziCaqBKHLmtaxLMVwvj_lFVe2SRFseQZsBeqErprHWXOUttX8oXOXcpVg2gfA32ZR0OSEGSglufjTG10lTLW2xBabg9hHwSIBXebQi7cy4TVoGbTt0f4GFi3LGEGg/s320/20220628_210628.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>We did not get to go inside the White House, nor did we see much of the Capitol or Supreme Court, other than driving by a few times, and we didn't make it to the Library of Congress or the Air and Space Museum. It was an amazing trip and I look forward to going back someday when I can take my time and not be so rushed.</p>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-62882136133059432992023-01-02T16:23:00.000-08:002023-01-02T16:23:13.044-08:00New Year’s Resolutions <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAREtCKkP66CrYJK3DivxSeFfgivtIXRMnyjsTKcRQT2L-cNgeHyeIGh1GFl3uG6dPpEUilGnvo31p7vrAulT0tTBbu7KTAYyf0sM3F_TrBvXSlrAtg_pTIT8pyPPfs5HmHvNd5KNc0BpDgBaXin4c3F5TJ_kQK62jo9lbF_gXNnBXtAd6iq3x37Hew/s612/097C063F-B958-45D3-B385-143EC9A74154.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="612" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAREtCKkP66CrYJK3DivxSeFfgivtIXRMnyjsTKcRQT2L-cNgeHyeIGh1GFl3uG6dPpEUilGnvo31p7vrAulT0tTBbu7KTAYyf0sM3F_TrBvXSlrAtg_pTIT8pyPPfs5HmHvNd5KNc0BpDgBaXin4c3F5TJ_kQK62jo9lbF_gXNnBXtAd6iq3x37Hew/s320/097C063F-B958-45D3-B385-143EC9A74154.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Here are my resolutions and goals for this year:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Lose 30 pounds </li><li>Hike more. The girls don’t like to hike and I don’t want to hike alone (for safety reasons) so while they were younger we didn’t hike much (together, that is. Paul would go with a buddy sometimes) but now that the girls can stay home alone we’re able to go wherever we want, so hoping to do a lot more this year.</li><li>Read 17 books. My record for number of books read in a year is 16 so I keep trying to beat it but haven’t yet.</li><li>Finish my Bible reading. In 2021 I started the read -the-Bible-in-a-year thing, but petered out around September. I’ve gone a little farther since but still have a few months worth to finish.</li></ul><div>That’s really about it other than a bunch of projects around the house but that can be another post for another time.</div><p></p>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-67925176222290800942022-12-31T19:30:00.000-08:002022-12-31T19:30:17.483-08:002022 in Review<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">It's New Year's Eve, and normally we would be going to the same friend's house that we've been going to for the last 10 years, but she had to cancel at the last minute, so we are just going to be relaxing at home with popcorn and movies.</span></div><p></p><p>So, I've hardly blogged all year. I just haven't been into it at all, but I'm determined to keep this thing going until the girls graduate from high school. I realized a few weeks ago that I never finished blogging about our Boston/DC trip. So hopefully I will get to that in the next few days. Meanwhile, here are a few highlights of our year.</p><p>The girls turned 14 in February. We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory with Paul's mom and a bunch of their friends.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHDg--iO_PdHILvOxjpaLQFdV9KzzXOZw54mj7NOJYwOkRWgWwY8k659FwAs1QNJT9MT9opT_6KqhFMoGSxzmc0DQGscaQhFe24Hpanfll4vaaOLO2RxjiUANssvrCLqg3nzlpdzafpJdiMGNBoGkV7Ipkzukqwt6YLoFgcvGb-nOqH_Md7IAmEbVPg/s4032/20220226_193454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHDg--iO_PdHILvOxjpaLQFdV9KzzXOZw54mj7NOJYwOkRWgWwY8k659FwAs1QNJT9MT9opT_6KqhFMoGSxzmc0DQGscaQhFe24Hpanfll4vaaOLO2RxjiUANssvrCLqg3nzlpdzafpJdiMGNBoGkV7Ipkzukqwt6YLoFgcvGb-nOqH_Md7IAmEbVPg/s320/20220226_193454.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not a great picture but the only one I got</div><br /><p>In June they graduated from 8th grade and a few days later we went with several other graduates from all 3 middle schools in the district to Boston and DC. You can read part one <a href="https://no-nannydiaries.blogspot.com/2022/09/boston-and-washington-dc-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a> and part two will hopefully be posted soon.</p><p>Another thing I never got around to blogging about was our trip to Orlando with a friend and her daughter in August. We went to 6 parks--1 per day with a few pool days interspersed. Super fun, other than the heat and humidity.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtHF7ziC2_L81inXa961rGRgrM-l43R9JYUQSNxa43padDVK1vlWPSivWURbNb_NrrEgqy9aO4xeOhNDequIKv1a0nOEliaqs90Vo-BkV9j_zo6TgICB8wO_UWMd3_99DQl8hV7Bb81llHKiOdLlKFKOn_72winLgc0ZE9blCWZFfVwfVSX_kjpXaiA/s2048/7D1B2778-201F-4FC2-A88A-D626822A62CE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtHF7ziC2_L81inXa961rGRgrM-l43R9JYUQSNxa43padDVK1vlWPSivWURbNb_NrrEgqy9aO4xeOhNDequIKv1a0nOEliaqs90Vo-BkV9j_zo6TgICB8wO_UWMd3_99DQl8hV7Bb81llHKiOdLlKFKOn_72winLgc0ZE9blCWZFfVwfVSX_kjpXaiA/s320/7D1B2778-201F-4FC2-A88A-D626822A62CE.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Close, but not quite...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57AFCOVE_CVH4DEmlZc5WhFv6-GuiMaBATtYGB7MLPBc07m3HOuIS9dLXr7Tf5QKAT2ZKr_A2oE9AKEgN8jeWQGBARoxYQQQsYpTLcde6N-m-Fx0HHJuAxLS4cihcino_UyoC6kSHJur1nxD_Ejv_uEJb3ukp6-y4QV8KYs-yV18FBtfv3Pmou4yLKg/s4032/A05C9230-4EE5-4E8F-AAEA-E7726CEEDB44.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57AFCOVE_CVH4DEmlZc5WhFv6-GuiMaBATtYGB7MLPBc07m3HOuIS9dLXr7Tf5QKAT2ZKr_A2oE9AKEgN8jeWQGBARoxYQQQsYpTLcde6N-m-Fx0HHJuAxLS4cihcino_UyoC6kSHJur1nxD_Ejv_uEJb3ukp6-y4QV8KYs-yV18FBtfv3Pmou4yLKg/s320/A05C9230-4EE5-4E8F-AAEA-E7726CEEDB44.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>At the tail end of August, the girls started 9th grade. I can't believe we have high schoolers already.</p><p>Paul and I attended the Steve Miller concert at the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in Woodinville. We hadn’t done that since before the girls were born. So fun!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLS9PVVxkLMufUi8DYhWag65d45fD-gHj8JNt_axfpqalqbLDuuP5NGvw8pAAvcv7ir-Ym7EZV3LryDtcdzpB488hrXq4WadjzO7kDWZYonjhgWVw6P4XvGbqsW6g3I322mHpoli0aUlAQbThEC4poq360gk3Qzy_MAN6H9OM7m6bhx-kxnU0euy4Gg/s2048/6A50DE1B-FBA9-416B-B8BA-60E4AB326E21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLS9PVVxkLMufUi8DYhWag65d45fD-gHj8JNt_axfpqalqbLDuuP5NGvw8pAAvcv7ir-Ym7EZV3LryDtcdzpB488hrXq4WadjzO7kDWZYonjhgWVw6P4XvGbqsW6g3I322mHpoli0aUlAQbThEC4poq360gk3Qzy_MAN6H9OM7m6bhx-kxnU0euy4Gg/s320/6A50DE1B-FBA9-416B-B8BA-60E4AB326E21.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHN_MQPuiDk6eaNqsryHq7TFGEiqYs2GnWPTTB6blm84HyvW_ZYDtJm9cgOSCa8UoONNBFgc-E7cEfkxBV1eKZ6DA5PYiDrwoXGebkQn7hi5YpXYGJNgH1hDaDrYFiTl5gHK-Jz7RK8JPQV4yE6q9p2jVz-lSgEOAK7ouQA2A-yqvZkISivGvCXo2JDg/s4032/15BFA493-229B-4AA2-B979-D69F50A66081.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHN_MQPuiDk6eaNqsryHq7TFGEiqYs2GnWPTTB6blm84HyvW_ZYDtJm9cgOSCa8UoONNBFgc-E7cEfkxBV1eKZ6DA5PYiDrwoXGebkQn7hi5YpXYGJNgH1hDaDrYFiTl5gHK-Jz7RK8JPQV4yE6q9p2jVz-lSgEOAK7ouQA2A-yqvZkISivGvCXo2JDg/s320/15BFA493-229B-4AA2-B979-D69F50A66081.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvFtUsIgM8h4WDjJ1MObBp8wWTsd3KVVHSfqHnk8oq72cJL1ezHQNOc32rCpNN_uk8c1SiLSpBWQbO2tM7XV0aSqUVW1RbVS4kyNhzXoMgwYKLcWCUxxpsio-dRgFN_wainyOXmrIaI2buPVi3Nvu_W9rdNogO58g3L-AuqcAFyt8k6q6atzK7k1WtQ/s4032/80D7EC2D-FB7E-4886-9FCD-726ECB1003BC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvFtUsIgM8h4WDjJ1MObBp8wWTsd3KVVHSfqHnk8oq72cJL1ezHQNOc32rCpNN_uk8c1SiLSpBWQbO2tM7XV0aSqUVW1RbVS4kyNhzXoMgwYKLcWCUxxpsio-dRgFN_wainyOXmrIaI2buPVi3Nvu_W9rdNogO58g3L-AuqcAFyt8k6q6atzK7k1WtQ/s320/80D7EC2D-FB7E-4886-9FCD-726ECB1003BC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziyw1eMw8hQgaja04nYVq2PM-lou-uMvCyoIiVJXCbdiZ5vB-xsPts99NT5r6_LKatdPsSV6xls3RIU8tOpOZrVBhzqm5UNEMAQmt_yKDXuyoNs4JwIog65lwaVfIOlhh2f5hlyEehSittTw0-kxoTO2Bb1vJ4BodhM23ddGX4shBcHj62FZ5_LYl0w/s4032/DD676F25-BDC2-4642-B235-FFD9998CDD46.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziyw1eMw8hQgaja04nYVq2PM-lou-uMvCyoIiVJXCbdiZ5vB-xsPts99NT5r6_LKatdPsSV6xls3RIU8tOpOZrVBhzqm5UNEMAQmt_yKDXuyoNs4JwIog65lwaVfIOlhh2f5hlyEehSittTw0-kxoTO2Bb1vJ4BodhM23ddGX4shBcHj62FZ5_LYl0w/s320/DD676F25-BDC2-4642-B235-FFD9998CDD46.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>In November, Paul and I traveled back to Florida, this time to Palm Beach, for a memorial. It was the one year anniversary of a friend's passing, and her fiance, Kenny, took a group out on a chartered boat and he put her ashes in the ocean and then we had a nice lunch at the Four Seasons. Later Paul, Kenny and I went to the beach where I finally got to set foot in the Atlantic ocean after four times in Florida.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshrLMQSO--4fgvC9hDlPFOB1NVlGJSeFLScpPoMxJzPbB8STyfQjEKJ_VfFafzsA6dBJQH34_66kxka2nEwo_n--MbRt1Okf5SxGl4qUi1mYsiPyqK0DzXVzS6tKuus-uBm4Pd8nia9N2ksl5HI_te5ruu9vjk548jh1z7NZHzxh32IOYN7u0y0kzEg/s4032/0C59A3E8-6679-4D5B-8B6C-4ED11AF8E4DD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshrLMQSO--4fgvC9hDlPFOB1NVlGJSeFLScpPoMxJzPbB8STyfQjEKJ_VfFafzsA6dBJQH34_66kxka2nEwo_n--MbRt1Okf5SxGl4qUi1mYsiPyqK0DzXVzS6tKuus-uBm4Pd8nia9N2ksl5HI_te5ruu9vjk548jh1z7NZHzxh32IOYN7u0y0kzEg/s320/0C59A3E8-6679-4D5B-8B6C-4ED11AF8E4DD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9qMzhUJ11CPwVxUxSrhaSwlmdE1w-dMFSQH0Yn_8EloEuubxxTtD2kF37alwjK64Stpb94EJ2EYKOE6nVqk5yZRJ_y9XtDnC9cYMCnaA4nbj0G1bIZ-V0PggTvPWHkKAK-MFL1yUa_Fdhhf_08qSuXidMscEgnPo-mb915Q5SzxHuKyv8JFIsDwagA/s320/FDCBEA94-427F-45E1-8A0F-98FACBBC71D6.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The girls with their cousin (technically first concert removed. The daughter of their first cousin)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><br style="text-align: left;" /></p></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-48978411394286620682022-09-19T08:00:00.001-07:002022-09-19T08:00:00.235-07:00Boston and Washington, D.C., Part 1<p>In late June, the girls and I went to DC and Boston. Our school district plans this trip every year for the 8th graders. It's through a third party, World Strides, is optional and they don't necessarily always go to Boston (sometimes it's NYC or Philadelphia), but always DC.</p><p>Anyway, we started out on a red eye flight to Boston on a Friday night, landing around 7 AM and going straight to the Hard Rock Cafe (which I believe closed permanently right after) for breakfast. Then we went to Concord, Lexington, Harvard and Fenway Park. The next day we did part of the Freedom Trail (Massachusetts State House, Boston Massacre site, Granary Burying Ground, and other stuff. but unfortunately not Paul Revere's house) and then Plimoth Patuxet Museum, Plymoth Rock and the Mayflower II (replica), then flew to DC.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wJyr-vlEt2ru1buBpsWVBxA9xL0i0a9suzdZHOBlW3S08DZu2AD7YqosjldWDDK7R84gnkU6cF149SYPP1pDx5KOpiUo4SXvaS4X2N3baWl87vqplYU8LHlgiJhx_ysiLEZHQ2RB9hhSUWFVyTLnDwM1guQbO3vgjJWhqY4cW6hkEzEam0d1zZoZAQ/s4032/20220625_122052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wJyr-vlEt2ru1buBpsWVBxA9xL0i0a9suzdZHOBlW3S08DZu2AD7YqosjldWDDK7R84gnkU6cF149SYPP1pDx5KOpiUo4SXvaS4X2N3baWl87vqplYU8LHlgiJhx_ysiLEZHQ2RB9hhSUWFVyTLnDwM1guQbO3vgjJWhqY4cW6hkEzEam0d1zZoZAQ/s320/20220625_122052.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The North Bridge in Concord, where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rF-vDHSxZPv3EjyijXBrB3DBoU5R5sgH1fM9FTSAqSWveTPgjSsTkePyCqnXR1sLu72MwuM-3K0qtihlZ-5n3Vx8p2rilGnSl52BwMZcajXGccMmQ704maDyQabP8eF1Ha8fC4YQh5Xy87TBDxrhSfEMXdxWFitP7ToeTu2aa4DjbJSGw0TEsMJIDQ/s2015/20220625_123222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1702" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rF-vDHSxZPv3EjyijXBrB3DBoU5R5sgH1fM9FTSAqSWveTPgjSsTkePyCqnXR1sLu72MwuM-3K0qtihlZ-5n3Vx8p2rilGnSl52BwMZcajXGccMmQ704maDyQabP8eF1Ha8fC4YQh5Xy87TBDxrhSfEMXdxWFitP7ToeTu2aa4DjbJSGw0TEsMJIDQ/s320/20220625_123222.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GGkpG1mtMzoraFatJyvhlE_rYEA3IJP_NdTYLzbwXt0mnqoi2Yol23VZND4WtDXydP0-IXuhsZeC1o4BQRCZ05b5QKvsBQFU2Q6x_iB1EiWNZEJgwiV_BPs2kER07wKmD2Bfe-XkXoRfRH7njqUFOKv45H_q38sQUQFEV2E_uhe2jTTueeogLObfrA/s4032/20220625_142724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Since I last posted, the girls graduated from 8th grade, we went to Boston and DC (not Paul), we went to Crescent Bar a few times, we went to Orlando/Disney World with a friend and her daughter, and the girls started high school.</p><p>Yes, we have two freshmen. They are 3 weeks in so far and loving it. They are getting involved and doing all the things. A few football games so far and they've ordered their homecoming dresses. 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We took the day off and headed for the ocean, to a town called Ocean Shores. I hadn't been there since 1986 when I was a junior in high school and we went there on band tour (the only time I had been there until now).<div><br></div><div>On our way stopped at a nearby oceanfront town called Seabrook.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div></div><div>View from hotel. You can barely see the beach and water past the brush in the photo but in real life you could.</div><div><br></div>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-42260750905740018542022-03-12T13:29:00.000-08:002022-03-12T13:29:03.342-08:00Our New Living Room<p>I had been wanting to paint our downstairs, if not the entire house, for YEARS, but I never had time to figure out colors (I wanted more than one) and we couldn't really afford to hire painters. Doing it ourselves wasn't really going to work because we have one wall that spans two floors and we don't have a ladder that's tall enough.</p><p>I also wanted all new living room furniture and hardwood (or luxury vinyl) floors. We would have had to do everything a little at a time for budget reasons, but then my mom passed away in 2019 and we got a little inheritance, so we decided to get it all done at once. I've blogged about it a little but haven't gotten around to everything yet. So today I am finally going to post about our living room.</p><p>When we bought our home in 2007, it was new construction so we were able to choose all of the finishes. For budget reasons, we went with carpet vs. hardwood and we were planning on doing some accent walls so we went with plain white paint. Then, because the walls were already white, we went with an orange-y brown trim and doors. Blah. 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This was back in 2020 in the height of the pandemic so she did everything through Facetime, email and phone calls. First, she helped us narrow down our flooring choices. <a href="https://no-nannydiaries.blogspot.com/2021/01/new-floors.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is my post about our new floors. Then she put together a style board of suggested furniture and decor. I love it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT-esndMuxEO2BGa7tyMZzIl7FiTV8HOtFVdIo9Eon4ecbb-Y91jvP8Yfqm932-oR4BeA6bO4Ic-9hYoR67CHdCbTynvv4pRdG_YcMHKwll10ngxyJ4QZ5RFINpW3tqjrpMNo0_esF04tohCPPGmEMO8ZgHhYqESnljwKna2NVuWdMIUUx1GlV4Mj3Fg=s1279" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1279" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT-esndMuxEO2BGa7tyMZzIl7FiTV8HOtFVdIo9Eon4ecbb-Y91jvP8Yfqm932-oR4BeA6bO4Ic-9hYoR67CHdCbTynvv4pRdG_YcMHKwll10ngxyJ4QZ5RFINpW3tqjrpMNo0_esF04tohCPPGmEMO8ZgHhYqESnljwKna2NVuWdMIUUx1GlV4Mj3Fg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I didn't purchase everything on there, but quite a bit of it. Here is our living room now:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsKAb8sx8ycSjZzZUMdf6LlMzZ7nPxd0tuOlvuJ3j6IiYUz0kvahBZGFE-juQz4ByEDcWNjBCfdUOXEK8MEH2-Rpf9GM7TLITKKtzG8zsD1HscrmFSnlwI7iCOVORxdWpdPbt5H4GnwCWrJj96VQUO7PHlBVGqNhe9sEc2HeOOryegMxgUHOpvp7LpqQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsKAb8sx8ycSjZzZUMdf6LlMzZ7nPxd0tuOlvuJ3j6IiYUz0kvahBZGFE-juQz4ByEDcWNjBCfdUOXEK8MEH2-Rpf9GM7TLITKKtzG8zsD1HscrmFSnlwI7iCOVORxdWpdPbt5H4GnwCWrJj96VQUO7PHlBVGqNhe9sEc2HeOOryegMxgUHOpvp7LpqQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSXLx2apaiXkMLWJkmh_YIr7yW-vErsyE0fi0GvwfaphiJQ4p5wEeOsYt_rYEJ_Sd9DYGwh9HsGrAp9QcB1o3fKFl1ZyBe2ddipNdTDjtIswGYIHKLImv8z0ymdmSRLDmz2ifxWXMGl30umiqBPhcvV5ZUPPW6si43d2PS1E6rJWM88ojVNUtBqI6Iow=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSXLx2apaiXkMLWJkmh_YIr7yW-vErsyE0fi0GvwfaphiJQ4p5wEeOsYt_rYEJ_Sd9DYGwh9HsGrAp9QcB1o3fKFl1ZyBe2ddipNdTDjtIswGYIHKLImv8z0ymdmSRLDmz2ifxWXMGl30umiqBPhcvV5ZUPPW6si43d2PS1E6rJWM88ojVNUtBqI6Iow=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kona looking out the window :) Those mirrors are huge and expensive, and I already broke one. I was experimenting with a different arrangement and accidentally bumped it and made it fall and now it's cracked. And the hook is now too loose to try and hang it anyway so we need to punch new holes in the wall. I think I'm just going to go with some artwork on either side instead and try to sell the intact mirror. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>So much nicer!<br /><p><br /></p>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-23816845747675554032022-01-01T18:46:00.000-08:002022-01-01T18:46:00.547-08:00White ChristmasWe had an actual white Christmas this year. 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I don't have the time or proper subscriptions to the proper software to create really cute graphics and what-not, and the printables online are not editable, so here's a simple bullet list (some of them I've already done):<div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: red;">Bake cookies</span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d;">Look at Christmas lights</span></li><li>Snowflake Lane</li><li><span style="color: red;">Drink an eggnog latte</span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Drink a chestnut praline latte</span></li><li><strike>Drink a toasted white chocolate mocha</strike></li><li><span style="color: red;"><strike>Drink a caramel brulee latte</strike></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d;">Attend a Christmas party</span></li><li>Drink a festive cocktail</li><li><span style="color: red;"><strike>Watch several Christmas movies</strike></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d;">Eat a candy cane</span></li><li><strike>Listen to Christmas music</strike></li><li><span style="color: red;">Read the Christmas story in the Bible (Luke 2)</span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-1486363837113750272021-12-02T21:34:00.001-08:002021-12-02T21:34:45.972-08:0023 Days23 days until Christmas. Day 7 of the Christmas season/this blogging project. These posts are lame, I know, but I just think it will be fun for me to look back and see a whole Christmas season documented day by day. <div><br></div><div>I haven't really done anything all week as far as shopping or wrapping and I'm starting to panic. But I really don't have that much to go, I don't think. But it still just always has a tendency to sneak up so fast so I'm still panicking.<div><br></div><div>Anyway, I'm looking forward to the weekend. We're going to a Christmas party on Saturday but other than that no plans, just hopefully will get some wrapping done and with any luck finish my shopping (doubt it). I also hope to watch some movies. I mostly just watch TV shows but lately I've really been into movies, and the last few years I've really been into Christmas movies and try to watch as many as possible. I also want to bake cookies but then again I don't need to eat them and I don't have anywhere to take them since I work from home. I suppose I could let Paul take him to his work but he works with very few people (a lot of them work from home, too, right now) so that wouldn't really work. </div><div><br></div><div>Tomorrow after work I head out in search of white elephant gifts for the Christmas party. I seem to be struggling to find anything good.</div><div><br></div></div>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-77280717063235917012021-12-01T19:42:00.001-08:002021-12-01T19:42:35.231-08:0024 DaysIt's December! Wow. Today was a normal Wednesday. Weekly workload meeting at work. Oh, except no youth group tonight (for us). instead, Olivia took a babysitting job, and Kayley actually stayed home from school with a sore throat but is feeling better now. Hopefully it's nothing. I keep waiting for a notice from school that there's been a Covid case/exposure.<div><br></div><div>That's all for today. Going to do my daily Bible reading (I started Bible in a Year at the beginning of the year and kept up with it really well until late summer and now I'm about two months behind), watch some TV, then go to bed and read for awhile.</div>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-5220015260769047002021-11-30T20:02:00.000-08:002021-11-30T20:02:24.664-08:0025 DaysLast day of November. Today was just an almost normal work day. I say almost because I had to take an extra long lunch break to pick up Olivia and take her to the orthodontist.<div><br></div><div>I'm hoping to finish my Christmas shopping by the end of the weekend but I probably won't. This year we will be with Paul's side so a lot fewer people to buy for (and even one fewer with the passing of his dad), and I have a good start so *maybe* this will be the year I finally finish early (for me), but we'll see.</div><div><br></div><div>We have some fun stuff planned for December. It will all be here so soon! Crazy how fast time goes.</div><div><br></div><div>Going to watch New Amsterdam and then read for awhile and go to bed early. I will leave you with a cute pic of Kona nestled in between some Christmas pillows.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love these lanterns from a cute local shop</div><br /></div>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714125317480952911.post-90344590964794266382021-08-31T08:49:00.003-07:002021-08-31T08:49:31.428-07:00First Day of 8th Grade<p> Today is the girls' first day of 8th grade! Last year of middle school. This time next year they will be in high school! What the...</p><p>Anyway, it went really well this morning. They did a great job of getting everything ready last night, making their lunches, choosing outfits, gathering supplies, etc. They also managed to get themselves up plenty early to not be too rushed. We had time for first day pictures and they were out the door to the bus stop with several minutes to spare. It was awesome. I'm sure by the end of the week they will be back to me having to drag them out of bed and barely making the bus, but today was really smooth and stress-free.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVqt7i4RmD9yi_zU6Ft0GHcqVIRVUR4bFqFyDFQBwdImuk6itwtmilfREHCsU6y0FklZIqLTapsIzDk6fDeJ_vgghZdoD3rp_RXW7HTtanhHmWq2OiN6Agq8LChn3SvNLmS544kkKA1OA/s2048/Kayley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1863" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVqt7i4RmD9yi_zU6Ft0GHcqVIRVUR4bFqFyDFQBwdImuk6itwtmilfREHCsU6y0FklZIqLTapsIzDk6fDeJ_vgghZdoD3rp_RXW7HTtanhHmWq2OiN6Agq8LChn3SvNLmS544kkKA1OA/s320/Kayley.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kayley (she wore a hoodie over this, just not for the picture)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYlUfgtDzhEmYa0d1Lyks82ho3LTiArpCORO4oCoZ01ijxBJCTIh4v_0VSLQkX9znbVoVN5d6TDNZ_Cgd3gVukdEMEvJOdc8hJlV7rDyyyahrUfuAMuFtCpUVDKs_E2rVlDzR5F2asaGT/s2048/Olivia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYlUfgtDzhEmYa0d1Lyks82ho3LTiArpCORO4oCoZ01ijxBJCTIh4v_0VSLQkX9znbVoVN5d6TDNZ_Cgd3gVukdEMEvJOdc8hJlV7rDyyyahrUfuAMuFtCpUVDKs_E2rVlDzR5F2asaGT/s320/Olivia.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Olivia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphQEEMAG6xyB8Rh-ISD7eyQoWzNxTNsF-bbdsXje0O0lLdhmjNx3vSzJeXIhJH8_xXGO3lasEVBkG1vHTYsfBDoQwo7X2tFOYMP-TBy1ZX6C7a3kxuvGdVsB7DZqPn2-pZbJXvLg6WTez/s2048/Both1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphQEEMAG6xyB8Rh-ISD7eyQoWzNxTNsF-bbdsXje0O0lLdhmjNx3vSzJeXIhJH8_xXGO3lasEVBkG1vHTYsfBDoQwo7X2tFOYMP-TBy1ZX6C7a3kxuvGdVsB7DZqPn2-pZbJXvLg6WTez/s320/Both1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283390061172334702noreply@blogger.com0