My kids don’t know how good they have it

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The girls both had major braces work yesterday and were complaining (rightly) about how much their teeth hurt this morning. Now I remember how much that hurt and how you couldn’t eat anything harder than a piece of bread.

So after reviewing contents of freezers and pantry and consulting the after school schedule I came up with … Parmesan panko crusted tilapia baked with leeks and herbs and pastina with butter and Parmesan. (Pastina was a girl request)

Just about to go into the oven …
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My mom made us soup

{this moment}

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{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.

 

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Photo bombed

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They think I don’t know but I do lol. As I’m editing pix while the girls hurl themselves down three story water slides… There it is, the photo bomb

Haha. Gwen I know it was yoooouuuuu! You not only found the “keep calm” app in the App Store but begged me to install it on my phone. Busted! You can run but you can’t hide. Mom always finds out (at least for now)

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Though we could use some levity today, it’s been a long week already and we are only at Wednesday

Peace Grace and Light my friends

for boston tonight

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today was a normal monday

until it wasn’t

i love this town,

i love New England

my ancestors came here on the mayflower

my ancestor was a preacher killed as a witch in Salem

my ancestor hung the lantern in the old north church to warn that the british were coming

my ancestors fought in the revolutionary war, were sons of liberty, fought to build a new nation

my ancestor was the wife of a president and the mother of a another president

my ancestors were patriots and brave did not cower in the face of terror or injustice or tyranny

WE are patriots

WE are brave

WE DO NOT COWER IN THE FACE OF TERROR OR INJUSTICE OR TYRANNY

we do however pray for the victims and weep for the fallen and hold our loved ones dear tonight

Good night Boston, we love you…

…and I know we’d be best friends!

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For your Friday morning…I thought I’d share one of my favorite blogs/shows/best-friend-but-she-doesn’t-know-it !   I introduced my sister to Ree Drummond with this email this morning, it pretty much sums up why I love her blog and her show…

“Hey guys!
I’m emailing you this link for several reasons…
1.  Love Ree…if I lived in northeastern Oklahoma, I know we’d be best pals 😉
2.  The food she makes is totally delicious, and doesn’t use super crazy ingredients that most people don’t have
3.  I love “the lodge” where she shoots her shows, when you guys were talking about building a house, this is what came to my mind.
4.  There are horses
5.  Just saw that you can watch full episodes online (!) so you don’t need tv food network on your cable!
I know you guys will love her as much as I do!
Love
Big
Sis “
From me to all of you!  If you haven’t visited Ree, go over and say Hello!