Category Archives: Family

Christmas drinks and dorks

Hey, so I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and Hanukkah. Here we are on Christmas day, looking like a couple-a dorks: LG looks pissed (she wasn’t), but this was the only shot where she was looking at the camera, … Continue reading

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Fall into change

It is now (FINALLY) September, which means we’ve entered my second-favorite month of the year (my birth month, February, is first-favorite.) This is the month of anniversaries (my parents’, mine, my BFF’s) and Labor Day (no work!), as well as … Continue reading

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Party Week: Part 3

Wow. It appears as though we party a lot, huh? Good thing we log lots of couch time the majority of the year, to make party weeks like this possible! Oh, who am I kidding? We’re all still exhausted. Rounding … Continue reading

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Party Week: Part 2

After my friend’s wedding, we skedaddled back home to begin what can only be described as the Week o’ Family. My family, Chris’s family, more of Chris’s family, even more of Chris’s family (he has a very large extended family … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas…

…May your day be filled with strong cocktails, lots of food, and as few obscenities hanging over Lake Michigan as possible. Love, The two (point five) of us

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Step into my time machine

It just occurred to me I never updated you on The Great Houseboat Trip of 2010. About a month ago, Chris’s Nana rented a houseboat in Lake Shasta and a small portion – about 22 people – of Chris’s family … Continue reading

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The dishes are DONE, man!

I’ve been summoned by my lovely aunt, the always-tres-cool Rachel in the OC, to answer a few questions! I love answering questions and talking about myself in general, so here goes! 1) What movie will you not turn off whenever … Continue reading

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Mary Mary, quite contrary

We’ve been doing a wee bit of gardening the past couple weekends and let me tell you what: That shit’s hard. Seriously, I don’t think I’ve worked so hard in all my life. You see, growing up, we had a … Continue reading

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Where everybody knows my name

When Chris and I lived in San Diego, we had a local bar, Lucy’s, which was like our own personal Cheers. Chris and I met at Lucy’s, we had our Post-Wedding Bloody Mary party Lucy’s, all the bartenders knew us … Continue reading

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Grasping at Christmas straws

I hope everyone had a lovely, long Christmas weekend. The Home Sweet Sarah gang got exactly what they wanted: A very uneventful holiday filled with lots of food and Christmas movies and lounging around in Christmas PJs. The real festivities … Continue reading

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