Category: Home and Family
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Home Brewing
Home Brewing Time! I started this project the Saturday before the Boston Marathon. Everyone was out of the house that day so I took my opportunity to boil a batch of wort. No one in my house likes the smell of hops and malt. It took a little over a day before the yeast became…
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Snow in Boston area
Still hoping winter will end before the Boston Marathon!
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Where did all the Sundays go?
As the Sunday Long Run season has progressed, my Sundays seem to have disappeared. For the past month all of our Sunday Long Runs have been over 16 miles. This means about three hours of running time on average. Then there is the time to get to the run, time spent hanging out after running…
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Taxes and college and kids, oh my!
I’ve been working on my daughter’s financial aid paperwork this weekend. It seems so much more complicated than when I went to college, 30 years ago. I went into the Financial Aid office at my University and signed some paperwork. I think they had me give the T’s & C’s a cursory look-over and that was…
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A Christmas Wish
A Christmas Wish As the Christmas season approached many people made wish lists and asked for wish lists from their loved ones. I always find it difficult to make these lists. I don’t really need or want anything. My house is full of things I don’t use and items that have not been touched in a very…
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The Greatest Gift of all
The Greatest gift of all is love We can give love to others and we can give it to ourselves. Love is the purest form of validation which is what we all ultimately seek in life. To love is to forgive and look past our own faults and failures and those of others. It is…