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Tutorial: Family Goal Ornament

Posted on: March 22, 2013 Last updated on: August 28, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
This week is a big one for sharing new traditions. Since New Year’s found me in a bit of a funk (if by a bit of a funk you mean clinical depression), and Atti’s birthday comes right on top of…
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Having it all, just not the way I imagined

Posted on: March 11, 2013 Last updated on: August 28, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
From the time that I was little, I wanted to be an actress. I’m a classic middle child: sensitive, feeling deprived of attention, venturing far afield to find it, and loved pretending to be somebody else. Somebody who was having…
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Sharing Chores

Posted on: February 20, 2013 Last updated on: August 28, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Bear loves to tease me about a proclamation I made when we were dating. I warned him that he shouldn’t expect me to be some little wifey tending to his every need. I told him, “I will not be domesticated.”…
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2011 Year of Pleasures #44

Posted on: November 22, 2011 Last updated on: September 22, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
This is another one of our goofy family games, and I am terrified of the day that Atti discovers he’s too cool for it. One of us will shout “Family Sandwich!” and Bear and I will give each other a…
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Frankenstein Monster Crispies

Posted on: October 20, 2011 Last updated on: September 23, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I’m a little too excited about the fact that for the first time ever, I get to bring snacks to Atti’s classroom for the holiday. Oh, all the years I’ve read blogs and pined away for all the amazing things…
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Atti’s little lunchbag

Posted on: May 18, 2011 Last updated on: September 25, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I’ve had to give up on a lot of good intentions in this motherhood experience of mine, but one that I’ve clung to is sending lunch to school in an adorable and ecofriendly lunchbag. Now that Atti goes to school…
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A Place for All Those Little Pieces

Posted on: April 23, 2011 Last updated on: November 12, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Don’t you wish every toy came with a carrying case? I finally had enough and decided to make my own. At Atti’s birthday party a couple of months ago, he got a bunch of really cool presents that have been…
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The big conference

Posted on: August 20, 2009 Last updated on: October 25, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I suppose after all that talk before hand I should probably talk a little bit about how it went, right? Not to get too grandiose, but I really do think that last week was one of the most productive and…
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The Long Form

Posted on: July 24, 2009 Last updated on: October 27, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I don’t really know if it’s because I’m a mom now, or because I’m getting older and (hopefully) maturing, or just a new attempt at mindfulness inspired by this wonderful craft blogging community, but for the first time in my…
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The Big Day

Posted on: May 21, 2009 Last updated on: November 4, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
For nearly a year now I’ve been going to a community college culinary school, and tonight is my very last class. Every Thursday since last August I’ve been dropping Atti off at Bear’s office, donning my chef’s whites, and going…
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