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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 24, 2011 | Cooking
Last year’s quince harvest was lame–a singular fruit that I think I forgot about in the depths of the fridge. In the linked post, I was bemoaning the lack of quince while still dealing with the remaining jars of “not quite jelly” from the 2009...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
In August, we stopped in Spokane overnight on our way back from Montana and stayed at our usual hotel, the Red Lion Parkside. We’ve stayed there every trip Eastward for years because they have a decent pool, and we know how to find it from I-90. Since we...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 10, 2011 | Cooking, Uncategorized
Yesterday, the hubby and teen went off to geekgirlcon , leaving me at home with the younger child who wanted nothing to do with dinner planning. I was lazy enough that all I really wanted to do was stay home and finish the last couple of episodes of...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 4, 2011 | Blogging, Parenting, Uncategorized
I’ve had one of those mornings. You know the kind I’m talking about. Everyone was crabby in the morning. We were all snapping at each other, and I found myself overly annoyed at my husband for putting my Farmer John’s cookbook on the bottom shelf of...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 3, 2011 | Exercise, Uncategorized, Writing
At the beginning of 2011, I set out with some pretty specific goals for the year. I ran across a recent suggestion that people forgo the January New Year’s goals and resolutions in favor of a more broadened “year-in-review and goals adjustment” timed...
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