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Amber wearing a sun hat and Chris with a baseball cap and sunglasses on a beach
Galveston, TX
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May 29, 2022

Celebrating 15 years

Thoughts on our 15th anniversary and trip to Galveston without kids.

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Georgetown, TX
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August 24, 2020

Hello, Is Anyone Out There?

It has been 1 year, 9 months and 3 days since I last published a blog post on this website. At that time, we had just moved from Colorado to Texas and I thought that I was going to revive my blog. I wrote a handful for posts, but then life and[...]

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moving a family of 5
Georgetown, TX
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July 15, 2018

Logistics of a Cross-Country Move for a Family of 5 With One Week Notice

The last time I published a post, it was about why we spontaneously decided to move to Texas.  This week I thought it might be interesting to share HOW we made that cross-country move happen in almost no time at all. Deciding to Move in[...]

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Georgetown, TX
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June 5, 2018

If It’s Not Working, Fix It

Chris and I have been married for 11 years.  In those 11 years, we have lived in 5 states all across the country - one, twice. That means we've moved a lot.  In fact, for every state we've lived in, we've lived in twice as many hou[...]

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Granger, TX
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March 7, 2018

Spring on the Farm

It's beginning to feel a lot like spring around here.  As much as I think that I've enjoyed living places with 4 seasons, I'll admit that I've also been enjoying living in a place where tank tops and dresses are possible during late Februar[...]

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Fort Collins, CO
Business Ownership, Life
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January 6, 2016

Adventuring into a New Year – Wordlessly

Today, Zara turned three.  That means it has been almost three years since we moved off Nantucket.  It means that we have now lived off island post Nantucket for the same amount of time that we called ourselves Nantucketers.  Eve[...]

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Fort Collins, CO
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November 7, 2015

A Peek Inside Our New House

We've been living in our new house for ten days and it is mostly put together now.  The past two weeks from our expected close date to the actual close date to moving mid-week was pretty stressful, but as of yesterday we've felt pretty sett[...]

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Fort Collins, CO
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November 2, 2015

Why I Didn’t Make Halloween Costumes This Year

Every year since Nora could understand Halloween, I have made her a homemade Halloween costume.  When Zara came along, I increased to making homemade costumes for two and loved it.  Especially when they went together perfectly.[...]

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Feb 7

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I started a podcast with Chris and our business partner, Steve! We'll be releasing episodes every Monday on website accessibility and craft beverages. Check it out or subscribe at AccessibilityCraft.com.

#podcast #podcaster #accessibility #accessibilityforall #accessibilitymatters #accessible #a11y #WordPress #webdesign #webdevelopment #websitedesign #ux #usability

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It's that time again... Girl Scout cookies! And this year we have two selling. Help them meet their cookies sales goals by ordering online. 

If you live nearby, choose girl delivery and help get cookie boxes out of our garage... Otherwise we're going to be giving them Girl Scout  Cookies for birthday and Christmas presents all year.

Addie's link: https://tinyurl.com/2os3rmdy

Zara's link: https://tinyurl.com/2nev4fs3

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Bus stop selfie with Nora. This week she moved from her tiny charter school with only 18 eighth graders to the public middle school with over 200. And now she rides the bus.

The charter school wasn't challenging her enough, has a huge percentage of students who are disruptive in the classroom, and has been having trouble keeping teachers. Last year she loved it. But this year it was one thing after another, so right before Thanksgiving she and I went to go tour our neighborhood  middle school, and she immediately wanted to make the switch.

We've never had a kid in public school and I was nervous about how the transition would go from such a small school to a big one, but so far she's loving it and is glad she decided to move schools. It helps that she knows kids there already from her dance team. Hopefully she'll still be happy when she starts getting homework. Coming from a no homework school that may be a shock to us all.

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My three year old girl. 💕

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Halloween 2022. Two witches, a murderous cat, and a creepy Victorian doll. 

Zara's costume was my favorite this year - Nora did her makeup and she wore my flower girl dress from my mom and step-dad's wedding. She might have worn it better. 😂
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