Laura’s Musings

So I am many days delayed on this, but I’ll still vent. You people who let your children bring their whole freaking toy box with them to church (and you know who you are), need to lay up off. Please, I beg you, consider the other people sitting around you.
Case in point: a few weeks […]

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18     (number of times I ran the dishwasher in the past 5 days)
11     (maximum number of people I had at any meal)
2       (pieces of new furniture I bought in the past week)
4       (pounds of meat that I turned into sausage & meatballs)
3.5    (pounds of sausage and meatballs […]

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why is it that when I have had too much to drink, I am somehow still capable of putting laundry in the washing machine, unloading the dishwasher, reloading the dishwasher, hand washing everything that didn’t fit in the dishwasher, wiping down the countertops, reorganizing the fridge, taking out the trash, moving laundry to the dryer, […]

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Brandon and I have spent the last few weeks semi-preparing for the family to come to our house over New Year’s weekend. I’ve been organizing stuff here and there, baking like crazy, and Brandon succumbed to my begging and painted the guest bedroom. But everything up until this week has been kind of mundane stuff […]

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Brandon fixed the treadmill a few weeks ago. It’s been broken since about this time last year, so I had a few somewhat reasonable excuse not to run…. “it’s too dark when I get home” or “it’s too cold in the morning.” Since he fixed it, though, my only excuse was the one that the […]

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My oh-so-amateur videos from the Tour of Gymnastics Superstars.
Before you heckle my videography, be aware that I did not know until halfway through the show that my camera even has a video function. Also, our seats were so high up the lady next to me wouldn’t let go of the handrail far away from the […]

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I recently came across this song on my iPod and truly don’t remember putting it there. I have a few Saving Jane songs, and have loved all of them. I probably just downloaded this on a whim and didn’t realize it, but its haunting melody has been following me. I can’t listen to it just […]

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It is so easy to get caught up in all the stressful things in life, especially when you live in a constant state of stress. I was fortunate enough to be reminded this week of some of those awesome things I have that I take for granted when I’m busy complaining about the more mundane […]

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After about 8 Diet Cokes this evening, my brain can’t turn off. Since I can’t sleep, I figured it was probably time to catch up on the blog.
In my defense, I haven’t been able to log into my own blog for the past month or so… stupid technical glitch that Brandon just showed me how […]

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Today is my favorite holiday of the whole entire year - National Talk Like a Pirate Day. But instead of posting all my favorite pirate jokes, my “ARRRRRR” this year is not to celebrate the vocal genius of the pirate - it’s in frustration for the ridiculous fiasco I just went through to get gas.
We’re […]

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