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the public library full of books and trashy magazines and comfy chairs and...
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reading so so so so so so many books together with Mica.
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a clean(er) home... I can never accomplish every room clean at once but there are at least three rooms right now that feel open and bright. What a sigh of relief... space!
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a simple basket next to the couch to stop me from going insane each time Mica pushes the pile of books off the coffee table. It's a coffee table, kid! It's supposed to have books on it! But now they're in a basket. And that makes me happy. :)
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thinking of Orlando and Rom out there, at the overnight for Orlando's wilderness school, cuddled up around the fire telling stories together with everyone else, heading to their tent, hopefully staying warm!
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hanging out with Mica, just me and Mica. Oh, how I love the chub on those kid's cheeks!
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a house full of neighbor boys -- I remember years ago answering someone's blog post about six impossible things before breakfast and one of mine was that someday my house would the house where all the kids hung out. I wrote it down and at the time I remember wondering how that could ever possible. Well, it's possible! :) I was in the kitchen cooking thinking, "My goodness, I'm a mom! Cooking dinner! While the neighbor kids are upstairs playing with my kid!" Something about that particular aspect of my childhood coming full circle...
