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  • National Thanksgiving Turkey
    Agriculture - My Turkey Family - My Work Life

    National Thanksgiving Turkey Flock

    November 7, 2017 - By ldurben@charter.net

    You guys! I present to you the National Thanksgiving Turkey flock. It’s that time of year again … Thanksgiving. Turkey month.   And this year it’s doubly crazy for me because the National Thanksgiving Turkey flock is being raised in Minnesota. Two of the birds in the flock will be picked…

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    Monday Musings

    November 6, 2017 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Well hello Monday, we meet again.  Except this Monday is really my Tuesday – so it’s the best kind of Monday! I have Friday off and this weekend is my annual Girls Weekend extravaganza! This year we are flying to Chicago to spend some time exploring Michigan Avenue (okay –…

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    Grandma’s Apple Crisp

    October 29, 2017 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Happy Sunday, friends! We spent a busy weekend at home, getting a few things done and a few errands run. (Costco on a Saturday morning? Yep, I survived.) Plus the sheets on all the beds are clean – with Teacher Man making all the beds while I made a ginormous…

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    Fall Colors

    October 25, 2017 - By ldurben@charter.net

    These photos don’t really need words. I think the fall colors speak perfectly well for themselves. 

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    Relax and Recharge

    October 24, 2017 - By ldurben@charter.net

    When life and work and all that the weekdays entail get crazy and stressful, I realized a while ago that I like to go home and spend time doing the mundane. Like take the time to cook dinner for my family. And empty the clean dishes out of the dishwasher.…

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    I’m Random. Get Over It.

    October 10, 2017 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Oh-Em-Gee … this day essentially was brain overload. Or maybe a better way to explain … multi-tasking overload. Like ridiculously so. My work at the office was coming at me from all directions and I felt overwhelmed. (Nobody’s fault but my own, by the way. But still.) Plus it was…

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    Sunday Night Wrap-Up

    October 8, 2017 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Oh Sunday night, we meet again. It was quite a lovely weekend, actually … the sun came out midday on Saturday and it was glorious. I really do love fall when the days are like this – warm sunshine, cool evenings, and an explosion of oranges, reds, yellows, golds, and…

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    Wednesday in my Town

    October 4, 2017 - By ldurben@charter.net

    It’s Wednesday night and I went for a walk around downtown Buffalo while Joe was meeting with his confirmation small group at the new ice cream shop. (Usually they meet at church but today was different – a social night, it was called – so the boys and their leader…

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Hello, I’m Lara! I’m a wife, mom (empty nester, almost!), a business owner, and an avid baker, gardener, and traveler. Thanks for being here!

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