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  • Good-bye Summer | via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.com
    Family - My Boy Joe

    Good-bye Summer

    September 5, 2016 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I’m always a little sad to see Labor Day weekend come to an end. It signals good-bye to summer and hello to a more scheduled life complete with school activities, confirmation classes at church, homework, piano lessons, and a busy, busy office that seems to hit its stride in September…

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    Earl the Pug - Family - My Boy Joe

    Weekend Snaps | I Miss You Guys!

    February 28, 2016 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Oh my word, I absolutely can’t stand it when I don’t have the time to blog regularly.  If you follow me on Facebook, then you may have caught this picture I took last week – captioned, “What I feel like when I don’t have time to blog!”  And it’s true.…

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  • Garden Frog Stepping Stone | via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.com
    Earl the Pug - Family - Gardening

    Memorial Day Weekend.

    May 25, 2015 - By ldurben@charter.net

    So the unofficial start to summer – Memorial Day weekend – is nearly over. The sun came out on Friday and tonight, but in between it was cloudy, cool, and rainy in Minnesota. (I give you Exhibit A above – a look at my brother’s shed on the farm from…

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    Sunday Night Rituals.

    May 17, 2015 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Sunday nights almost always mean two things to my family: 1) Dairy Queen Blizzards for the boys. Oreo for Joe and peanut butter cups for Teacher Man. Always. Sometimes a Blizzard for me, too, but sometimes not – depends totally on what I feel like. And if I do have…

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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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