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  • Slacking ... and Sunday! via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.com
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    Slacking … and Sunday!

    August 19, 2018 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Okay friends, I have totally been slacking on blog posts lately. I thought summer was supposed to give us more time for fun stuff? I felt like this weekend literally buzzed by on double speed. I think it must be because the countdown to school is really beginning in earnest.…

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    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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  • Earl the Pug - Family - My Boy Joe

    Family, Food & Fun on the Fourth

    July 6, 2014 - By ldurben@charter.net

    First of all, did you notice the alliteration in my blog title? I know – I love it too! (#GrammarNerd) So it was a long 4th of July holiday weekend and in a crazy bit of good weather karma, the sun came out and the temperatures got warmer as the weekend went…

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  • Family - My Boy Joe

    Lake. Family. Golf. Ice Cream. Repeat.

    June 16, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Has it really been 9-1/2 years since Teacher Man and I became parents? Now our redheaded, freckled boy is his own little man – always creative and sometimes cautious, baseball player and pianist, funny man and artist/writer. Just seconds after he came into the world, he promptly peed all over…

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  • AgNerd - Agriculture - My Work Life

    Getting All AgNerdy On You.

    April 3, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Warning:  AgNerd post alert … no turkey recipe, no cute pug picture. Just me, getting all AgNerdy on you. Can you handle it? Whenever I sit in on AgChat Foundation’s weekly Tweetchat (most Tuesday nights at 7 pm central time; follow #agchat on Twitter), I always get energized. There is…

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  • Turkey Sausage & Egg Casserole | via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.com #serveturkey #turkeyeveryday #switchtoturkey
    Family - Recipes - Turkey Recipes - Turkey Tuesday

    Egg and Turkey Sausage Breakfast Casserole

    January 1, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Happy 2013! My family rang in the New Year at our home this year and it was a good one. Certainly it started the right way – with my #9 ranked University of Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s basketball team beating Michigan State. Bring on the Big Ten basketball season! Then…

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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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