A few months ago, our family lost it’s matriarch.  As hard as it was, our family is amazing.  We gathered, mourned the loss, and tried to move forward with grace and gratitude.  At a time like that you spend a lot of time focused on mothers and grandmothers, but one thing I noticed was the [...]

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VTgirl and I had a great time in Rohobeth, Delaware, on New Years! We got in the day before, spent the day hanging out with her friends and chewing the fat in a beautiful rental house a few blocks from the beach. One of the best things about this trip was that I got to [...]

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So, it’s snowing in Vermont right now. I got my white Christmas two days late!
Of course, I felt I had to leave Seattle to get it, but not this year! It snowed for a few hours on Christmas Day…
If you’d like to see footage the new kitchen in the Williams house, click here.
(I’d recommend waiting [...]

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HI!!
This years theme???
THE DEAD CAN GLOW
3 graves and blood on the fence are warning enough not to enter our side yard!!! Do we really need a caution sign???
Head over to http://www.flickr.com/photos/lapster for more pics!

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This weekend Lapster and I went on our first camping trip of the season. We usually plan a few weekend excursions each summer. This year, we decided to get started early — and headed up to Deception Pass. Washington State has an incredible number of parks (120 state parks, 4 National Parks, [...]

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It is cruel and unusual punishment that I told all my family and friends about writing a blog and then I got sick and haven’t touched it for a week or two. I have so much to chat about too. Birthdays, gardens, and a thousand thank yous to my friends and family for [...]

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This week my grandparents have been married for 63 years. Yes, that’s right 63 years. Which seems like a lifetime to me – literally — since I am turning 30 this year. Just to put this into perspective here are a few events from 1944 the year they were married:

World War II: [...]

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Today is our anniversary. I only remembered a few days ago. Today is the one-year blogaversary of bathingsuitplaces. Last year, I was spending a lot of time with my computer, and I began to get interested in blogging. Lapster suggested that we start a blog. So began the [...]

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It’s a New Year and I can’t help but try to start again. We all have dreams of being better, smarter, and more disciplined. However, right now I seem to be asking a lot of the same old questions with a new flavor. My current top 10:

How can I make the most money with minimum [...]

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Yes, if you can believe it I was up before 8am. Lapster was working early today and I got up like a good little girlfriend to keep him company, and make coffee (even made sure he ate his oatmeal before he got on the road). After he left, I was in the back [...]

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