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Well, at least she can write ‘Love Samantha’; two of the most important in the English language, in my opinion.

Today I noticed the first blossom on our plum tree. Hard to believe that an entire year’s gone by-

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Hope you & yours had a wonderful holiday!

I can hardly believe that my darling is now four years old. It truly does seem like just yesterday that she was our “shaky little blob.”

December 15, 2005

And, to think, she now counts to sixty when I ask her to wait a minute.

December 15, 2009

The past few days months have been a near never-ending blur of insomnia, html, online holiday shopping, insecurities, second-guessing, nail biting, four-year old birthday party planning, mommy and work and friend guilt, list making and not feeling well.

But last night I finally looked away from all that and was able to truly enjoy putting up our Christmas tree. Along [...]

Driving down valley today, we noticed the first of the mustard has just started to bloom.

The mustard season is one of the most striking, as the vineyards are blanketed in billowing blooms of tiny yellow flowers.

It seems to me that this year the mustard is early. I’m not sure if that’s because we haven’t had [...]

That’s Samantha-speak for Grandma Bettner, not that celebrity…

I’ve been very stressed, and then of course both Samantha and I got very sick–this past week, so I haven’t much been able to enjoy this Indian Summer.

But still, it has been 85 degrees and like this: