From the monthly archives:

September 2010

Doxies 3 – Squirrels 0

September 30, 2010

Last week was particularly busy for my family. My twins turned 20. We celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary. Hubby, Alan, in an effort to increase the “fun factor” in his life decided we should stop in at the Humane Society. Who in their right mind does that and comes out not smitten with a winsome [...]

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This Caught Our Eye

September 29, 2010

Have you ever longed to drop everything and take a long road trip? Husband/wife team Karen Catchpole and Eric Mohl are traveling the Americas. They’ve already spent two years in Canada and the US and are currently in Mexico with the goal of eventually making it to the southernmost tip of Chile. Follow them here. [...]

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A Dining Room Remodel

September 28, 2010

I haven’t only been working on getting stuff finished outdoors this year. Even though I’m waiting for cold weather to really focus on inside, I did finish one project that makes me happy. We are like most families in that we don’t use our “formal” dining room table at every meal. The table is big [...]

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A Lovely Gift Idea

September 24, 2010

Wake up shoppers, Christmas decor is appearing in the stores and I know the friends we love to hate (yes that means you Dawn and Shannon) have already started purchasing holiday presents. Personally, I won’t even sit down and start my list until after Thanksgiving but I want to tell you about some beautiful photo [...]

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This Caught Our Eye

September 23, 2010

If you are a parent of a 20-something check out this fascinating piece from The New York Times Sunday magazine. It’s long, thought provoking, a little scary and will definitely give you some new insights. Here’s a fun do-it-yourself project to lift your spirits after reading the 20-Something article (above.) Check out Make Your Own [...]

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We’re a Blogger of Note!

September 22, 2010

Welcome WOW readers and thank you to Sandy and Pam for featuring Just the Right Things as a Blogger of Note. We’re Joan & Nancy, two long-time friends that keep going through the same things at the same time in life. Now that we are on the right side of 40-something and our kids are [...]

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Now I See It, Now They Don’t

September 20, 2010

(I also write at Smartly. This is a tidbit that was recently published there.) We live in a magical house, and I have magical eyes. I believe both the house and my eyes became this way when I had kids. This magic stuff allows me to see things in the house that no one else [...]

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Aerogarden Revisited

September 17, 2010

Last February I reported on my Aerogarden. I’ve been using it for the past two (almost three years) and I’m getting ready to fire it up again. Like last February, I think I’m only going to grow basil and parsley. I have a pot on my back porch with rosemary and sage. They both happily [...]

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This Caught Our Eye

September 15, 2010

Here’s a attention grabbing headline: Do Daughters Cause Divorces? This article, featured on The Week, is fascinating. Demographic research shows parents of girls divorce more often than parents of boys. This article searches for explanations. And here’s an interesting factoid: 73% of divorces are initiated by the wife. Like warm tortillas? This video from Cooks [...]

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Bye Bye Summer

September 13, 2010

If you’ve been reading here, you know I’m a summer girl. Since I live in Colorado, I must embrace (or at least accept) the other three seasons as well. I guess I can deal with winter once I get used to it. Spring is ok because I know summer is coming, but fall is when [...]

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