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The Next Mikaela Shiffrin?

On February 24, 2014 · 1 Comment · In nora, olympics, skiing, winter season

I know, I know. I just posted about Nora skiing a few days ago. And it was technically old news—those photos and videos were from Christmastime!

Bad mommy. Bad blogger.

This weekend, we watched 18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin own the women’s slalom race in Sochi, coming home with the gold medal. I may have gotten […]

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On Skis at 3

On February 20, 2014 · 3 Comments · In nora, skiing, winter season

I didn’t learn to ski until I was about 10 years old. At that time, my mom put my brothers and me in lessons and it was a family activity every year thereafter.

Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to ski in Colorado a handful of times, which… if you’ve ever skied out west, you […]

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Things That Happened Last Week

On February 16, 2014 · 5 Comments · In birthdays, health and wellness, holidays, infant reflux, nora, vivienne

I know it’s not completely unusual these days for me to go several days without posting. But this past week? Wow, it was a doozy.

Last weekend was Michael’s birthday weekend. He didn’t feel well on Friday and had stayed home from work, and was kind of still “off” on Saturday. So we didn’t do […]

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Bright Spots

On February 6, 2014 · 2 Comments · In nora, vivienne, winter season

As is usual for me this time of year, I am starting to feel the effects of the cold, snowy, dreary weather and being cooped up inside. Cabin fever, if you will. February and March are generally my least favorite months of the year. I struggle with my mood, and my motivation to do anything.

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Super Bug

On January 29, 2014 · 4 Comments · In health and wellness, nora, winter season

It seems as though everyone is getting the stomach bug this year. For weeks now, my Facebook feed has been filled with people complaining about the bug.

Because it methodically hit everyone in their families.

Or because they were begging for someone to put them out of their misery.

So I’ve been bracing myself for […]

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