tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27856577197522067502024-03-24T12:44:22.302-05:00a lakeshore lifemeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-78520261639094835232014-09-24T10:45:00.000-05:002014-09-24T10:45:41.026-05:00September Catch Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello, hello, little blog! I'm so sorry for neglecting you. Our last month has been so jam-packed, its hard to know where to start. How about at the beginning? </div>
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We took a trip to visit Andy and Alicia. It was a wonderful trip. So wonder full, in fact, it was more like three trips in one. The first part was our drive to New Jersey, to Andy and Alicia's house. On our twelve hour drive I learned where the Poconos are, that Pennsylvania is beautiful in August and Ohio has the BEST rest stops. <br />
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Then we got to spend three with Andy and Alicia. It had been a year since we have seen them and was special to get to be with them before their wedding next year. The kids loved the time with them!<br />
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We spent two days in New York City! We spent a lovely afternoon in Central Park and didn't even see half of it! We toured Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, and spent some time at the 9/11 memorial. Then we heading home, just in time for Audrey to start her first day of preschool!<br />
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More of the catch up to come....meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-81212811228976708932014-09-05T13:41:00.001-05:002014-09-05T13:41:50.996-05:00This Moment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here we are in August. <br />
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I have heard people say recently that the summer is going too fast, but I can honestly say ours has not. Besides our two trips (and one still to come), our days have moved slowly. We've circled from park to beach to park to library, home again and out again, as our day and desire takes us. <br />
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But time is moving on. Colton will turn three years old. Audrey will be starting preschool in a few weeks. I am excited for the experiences the fall will bring, but I'm also sad to leave our schedule free days behind. <br />
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As for today, we are heading to the beach, again, to soak up the freedom of these days.meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-7325069952227052082014-08-08T20:41:00.000-05:002014-08-08T20:41:30.590-05:00This Moment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-43620418698000703102014-08-01T11:08:00.000-05:002014-08-01T11:08:17.880-05:00This Moment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-71268053468296129482014-07-31T13:55:00.000-05:002014-07-31T13:55:06.753-05:00Up The Coast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We traveled up the California coast last week, north on Highway One, to my family's property. This is the land of my grandmother's mother. Its story is as long and winding as the road to get there. It is wild and fierce and soothing to the soul all in breath.<br />
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Fog can hug the coast for weeks at a time, but we were lucky to have four days of glorious sunshine. The black sand was hot enough to scorch my bare feet, but the Pacific cooled them with aching waves.<br />
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Audrey and Colton are just the most recent children to discover H Creek's secrets. My cousin's children, and my younger cousins, and my brothers and I, and my older cousins, and my dad and my aunts and uncles and their cousins, and their parents, all explored the meadow, the creek, the pond, the sand and the sea. The generations pass and still H Creek remains unchanged. For that I am so thankful. <br />
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(Yes, I wore my <a href="http://meganbaxa.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-lonely-sea.html">lonely sea</a> here.)meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-23735444539591518482014-07-16T16:07:00.001-05:002014-07-16T16:07:43.543-05:00Housekeeping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As much as I love a clean house, I'm pretty lazy about cleaning it. Recently, I've reduced my chores to keeping the counter tops clean (which I do pretty well) and the clean laundry put away (which I don't do well). I have to disassociate myself pretty hard from the gritty feeling under my feet as I walk through the house. My parents came to visit a few weeks ago and I didn't even clean out the fridge. I just moved the food around little to scrub the stickier spots. <br />
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Dinner, you might imagine, has gone the same way. Thank goodness its summer, so that "Hot dogs for dinner!" again sounds almost legit. Just so you don't loose complete faith in me, know that I have 6 jars of strawberry preserve made from family-picked strawberries in the freezer. The preserves are amazing over ice cream, buttermilk biscuits, and truth be told, straight off the spoon.<br />
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When my parents were here we drove around to the Michigan side of Lake Michigan and climbed the Warren Dunes. Then we continued north to <a href="http://www.mackinacisland.org/">Mackinac Island</a>. There are no cars on the island, so people and things travel by bike or horse drawn carriage. It was beautiful. <br />
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Keeping up with blog has obviously been on the back burner for a while. I hope to get back to posting, although I feel a little like I've lost my voice. I've been reading a LOT lately and hope to share some good reads soon.</div>
meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-42920935374939804532014-05-16T07:36:00.000-05:002014-05-16T07:36:29.672-05:00This Moment<span style="text-align: center;">Inspired by </span><a href="http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">SouleMama</a><span style="text-align: center;">, a Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week to remember, reflect and share.</span><br />
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Sick kids and sick parents. </div>
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Most of the snow has melted now, but goodness it was disheartening to wake up to a 23 degree morning. We went for one last romp this morning, but somehow "April 15" won out over "snow" in my dressing plan and we went outside without snow pants, gloves or hat, all of which we needed.<br />
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Worms are Audrey's latest obsession. (Thanks, Wild Kratts!) We have had more worm "rescues" in the last two days than I can count (living free and in the wild!). Yesterday, the side walk in front of the library was covered with dried up worms. Audrey had two in her hand when I told her they had to be returned to the dirt and not brought into the library. She put them in the dirt, but apparently thought that <i>next</i> worm she found would be ok to bring in. It wasn't until a librarian (a nice one), asked me, "Is she supposed to have that? *uncomfortable laugh*" that I realized Audrey had a shriveled up, fried worm in her hand.<br />
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Worms on the sidewalk are just another sign of spring, although I'm not sure what a worm on the snow is a sign of....meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-90051696701211648822014-04-14T15:53:00.000-05:002014-04-14T15:53:06.282-05:00On The Bright Side<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Instead of dwelling on the returning cold today, here is what we did in the beautiful spring days last week. Park. Botanic Garden. Beach. Lovely. <br />
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Aaaaand right now, snow is falling. Spring is not for the faint of heart.meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-58021881913158540132014-04-11T08:26:00.002-05:002014-04-11T08:26:37.926-05:00This Moment<span style="text-align: center;">Inspired by </span><a href="http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">SouleMama</a><span style="text-align: center;">, a Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week to remember, reflect and share.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span>meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-68147249448266235992014-03-31T14:51:00.000-05:002014-03-31T14:51:00.296-05:00Circle Swim: Because I AmEven though I wake up tired this morning, and all I want to do is sit on the couch and let the kids run wild, I pack my swim bag and the kids and we head out. Even as I drop Audrey and Colton at childcare, I tell myself it's ok to just get a coffee and sit in the lounge. But I go to the locker room and change, and think "I'll just sit in the hot tub for a while." But I walk across the pool deck and watch the still water as I tuck my hair into my cap. "Just swim a 50," as I slip into the cold water. <br />
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Even though I took a twelve year break, I swim, now, because I am a swimmer. Even though I am recover from a <a href="http://meganbaxa.blogspot.com/2014/01/ice-palaces.html">shoulder injury</a>, I swim because I am a swimmer. My shoulder is weak and my arm hesitates and seeks the path of least resistance and cannot keep up with the rest of my body and I push forward because I am a swimmer. Its cold outside and cold in the water and I swim. Nobody watches and nobody times me and I swim. I swim because I am a swimmer.meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-75653251362731046712014-03-28T13:01:00.002-05:002014-03-28T13:01:56.298-05:00This Moment<span style="text-align: center;">Inspired by </span><a href="http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">SouleMama</a><span style="text-align: center;">, a Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week to remember, reflect and share.</span><br />
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Even if it feel like winter outside. <br />
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The only thing making me excited right now is re-watching the first season of Downton Abby. It is, I think, even more exquisite re-watching the beginning, knowing how it all unfolds. Mrs. Patmore's first lines are so prophetic for the series and the dreamlike, dusky lighting mark it as the enchanted season, before the war, before the painful losses to come. Just hearing the theme music makes me happy. Hopefully season one last me until warmer weather. </div>
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If you need a smile, you might want to check this out: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPqL-1aSbn0">Upside Downton Abby</a> by Sesame Street. </div>
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meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-77703023599208274112014-03-21T13:44:00.001-05:002014-03-21T13:44:38.793-05:00This Moment<span style="text-align: center;">Inspired by </span><a href="http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">SouleMama</a><span style="text-align: center;">, a Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week to remember, reflect and share.</span><br />
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The snow in our yard melted quickly on Thursday and Friday in the warm sunshine. We headed out and found peeking green and white in the sea of brown. <br />
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My own solution to the lack of color around here was to get <a href="http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/bags-and-totes/multicolored-shoulder-bag">this new bag</a>. I've been meaning to get it since my birthday in January, which was during <a href="http://meganbaxa.blogspot.com/2014/01/ice-palaces.html">this crazy week</a>. It makes me so happy just to think about my new, bright bag. <br />
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There is still plenty of snow around town and we were back to freezing temperatures over the weekend. But still, it was nice to see some color. I'll be on the lookout for more this week.<br />
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Happy Monday!meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-36222360653393647152014-03-14T14:06:00.003-05:002014-03-14T14:06:29.682-05:00This Moment<span style="text-align: center;">Inspired by </span><a href="http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">SouleMama</a><span style="text-align: center;">, a Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week to remember, reflect and share.</span><br />
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Monday was the day I've been dreaming about since mid January. The temperature crept into the 50s, snow and ice melted into rivers and ponds and I opened every window in the house. They stayed open for only 10 minutes, but it was wonderful, it made me feel hopeful, to have the fresh air breezing through the house. The kids rode their bikes through the puddles and mud without hat or mittens and jackets unzipped. Hello, Spring! I wanted to call. But I knew better. </div>
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Last night it snowed. And this is how Winter and Spring will dance through the next weeks (and hopefully not months) - widows open one day, winter wonderland the next. </div>
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I have actually enjoyed the dark days of winter, snug in our house and snow falling deep. This year particularly I have so loved watching Audrey and Colton together. Their imaginations have blossomed in the hours of uninterrupted play. (Of course, there have been rough days, but most of the time I remember that this is a season and will not last forever.)</div>
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But in March and April it feels like winter will never end. The days grow longer and Easter approaches and I wait daily to see blossoming tulips, greenery dressing all the trees, to turn my face toward the sun's warmth. And wait and wait. I have expectations for Spring and am disappointed to the point of despair when it does not unfold as I think it should. This year I don't want to fall so low. This year I will (try to) accept the season as it is. Today I will be thankful for the snow.meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217276655929257678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785657719752206750.post-86038515710376309542014-03-07T07:21:00.002-06:002014-03-07T07:21:22.696-06:00This Moment<span style="text-align: center;">Inspired by </span><a href="http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">SouleMama</a><span style="text-align: center;">, a Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week to remember, reflect and share.</span><br />
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Will you indulge me as I share more pictures of our trip? Craig and I hiked through the Redwoods one morning at <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540">Big Basin State Park</a> while my parents explored another trail with the kids. We were there mid-week so the trail was quiet. Our footsteps were softened by earth below and even the sunlight seemed delicate among the trees.</div>
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