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Stress free Christmas traditions | Living with Gleigh
Here it is the weekend after Thanksgiving and I don’t see one Valentine in the store. How is…
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Leftovers are what Thanksgiving is all about | Living with Gleigh
We celebrated Thanksgiving with my husband's family last weekend, but I do plan on cooking a simple, carb…
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In the club | Living with Gleigh
My husband and I sat down with my oldest daughter last week to help her vote for the…
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It’s like a date! | Living with Gleigh
It’s taken my husband and me a couple years to adjust to having teens around the house. They…
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Moms have earned the title of Project Manager | Living with Gleigh
My husband and I had my mom’s roof replaced last week. I was contemplating the man from the…
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21st Century parenting challenges | Living with Gleigh
I’ve kind of gotten into the groove of having my oldest daughter home during the day. She graduated…
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If you want a strong marriage, just go out to dinner | Living with Gleigh
My husband and I have been helping his parents clean out their home of 25 years. They’re getting…
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Some things never change | Living with Gleigh
I’ve spent a lot of time in recent days comparing my youngest daughter’s toddler ways to her teenage…
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Caught between a rock and a cousin | Living with Gleigh
I got away this weekend; a girls’ weekend with cousins, direct cousins, extended cousins, cousins I’d only met…
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I think I’ll stick with writing | Living with Gleigh
My youngest daughter is at it again. She’s making yet another costume for another anime convention. I believe…
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The agony of summer homework | Living with Gleigh
Oh the agony of summer homework! My daughters just hate having summer homework. They feel it interferes with…
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Respite from teenagers | Living with Gleigh
My husband and I went alone to a car show in Yakima last weekend—no kids, pets or grandmothers…
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The sweet spot of parenting | Living with Gleigh
I have been at a sweet place in parenthood for a couple years now. For those of you…
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Grown up thing to do | Living with Gleigh
I spent a day last week doing grown up things with my now 18-year old daughter. She turned…
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Mom, Can I have a Pop Tart? | Living with Gleigh
There are just some staples we always packed in our RV during the summer. Pop Tarts used to…
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I Googled how to do that | Living with Gleigh
Last week I spent a lot of time Googling. Even if you’re not an internet user, you’ve probably…
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Just the sound of the toilet flushing | Living with Gleigh
One night, many years ago, I sat bolt upright in bed. What was that strange sound? The toilet…
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Puddle jumpers | Living with Gleigh
I was at a barbeque last week with my husband and his car club friends. They were surprised…
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Sitting pretty | Living with Gleigh
I got a new couch. Those groans you hear are my mother and my sister reading this and…
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It can only get better | Living with Gleigh
My neighborhood girlfriend, who is ten years younger than I, with children still in elementary school, called me…