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OH N/O, IT’S TIME TO GO

New Restaurant: ONO Hawaiian BBQ What a perfect restaurant name to end our N/O month with. It took us a while to find it since we put in the wrong address in our Maps app, but after a whole lot … Continue reading

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ADDING A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING

We’ve decided that in addition to our LEARNING CENTER and our MORE OR LESS sections of our monthly blog, we want to add a new section each month that reviews short films. Barbara enjoys going to the live action and … Continue reading

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NICE TO BE NOSTALGIC

We love to reminisce about growing up, college, young motherhood, etc. Do you ever talk to your siblings about things that happened in the past and find that you each remember them differently? We certainly do. One example was Barbara … Continue reading

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NORDIC NOIR

Laura: Jo Nesbo is one heck of a talented Norwegian. Best known as one of the world’s leading crime writers, he is also a musician, songwriter, screenwriter and a children’s author of a series of books about Dr. Proctor and his … Continue reading

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OH THAT ODOR

Barbara: Don’t you just love the delightful odor that hits your senses when you smell a ripe, sweet peach? I just love summer fruit, partly because of that sweet preview of what I’m about to sink my teeth into. So, … Continue reading

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N/O OR JUST PLAIN NO

NO more laziness and putting off things. We have decided to combine N/O this month so that we can cram as much into the month as possible and break up our lazy streak. NO time like the present. New restaurant: … Continue reading

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NATIONAL PRIDE

We’ve decided to combine N and O for July and how can we start with anything else than the 250th anniversary of our country. We hope everyone has had a great 4th of July. We certainly saw a great deal … Continue reading

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MURDER MYSTERY MEMORIES

New activity: CLUE, LIVE ON STAGE Growing up we were big board game fans. One of our favorites was Clue and we played it often and never grew tired of its endless “WHODUNNIT” variations. Back in 1985, the game inspired the movie Clue and … Continue reading

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MORE M MUNCHIES AND A MOVIE

New cuisine: MuQam Uyghur Have you ever heard of Uyghur cuisine? We hadn’t so we decided to give this restaurant in Plano a try. Uyghur cuisine is described as a “delicious “Silk Road” fusion of Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and … Continue reading

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MORNING MUNCHIES

New activity: MAKING MUFFINS Laura has always loved muffins but Barbara, like the Elaine character in Seinfeld, is fonder of the muffin top (except for her own personal one!). So we decided to try our hands at baking a cranberry … Continue reading

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