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    Movie Recommendation

    Matt and I finally(!) watched a movie together this Saturday night. Don’t be too impressed; it wasn’t a “date” or anything that exciting. It was just the two of us in our bed with Netflix, but, hey, when you work all the time, this kind of thing is a step forward!
    I always have trouble finding good movies on Netflix for some reason. I clicked on a movie called Thanks for Sharing, and I almost stopped it five minutes into it. However, I’m so glad I persevered. It is a movie about sex addiction, and I appreciated it on so many different levels. First, I really liked the characters.
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    To All the Mamas

    I had a chance to reconnect with an old friend this past weekend. She’s a very special friend, indeed. We met during prenatal yoga. Our babies were due within a day of each other. We didn’t really become good friends until after our babies were born (hers was early; mine was late), and another mom from our prenatal class suggested that we all get together. I remember that they had gone for a walk together, and then we all met at a coffee shop (I had to skip the walk because I was still bleeding too much). I soaked up every ounce of our conversation. I didn’t even realize how

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    Backyard Complete!

    Woo to the hoo-hoo! Our house is officially complete (well, for now). We have lived here more than a year, but we were finally able to finish the backyard landscaping. 
    When we first moved in, we were scraping together every last penny to put a downpayment on the house (not because it was very expensive but because I was only working part-time and then not at all once Tate was born). Once we lived here for a while, we saved up our money again and were able to get the front yard professionally landscaped. After that, we continued to save up money and also take out a loan in order
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