Sophia and I at Girl Scout Night with the Manchester Monarchs

Saturday Sophia and I volunteered at the Girl Scout Cookie Rally. We attended last year and it was super fun, so this year we volunteered. Tickets to Girl Scout Night
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Mango, Puppy Jones, and I went hiking in the snow.

So you’re thinking … she’s hiking with fruit. Odd thing to write a post about … So I’ve been volunteering and working at summer camps for like 6 years now.
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Becca headed out on the first day of her co-op.

Becca’s school requires 2 co-ops as an undergrad.  She was super lucky to find one in Portsmouth so she can live at home.  She’s working full-time, and getting paid, until
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It started snowing in the morning.

We had our first snow day on Thursday January 4th.

Jacob and Sophia with the #firstdayhike #nhstateparks sign.

This year, for the second time, the little kids and I participated in the First Day Hike sponsored by the NH State Parks. It was sooooo much colder than last
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I took several hours today to do a project I’ve put off for over a year. I went through my mom’s recipes and made copies of the ones I wanted
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There were about a thousand people there.

      Micaela and I attended National Portfolio Review Day in Boston. We arrived early and waited to get in with all the other folks who arrived early. Speaking
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New door and storm door.

In the slow progression of home repairs, today we replaced our front door. The old door frame was damaged. John and I bought a new door and storm door a
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Siding done!

Lots of projects slowly getting done. This summer we paved the driveway, and then in September we resided one side of the house. We had to take out a window
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