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		<title>Reflections on the Last Few Weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 17:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So, I felt like it was time to pop in and say, "Hi.”

I haven’t posted much in the last several weeks because it hasn’t felt right. There’s been so many important things happening in the country and community that it felt trivial to post anything at all....]]></description>
		
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		<title>Welcome Loon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey guys!  We are crazy and got a third cat!  I know, what are we thinking?  Totally nuts.  It all started when our friends girl cat snuck out of the house for a night and we thought that maybe she would be having kittens this winter.  Turns out it was a false alarm (and don't worry that cat was fixed immediately afterwards), but it got us Allen's got all excited about having another cat and a friend for Birdie.  Birdie is a three year old cat who loves boat rides, and hates Mondays (we joke that she is basically Garfield) and we wanted to her to have a buddy she could grow old with.  Nami, our old grandma cat is going on 15 now, and Birdie likes to wrestle the old gal.  We thought it might be nice for Birdie to have a kitten to wrestle instead...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Our Kids Are World Travelers Now!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 13:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This fall we embarked on our first international trip as a family.  Jeff, myself and our two boys, Finn (11) and Gus (8) took two weeks and headed east to visit London UK, Moneglia Italy and Paris France.  Traveling has always been important to Jeff and I and we've done a fair bit ourselves.  It's always been a goal of ours to take our kids on at least one international family vacation before they get too old.  The boys have done enough traveling in their short lives that they know what's expected of them.  They understand that there's almost always something that goes wrong or is unexpected and you "have to be flexible!"  They know they have to carry their own bags and help to be more responsible (than they normally are) for their own stuff, and they understand that traveling takes time.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A look back on 2019 &#038; Goals for 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Friends, budz, guys, dudes, dudettes!  I'm sharing a post today about the new year, my plans for it, and how I'm going to crush my 2020 goals.  I'm also re-capping on all the cool stuff that got done in 2019. I'm so excited for the new year, I feel like this year it's really a fresh beginning for me.  Welp, here goes nothing...
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		<title>Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Guys! Phew, it always feels good when the holidays are behind us and we can move on to the New Year. I am finally getting the chance to settle back into the day-to-day, and the mundane and boring is being embraced with open arms. Week after week of activity is too much for this old gal. I&#8217;m not much of a big New Year resolutions type of person, I prefer to think of myself as constantly adding to a list of to-dos and improvements. However I did get a lot out of setting some rules/goals/intentions for the blog and projects in 2018 and I suppose it would be kinda nice to continue with the tradish in 2019 as well. Because it always feels good to look back (or maybe sometimes it doesn&#8217;t), I went over some of my biggest accomplishments for the year and also made new goals for the year to come. Let&#8217;s dive right in! Participated in the One Room Challenge I was in a bit of a rut and really wanted to challenge myself so I decided to go for it an participate in the One Room Challenge. Wow, what a crazy ride that was. Exhausting, dirty, messy, but very satisfying. I was able to restore a set of windows and make an entirely new upholstered bed out of Ikea remnants. I am so happy with how it turned out and it was exactly the thing I needed to get my butt in gear. I designed a Restaurant! I said &#8220;yes&#8221; to new opportunities in 2018 and took on the very fulfilling task of designing a restaurant. It was A LOT of work, but I couldn&#8217;t be more proud of the space. It was so rewarding to see plans on paper become a reality over the course of the summer. Updated the Cabin Bathroom Of course a lot of the projects I completed this year took place at the cabin. The cabin needs so much TLC. I wanted to update our little bathroom on the second floor and began this summer by fixing plumbing issues and replacing the floor with new industrial tile. Then I added a board and batten treatment to the wall mimicking the board and batten on the outside of the cabin. It has made such an improvement to the flow of our space, and friends and family who had seen the bathroom [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2018 Goalzzzzzzz</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 01:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Team! I just spent the last 10 days flat on my back annihilated by some sort of flu/strep combo. It is no joke people! Jeff has it now too, of course he does, but somehow we spared our children. For them, it&#8217;s been like lord of the flies (sans Piggy), no one wears clothes, and there is no such thing as bedtime &#8211; cinnamon toast crunch for breakfast lunch and dinner. I&#8217;m just proud that they kept themselves alive. They were rewarded by not getting sick and for that we are all truly blessed. Yesterday at lunch, Jeff and I were chatting as we pathetically sipped chicken flavored ramen. We decided that this sickness was like a 100 year flood, but only to your body. Anyways. I wanted to get this post done last week, but that wasn&#8217;t gonna happen. I&#8217;m here to talk about goalzzz babies, and I got a few and I wanted to share them with yas. Right not my goal is to have my face stop leaking before the weekend. But I have lots of other bigger, happier goals too. For the past few months I&#8217;ve felt like I was floundering a bit and I think it was probably because I wasn&#8217;t focused. I was doing stuff, but I wasn&#8217;t doing it in a way where I could say, &#8220;check that one of the list, one less thing I have to worry about&#8221; and then pat myself on the back. It sounds cheesy, but I operate a lot better when I can see that I&#8217;m actually achieving goals. That being said, here&#8217;s my list for this year, it covers everything &#8211; house, cabin, garden &#038; blog. HOME Upstairs Hallway Hands down, the ugliest space in our entire house is the upstairs hallway. It&#8217;s just so boring, and blah, and narrow, and I&#8217;ve never been able to really spend time with or give it any TLC. Part of me kind of just hates it. You&#8217;ll hear all about why soon enough. The goal is to make the upstairs hallway a more non-disgusting part of our home. Staircase Once I get a handle on the hallway, I&#8217;d love continue the momentum and keep it going down our stair well. This space has potential, and I&#8217;ve been grappling with it for years. I&#8217;ve found if you really try and ignore something you can almost make it disappear (yay)! [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wow, So Many Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dudez, I never intended for it to be such a long absence here on the blog. I&#8217;ll start by saying that this has probably been the craziest few months of our lives. We were finally settling in with the West Wisco cabin, when Jeff was offered his dream position at a new company located right on the banks of Lake Tahoe, in C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A. I&#8217;ll save you some suspense and let you know that we are not re-locating. He is taking the new job though, after much soul searching and many, many late night conversations, we decided that it was time for him to make the move, say goodbye to his much loved company, and set out on a new adventure. Today marks his first day at the new job and he will be commuting between here and CA for the next six weeks or so, after that he&#8217;ll be working from home with week-long trips to California every month. Scary. Different. Nuts. We spent the last 10 days preparing for the change. He had added a cushion for a tiny bit of &#8220;vacation time&#8221; between the new job and the old. The kids started school two weeks ago, and everything seems like it has been sitting in limbo while we have been waiting for him to start his new pozish. All very new and exciting, but super crazy and a little terrifying. For the first time in 9 years I have days to myself where I don&#8217;t have to drive a kid anywhere! For reference, I had spent the last three years driving somewhere between 2-3 hours a day, whilst also trying to get a bunch of other shit done. Finn and Gus both started school last week and they take THE BUS. I&#8217;ve been trying to wrap my head around this new excess of time and freedom (?). Just two weeks ago, I thought it would be just me here all day in this house, but now I&#8217;m going to have the husband-dude working from home right when I was supposed to be entering to my new zen mom time. We need to get this guy a dedicated office with a door, stat. TODAY is my first official day of no-kids and no-husband (for the next few weeks). Luckily I have a new project for the house and I&#8217;ll be spending a good chunk of my time designing and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Birdie the Cat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 17:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[About six weeks ago I became obsessed with the idea of adding a kitten to our little family. Gus and I had gone to the hardware store to pick something up, and we ended up meeting the hardware store&#8217;s newest employee, a tiny little gray cat named Grayson. Gus was so sweet and curious about the kitten, we stayed to pet and play with it for at least fifteen minutes. All of a sudden I felt like I needed to have the boys experience having a small animal to nurture and take care of. A little FYI, we do have a cat named Nami, and she&#8217;s the sweetest old grandma cat you could ever meet. She sits out on our stoop every single day and watches the world go by, she&#8217;s kind to the boys, and she&#8217;s very good natured. But she is old, she sleeps a lot, and she just recently decided the boys were tolerable. Jeff and I brought her home from the humane society as a kitten nearly 13 years ago, we were young pups ourselves, and we were the ones that took care of her and built a solid cat/person relationship with her. Growing up Jeff and I both had dogs, and we appreciate the relationships that we had with those animals so much. We wanted our kids to have a pet companion that they could grow up with too. I know how cats have a tendency to be jerks, we&#8217;ve had a lot of friends that have had rotten cats, and that was my biggest fear about getting a new cat. Especially since old Nam-ers was the sweetest ball of fur, I didn&#8217;t want to screw that up. If we were going to do it, we wanted a little insurance. I started looking online at specific cat breeds, and even taking a test or two. Over and over I would come across Maine Coons as a breed of cat that was famous for being loyal, family friendly, affectionate, social, and loving. They are known as the &#8220;gentle giants&#8221; and the &#8220;dog of the cat world&#8221; and that&#8217;s because they are the biggest domestic cat breed, getting as large as 20lbs and as long as 48&#8243; including their tales. I love it! I&#8217;m sold. Where do I get one of these crazy-large, loving, dog-like cats? Up north, that&#8217;s where. I found a breeder North of Bemidji [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Creativity is v Cool</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Friends, I don&#8217;t mean to sound like a whiney baby or anything, but I&#8217;ve had so much on my plate over the last 7 months. On top of mommin&#8217; kids, I&#8217;ve been bringing our youngest kid to a bunch of therapies (you guys might remember me sharing with you that Gus has ASD) anywhere from 2-4 times a week, on top of daily school . My oldest, Finn, had been attending an elementary school that was out of our district, which meant pick up and drop off every day, and on top of all that my husband (aka partner in crime) has been traveling for work more than ever. Summer has been full of swimming lessons, science camp, summer school, birthdays, and also we happily have the kids&#8217; friend Elsa hanging with us M-F. I guess I didn&#8217;t realize how much all of this running and kid-lyfe consumed my day-to-day. Last week was my first free week since the beginning of January. We (the kids and I) had nothing to do, and honestly, I was a little bit lost with this new freedom. I tried to enjoy it, and chill, and hang with the kids, but I felt lost without a specific place to focus my energies. I honestly was feeling a bit depressed, which seems like the opposite of what I should&#8217;ve been feeling. I tried to offset my lack of focused energy by filling my time with things that I remembered enjoying. I got caught up on all my favorite blogs, devoured and went down every pinterest rabbit hole, thumbed through lots of magazines and got back on my daily workout routine. Then something cool happened. Like lighting (don&#8217;t care how cliche that sounds), creativity struck. My mind was racing and full of new and exciting ideas. Ideas were coming fast, and I realized I was feeling intention and purpose, something that I haven&#8217;t felt in a really long time. As I used to do when these feelings would happen, I hit the ground running. I made plans, wrote things down, made sketches, and before I knew it I was painting the wall in our entry &#8211; a small symbol of an even bigger feeling. The significance of what this meant to me is huge. For the last two years I&#8217;ve been trying to figure out why I haven&#8217;t felt consistently creative, whether it was medications or anxiety, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shark! Shark! Shark! Shark!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Guys! New Year&#8217;s Day is officially my favorite holiday. This January 1st was especially awesome because Jeff hopped in frozen Lake Minnetonka for the 10th year, being the first of our group to achieve the enviable SHARK status! As he exited the frigid waters, he was draped in the coveted SHARK ROBE. In honor of Jeff&#8217;s big jumped I finally gave in to his requests and jumped in for my first time with my good pal Crystal (who was in need of a partner), lezjustsay it was INSANE and my body felt crazy. I did not disgrace the robe, and swam the full 36&#8242; without assistance from guys with sticks. It&#8217;s official I have moved from Guppy status to Minnow. 9 Years of Ice Jumps These jumps have made the best New Year&#8217;s Day tradition ever. We follow the jump up with meat and cheese boards, crockpots full of chili, lots of Bloody Mary&#8217;s and tons of champagne. We hang out all day and night, and it&#8217;s literally the best! I even made the kids an ice rink in the backyard, it was dreamy bros. Happy New Year!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hi.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello, I suck at selfies, thus my weird pissed off looking floating head. Just wanted to drop in and say &#8220;hey&#8221;. Life has been crazy lately, as it is this time of year. Last week was my 34th birthday and I spent all weekend celebrating, because I like birthdays. My brother and I have birthdays that are three days apart, so when our birthdays fall on a weekend there is lots of very important things to do. Between dinners out and cribbage tournaments, I got the privilege to watch my Finn slay his piano recital. I am beyond proud of hard work, determination and fearlessness. I am so thankful that I got to spend my entire weekend with family and friends, having lots of laughs and eating and drinking lots of delicious things. We got a treadmill! The struggle to lose and maintain weight is real, my friends. I&#8217;ve been walking nearly every day for the two and a half years. I&#8217;ve made it through two Minnesota winters thus far, the first in the gym (which I hated) the second outside (which I hated) and this year we got a treadmill (which I love). I can walk when my kids are home, I don&#8217;t have to strategically plan around when they will be at school or get up super early before they wake up, I can just go! It&#8217;s been a game changer, and I love it. I&#8217;ve been spending lots of time with my G-man. Jeff and I have a lot to think about going into this next year regarding Gus and his education, so we are making sure to do all of our homework (school puns!) so that we can make the right decision for him. I don&#8217;t need to get into all the details, but keeping him as my main focus during his hours home from school is number one. He is a pretty great dude and I love hanging with him. I&#8217;ve got a few projects in the works (fingers crossed I&#8217;ll be posting both of them next week) but they haven&#8217;t gotten to the point where I feel like they are worthy of being shared with you guys just yet. I am very much looking forward to having a week or two off of the usual day-to-day stuff over the winter break. I can&#8217;t wait to have all of my boys home for a few [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Welcome Back, Inspiration!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 20:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Guys! First of all, I have to say thank you so much for all your comments in my last few posts. You have all made it known that I am not alone in this fight. I hope that I am able to return the favor or pay it forward someday. Seriously, thanks. I&#8217;ve been spending the last week being really gentle with myself. I have not given myself too many or tasks or duties as to not overwhelm myself. I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time thinking about how I got here, to this deep dark stupid pit of depression. I&#8217;m not sure what triggers it, or how I can actually attempt to participate in life like it&#8217;s not happening to me. I know that I&#8217;m not honest with myself when I begin to feel it creep in &#8211; I think that if I just keep one foot in front of the other I&#8217;ll get rid of it. The unfortunate fact is that if I don’t address it immediately, it sticks to me like a dumb shadow and it will take over. I pretended like it wasn&#8217;t happening until I hit that low, low, desperate point. I&#8217;m thankful that a supportive, kind man married me. Although I&#8217;m stubborn to admit that the depression is happening, the second I finally let Jeff know how low I&#8217;ve gone, he&#8217;s there with a shovel to help me dig out. I trust him, and I trust when he says we&#8217;re going to get through this. Just knowing that I&#8217;m not alone makes everything seem a little bit better. Thankfully I&#8217;ve been feeling much better over the last few days. For the first time in weeks I had interest in looking at decor and catching up on design blogs. Depression can be so numbing that you don&#8217;t even realize passion and excitement is missing from your life. It feels really good, and really reassuring to feel that part of myself being woke the fuck up! I know it sounds a little dumb and saccharin to go straight into a post talking about fall weather and feeling cozy, but actually having those sensations feels so incredible to me right now that I have to share. Having slowly tidied up the house over the last few weeks I have become re-inspired by my home. I realize that when my home is clean I feel safe and secure. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Feeling Unsettled</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Guys. This blog is first and foremost a journal, (here I am Scoops Howser M.D) always has been, always will be. Because of that I feel compelled to be honest and I feel it is natural to share this here. This isn&#8217;t a fun post to write, but I hope it is healing. Last Thursday night we (the Allen fam) experienced a terrifying few hours in our home. Our mentally unstable neighbor became agitated, aggravated, and then, suicidal and homicidal (taking his three year old daughter hostage) which in turn led to a 5 hours stand off with the police (in the middle of the night). Thankfully it ended with him being taken into custody, and the little girl being rescued by police &#8211; safely and physically unharmed. The road to get to that safety point was beyond terrifying for us as we experienced the whole ordeal with limited information from inside our house with our kids. As we listened to a police scanner (online) from a huddled position behind our bed we were able to piece together the severity of the situation. Our neighbors from across the street were also able to give us accounts of what they were witnessing via text messages. My neighbors really banded together and it felt good to know that we were not alone in this. It was only until later that we realized that there were 50+ police officers around the perimeter of our block, including snipers, the bomb squad, and an entire swat team in our backyard. The operation to save this child and secure our neighborhood was BIG &#8211; and I&#8217;m so glad that those officers were there to keep us safe. I am beyond impressed, and have a new found respect for the people who risk their lives to keep communities secure. The terror that we felt as a family is unsettling. We were in our home, this place that is supposed to provide us with safety and security and we felt anything but safe and secure during those late night hours and into the days following. How do you explain what you are experiencing to seven and four year olds, and how do you make them feel safe? We feel desperate to make our home feel like ours again and have been doing what we can to feel in control. Feeling violated is an understatement and I hope [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Greetings, From Le Cabiné</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello Buddz! Just wanted to check in and let you know me and my best pal (Colz) are having a mom adventure with all four of our kids, up at the cabin. There&#8217;s been lots of turtle hunting, caterpillar catching, ghost hunting, fishing (I caught quite the lunker), swimming, imbibing and many other amazing adventures that can only happen at the cabin. Hope you dudes are all having sweet weeks too. Love from Up North, Scoops]]></description>
		
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		<title>Funny Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey doodz, guess what? I am dictating this post to you from my computer because it just so happens that my right hand is broken and has four large puncture wounds in it, and when shit like that happens to your hand it doesn&#8217;t really work very well. So how did this happen? Well pals, I learned the hard way that you should just keep your hands inside the fence. I was attempting to put my neighbors dog at ease &#8211; I was out in the backyard putzing around, the dog was barking, so I gave him a friendly pet &#8211; something I&#8217;ve done lots of times in the past. Turns out a friendly pet wasn&#8217;t taken as a friendly gesture from my 150lb neighbor dog. That dog bit the shit out of my hand leaving me with four deep puncture wounds and a bunch of broken bone-y pieces. The dog is typically a very good dog, and I have a great relationship with my neighbor, so I&#8217;m not really worried about it happening again. Between my neighbor guy and I, we will make a plan and ensure the kids are safe. If you read this blog, you know this injury has to be torturing me, because right now is the time of year where all I want to do is be in the yard; be diggin&#8217; in the dirt, planting flowers, mulching flowerbeds and obsessing over everything green. It&#8217;s killing me. So what does this mean for the blog? Well, as of this moment in time I&#8217;m unable to push the shutter button on my camera let alone do a DIY project and type of post. I literally need help taking my pants on and off when I use the bathroom. I am really hopeful that in the next week or so I&#8217;ll be able to do a lot more with my hand, and I&#8217;ve got a lot of good friends out there who I know will step in and help me out so I can get some of these projects done. I really have a lot that I want share with you guys including an Ace post &#038; giveaway, an Aptil garden recap, a one-year-later review on the fence, and progress on the basement. Anyway I&#8217;ll share when I can wether it be a little or a lot and I hope to be back really soon. Today&#8217;s lessons: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spring To Do List</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Guys. What can I say? It&#8217;s currently snowing on my bleeding hearts and I am taking care of arguably the sickest three-year-old in Minneapolis. Things are moving slow the last few days and it&#8217;s driving me nuts because I have the unstoppable urge to do all of the things at once. What does one do in times like this? Make a list and tell the internet about it? Okay, sure, I&#8217;ll do that. I have so many different things I want to do this spring/summer and I can&#8217;t wait to get started on them all. Besides trying to get this basement project underway, I want to do a lot in the yard and in the porch. There&#8217;s tiny bits of landscaping that need to be done, seeds that need to be planted, planter boxes that need to built, garage doors that need to be painted, concrete slabs that need to be stained, patio furniture that needs to maintained, lawns that need to be seeded and cleaned up, stairs that need to be built, fences that need to be stained, trees that need to be pruned, ceiling fans that need to be installed, and I might have accidentally broken the wall shelves in the music room. Point is, there&#8217;s lots of stuff to do and I am currently not taking on any of it. For now I&#8217;ll scheme and plan and share some inspiration as I go. &#160; &#160; &#160; Spring To-Do List! ▼ Wash the Exterior of the House ▼ Get Seeds in the Ground ▼ Edge and Seed the Lawn ▼ Clean out the Basement ▼ Replace Front Stairs of House ▼ Add Ceiling Fans to the Porch ▼ Install Blinds to the North Side of the Porch ▼ Clean up &#038; Edit the Foundation Garden ▼ Plant a Birch Tree? ▼ Finish Staining the Fence ▼ Prune the Trees ▼ Fix Shelves in Music Room ▼ Paint the Big Garage Door ▼ Build New Garden Flower Boxes ▼ Exterior Light Replaced]]></description>
		
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		<title>Riding the Rails</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 16:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We did something awesome as a fam two weekends ago – we headed out on a journey to our second favorite city, Chicago, via the old Empire Builder Amtrak line. None of us had ever gone on a domestic train trip at all, so it was all very new to us. Gus, our youngest, has had a heavy fascination with trains for the last year, so that was a major driver of the trip. And we like trains too, I mean, who doesn’t really? So we decided to use the rails as our mode of transportation for a spring break trip we had planned to Chi-town. The first thing that surprised me was the price. The rumor on the streets of Minneapolis was that trains were expensive. Not. True. We got this family of four to Chicago and back for the price of $530. Flights for the 4 of us round trip to Chicago would have been almost double. Not only that, we were surrounded in comfort the entire trip. We sat in coach on our way to Chicago and the seats boasted tons of leg room and adjustable do-hickeys. Just imagine the space you get on an airplane and triple it. Plus there was outlets for plugging in ipads, phones and ‘putrons. On the return trip we paid up for a sleeper car so the kids could rest – so worth it for an evening train ride with over-traveled kids. We packed tons of snacks for the kids and I’m glad we did. Our outgoing train was delayed by two hours and we missed lunch. Our kids survived on chips, Cheez-Its®, and pretzels. We are the worst parents ever, I know. The kids made friends with some tweens in the seats behind us and they chatted and played games with them for the entire trip. Us grown people purchased some beers from our endearing train server, Cammi. There’s lots of stuff to see on these big passenger trains. A few cars forward there is an observation car with windows on the ceiling! The observation car is open to all passengers, but is usually pretty crowded. They even have tiny train-love seats for hanging and watching the view fly by. Below the observation is the snack car where they sell concession-style snacks and drinks. Another car ahead of that is the dining car. The dining car was equally as thrilling [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>About Our Gus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Friends. I’m gonna talk a bit about the Allen fam today. Some of you may have noticed that I’m not posting as frequently as I was a few months ago. There’s a good reason for that: our youngest Gus has been taking up a lot of my days. We’ve been taking trips to the zoo, visiting the library, going to IKEA for fun, running errands together, you name it. Now that his older brother is at kindergarten every day it has been nice having some one-on-one time together, and we’ve had a blast. I’ve been so happy to have this time with him and I’m glad to see him learning and growing every day. Around Gus&#8217; 3rd birthday we noticed that his language skills were not quite where most 3-year olds typically are, this fall we sought out the developmental specialists at the Minneapolis school district. After many meetings and evaluations with Gus, they informed us that that Gus is on the Autism Spectrum. It was a shock and a surprise, and then it also wasn’t. Like I said, his language skills have been slow to fill in (although they are always improving). He has a hard time in social situations with people he doesn’t know; he’s super shy and covers his face when introduced to new situations. Also, he is kind of obsessed with trains. He loves talking about trains, playing with toy trains, reading books about trains, wearing PJs with trains on them, you name it. Having hyper-focused interests is a common thread with autism. He is also incredibly loving, affectionate, kind, sweet, snuggly, funny (very funny) and smart. He loves his brother Finn and idolizes him. He loves to wrestle his dad, demanding nightly roughhousing sessions before bed. And he&#8217;s got that having your mom wrapped around your little finger thing figured out. After spending time with people he warms up to them very well. You know you’ve broken the seal with Gus when he starts tickling you – that’s his way of showing you that he’s interested in being your friend. As a family we are slowly trying to figure out what this diagnosis means for us. We are very positive about having a plan for Gus. He is starting preschool (today!) specifically designed for young kids on the Autism Spectrum, and the goal is to have him ready to enter Kindergarten in a few [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Go Jump in a Lake and Stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello bros, and Happy New Year! I missed you dudes. I just took a three week breather from the old blog and I&#8217;m not gonna lie, it felt pretty great! I really needed that time to prepare for the holidays and enjoy a bit of R&#038;R with friends and fam. I hope you all had happy and safe holidays and NYs celebraishes too! We celebrate the New Year the same way we always do, a few of my pals jump into a freezing Minnesota lake, on a freezing New Year&#8217;s morning &#8211; and I watch them. Then we drink and eat a lot. I&#8217;m really looking forward to getting back to house projects and blogging in the coming weeks and months. I&#8217;ve almost finished up this bedroom makeover thingy &#8211; I swear. I&#8217;ll have more to share with you on that real soon and hopefully a reveal by the end of the month. Also we (the old man and I) are starting plans for a basement renovation (coming this spring) and I&#8217;ll be sharing all the dirty details with you as they begin to be realized. I&#8217;m really excited about all the possibilities for that space. Anyway, there is stuff going on and many home projects to look forward to &#8211; hopefully it&#8217;s enough to painlessly make it through these coming winter months. Also, I got a bunch of tools for Christmas and am looking excited to put them to use ;)]]></description>
		
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		<title>Birthday Wishlist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here are all the things you will need to be me in my dreams: 1: Dewalt Compound Miter Saw &#124; 2: Dr. Martens &#124; 3: 24mm EF-S Canon Lens &#124; 4: Ferm Living Round Dorm Shelf &#124; 5: Loom for Beginners &#124; 6: Photographic Art for my Bedroom Wallz &#124; 7: All the Flannel Shirts &#124; 8: Cool Leather Jacket &#124; 9: Pearl Jam Backspacer LP &#124; 10: YakTrax Hey Pals. Oh man, I just celebrated my 33rd birthday this weekend. It was kind of awesome, kind of insane and slightly epic. I was wined and dined, went to a rap show, had breakfast at a restaurant WITHOUT KIDS and took a nap. It was great. I thought I&#8217;d share a few of the things I had on my wish list this year. The things on the top of my list; that newly released 24mm prime lens, followed up by a new pair of Dr. Martens. It seems like only yesterday I was tossing out my old awesomely worn-in pair from junior high &#8211; oh wait, it practically was. Oh yeah, and if you didn&#8217;t notice, the 90&#8217;s are cool again. I&#8217;ve been waiting for this to happen for the last 20 years. I am finally going to be the most fashionable lady around, the teens are going to want to be me! I never want this to end.]]></description>
		
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