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The Field Museum Has ALL the Animals

In March, I had to go to Chicago for a work conference and Erik came with (he is the BEST traveling companion!). While there, we were fortunate to be able to visit the Field Museum at an after-hours party hosted by one of the conference vendors. I had never been to the Field Museum before, but it’s one of those museums that is spoken of with awe in the museum community. They are known for…

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Three Notebooks for Writing & Staying Organized

I have written about notebooks before on my blog, specifically my calendar journals here and here. I’m surprised, however, that I’ve never discussed my three notebook system for writing and staying organized. At any given time, I always have three notebooks going. One is the aforementioned calendar journal, which contains enough space for me to jot the important happenings of each day of the year. I’ve been keeping a calendar journal for decades now, so…

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Busy, Honking, Clean Boston

In October, I had a chance to visit Boston, Massachusetts, for a work conference. Hubby and I had never been to Boston, so he tagged along and we took a couple extra days to see the city. What a marvelous place! It was fairly easy for us to catch a bus from the airport to get to our hotel in the Back Bay area, not too far from Boston Common and the Charles River. In…

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