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weekend recap

9.17-22: FL trip long weekend recap

September 23, 2015

{Thursday}

up early | finish packing | work from home | Price comes home early from work | Kemper is picked up | get Autumn | cab ride to the airport | JetBlue flight to Tampa | Aunt Tish picks us up | get to Dad’s | Autumn goes to bed | hang out | go to bed

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{Friday}

Autumn didn’t sleep well | up early | work at the Tampa office | Price and Dad run errands with Autumn & play around during the day (no nap! boo!!) | back home | Autumn has dinner and then goes to bed | drive around Waterset with Price to check out the community | Mom, Nanny, Cobi arrive | meatloaf dinner | hang around | go to bed

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{Saturday}

up early | breakfast | go to the pool for a few hours | take out lunch from the cafe | Autumn naps | grocery shopping with mom | Autumn has dinner, bath, & goes to bed | big birthday dinner – caprese salad, shrimp scampi with rice pilaf, chocolate cake | hang out and look at houses online | bed

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{Sunday}

up early | slow morning | Dad makes breakfast | play around the house | Autumn has lunch | visit model house and houses under construction while Autumn naps | Mom, Nanny, and Cobi leave | relax, browse houses online, & watch football | taco pie for an early  dinner at Ben and Sharon’s house | get ice cream from Kimi’s | hang around & watch football | go to bed

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{Monday}

up early | make breakfast | drive to Price’s (potential) office to test the commute | go to the pool | have lunch back at the house | Autumn naps (and so do I!)  | visit communities, happy hour at Sonic, visit model houses at Waterset, grocery shopping | Autumn barely has dinner, bath, bed | make chicken and veggie stir fry for dinner | look at house pricing options | laundry | bed

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{Tuesday}

Price’s Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Autumn was up from 2am-3.15 | up for the day just before 7am | Price makes breakfast sandwiches | get ready and pack up | Ben picks us up at 9am to go to the airport | JetBlue flight back to Boston | take out Indian food | watch 50 Shades of Grey | blog posts | bed

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7.1-6: Fourth of July Long Weekend in Maine

July 7, 2015

{Wednesday Night}

get home | pack up the car | get Autumn from daycare | Price gets home | go to CVS | start drive to Maine | Sonic for dinner | keep driving | get to G-ma’s house at maine

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{Thursday}

up at 5.30am | coffee and breakfast | play time | morning nap | grocery shopping at Burnt Cove | Price starts to cut trees around pond | Autumn naps | play time in the garden | bath & bed | Chicken and steak for early dinner | Bed at 8pm!

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{Friday}

up early | make coffees | take a walk | breakfast at Millbrook |Autumn naps in car | drop Price off at Home Depot with Elaine for grill | Hannaford grocery store | back to Deer Isle | farmer’s market | back to the house | Autumn naps | relax, drink, read | Price works on cutting back trees at the pond |

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{Saturday}

Fourth of July!!!

get up early | coffee & breakfast- eggs and bacon | make donuts | go to the Deer Isle parade | shopping at Burnt Cove | Autumn and I nap in the car | fry donuts on grill | BBQ at Janet’s family’s cottage | back home | Autumn to bed | hang out & read | sparklers & listen to fireworks | go to bed early

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{Sunday}

long night- Autumn slept poorly!! | up early | coffee and breakfast | go to the Hub for mussels | walk to the causeway while Elaine went to church, Price worked at the pond | Crab Rolls for lunch | go to Barbara’s for Grandfathers fishing gear and tools | Price finishes cutting trees around the pond | lobster and mussels dinner cooked on the grill | relax | do laundry & start to pack up | bed

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{Monday}

pack up the car | leave  at 8.30 | Nervous Neelys for jam | pictures at causways, Deer Isle bridge and Caterpiller Hill | drive drive drive | home

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5.22-25: Memorial Day Weekend Recap

May 26, 2015

{Friday Night}

Price had the day off- got Autumn from daycare | worked late – left @ 10pm | home at 10.30 | Autumn sicky cuddles | bed

{Saturday}

up at 5.30 | make breakfast tacos | shopping at Haymarket Stop & Shop | unload groceries, vegetable prep, make caramelized onions | watch The Kitchen | shopping at Costco, Old Navy | get food at Taco Bell | Autumn naps | eat lunch with margs | nap | take Kemper & Autumn on walk | Autumn has dinner, a bath, put her to bed | hot dog for dinner | make jam wedding favors (62 jars!) | Price works on screen  for door | watch Red Sox’s | bed

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{Sunday}

up early- 5.30 | make breakfast sandwiches | Autumn has her morning nap | play in the kiddie pool | grilled veggies and burgers for lunch | play in the pool | Autumn and I have long naps – 2 hrs!! | more play time outside | Autumn has dinner and then bath | take a long walk with Autumn & Kemper | Autumn goes to bed |

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{Monday}

Memorial Day

up at 5.15 | coffee and kitchen clean up | make buttermilk banana bread | sorting laundry while Price did dishes | breakfast sandwiches | get ready | meet Mark, Allie, Macari, & Michael | lunch @ Parish | Autumn took 2 1/2 hour nap | work on blog posts | give Autumn a bath | take long walk with Autumn & Kemper | Autumn has dinner  & goes to bed | dinner outside- burgers and grilled veggie  | food shopping | watched The Bachelorette | Price ironed tons and tons of stuff | bed

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9.19-23: Raleigh long weekend recap

September 24, 2014

{Friday}

home from work | make dinner | dinner for all of us | Autumn to bed |make a pie | packing up for the trip | showers | cleaning | bed

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{Saturday}

up really early | finish packing up | editing pie pictures, publish pie post | cab to the airport | flight to Raleigh | get rental car | Elevation Burger for an early lunch | drive all around to see houses and nieghborhoods in Durham & Chapel Hill | check into The Old Stone Guest House at 2pm | unpack and hang out | Autumn takes a nap | Apex Jazz Festival | Rite Aid | pizza take out | Autumn to bed | hang out | bed

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{Sunday}

up early | breakfast for Autumn | quick morning nap for Autumn | get ready | North Carolina Farmer’s Market | drive to Chapel Hill | brunch at Top of the Hill | CVS | walk around Chapel Hills | drive around looking at houses | back at the rental |  play in the yard | dinner at The Pit in Raleigh | Autumn has a meltdown |  back at the rental | Autumn to bed | finish dinner | hang out | bed

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{Monday}

Price’s Birthday!!!!

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{Tuesday}

up late-ish | get muffins for breakfast from the cafe across the street | clean up and pack up | leave rental house at 11am | drive around looking at houses in Cary, NC | tacos for lunch | Marbles Children’s Museum | chocolate shop | drop off car | crappy brisket dinner at the airport | flight home with cranky baby | cab home | Autumn to bed | Kemper cuddles | bed

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: donuts, long weekend, NC farmer's market, Raleigh NC, Raleigh trip, weekend recap, weekend trip, zoodles

7.24-28: Long Weekend Recap- Maine

July 29, 2014

{Thursday Night}

leave work early | pump | get Autumn | go to CVS | go to Sonic | drive and drive and drive some more | popeye’s | drive and drive and drive some more | arrive around 10.30 | get set up and go to bed

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{Friday}

up early | go for a walk | sit outside and read | crab salad sandwiches for lunch | lobster and chicken (for price) for dinner | Autumn to bed | hang out and relax | bed

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{Saturday}

up early | Price made blueberry pancakes | go for a walk | go to the grocery store | make pizza | Tom and Cathering arrive | go for a walk to Conary Cove |  get changed | go to the hub | steak and chicken for dinner | Autumn to bed | hang out | bed

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{Sunday}

sorta sleep in | morning snuggles | breakfast | Autumn cranky | take a nap with Autumn | go for a walk  | read and relax | go grocery shopping | go for a walk |  visit Conary Cove Glass Works & Wood Turning| dinner prep | crab salad, chicken salad, burgers for dinner | hang out | go to

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{Monday}

up early | pack up our stuff | steal free wifi from the library | get cash | visit Price’s grandpa | bacon egg and cheese sandwiches for breakfast | finish packing up the car | leave for home | get flowers | drive and drive and drive | get back home just after 5pm | talk to mom | Autumn has dinner | Price shower & clean up | laundry | The Bachelorette finale | Price went to bed | pump | bed

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5.23-26: Memorial Day Weekend Recap

May 27, 2014

{Friday Night}

Price came home early | took a little nap with Autumn | made tortelini with sauce for dinner | watch DVR’d shows | bed

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{Saturday}

veggies from Haymarket | made hashbrowns and a mushroom and cheese omlet for brunch | I got a pedicure | take Autumn on a walk while Price did house stuff | grocery shopping | make macaroni salad | sausage patties with beans and macaroni salad for dinner | lounge around watcihng TV | bed

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{Sunday}

up really early | made pancakes for breakfast | swim lesson for Autumn | watch the Monaco race | watch the Indy 500 race | made art for our room | steak for dinner | watch NASCAR race | watch part of mad men | bed

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{Monday}

made a quick fruit salad for breakfast | go to 2 dog parks | Price mowed & did yard prep work | finish watching mad men | made guac|  hot dogs for lunch | price mowed the front lawn hang up stuffs for Autumn’s gallery wall | give Autumn a bath | fold like a bajillion loads of clothes | bed

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: cleaning, Cooking, dog park, Haymarket, haymarket Boston, laundry, pedicure, swim lesson, talking a walk, weekend recap

5.2-4: Weekend Recap

May 5, 2014

{Friday}

work from home in the morning | get Autumn from daycare | drop off donation at Mother’s Milk Bank | Children’s Hospital for Dr’s appointment | Wendy’s for lunch | leftovers tacos for dinner | Grimm | lots of folding & sorting of Autumn’s 0-3 months clothes | bed

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dog park | get bourbon from UGSE | Bon Me food truck for lunch | back home | Price watched Autumn while I ran errands- Michael’s, Babies ‘R Us, Target, get gas, Stop and Shop | Kentucky Derby and drink Kentucky Mules | salad with chicken for dinner | clean Autumn’s room | Autumn went to sleep in her crib (!) | blogging | work | bed

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make banana bread | Babies R Us in Natick for a dress | Wagamama for lunch | Victoria’s Secret | work at home | blogging | bed

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make banana bread | Babies R Us in Natick for a dress | Wagamama for lunch | Victoria’s Secret | work | blogging | bed

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Babies R Us, dog park, Shopping, Target, The Urban Grape, wagamama, weekend, weekend recap

4.25-27: Weekend Recap

April 28, 2014

{Friday Night}

stir fry with tofu, string beans, and mushrooms | grimm | kitchen clean up | bed

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Another new (to me) breast pump from a Craigslist seller | Union Square Donuts | lots of laundry | Visited Price’s sister and mother in NH | watch NASCAR | bed

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lounge around in bed | Price made breakfast | Old Navy | Petsmart | Sweet Meadow Farm for rabbit pellets | dishes, laundry, house clean up | Blue Apron Meal for lunch | Autumn took a long nap | blogging | bread making | bed

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4.11-13: Weekend Recap

April 14, 2014

{Friday}

Work from home during the day | drop off milk for donation | Autumn finished 4th month vaccines (2 shots) | pizza | Grimm

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morning snuggles in bed| eftover pizza for breakfast | cleaning around the house | nap with Autumn | Old Navy & Costco with Autumn | laundry | took a walk on the beach | got ice cream | watch the Darlington NASCAR race | bed

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Up early | blueberry muffins | morning snuggles, nap | Price hung up pictures | dog park | give Kemper a bath | Price got his hair cut, went to Home Depot | made Chia pudding | Autumn didn’t want to nap – finally took a super long nap | I had a short nap, Price had a long nap | Turkey Teriyaki Meatballs for dinner | cleaning | mad men | bed

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: beach, Chia, cleaning, Costco, Grimm, hair cut, home depot, Old Navy, pizza, pizza hut, Shopping, weekend recap

4.4-6: Weekend Recap

April 7, 2014

{Friday}

work from home | get Autumn at 5pm | left overs | Grimm | popcorn | bed

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fruit for breakfast | belated b-day brunch with Chris | shopping | make dinner and lunch prep | Price gave Autumn a bath | work from home for a few hours | bed

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3.14-16: Weekend Recap

March 18, 2014

{Friday Afternoon & Night}

Price brought Autumn into work | Dinner: Price had Taco Bell, I had Indian take-out leftovers | Grimm

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sleep in | Sonic | test drive a Mazda CX5

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sleep in | creamy jam breakfast bars | Lunch at Fajitas and ‘Ritas | errands | food prep for the week | work on daycare decorations

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