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* Currently trying to cook my way through this delicious (and I mean delicious) cookbook.
 
*Every Tuesday on my 20ish minute drive back, I'm listening to my favorite reader match-make books with others on her new podcast!
 
*The newest obsession of mine in expensive children's clothes that I'll never buy. Could it be they'll take over my love affair with Tea? That plaid top with snaps!
 
*When I seriously need a good laugh about this year's election...
 
*Every prayer and hopeful thing she writes, but this week, this one.
 
*I just caught up on the first season of Invisibilia, and I'm hooked. You've got a few more months before they start season 2, plenty of time for those hour-long episodes.
 
*My kids are starting a coding subscription and I'm super excited for it to be a part of our curriculum next year!
 
*Can. Not. Wait. (Summer 2016)
 
*Rise of the Robots from NOVA is on our weekend queue for the kids.
 
*About to start this book. Have you read it?
 
*Do you like travel? Are you a foodie? My free way of doing both.
 
*Gorgeous jewelry (and then, I find out it was made by a now-deceased French man in the 20s. Go figure)
 
*I'm not a player, either. 

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