Classes started this past Wednesday, which means, among other things, that my to-do list has morphed - rather than containing all the shows on our TiVo I haven’t gotten around to yet, it now is a page full of readings and administrative details. All of the sudden Calvin is more important than House and I [...]

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Well, after a busy summer of packing, moving, unpacking, adjusting, CPEing, working, and adjusting some more, we decided what better way to spend our two weeks of vacation than in a car driving across the country?? What could be better?
Clearly many things we discovered after the first of many 12 hour days, but we [...]

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Well. It’s true that I am working a no-brainer job in an office this summer that I could have done without either of the two degrees I’ve worked so hard for; but do not despair, I have very successful friends, including Jina, who is currently writing for Christian Science Monitor. And because bragging is nothing [...]

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Truth be told it is nicer in Princeton than I was expecting. Yes, our apartment is smaller, yes the whole complex looks as though it is falling down and is plagued by mold, yes we live in state that can possess a smell humans should not know, but our apartment has some character, the weather [...]

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Life in Jersey has been quite busy, at least for my husband. We moved in almost two weeks ago, unpacked and set-up house in four days, had our first anniversary the next day, and then Adam started CPE the next day. And I, well, I read my book, ran errands, reorganized a few things, took [...]

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Apparently inquiring minds want to know what I’m planning on doing with my life next year while Adam is busy finishing up his degrees at Princeton Seminary.
While I considered being a dutiful housewife and staying at home to cook and clean for my very smart husband while he is busy out in the world finishing [...]

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It’s true. I got my first stitches yesterday. Somehow I managed to avoid getting stitches as a child, but to no avail apparently as I got six in my shoulder and back yesterday. I went in to have three moles taken off and apparently two of the gaping holes left required stitches. And boy, are [...]

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Disclaimer: Normally if we go out in the course of a week, it’s to a movie, sometimes out to dinner. Generally we’re stay at home kind of people; perhaps not always by choice, but certainly by budget and workload…
Disclaimer #2: We do have a budget. We are generally good at sticking to it. We don’t [...]

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I know. It’s been awhile. It happens. I’m sure you all survived just fine without my blog for a little while.
Meanwhile, crazy things have been happening in the cleaker household (yes, cleaker is a combination of our last names AND our new nickname among some of our used-to-be-best-friends).

Adam has a small problem of laughing at [...]

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Mmm… this is where my husband is moving us in May - lucky me ….

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