Cajole.

 
cajole \kuh-JOHL\, transitive: To persuade with flattery, repeated appeals, or soothing words; to coax.
Cajole derives from Early Modern French cajoler, originally, “to chatter like a bird in a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter,” from Old French gaiole, jaiole, “a cage,” from Medieval Latin caveola, “a small cage,” from Latin [...]

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Pukka

pukka \PUHK-uh\, adjective:
1. Authentic; genuine.
2. Good of its kind; first-class.
Since life as I know it at present is not real interesting to write about (Not that it ever was. My goal was to simply start writing.) and seeing that good blogs tend to have some kind of theme or consistency and aren’t just a [...]

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Writer’s Block

Well, not so much writer’s block, just lack of interesting things to write about. We are very busy, but it has mostly to do with committee meetings, homework and cleaning. Not very fun to read or write about.
We did get new cell phones today- brand new, in fact- which is a huge accomplishment for us [...]

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Daaa Bulls, Da Bulls, Da Bulls, Da Bulls, Da Bulls, Da Bulls….

Friends of ours from school scored four free tickets to a Durham Bulls game last night and invited us to tag along. We had a great time! I knew we would have fun just getting to hang out since this couple is a particular favorite of ours, but the game was fun too- much to [...]

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27

 
Another August celebration is happening at our house. Matthew turns 27 today- he’s officially in his late twenties, which means that he’s really, truly, actually getting old! His will be a day spent at home, reading away (translation: he’s got a whole lotta studying to do). But, we did get a little treat from one of his [...]

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Ha-ha!

I was asked to take a personality test at work last week and thought I would post the results. For those of you who know me, you will most likely not be surprised by any of this, but may find it amusing. Matthew just kept shaking his head while he was reading it, saying, “Yep, [...]

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Up and running

We got our internet back on Thursday. Seems the storms a week ago fried the neighborhood cable box. At least we weren’t the only ones going “without” on the block.
In the mean time, I enjoyed life like it used to be pre-internet. Amazing how much more got done! It was a busy week nonetheless. Pampered Chef [...]

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Out of Commission…

We had some thunderstorms Friday night that knocked our home internet out. Three days later and it’s still out, which makes blogging rather difficult since I only have access at work and that’s limited.
You know, I’ve been daydreaming lately about what it would be like to live without all of the trappings of technology, out [...]

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Adison

 
 

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I’m an aunt!

Matthew’s sister had a baby girl, Adison Elizabeth, at 2:24 this afternoon. She weighed in at 8lbs, 5 oz and is 20 in long (if this is wrong it’s because I got the information from my husband second-hand and you know how guys are with this kind of thing). Everyone’s doing great.
This our first niece [...]

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