Cars, kids, trips. Oh my!
A Mom's Life
by Beth Cotell
2w ago
Sarah's car may finally be fixed.  Hyundai wanted to do what is called under the Better Business Bureaus terms a "final repair" before things moved into arbitration. She dropped the car off at the service center at the dealership near school (which in my opinion is better than the one near us). They had the car for over 2 weeks and weren't able to duplicate the problem - because it occurs randomly. But finally (and thankfully!) they tried again on the day we wanted to pick it up and all the warning lights came on and it wouldn't go out of park. They were able to get the codes from the war ..read more
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Lady Locks Recipe (aka Mini Cream Horns)
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by Beth Cotell
2M ago
I love cream horns.  Love. Them.  And Sarah has inherited my love for them.   One time at work in the late 90s, a co-worker popped her head into my cubicle and said, "There's cream horns in the break room!" (After customer meetings, the admins would always put any leftover food in the break room for any one to take. It was a high light of sitting near the break room. I shot up from my chair, flew out of my cubicle and into the break room at record speed shouting, "There's cream horns in the break room! There's cream horns in the break room!" I gobbled up that cream horn so ..read more
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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! All the things...
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by Beth Cotell
2M ago
And just like that - it's January! December went by pretty fast for me.  Sarah was home from school on the 4th. She had a paper to submit and an online exam due at the end of that week but they could be turned in/taken from home so that was nice.   Dan headed to Ireland on December 11th but flew out of Raleigh so he was able to have lunch with Peter after he finished his last exam.  I was glad he got to see both kids before his trip since his time with them over their break was going to be minimal. I worked 4 days a week while the kids were home and other than sleeping in a ..read more
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My new favorite cookie!
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by Beth Cotell
3M ago
Last week, a co-worker had the idea that we should all bring in cookies for another coworker who has been going through a hard time lately.  It was a lovely idea but I tend to have Grinch-like qualities when I feel like I have too much to do and not enough time to do it - like right now, since it's Christmas. But I took a step back and decided it was a very nice thing to do (a very Christmasy thing to do, in fact) and I could find the time to make some cookies. Once I put myself in the right frame of mind (more kind and giving and less grumpy and frowny), I had to decide what kind of cook ..read more
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Our Thanksgiving
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by Beth Cotell
4M ago
 Better late than never is my new blog motto! Now that it's Advent, let me tell you about Thanksgiving... The kids both made it home for Thanksgiving. Sarah rolled in on Monday evening and Peter rolled in on Tuesday afternoon (I think. That seems like ages ago.)  Joe joined us for dinner on Wednesday and that was really nice. I like it when my dinner table is full even though I don't necessarily like to cook especially for non-family members. Both kids brought with them head colds in addition to Peter's allergy to our cats.  So there was lots of sneezing and hacking and general ..read more
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Twenty-One Is...
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by Beth Cotell
4M ago
Happy 21st birthday to Peter.  I can't believe how quickly we've gotten here and yet...here we are.   I was thankful to have both Peter and Sarah home this weekend so we were able to properly celebrate him even though Dan is out of the country.  Dan will be home Friday and he's flying through Raleigh so they will meet for dinner and a beer to celebrate this milestone! When the kids were little I always did a birthday post for them but stopped when they hit 18.  Being 21 feels like it deserves a special post to so here we go. 21 is... Kind Reserved Intelligent Witty Lai ..read more
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Seven Quick Takes
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by Beth Cotell
4M ago
I thought I'd hope on here real quick and do a proof of life post!  :)  HA! I am still alive and kicking but I don't ever feel like I have anything to post on the blog.  Since it's Friday. I thought to get the old blogging juices flowing I would do a Seven Quick Takes like I used to do back in the day.  So, here they are in no particular order: 1. We have two maple trees in our front yard that we planted shortly after we built this house in 2006.  I'm guessing they were planted in 2007. When we got them from the nursery the name on the tag was October Glory! We were so ..read more
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UNC Charlotte Parents Weekend.
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by Beth Cotell
5M ago
 This past weekend we visited Sarah at UNC Charlotte for Parent Weekend!   We got there on Saturday morning around 11:30 and met Sarah at our hotel. She hopped into our car and we went to get lunch.  We ended up at Landmark Diner.  She's been there several times with friends and who doesn't love a good diner on a Saturday morning? After eating, we headed back to campus and dropped some things off to her apartment and then we headed to the football game. We were playing Navy and it was such a horrible game.  At the end of the first half the score was 0-0 if that te ..read more
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NC State Parents Weekend.
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by Beth Cotell
6M ago
Dan's travel schedule has been crazy this year so when I bought tickets for the NC State Parents Weekend football game, it was touch and go if we could make it.  But the clouds parted and the heavens opened and the angels began to sing and we were able to go!  Now, please note that he left for Ireland on Sunday morning but will be back Friday night.  So we were able to make it to Raleigh AND his trip is a short one.  We are considering this a win-win.  Interesting side note - as we were driving home from Raleigh Dan calculated that September was the only month so far t ..read more
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Happy birthday to me!
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by Beth Cotell
6M ago
Wednesday, September 13th was my birthday!  I turned FIFTY-FOUR!  I have that in all caps because, wow! That's old!  I know I've said it on here before but I still feel 21 in my mind but my body tells me 54 is that accurate number.   I was off work on Wednesday and so was my brother.  He joined me on my errands and treated me to lunch at Yamas.  Yamas is a local restaurant that is very similar to Cava but I like it much better.  My go to order is always the 1/2 grain (basmati rice) and 1/2 salad (mixed greens is what I usual go for) bowl.  For my ..read more
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