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My name is Dawn and I'm a GenX Jesus follower who loves my family, a good adventure, and chances to be creative. This is my nomadic life!
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"Christmas: the only time of year you can sit in front of a dead tree eating candy out of socks."
Author Archives: Dawn
Not Your Average Joe – A Christmas Sermon
I love Christmas music. Some of you might be groaning right now, or think it’s a little weird, but I happily embrace all of it. No, wait. I take that back. You can keep “Santa Baby”. If I never hear … Continue reading
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Finding Christmas
“and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! ” – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol This … Continue reading
Posted in The Nomad Experience
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A Legacy of Pie
Happy Thanksgiving friends! In an effort to distinguish myself from every other recipe blog post, I’m going to post the recipe first. Also, this saves me from spending an hour on google and YouTube trying to figure out how to … Continue reading
Posted in Something sweet
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Hello Kansas
Well, our destination for the next few months has been determined. Not the Arctic, and not the beach. (for reference, see my post “ok God, so what’s the plan?”) And now the packing has begun. One day we were told … Continue reading
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Ok God, what’s the plan?
Both the leaves and temperatures are falling; our time in New York is coming to an end. We have one, maybe two weeks left here. We don’t have a final date yet, or a destination. A beach town? (Please God, … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
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Maple whiskey cider
I don’t usually end up playing bartender – that’s Barry’s job. 😉 But we had a whiskey that neither of us really cared for straight, and I saw this recipe on Pinterest I thought might redeem it. We had all … Continue reading
Posted in Sips and spirits
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5 day itinerary for New York City
Over Labor Day weekend, Barry and I were able to take a trip to the Big Apple! I had only been there for a day when I was 13, and Barry was a toddler on his only trip, so we … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
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Tips and Tricks for NYC
Here are a few things we learned along the way: Transportation
Posted in New York City
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The trip that wasn’t
As I write this, I’m supposed to be driving home from Vermont with my husband in our Jeep, fresh off of a 10-day Leaves and Lobster New England road trip. Where am I really, you may be wondering. In the … Continue reading
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Hello world!
And a blog is born! This post is really not about anything; it generated automatically when I first reserved this website. I decided not to delete it because it marks the birthday of The Sunnydaze Diaries. You’ll notice there are … Continue reading
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