CENTRAL MARKET PHOTOS

weird fruit

As I’ve mentioned, I’m trying to learn how to use my DSLR camera, which requires taking a lot of photos.  The day we went to Central Market for the hatch chile festival, I decided I’d already annoyed most of the people in the store by clogging up traffic in the aisles and getting in everyone’s […]

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MY SNOOZE BUTTON BROKE

caroline in the morning

This morning, when Aqualung started blaring from my alarm clock at 4:58 a.m. (technically 4:53, since my clocks are always set 5 minutes fast), I hit my trusty snooze button, but nothing happened, and it just kept getting louder. (Much to Jon’s annoyance–he doesn’t have to get up until 7:30.)  I always allow myself one snooze, and then […]

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HATCH CHILE FESTIVAL

hatch roaster

Every August Central Market ships in tons of hatch chiles from Hatch, New Mexico and puts on the hatch chile festival .  Last Saturday we headed to Central Market and fought our way through the crowds (who were super excited to have a girl with a giant DSLR camera around her neck bumping into their carts and blocking […]

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CELEBRATING 6 MONTHS AT THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

queen of sheba sign

or, I LOVE TEJ. Our dossier (giant packet full of our background/financial/personal/adoption info) arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Valentine’s Day, which means that, as of yesterday, we have been on the waiting list for 6 months.  To celebrate being that much closer to bringing our babies home, we had dinner last night at The […]

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THE BREAKFAST CLUB (REVELATIONS)

breakfast club labels

“…We think you’re crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are.  What do you care? You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, the most convenient definitions.  You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.  Correct? […]

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REST & RELATIONSHIPS

Denton aug2013

My mama had surgery last Monday morning and came home from the hospital Tuesday night.  Wednesday morning I headed up to my parents’ house to spend a couple of days preparing meals and keeping my mom company. I ended up staying 4 days, and it was a really sweet time of reconnecting with my parents […]

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WHY I BLOG

completelycarolinewhyiblog

2 Corinthians 3:17 …where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. This is the scripture that has been on my mind and on my heart as I have been preparing to launch this new blog, Completely Caroline.  It’s so simple, yet so rich and multi faceted.  A true revelation of God’s love and […]

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