AT THE WATER’S EDGE:
LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
Journey with Me
Hi there! My name is Dana. I created this space as a place to share the things I learn along this journey I call life. I am a Jesus follower, wife, twin mom and dog mom. I work in marketing/sales analytics and I’m a sort of Jane of All Trades, interested in all things nature, gardening, cooking, crafting, traveling, exploring and learning new things. This blog is a conglomeration of my interests, hobbies, life and life lessons. Thanks for stopping by!
Latest Blog Posts
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If you’ve never been to Qdoba, you should go. It’s delicious. In fact, their queso burritos are so good that I decided I needed to find a way to make them at home. I’ve come up with what I think is a fairly close approximation to what I can get there. The one thing that
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These doors are currently in the process of being painted! In case you were wondering, we are slowly (but surely) making progress on our winter house project (painting all of our trim white, and replacing our interior doors). I’ve painted the trim in one bedroom (minus the closet), our downstairs family room and one of
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Lasagna was one of the first meals my mom taught me how to cook. It’s not terribly difficult, but does take some time to put together. My husband, Tom, likes lasagna a lot more than I do, so I usually end up making it at his prompting. Part of the problem is that it makes
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I’m not usually one to make New Year’s resolutions. I guess I just think I should make changes in my life whenever I realize that I need to make changes. However, it is nice to take time each year to reflect and think about improvements you can make. This year, I decided to set three
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Every year for the past, well, as long as I can remember, I’ve enjoyed making sweets and treats around Christmastime that I can share with family, friends and neighbors. Of course, I always enjoy it more when I do it with my mom, which, sadly, I was unable to do this year. In the past,
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This Christmas, I really want to reflect on what we are celebrating and why we have reason to celebrate. Yes, “Jesus is the reason for the season.” But, I’d like to look a little deeper than that. What does it mean that Jesus came to this earth, why did he come, and what is the
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Our winter house project (painting all of our trim white) is coming along….slowly. I got part of our downstairs family room done – just need to finish up the doorways and the ceiling. With the new paint and the new credenza we recently purchased, the room is actually starting to look like a nice, sophisticated
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One of my family’s favorite dishes that I make is my enchiladas. I created my own recipe, inspired from my dad’s enchiladas that he started making probably when I was in high school, as well as from a few recipes I found online. As with most of my recipes, there are several variations, but here’s
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One of my friends first introduced me to Pleiades last year. Pleiades is a star cluster located in Taurus that contains hundreds of stars, though only a few of them are visible to the naked eye. It has recently come into view again in my night sky (when there aren’t too many clouds, as there
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