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a craft room
I'm going to have my very own craft room! Sure, it will be in the basement, with the piles of dead asian beetles and the occasional dead mouse.....but my very own craft room!!!!Steve picked up some...
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"self indulgent ramblings of a hopelessly flawed wannabe"
Remember when that used to be my blog sub-title?I kinda miss it.It was my license (a word I can NEVER spell correctly the first time) to rambleon and on and on in my posts with no apologies becausehey,...
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Our day of love
It started with a demonstrationon the use of a Bible concordance.Of course love was the word of the day.The girls looked up a few of the familiar versesin their own Bibles.They each picked a favoriteor...
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Dear Winter,
Looks like we have to say goodbye. I am not really sad about it,but I will be excited to see you again...when the time is right.And if I start missing you before then,I have these picturesfrom one of...
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eating my words
Dear Winter,Looks like we have to say goodbye. I am not really sad about it,but I will be excited to see you again...when the time is right.And if I start missing you before then,I have these...
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on not being fun
Remember this post about Fun Daddy?Welp, nothing has changed since I wrote it.Steve is just as fun as ever.....and I know the girls love him more than they love me.At least in the way they understand...
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I fall. I trip. I am hooked on phonics.
We were lucky enough to spend the better part of last week vacationing with wonderful friends in Las Vegas. Without kids. (Thanks Mom and Dad!) I will spare you the details, but there was a big fall....
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Something about Mary
I have an amazing friend named Mary. In my world, all people with the name of Mary are amazing.......sweet, generous, thoughtful, and just plain good. This Mary is no exception. She is an excellent...
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A post totally unrelated to Resurrection Sunday
It is Easter Sunday and I am still in my jammies. Home with a puking Gwen and, to be entirely honest, not too sad to be missing the day's festivities. Having picked up more hours at work, along with...
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on deadlines
I have always needed a deadline to be productive. Yes, I was the one who waited till the night before a term paper was due to pull an all-nighter. I need to know that company will be arriving in few...
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my new little pills
I just discovered I have a hypothyroid. I will spare you the details, but the past couple of months I've had some pretty bizarre and unexplainable symptoms leading me to believe I had a blood clot in...
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more GweNIV translations
I tried to convince Addie to try out for a community theater production ofJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat."Tried to convince" really means I bribed her with $100.What can I say, I am an...
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July heat.
Can it really be July already?Am I getting a smidge predictable with my intros? Where has the time gone?Where have I been the past two months?Is summer really half over?Maybe if I were to be more...
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all in a [few] day's work
I am still processing the events of the past couple weeks in which Addie's "kidney infection" turned out to be a very scary case of hemolytic uremic syndrome requiring an ambulance ride to Mayo, 2...
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Occupational BERRapY
Addie is improving, her appetite and energy level both increasing. She is still quite pale due to her low hemoglobin levels and is quite bruised from all the poking and pulling of last week's...
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my little corner of the world
OK.I'll admit it.I am spoiled.This morning's "breakfast" is a piece of pound cake drizzled in my yummy raspberry saucewith a dollup of Cool Whip.Eaten in front of the computer where I have been...
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Barn Dance
My wonderful friend and the girls' babysitter (still trying to think of a special name that describes what a blessing LaDeane has been to our family) invited us to her barn dance to celebrate her 30th...
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a little more summer
After much deliberation, we have decided to put the girls in private school this year.Big changes are ahead and my nest will soon be very empty,at least during the day.There are definite pros and...
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all alone.
I just dropped all four of my girlies off for their first day of school.Sorry. No cute photos documenting this momentous day.Couldn't find the camera:(They were excited.And a little nervous.Wanted to...
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an update
Don't worry.The tears have been replacedwith lots of check markson my to-do list.Who knew a girl could accomplish so much?Excuse me while I go finishassembling the lasagna fortonight's dinner.And...
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