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It’s Damon Day!
I’m running out of ideas for halfway original birthday posts… I think that means my kids are getting TOO old! Today was Damon’s eleventh birthday. I really can’t wrap my brain around that number… but...
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Three dozen years
My dad sent me a birthday gift in the mail a few days ago… and the message on the gift slip said, “Happy three dozen, sweetie!” And it kind of made me stop dead in my tracks. And I thought, “Three...
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The Hunger Games: the movie
I read the books quite some time ago… January 3, 2011 according to GoodReads. I gave the first book 4 stars (out of 5) and didn’t bother to actually write a review of any kind. I remember liking the...
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What you don’t see
One of my oldest and dearest friends recently became the mom of a beautiful baby girl… her second in less than 2 years. After playing phone tag for a few days, we finally caught up with each other this...
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Standalong!!
So, last week someone that I follow on GoodReads posted a review of Stephen King’s The Stand. And one of her comments was that it’s her very favorite Stephen King book. And that’s all it took for me to...
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Photo a Day: August 1
Stumbled upon this daily photo challenge today… and since it’s August 1st, I’d say I found it just in time! I’m planning to do this with Instagram, which I also post on Facebook… and I’m going to try...
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Photo a Day: August 2
Today’s prompt is “one.” So my photo is a pic of a scrapbook layout that I made years ago of Avery on her very first birthday, with lots of variations of the number one. She was so darn cute. And...
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Photo a Day: Aug 4 and 5
Yes, I know I skipped the August 3 photo. The prompt was “coin.” And I couldn’t think of anything more exciting than a photo of a coin… and I wasn’t very inspired by that. So I knowingly skipped that...
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Neglect
Ohhhhh-kay. So it’s been another month and a half since I last posted here. Why, why, why don’t I blog more?? I always think about blogging… in fact, I write numerous blog posts in my head, usually...
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Comet
I’ve been thinking about writing a post about Comet for almost a month now. Tonight, I actually started to write one… and couldn’t get halfway through. I feel like nothing I could write would come...
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Miss Roxie
So, here’s another loooong overdue post! After we lost Comet, I honestly had NO intentions of getting another dog anytime soon. It was kind of a relief only having one canine in the house, honestly!...
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In your 9th year…
you were a four-wheeling mama you were always hijacking my computer and begging me to make your hair curly you loved to play in the dirt (even though you’re a true diva at heart) you still loved to...
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2013 Reading Challenges
I love reading challenges. I’m not sure I’ve ever successfully completed one… but the two I’ve signed up for so far this year don’t seem too difficult to keep up with! First up is the Second Chances...
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Hates football, loves to… READ!!
And, in a nutshell, that’s why I’m participating in this Superbowl Readathon today instead of obsessing over finger foods and which jersey to wear. I’m currently on the last third of this book… and...
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Superbowl Readathon… update
So, I actually finished the last part of Rock Chick earlier. Really enjoyed that book and had to force myself not to go ahead and go crazy purchasing the rest in the series for my Nook… right now! But...
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Anatomy of a layout
I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately… I’ve actually been scrapbooking! And it feels good! I now have my computer set up at my scrapbook table, so while I was scrapbooking yesterday and today, I...
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February, week one photos
Every month, Fat Mum Slim hosts a photo-a-day challenge. She has a list of prompts, one for each day, and you just take a pic and upload it… to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, wherever (those are the...
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Anatomy of a Layout: Twelve
Yesterday I was inspired by this picture that I took of Damon on his 12th birthday… a little over a week ago. Found this layout on Pinterest that I decided to try. Here are the supplies I gathered…...
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Miscommunication
My kids have been fighting like cats and dogs lately. And, oddly enough, this is not exactly normal for them. Even though they’re 12 and 9 and you’d probably expect them to fight like cats and dogs,...
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Scrappy Sunday!
I’m scrapping today… it’s becoming my new “weekend thing” these days, which is just fine with me! Today I found this sketch over at Creative Scrappers, which inspired my first layout. I used pics of...
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