It’s beginning to feel a lot like spring around here. I’ve dusted off my sewing machine and made an outfit for K. It definitely had a spring feel to it. I made a skort from the pink and white floral fabric. Skorts are still cute when you’re 5. She picked it out herself and I [...]

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They are giving away a million subs. Go to their website for details. Quiznos In this economy, I’ll take all the free food I can get!

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So last week, Jon went to lunch with a couple of friends. They ate at a local barbeque joint and he enjoyed his lunch. The amusing part was the waitress flirting with him. Normally, this isn’t something that would sit well with me, but you have to hear the rest of the story. I was [...]

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“Love is a fruit in season at all times.” -Mother Teresa I was searching for cute lunch ideas. I like to mix it up a bit for the girls and have something different for them to eat. They eat a large variety of foods so it’s fairly easy to give them something different. I recently [...]

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As I’ve mentioned before, we love books in this house. It does not matter how busy we are, a day never goes by when we don’t read something. Usually we read multiple books to the girls and they get a final bedtime story after they are all clean and snuggly in their pajamas. Then after [...]

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For dessert tonight we had chocolate covered strawberries. I love using the Baker’s milk chocolate that comes in the tub. You just pop the container in the microwave and out comes delicious chocolate ready for dipping strawberries. I always keep a tub on hand for those chocolate emergencies. What? Do not look at me that [...]

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I was searching for some cute cupcake ideas the other day and came across this Flickr account from Hello Naomi. She has the gosh darn cutest creations! I love all of the girly ones she does. That Naomi is also very talented in making other themes as well. Don’t they look good enough to not [...]

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“You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.” -William D. Tammeus Last Friday K was out of school and we were invited by friends to join them to paint pottery. It [...]

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In honor of Valentine’s Day, Amazon.com is offering Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On single MP3 for free! It’s now on my iPod. I had never purchased a MP3 off Amazon and it prompted me to download it’s installer. Then it automatically uploaded it to my iTunes library after I downloaded it. Here’s the link [...]

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It was sunny and 70 degrees last weekend so I took the girls up to my mom and dad’s house. Jon was at drill this weekend so he had to miss out on the fun. My mom packed a picnic lunch and we headed to one of the playgrounds in their neighborhood. A couple of [...]

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“The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother’s side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and become fully independent.” -Erich Fromm I went back to see my ENT this afternoon. My uvula is swollen again. He’s not [...]

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“The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant–and let the air out of their tires.” -Dorothy Parker Coupons in the Sunday paper just don’t seem to be what they used to be. Instead of coupons for grocery items I buy I see a lot of ads instead. Do [...]

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I don’t have much time to write, so I’m going to get caught up with my calendar quotes. “Each child has one estra line to your heart, which no other child can replace.” -Marguerite Kelly and Elia Parsons “Being a daughter is only half the equation; bearing one is the other.” -Erica Jong “We never [...]

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This economy stinks. Everyone feels the pinch these days. So in an effort to save money, I’m learning new ways to have fun for less. I am so excited about my first step. In our house, we love books. Books are everywhere. We read everyday and the girls take books to bed with them each [...]

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We don’t have much in the way of Valentine’s Day decorations around here. I saw this idea in a magazine I read while I was recovering from surgery. I caught up on many magazines during those two weeks! During nap time today, I whipped up this faux topiary. I cut hearts out of felt and [...]

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