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Tomorrow is my anniversary.  12 years.  Let’s hope for another 12, at least.  ‘Cause I certainly don’t want to be left on my own with these kids.
Late this afternoon, I went out to run a couple of errands.  One of which was to pick up a gift for Dan.  I knew what I wanted to [...]

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My new bedroom!  Complete with new bedding (thanks, Caroline!), fresh paint and new trim.  MUCH improved, don’t you think?

Before:

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I failed to rise early this morning, so I had to get my Wii Fit exercising in with The Little Boys at home and conscious.  Which means I was interrupted with pleas to join in.
So, before getting my time in, I set the boys up to do a few things.  They LOVE the run – [...]

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I guess Mother Nature is trying to psych us out again today, as Sunday’s high will be 22 degrees.
But today… today we had a high of 52!  And that is WARM!!!  When we went to pick Jack up from school no one wanted to wear their coats.  “We don’t need them!  It’s too warm!” they [...]

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I have to admit I’m not as good as I thought I’d be about using my new Wii Fit.  I mean, I use it.  But not every day like I want to/should.  I NEED to be using it every day.  Plus, it’s annoying when you start it up and the little balance board guy says, [...]

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Yesterday morning I had a doctor’s appointment.  Thankfully, Bert* gets to use sick time to cover the kids for me when this happens.  My appointment was early, so Bert took the kids to school so I could get a shower in beforehand.
Bert has taken the kids to school before, so (despite my control-freak nature) I [...]

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You know it’s bad when JACK is bummed out that it’s supposed to snow again.
… Winter Storm Watch in effect from Friday evening through
Saturday afternoon…
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a Winter Storm
Watch… which is in effect from Friday evening through Saturday
afternoon.
6 to 8 inches of snow is expected to fall across northeast
Illinois [...]

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My dad (a.k.a. Maddog) sent poor, injured Maria a beautiful bouquet of flowers, complete with pink and white balloons.  They were delivered this morning and I put them out so they were waiting for her upon her arrival from kindergarten.
She was THRILLED (which means even more than happy)!
She was happy enough to have flowers in [...]

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Maria has been pestering us to let her have her ears pierced.  We’ve talked about it a lot and threw around some ideas:  Maybe for her 6th birthday.  Or, maybe for Uncle Jeff’s wedding.
Well, when we showed up at Grandma’s on Saturday afternoon, Uncle Mike, Aunt Kim, Paige, Kristen and Matt were there.  The subject [...]

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We arrived safe and well at Grandma’s house mid-afternoon yesterday.  In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Grandma cooked steak and lobster tails.  Mmmmmmm.  Combined with a couple of good beers (we’re taking a short sabbatical from The Diet) and we were in heaven.
The kids ran off to play while the grown-ups chatted and cleared the table.  [...]

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