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I am ridiculously proud of myself right now. Today, after much delay, I got out my sewing machine, Jack’s Cub Scout uniform, and allllllll of his patches.  It was a project I was dreading.  I am not a good sewer. I put on a few patches last year by hand and it was a total, [...]

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My 3-year-old just ran into the kitchen with my iPhone to show me how many matches he had on a memory game.  Then he said, “Good-bye, Mom!  I have to concentrate.” As, he left to play with the phone some more in the living room, I thought to myself, “Wow.  What a big boy using [...]

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So much going on this week – especially today! Earlier in the week, The Best Babysitter in Tennessee (previously The World, but I can’t do that to Brooke), gave birth to her second little boy, Benjamin.  Congrats to the Traylors!!! Today, my mom and her good friend are returning from a looooooonggggg trip to Ireland.  [...]

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Despite Saturday’s disappointment, our weekend turned out pretty good! First of all, I need to update you on Saturday’s Kiddieland fiasco.  As I said before, the trip to McDonald’s seemed to placate everyone.  Dan and I were still seething, but luckily, our children recover pretty quickly.  On Saturday evening I did receive a phone call [...]

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Today was supposed to be a big day for our family.  We were finally going to go to Kiddieland. I guess you’d call Kiddieland a miniature amusement park.  It has a gazillion rides, food, games, etc.  But, it’s for the younger set.  No gigantic roller coasters or drop-from-a-million-miles-up rides.  Mostly spinning, swinging, coasting rides.  Kiddieland [...]

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Me:  Jaaaaccckkkkk! Him:  Yes, Mom? Me:  It’s time to come in for dinner. Him:  Okay (walking toward me from the yard). Me:  What do you have in your hands? Him:  A cherry tomato. Me:  Oh, okay. Him:  And a slug.

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A few weeks ago, Dan decided that Sunday was cleaning day.  He gave everyone a different list of chores and we all got busy. One of my chores was to clean the refrigerator.  Not just clean it out – ridding ourselves of the icky science experiment-type stuff – but clean it, too.  I set to [...]

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Anyone with kids knows that children = dirt.  Every family operates differently, but since babyhood, each child in this family bathes or showers (with or without help) every night.  The only exceptions are if we have literally not left the house and it’s a weekend and it doesn’t matter as much what anyone looks like. [...]

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Have you ever known someone that just slightly intimidates you?  Not for any real reason – they aren’t older or wiser or smarter (probably) and they don’t really have anything to make you envious.  It’s just that they… well, intimidate you for some reason.  And, that slight intimidation festers and grows.  It creates self fulfilling [...]

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Despite our inexperience (with plants), we are excited about the growth occurring around here. Remember our hops plant? Look at it now! (Too bad we don’t remember what type of hops plant we planted.  This will make for interesting brewing later on…) We are also proud to announce the appearance of cherry tomatoes: And peppers: [...]

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