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I don’t know if she gets it from her dad, her gran or her great-grandmother. She certainly doesn’t get it from me.
It’s the art of “ripening.” Maria, who is the least shy little girl you’ll ever meet, brings out what shyness she has when putting on a new outfit. She wants to [...]

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We’re in Texas. Finally, I can blog about it.
We’re here in Austin, TX for my Dad’s surprise 70th birthday party, of which I’ll blog about at a later date. Right now, I have to tell you about a little side trip we took to Dallas.
We arrived in Austin LATE Friday night. My [...]

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Michelle, Julie, Courtney, Theresa, Sarah, Shannon… These are my girlfriends. My oldest, best girlfriends. We went to high school together and Michelle and I went to college together. For a while after college, I think we may have all been in Dallas together at the some time but not for long.
Families, [...]

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Desperate for something to do today, I took the kids to The Pottery Room with my Mom’s Club.
Yes. You read that right. My kids… The Pottery Room.
You know, one of those places with shitloads of breakable things different types of pottery pieces that you can paint?
My kids didn’t break anything, so I’d say [...]

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It’s a sad, sad day here in Tennessee. Not because Dan is sick in bed with the stomach flu. Not because of the sweltering heat, which is keeping the kids inside.
It’s a sad day here because some of our very best friends just moved away. Far away. Far away from here [...]

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My dear, wonderful, fun friend Kristina made The Cut today.
For the past year she’s been growing out her long, thick, beautiful black (or nearly black) hair for Locks of Love. It has apparently been somewhat of a struggle, as it takes quite some time to dry and can be difficult to style (although I [...]

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If you can believe it, it got worse.
I thought we were in the clear. We got off to gymnastics without a hitch. While Maria was working on her straddle jumps, the boys and I ran out for gas and went to Target to pick up a gift for cousin Joey’s first birthday.
As we [...]

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The cat’s out of the bag. There’s a bun in the oven!
No. Not my oven. (Shocking, I know.)
The bun is in Troy’s oven. (I told you she was a girl). I couldn’t be happier for her and her family. This will be R baby #4.
FOUR?!?!? You say. FOUR? [...]

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Yesterday, my dear friend, Troy (remember - this is a girl, people) had a hair appointment, so I had her three boys over for a playdate.
They had a blast! I mean, there were the normal ups and downs of sibling and friend play. There were a few claimed “injuries,” and some tattletaling (mostly [...]

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It pains me to do this. Really. I’m sure, though, that it pains Kristina more. (Please don’t hate me!) However, I can’t help myself. I have my computer screen saver set on a slide show of all the pictures stored on my computer. Last time some of these came [...]

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