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The morning began with it’s usual chaos – potty, teeth, dressing, feeding and getting kids to school.  It was a Lukie day, which means we all had to park and walk across the street to school.  In the freezing cold snow.  Sam fell.  Twice. After dropping the kids, I swung by the house and grabbed [...]

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This morning, my oh, so talented 3-year-old threw a rock… hitting himself in the face with it.

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I’m sure not many people are foolish enough to bring all four of their small children to the dentist’s office at the same time.  Especially when only two of those four were being worked on.  But, what’s a mom to do?  Life is a little different here than it was in Small Town, TN.  Dan [...]

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Not to the upstairs bathroom, mind you.  Ours.  The first floor bathroom.  This is the bathroom that is tiny and pretty ugly and needs serious updating.  This is also the bathroom we’ve all been relying on while the upstairs toilet was replaced and while we find a solution to the rusted out bathtub (which I [...]

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Sounds pretty, doesn’t it? Don’t forget to roll those l’s when you say it. I figure I need a pretty label for this house. It sounds nice and warm, sunny and happy. Something to combat the dark cloud hovering above us. Which Will. Not. Go. Away. Each time we see some blue sky peaking through, [...]

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I finally got to the point where there was enough floor showing to vacuum.  What happens?  The cord, which is plugged into the kitchen counter outlet, knocks over my ever-present Diet Dr. Pepper, dumping an almost full soda all over the counter top, cabinets and floor. I think I’m going to go cry in my [...]

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…That is the question. There’s a fairly new show on HGTV where people who are thinking about buying a house spend the night in it first to try it out. Right. Like anyone is going to let you do that. Plus – what a hassle, right? Well, I’m starting to see the brilliance in that [...]

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At 3-something a.m., Maria came downstairs and asked to climb into bed with us. This is very unusual for her. It being 3-something a.m. and us being too tired to argue, we let her. A few minutes later, though, she announced that she was heading back to her own bed. At 3-something-else a.m., Maria hollered [...]

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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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…sucks. Except for the first day or two of school when Jack was so excited he couldn’t stand it, I have had to wake him each morning to get ready for school. It usually takes him a while to get up and moving and by the time we need to leave I’m pushing, threatening and [...]

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