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Wonderful
Our trip...was fantastic.Mind you, the reason for it is not what I would have chosen.... And it did rain darn near the entire trip. But we had the BEST time.Our travel went about as well as we could...
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Voila! A Cosmetic Bag
You know the feeling you get when you finish a project you've been lusting after for a long time and it actually came out the way you envisioned? How instead of swearing and lighting a pile of fabric...
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100 ways to say you care...
or...hey, I've done this blogging thing 100 times now. No. NOW. As in this very post. Can you feel the excitement?? ...ok, maybe that's just the second cup of coffee going down too fast.Alright ladies...
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Has anyone seen October?
I swear I'd just set it down here on my desk, went into the other room, and now its gone.So in the spirit of NoBloPoMo (national blog posting month) I'm trying to post twice a week all November. I...
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Why it takes me an hour to make one card...
Alternate title: Crafter OCDI'm in lockdown mode, trying to get things made for a craftshow I'm doing on the 23rd. I haven't done a craft show in almost two years and I'm in a slight panic. The whole...
View ArticleWhat? You mean you're NOT mindreaders?
Well, dear friends....I was just re-reading my previous blog posts, and just felt that SOMETHING was missing. That certain something, that extra touch, that....uh....date of the blog give-away...
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Sick of This Cold...
Title references both the weather (51 yesterday....34 today) and the viral version in my head. While I think a walk would benefit the head cold...the outside cold prevents me from doing so. (not so...
View ArticleI'm back..
Ok so I've been thinking about this blog post for a good week, not really sure how much to put here, so we'll just start and see where it leads us. Let's throw in a little TMI warning for good...
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Back to it
So in the midst of our chaos, the holidays (we were both working like crazy) and the energy/motivation zapping effects of 40*below weather....I have actually been making a few things...though I'm...
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Actual Conversation Earlier Today...
Tell me if I'm crazy...My lovely cousin, Nicole, is getting married in August. She has asked me to be in the wedding (what can I say, my family makes foolish choices...) I am - of course - delighted...
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Why my craft room is always a mess...
**disclaimer: Martha Stewart's of the world - now might be a good time to go scrub the underside of your couch, shine the grooves in your car keys, re-write your to-do list because the first was...
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FYI, I'm messing with blog colors. Having a heck of a time, so I've changed it about 6 times in the last 24 hours. I have things working against me...I don't like change in the sense that I'm so USED...
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Towels
Hello again! Hope everyone had a lovely Mother's Day! Ours was pretty basic - alarm didn't go off, woke up 10 minutes before we should have been leaving for church, decided to spend the morning...
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What I've been up to lately...
...besides freezing. Seriously dudes, its 54 degrees outside (though it "feels like" 49 according to the weather folks. why don't they just say 49. I don't care if its 54 if I'm really 5 degrees...
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5 years
Yesterday marked 5 years since my mom died. The picture above was the night Zach was born, he was about 12 weeks old when she passed. I hesitated to post about it here, because it makes people feel...
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I lost November
I swear it was just November 1st. Right? Am I crazy? And now its the end of November. Tomorrow I'll be 28 weeks pregnant (for those not fresh on their pregnancy info, its 40 weeks total - give or take...
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Treasury Love
Treasury!And in case you miss it (and quite honestly, so I can come back and dork-out anytime I want)The Christmas letters in the upper left, those would be mine! Its sickening how much this excites...
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Blog, Meet Lilly...
Lilly, meet the blog. After all, she is almost 9 weeks old. It's time you got acquainted. Eliana Sophia (we're calling her Lilly)9lbs 5oz (yes, I have those numbers in the right order..see below)4:05am...
View ArticleMother's Day Gift Guide
these are actual links that popped up when I googled "mother's day gift" let's file these under "don't...oh please, please DONNNNN'T"mom's own slot machine! WITH 500 free tokens! show mom you love her...
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So I'm a Slacker
Seriously. I know. Bad blogger. Wait, can I be called a blogger if I haven't blogged in months? hm.I'd like to say its because of the baby (partially) but it's mostly intimidation. See, it kept coming...
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I'm Back! ...Again. ...I think.
Oh, hey, hi there! How's it going? Kids are in college now? That long? wow!Ok, so I'm back, I hope! I actually got the *most* AWESOME comment in my email today, (here) and it was the best kind of...
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Our Gluten-Free Trial
And a trial by fire of sorts. Long story, involving...well...poop. But we're trying Lilly (2) on a gluten-free diet for a couple of weeks. There have been too many conversations in our house as of...
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Recipe Success!
Love when that happens, as more often than not...it doesn't. (user error, usually)A few days ago I came across this: "Cheesy" chickpea quinoa and spinachSo I thought "that looks good!" and pinned it on...
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Why it's taken me an hour to type a post title...
I sat down to type a 'quick' blog post...an hour ago. This is how far I've gotten. Right here.__________________________________________________Between nursing the noob - who is now in her bouncy...
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TMRL
Let's see if I remember how to use this contraption. I don't know if anyone blogs much anymore. Or if they do it's usually as a "social media influencer" and promoting some product or program. I'm...
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