Nov
06

Book Giveaway!

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Really quickly, because I’m at work and shouldn’t be on here — Carrie over at Books & Movies is giving away the children’s fantasy novel The Purloined Boy. Head over to get your entry in!

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Nov
05

IT’S COMING!

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Nov
03

Day 2

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Wow, almost missed day 2 of NaBloWriMo!  Had several things I was thinking about blogging, but of course my day got ahead of me.  I’m too sleepy to blog for now.  I’ll leave you with cute:

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Nov
01

NaBloWriMo

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I know I have been dreadfully neglecting this blog, so I thought I’d try NaBloWriMo to get kick-started again.
This is why my blog is neglected – kids in the tub calling me.  I’ll be back to write some more!
OK, averted disaster, though my 2yo is now running the house nekkid.  What can I say, she [...]

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Sep
08

Homeschool no more . . .

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at least in spirit only. The girls started their first day of public school today. I thought I would cry, but I guess I have too much other stuff going on right now. I have been going thru a grieving process, letting go of that ideal for now in order to work & keep my [...]

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Aug
04

Dinner

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Tonight, chicken on the grill and pasta salad.
My recipe:
Jema’s Cheater Pasta Salad
Boil 4qt water, add pasta. Once the water comes back to a boil, add 1 bag frozen broccoli & cauliflower and 1 bag frozen peas (or whatever veg you happen to have in the fridge). When the pasta is al dente, [...]

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Jul
24

Brag on Him Friday

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I’ve been absent from the blog world for a while now, but today decided to go surfing through my Google Reader.  I happened upon Blissfuly Domestic’s newest meme, Brag On Him Friday.  So, here goes . . .
When we decided that I would go back to work a little over a year ago, one of [...]

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Jun
12

Catching up

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Wow, it’s been a while, huh?  So, what’s new?
The kids are great.  We just finished recital — my camera batteries died, so no pics til another mama sends me some — but trust me, they were adorable, and danced wonderfully!  I just loved the music their teacher chose.  “Praise You with the Dance” was the [...]

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Apr
04

A Personal Way to Go Green

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OK, male readers, or those who are squeamish about TMI, move along.
While journeying my cloth diapering adventure, I kept coming across other ways to re-use things we generally enjoy in their disposable form these days:  un-paper towels, sandwich bags, lunch bags, grocery bags, and more personal items like Family Cloth (yep, cloth you use [...]

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Mar
24

Bad parents . . .

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I used to just be baffled at parents who could let this happen.  I would have been right there with Doc (read the comments) lambasting those irresponsible parents.
Until last Monday night.
I had planned to take all 4 kids to a church event with me — a church event I had been to before without [...]

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wow.  What a well-spoken, self-aware young lady.  I’ve subscribed!

Twilight: To Read, Or Not To Read?
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From Fox News.com:

Title:
Presidential Oath
Published: Tue, 20 Jan 2009
Description: President Obama sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr.

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Automatically Generated Transcript (may not be 100% accurate) [ya think? - ed.]

” It is my distinct honor to present — Chief Justice of the United States. The honorable John G [...]

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Jan
01

Help me with my kitchen!

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We just were given a kitchen nook like this one, and moving everything around to fit it in has inspired me to de-clutter and actually DECORATE for the first time since we bought the house in 2003!  I’ve been putting it off because the whole thing really needs to be gutted and completely re-designed, but [...]

Yep, I’m still here, the kids are still great, baby’s still adorable.  I’ll be back to blog some more, but she’s sleeping so I’m going to try to get a little snooze in before she wakes up again!

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Nov
05

Mostly, we’ll miss the dancing

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LOVED it!
One think I always liked about GWB was his ability to laugh at himself.  Maybe that made him seem a buffoon to some, but I don’t think so.

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