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honest scrap: 10 honest things

I’ve been tagged by the lovely Allison (fellow BurghMom, w00t!) for ‘Honest Scrap’. She thinks I’m BRILLIANT! Boy, do I have her fooled. The Honest Scrap award is given by other bloggers who consider a blog’s content or design to be brilliant. The awardee must then post ten honest things about themselves and pass the award read more..

weekly winners, volume 15

A day late. Better than not at all, I always say! mmmm cake hanging basket puddles & chubby knees rocky watching for ducks rainbow & my shadow More posts like this: positive/negative March 6, 2006 just re-read it, and this post is positively thrilling. prepare yourself. March 24, 2008 Detergent Debacle update March 12, 2006 weekly winners, volume 3 March 30, 2009 bloggers in the real world read more..

so no one told you life was gonna be this way

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about friendship. Depending on where we are in our lives, friendship takes on different meanings. When we’re 5, it’s pretty much whoever lets us play with their toys or whoever likes the same cartoon character that we do. As we grow older, the requirements for being friends with someone become read more..

bits of everything, all over the damn place, including MY BRAINS, OMG.

OH THIS WEEK. This week has nearly beaten me. I have never had to make so many phone calls and appointments or fill out so many papers or have such an incredible amount of work to do in such a short time. My house is in shambles, there is clean and dirty laundry everywhere and read more..

weekly winners, volume 14

Not a ton of pictures taken this week, but I got a couple good ones. A day late though- still catching up from our crazy weekend! my baby, growing up splish splash TA-DA!!! running More posts like this: weekly winners, volume 8 May 3, 2009 corn and ice cream. August 25, 2008 recipe & weight loss tips: breakfast egg burrito April 6, 2009 positive/negative read more..

let’s hear it for FRIDAY!

Friday Five means it’s THE WEEKEND, hooray! Time for a pointless blog post to get things started! 1. What are your feelings about milk? meh. I like milk, but I’m not a huge fan of drinking a big glass of it. I know my mom will yell at me for this (“ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH CALCIUM, read more..

in which I drive you nuts with pictures of OUR NEW HOUSE.

After having our house on the market for a month (which I know isn’t that long at all, especially in the market right now, but OMG IT FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY) we finally got an offer last week while we were at the beach and now have an agreement on our house. Which means! We’re read more..

weekly winners, volume 13: VACATION EDITION! w00t!

Oh my Lord in Heaven, I have so much to talk about. But I’m still on Beach Time, so you’ll have to bear with me. I managed by some miracle to get (most of) our vacation pictures processed and uploaded tonight. It was a fantastic week, filled with lots of giggles and fun and sunshine read more..

7 years

Dear Dan, I don’t think I’ve ever written you an official Blog Letter before. Maggie has had a few, but sadly, you’ve been left out, and I’m sorry for that. It’s not that I don’t think you’re worthy, it’s more just because I figure you know how I feel about you after all these years. And read more..

beach-bound

That’s what we’ll be at approximately 5am tomorrow (which in reality will probably be more like 6am, but I’m trying to be optimistic here.) Just a short (ha) 10-hour drive and it’ll be sand & sunshine for 7 days. We’re actually staying not too far from where we were last year. Not right on the beach read more..