Wordless Wednesday
Hannah’s Christmas Gift from Her Aunt Donna:

Sewing Lessons!
…and…

A New Custom-made Dress!

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I might have mentioned on the Twitter once or twice that we’re doing something different for Thanksgiving this year: Celebrating at the BEACH.
Yep, tomorrow my Beloved will cook turkey with all the trimmings in a high-rise rental condo overlooking the Gulf of Mexico.
(Your jealousy is entirely justified.)
(I apologize for gloating.)
(Not really.)
So we’re looking forward to [...]

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Happy Saturday!
Last night’s slumber party report: Fun was had by all, the craft looked like it was gonna be a #FAIL but SuperMom worked it out at the end, we remembered the cake and presents, my daughters only fought 3 times, and everyone was quiet before MIDNIGHT.
I deem it a SUCCESS.
The following is a video [...]

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Do you know what a “meme” is? I had a rough idea of what it means in the blogging world. But for the sake of thorough research, I looked it up in Wikipedia.
My head exploded. No seriously. Read just the first paragraph:
A meme (pronounced /?mi?m/, rhyming with “cream”[1]) is a postulated unit or element of [...]

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The color fades from the sky, lightening to pale blue, which then grays as it gradually mixes with black. The first star appears overhead, and the tree frogs turn up the volume.
Now they seem to drown out the noise of big rigs on the freeway just over the hill. And here on the side of [...]

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That title has ALMOST nothing to do with this post. For some reason, an old Shake N Bake commercial came to mind just before I hit “publish.”
(A CLASSIC commercial which I cannot find anywhere)
(Can ya help – I mean hayulp – a sista out? Link in the comments!)
Today I woke up feeling either brave or [...]

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You guys. I had an epiphany this week. Think you can handle it? It’s just as profound as you’d expect from me.
Okay, here it is:
The transition to summer is really hard once you have kids in school.
I KNOW! Deep, am I right?
You probably oughta write that down. Or quote me on Twitter …or something.
But [...]

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Wow, on Saturday I had an unplanned “blog fast.”
It happened when my sister and brother-in-law’s work shifts overlapped a little, and I agreed to watch my nephews for a few hours in the afternoon.
I love my nephews, and my kids love their cousins. We always have a great time getting both families together for Sunday [...]

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Happy New Year!
Did you ever notice that in the media coverage of the revelers in New York’s Times Square, they never mention that those many of those cheering people have probably wet themselves?
(What choice would you have standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a million strangers, with ZERO access to restroom facilities for an entire DAY?)
Hmm. Let’s see… [...]

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Hey! People in this House Who I Keep Around Primarily to Provide Me with Material,
What should I blog about?
Hannah: How I was running down the driveway today and slipped in the mud and fell on my side!
Abby: A butt.
LC: This guy I made with Bionicles.

Charlie: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…….
Callie: (pant, pant)
Bob: Aaaaarrrrrrrrr-Rrrowrrrrowrrrr-Oooooooooo!
Well there you go. Blog fodder all [...]

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