tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24862626047177023922011-07-07T22:48:04.350-05:00Random thoughts, ramblings, rants and observations of a 30-something wife, mother and friend...JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08049557947068893579noreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486262604717702392.post-1696031302176172332010-04-15T16:34:00.005-05:002010-04-15T16:56:17.615-05:00

For once I actually remembered to post the before pictures! This is the slope on the South side of our house. As you can see it was a sad little hill in desperate need of some landscaping attention. Notice the poor little bare spot that sat directly under a rope swing that was removed the day I started this project. I started this project Sunday night on a whim and I think it is a huge

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I love the little ledge around the stairwell in my house. I like to display different things around it, depending on the season. For now, this is what I have come up with. Each little thing has a special meaning for me. Many are inherited items, some found, some purchased, but I love them all. Each one has a story and I think that's what makes them so special.

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Someone from work gave me a copy of a page from Women's World magazine, listing some ideas for Winterproofing your car. Considering it's so cold I've wondered if there was ice in hell this week I thought I would share.Ice Proof Your Windows: If you know there is a chance of ice, spray your windows the night before with a solution of 3 parts vinegar, one part water. The Vinegar is supposed to

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November 29th was a day that I imagine I'll remember forever. That's the day that my Grandmother lost her battle with cancer. Rather than dwell on the battle that she lost, I would rather concentrate on her life and the woman that she was. I am so honored to have been her Grandaughter for 32 years. Grandmother was raised on a farm and married a farmer for 47 years before my Grandad, Irvin died.

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One of the first things we did when we bought our home was to purchase a new corn stove and have it installed in our basement so we could heat with corn versus the less than energy efficient all electric furnace that the previous owners had installed in the basement. Though it was brand new, it would have cost a fortune to heat the 1800 sq foot lower level.So we had to bore through concrete to

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A tray that nobody wanted is now one of my favorite little details in this room.This end table was a garage sale find that someone gave to me, probably because they didn't want it either. I used it in my home before Andy and I were married and then when we combined households, I stored it along with many other pieces I had collected over the years for those "one of these days" projects.After we

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This one is still in process though this is a grouping of rosettes that I found here and there and still need a couple more to complete the group. I have no idea what this little box is actually here for other than for me to put things on it. I wish it was a storage box but no luck, this doo-hickey is firmly nailed shut...These are pictures of the room that I have no idea what to call it. It's

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My Tom is so vain that I'm convinced that he has adopted the spare bedroom as his own simply because he looks good on the quilt... The side table is a table that I found at a garage sale. The first day I asked the man what he wanted and he told me he would take $50 for the table! It was in sorry shape but I went back the next day and asked again. He said he would take $50, I offered him $10

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After our new furniture was finally delivered I tried desperately to find coasters for the living room. You would think that would be an easy thing to do but then again, I've not really ever tried to buy coasters before. We have them, but I think they were gifts and they are now in Andy's Man Cave. So after looking just about anywhere I could think of, I couldn't find any coasters except for

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This quilt was the inspiration for the wall colors in the living room. View from the front door through to the dining room. Love the way cream looks with this blue.Part of my cross collection which seems to be growing and multiplying while I sleeep...I have always wanted a blue living room and I guess I have one now. This is one of those colors that I just love and every time I look at the

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How it started out: I love the funky ladder I found yesterday at an auction for $2. I failed at hanging the tin art straight so I opted for this. Much easier! Close-up of the piece hanging above the bed. The finished room:Between last Friday Morning and Friday evening, our 2nd spare bedroom went through some major changes. I had just finished building a headboard from an old door that I found at

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I've been promising to post some pictures showing what I've been up to for the last couple months and though I'm still smack dab in the middle of some small projects and ready to start a couple huge ones, it's time to start sharing a little at a time.This is one of my favorite projects of all so far and I just love this bench. I made this bench for one of the guest bedrooms upstairs and now that

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Just a little piece of advice, if you ever start thinking about buying a house "For Sale Buy Owner", don't do it! Though you save a lot of money cutting out the middle man, I have come to the conclusion that the stress is not worth it! I suppose maybe I stress about more things than most people do so that probably makes it worse.That leads to to ask myself why I sweat the small stuff? Why do I

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Well after looking for what has seemed like FOREVER, we signed a contract this weekend on a house Northwest of Winfield! It's a five bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home on 8.5 acres. The house is listed as having about 3700 square feet. So we are finally going to have PLENTY of room! There are two guest bedrooms upstairs and three downstairs. We have a huge laundry room upstairs that has a bathroom

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I love Wedding Cake!Who doesn't?Today I am fighting a horrible craving for wedding cake. We have a specially preserved layer of wedding cake in our freezer from our wedding last fall and I am fantasizing about that cake in the freezer.I have decided that maybe I should order a small cake each year for our anniversary. When else do you get to eat that almond buttercream frosting on white cake? It

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I am SOOOOOOOOOO tired this morning. If you ask Andy, he'd tell you that I say that every morning. And I probably do. But today I really mean it. I am flat wiped out! There was a time that I might have said that with a smile on my face because we had been up all night doing "other" things but not this time.Tommy came home last night from being boarded over the weekend. The last time he stayed at

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Wyatt's first Hershey Trackmeet in Winfield. Cole thinks he's a big boy...and he is...but to me, he'll always be my Sweet Baby Boy...As a mother of boys, I don't think there's anything sweeter than seeing my handsome little men in their baseball uniforms. So dad burned cute!

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Friday evening after we ate dinner at Sam N Ella's in Tahlequah we went back to Diamondhead and sat around on the porch and visited with our friends and "neighbors". My husband the volleyball star played volleyball long into the night after the adults turned in for the night. He woke me up to tell me how he was such a volleyball star and how he "schooled" all those college kids. Of course he

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Pravanna Keratin Fusion Sulfate Free Revitalizing Shampoo and Conditioner are awesome! My hairdresser said that they were amazing and so I ordered the Shampoo and Conditioner from her. Though I must say it took FOREVER to get them, it was worth the wait! Apparently I am not the only one that loves this stuff because they were backordered. I don't think my hair has EVER felt this soft. This stuff

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Ok, so for those of you who don't know, we live in the country surrounded by soybeans and alfalfa this time of the year. And when you live in an area literally surrounded by grain, you have mice. If you don't have lots of farm cats, you get mice in your house and that is way not cool. Especially since mice absolutely give me the willies. It's not that I'm scared of them, but they are filthy and

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Just when I thought I was a shoe-in this year for MOTY Award, I blew it again!Sunday I decided the boys were getting a little shaggy so I drug out the clippers to give the boys a haircut. Wyatt loves having a fresh cut, but Cole Avery absolutely hates having his hair cut. It's always a fight from start to finish.So I drug everything out to the garage because it just makes cleanup easier. It

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So I've been really trying to hit the gym really hard lately because we are going to the River next week and will be in a bathing suit around people I know for the whole weekend. Even though I work out about 6 days a week as is, I have felt like I needed to step it up and try to lose that layer of pudge that is covering up what surely is a six pack somewhere.So I bought a couple fitness

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My goodness I have done a horrible job of posting on a regular basis lately. Sometimes I think that I just don't have anything interesting to say so I just say to heck with it. Seems today like I have tons going on so I'll have to save some for a later post so it actually looks like I am diligent in my posting! LOLWe are leaving for the weekend next Thursday and I am so excited about that!

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Our weeked was fun but seemed to just fly by as always. There is never enough time to do all the things that must be done and to do all the relaxing that we need so desperately.Friday night we ran to Medford after work to meet up with Andy's Dad and then no sooner had we walked in the door than Andy got called out and had to go to work. That was not according to plan, but gave me time to relax

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Our long weekend is over and it's back to work today. We really had a great weekend and it was a much much much much much needed break from work. We spent the weekend in Freedom at Andy's parents' house and were able to visit and relax. Some of Andy's family was visiting so we had a family picnic at his Grandma's house and were able to see lots of people that we normally don't see when we come

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As I mentioned in a previous post, baseball in Ark City has been quite dissapointing for Andy and I. The boys aren't old enough to really understand how things are being run here yet.Initially we knew we would be dissapointed in the facilities. We have been blessed to have played years past in Winfield where the boys were truly lucky to have such great fields to play on. In Ark City we play at

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Today is the last day of school and we are all SOOOOOO excited! This means we can sleep later and not have homework every night! Yea! This morning we had a celebration breakfast of eggs, sausage, hashbrowns, and biscuits and gravy! All my boys headed off to school and work full from their ginormous breakfast. We have an awards assembly this afternoon and after that the boys are free men!They

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It's been a long time! Life has been more than hectic lately and with work, baseball, church and life in general it's just been nuts lately. On a normal evening I don't get home until about 8:30 at night because we have baseball practices at least 3 nights during the week that start at 5:00 and don't end until 8:00. Lately we've had obligations on the weekends too which doesn't really make

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I must be the proudest Mama in the whole United States this morning! Wyatt rocked his trackmeet yesterday! Things started out a little rocky but soon got much better. He started the meet with the long jump and got third place and was completely devastated! This was the first time that he even tried to long jump and even so, he was crushed. He decided right then and there that he was going to

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I posted earlier today about the flooding and it made me think of a story that my family told about my Great Aunt Bea.My Grandparents lived about a 1/2 mile from the Arkansas River. Because our area is known for flooding, when it rained a lot, people got in the habit of calling and seeing how high the river had risen.Well one day my Aunt Bea had been out to their house to visit and if I can

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For those of you who don't live in Cowley County, Kansas, you would probably not know that our rivers are well above flood stage. For people like my husband who didn't grow up in an area of the US where flooding was much of an issue, the word "flood" probably seems a little scary.Unfortunately we flood here. And it seems like it happens about every year somewhere between April and the end of

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It's been a long time since I posted. But honestly it's been a long time since I have had anything nice to say! That sounds horrible I know, but it's the truth. Things have been really crappy at work lately and unfortunately when things at work are yucky, it seems to spill over into every other part of life.I'm trying to learn to seperate my real life from my work life though sometimes that is

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I don't usually drone on and on about things like Cancer. I don't wear those pink pens or have a pink magnet on my car or walk in the Relay for Life. But I see things in my job that scare me just the same and it's important to me to remind those I care about that it is so careful to take care of yourselves. A woman’s chance of being diagnosed with breast cancer in the United State is: from

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1) I wish I had all these great, funny ideas for interesting blogs and that I didn't have to get ideas from other people's blogs...(Faith)2) That we would win the lottery.3) And be able to build our dream house and have it be 100% paid for!4) That I could wake up tommorrow and be the weight I was before I had babies.5) And that I would wake up tomorrow with a nice, round set of knockers.6)

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We had some storm damage in the ice storm last week and Andy's been working like a dog. He worked Friday night until 4:30 am Saturday morning and then since has worked 6 am to 1130 pm each day. We've hardly seen him though last night we did get to see him for a little while though he was working. I took some pics and posted them above.Luckily it looks like the storm work is just about done and

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I blogged a while back on how I was going to start making baskets again. It's been literally since I was probably 13 or 14 since I made my last one and I just actually discovered a place online that I could purchase the supplies. Finding the time to start making one was a lot harder than finding a supplier. I finally made the time Sunday though and got this basket started. I had a little time

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Sometimes Andy just cracks me up. Last night was classic Andy funny. So we were having this conversation that started with Andy saying, "You know what makes me mad about these Kansas news channels?" The thing is that yes I do know that makes him mad. Because he says the SAME thing over and over and over and over again. The horse is dead. Stop beating him. Andy might as well be a Texan.

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Pepperidge Farm 15 Grain bread is awesome! It's chocked full of all kinds of grains and seeds like oatmeal, sesame seed, flax seed, sunflower seed, whole wheat etc. Even my super picky little boy in a grown boy body husband loves this bread!Physician's Formula "Vegas Strip" Shimmer Strips. Love this! It's a blush/bronzer/eye shadow all in one. All of the strips can basically be used

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After a long week of missing my boys, we drove to Freedom Saturday morning to get them. Last week was a really rough week filled with some really stressful, emotional events. Between the stresses of work and trying to adjust temporarily to life without children, I was just about spent. It's amazing how structured life must be in order to keep a household running smoothly when you have school

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Our weekend was good but was way to short as always. We looked at three houses Friday night and two were a disaster. There is just not much on the market in the way of rural properties. But we did see a place that we are very interested in. We still have some discussions to have with the bank and want to have it inspected and to do some more looking at it. There is no denying that it is a

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We took this picture at the OU/Missouri game a year ago before we got married.

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So today is the last day of school for the boys before Spring Break. And I am not happy about it! The boys are going to Freedom to spend time with Andy's parents over Spring Break. We will take them there on Sunday and then they will be gone all week. We'll go get them next weekend. Andy says we'll see them on Sunday, but I say we'll see them on Friday! I've never been away from my babies that

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It's snowing and even though it's not sticking, I'm excited because I love snow. And there's no soccer practice tonight and that is SOOOOO cool. I've been daydreaming about houses all day. Thinking about what I would do with a fixer-upper. We have found a house that is probably not something that we would be interested in. We haven't looked at it though. It's probably going to sell for

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I've been down for the past few days which I'm sure is a combination of things. My hormones are out of whack because I am post menstrual which for some nutso reason is my worst nutso time of the month. But I think the stress of work and getting home after 7 at night at least 3 nights a week with soccer practice and house hunting and just daily life in general are getting the better of me.And to

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House hunting sucks!I am getting really sick of this and we are no where near finding what we want. I was so excited yesterday because I thought we finally found something that I would really say yes to. This house was really exactly where Andy wants to be and was fine with me too. The price was within our range and was on 10 acres which would give us some breathing room. We called the

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So I started weaving my basket this weekend. I bought reed online a couple weeks ago and it arrived Friday. So Saturday I dyed my reed and then yesterday afternoon I started weaving my basket. It's still in the early stages but starting to take shape. I think I am really going to love this one. It's a big basket, probably 15 inches or bigger in diameter and just as tall. I am using walnut, navy

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OK, I'm in a musical rut as I mentioned earlier this week. I need help! I need a new artist to really be excited about. I've been looking and looking on Amazon and though I've found a few songs here and there that I like, I've not found an artist that I just am really pumped about.Just need something different. I bought an MP3 album of Lightnin' Hopkins. Wanted something bluesy, but more a

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The other night we were flipping through the channels trying to see if they found the missing football players on the ocean and found a really interesting guy on TV. Dave Ramsey has a show on Fox Business each week night at 7:00 pm central time. This guy is really smart. He has books, CD's, radio shows and TV. Truly has a way of making things seem so clear and easy and it's kind of fun to watch

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OK so I figured out why I am so blah today. It's that time of the month when I get in touch with my emotions. A little too in tune with them. Today is the day that I get teary when I look at babies. Nothing my husband says today will make any sense and I will be really irritated with him. This morning I was ready to rip his head off. I looked out the window and at 6:30 it was mostly light. It

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I'm bored. There I said it. Not bored like I have nothing to do, but just bored with the same old thing I guess. Today I was trying to decide what kind of music I wanted to listen to today while I was working and nothing just struck me as something that I was excited to hear. Every CD that I have I have listened to a million times it seems. I looked on Amazon and couldn't find anything that

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Isn't it funny how our dreams change over the years. When I was very little I told someone that when I grew up I wanted to have boobs "as big as the world" so I could knock everyone down. Really. Later I dreamed of being a farmer with a stay-at-home husband who would do all the housework.And then I dreamed of qualifying for the Olympics in the 100m high hurdles.And then I dreamed of becoming a

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Dream DeferredWhat happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore--And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.Or does it explode? Langston Hughes

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So the work week is almost finished and I am looking forward to the weekend, the days that I seem to look forward to all week. I'm looking forward to not getting up early tommorow. I'm looking forward to not being "in charge" or anything tommorow and not being responsible for anything but my kids tommorow. And actually I have a little break from that too. My sister, Kerrie has invited the boys

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Love St. Pauli Girl Lager. Haven't tried the Dark yet, but love, love, love the lager. Have to watch out though because it's pretty strong and will sneak up on you if you're not careful.Pravanna sulfate free shampoo and conditioner is awesome. The lather in most shampoos is what makes color fade faster. This shampoo doesn't lather and is really sort of thin. But it does clean really well and

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I'm giving up red meat and soda for Lent. I tried to get my husband to give something up for lent too and he said, "I'm not Catholic!"OK, well it's not like he wasn't raised in church, but apparently in his church or in his family (not sure which) people didn't give things up for Lent. I kind of like the idea though. Plus it will be good for me.I suggested that he give up beer for Lent. I even

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So my husband calls me at work today. To tell me he loves me and finds me irresistible. Actually he really he called because he wanted something. Sometimes I think about what he actually asked me to do and I just can't help but shake my head. Sometimes I think I am one of the guys. Oh and we have sex. So that makes me specialTwo winters ago he was trapping bobcats and was having trouble finding

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So I decided today that I am going to start making beaded jewelery. And I have no idea how to do that. I am on a jewelry kick and have decided that I could surely make my own jewelry and save tons of money and have so many more pieces than I would otherwise have if I could just make my own. So I bought a bunch of different kinds of beads today that I found on clearance. And I bought some

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So we got home yesterday afternoon from my Birthday weekend away. I'm 32 now which is just a number. Granted I wish I was still 22, but I'm not stressing about it. Life is so much better at 32 than it was at 22. So I can't complain.I took Friday off and hung with the boys and did a little shopping. I went to Ponca to find this pair of Pumas that I saw at Chapman's a few weeks ago and didn't buy

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It's hard to imagine that I might be speechless, but I might be just that. Today's been a busy day trying to tie up so many loose ends so I can have a little getaway this weekend. On top of that my mind is swimming in all the details involved in trying to buy a house (interest rates, loans, escrow, FICO scores, credit worthiness, down payments, inspections blah blah blah blah). I'm one of those

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1) I'm really stubborn most of the time.2) I can't help crying when someone else cries in front of me. 3) I get teary sometimes when I help someone who really needs me at work.4) My most common craving is cheese.5) I can't whistle.6) I love Hank Williams Jr. and have probably more than 20 of his CDs.7) I collect crosses.8) When Andy and I got married and I moved into his house, I got rid

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First of all if it weren't for coffee in the mornings, I would not be fit to have contact with any life forms before noon. That said, I bought some Maxwell House Breakfast blend a few weeks ago and it is really good. You wouldn't know that it's not fresh ground fancy something or other that costs way more than coffee should and it's cheap. I would pick the flavor over Starbucks anyday and I

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One of my most popular photos on Flickr.I took this at sunrise on Labor Day 2007.

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Ever wonder what the difference between boys and girls is? Well I was reading a blog that another local Mom writes and it became very clear that there is in fact a huge difference between raising boys and girls. Two completely different worlds.So Saturday morning after a disastrous Valentine's Day start (everything I tried to do to create a romantic wonderful day just exploded) my husband told

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I must interrupt this blog for an important public service announcement.Apparently there has been some confusion as to the intent and purpose of this blog. This blog is not meant for the eyes of children or men. Period. Of any age or sexual orientation. If you can't legally drink beer or if you have a penis, you should never ever attempt to read this blog. You wouldn't understand it.If you are a

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Coconut Cake1 box yellow cake mix1 can sweetened condensed milk1 can coconut milk2 T. coconut extract1 bag coconut8 ounces whipped toppingPrepare cake mix, pour into 9 x 13 greased pan and bake according to directions on box. Allow cake to cool. Punch holes in cake with a fork. Mix sweetened condensed milk, coconut extract and coconut milk until smooth. Fold in coconut, Pour over cake. Serve

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I can't help but be overcome with sadness this morning. The jury in the Jodi Sanderholm murder case just found Justin Thurber guilty of Capital Murder, Kidnapping and Criminal Sodomy. For those of you who are not familiar with the case you may read about this on http://arkcity.net/ or http://kwch.com/.My heart aches for the Sanderholm family today especially, but also to Thurber's mother. I

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I woke early this morning to the sound of a boy saying my name, which around my house is Mama. As I do most mornings, I momentarily contemplated saying, "She's not here!" But I learned some time ago that telling him that stopped working when he was around 18 months old! So after asking him what was wrong he proceeded to tell me he woke up with a swollen penis. So my first instinct was so say,

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So last week I was trying to adjust to running a household by myself again while Andy was gone to Kentucky to help restore power to those who lost power after the ice storm. Andy got home safely last night (Thank God)! It was so wonderful to see him again though I must admit he looked the worse for wear. Such a tired guy after sleeping in his truck all that time and working 18 hour days. That

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I was cleaning up today and thinking about a few things around the house that I have found by accident that I just can't live without around this house.Gold Canyon Candles, Cozy Cabin is the most homey scent. To me it just smells like comfort. When I bought it I thought that it would smell like pine, but it's surprisingly different. It's kind of a combination of perfume, sandalwood, maybe a hint

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I think the next time that someone asks me what I did this weekend, I might just want to say, "Not much, how about you?" I had boudoir photos taken this weekend and let me first say that I had fun, but will immediately follow by saying that at 31 with two children, taking semi nude photos and actually looking at them is a pretty humbling experience. Luckily my husband, who is still in Kentucky

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Born on New Years Day 2000, my oldest son Wyatt is probably one of the most sensitive, kind hearted boys I will ever meet. Dark brown hair and icy blue eyes with inch long lashes, he's strikingly handsome and the kind of boy that other kids just like because he's kind.Wyatt eats, sleeps, and breaths fishing. He is the only child that I've ever known who will chop ice on a Kansas pond to try to

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I wonder if there is any scientist that ever calculated the calories that all Moms consume when making Birthday cupcakes... it must be quite a few. I think it's impossible to pour batter into muffin papers and not keep getting batter on your fingers. And then who can resist licking off that batter and sampling the frosting! Thank goodness we have only two boys and two Birthdays a year.My "Baby"

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I bought the brown version of this boot three years ago and I just love them. Lately I've been thinking about these in black and am really close to just ordering them. Love the toe. Love the heel and the tops. Just really well made boots. These are def my latest shoe drool.

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This shoe is absolutely ADORABLE and "Earth Friendly" to boot. I have a couple other pairs of Simple brand shoes and they are both well made, uniquely styled and very comfortable. I ordered these this afternoon in black. Can't wait to get them!

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There is a saying that my husband repeats frequently, "The life of a lineman...love it or leave it.."It's not that he's indifferent, just that he uses that sentiment I think sometimes as a way to reassure himself when he's maybe a little bit resentful of the interruptions that so often change our plans. Other times it is more a way of reminding me that I knew what I was getting into, when I

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