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Or rather, what I do… #1 You tweet to yourself. In your mind. And you @ yourself. Absurd, I know but it keeps the jitters at bay. #2 You call tech support 5 million times only to hear “we’re working on it” Working on what exactly? Our connection hasn’t worked right since we purchased it 2 months ago. IMC sucks! #3 You start to freak out. #4 Now that you have so much time on your hands, you

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I’ve been blogging for nearly 4 ½ years now, and after all this time I’ve yet to meet any mommy bloggers in real life due to finances and/or timing. However, my luck is about to change. Next week I’ll be attending the first ever all expense paid P&G Pampers Mommy Blogger Event in Cincinnati with 15 influential mommy bloggers. I have to say that I am both excited and terrified. I’m excited

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Someone bought Baby Picasso (the 4 yr. old) a camo t-shirt some time ago and it had been hanging in the closet not worn for some time. I took it out and placed it in one of Baby Picasso’s dresser drawer’s so he could wear it if he wanted before it got too small. Yesterday evening after swimming he came in to change into dry clothes and guess what he picked out? Yes, that camo t-shirt. He became

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* An update: the video is now working. There is a song that reminds me of my childhood so much that when I listen to it I am completely overwhelmed by emotion. When you hear the song I think you will know what I mean. If you don't feel anything or aren't inspired by it then there's no hope for you. It's also possible you are an alien ;) [Geez, it's a joke]. This song came out when I was 11

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Our two boys have wanted a kitten for a long time. However, up until now I knew we just didn't have time for a new pet plus we had been renting for the past few years, and we never let the boys have a cat while we were renters. Except for this one time, and that crazy cat ran away shortly thereafter. Now that we are homeowners we can have and do whatever we want so with that in mind we took the

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Since grade 1 will be our first full year of homeschooling, we are going to stick to the public school calendar. This means that the school year will be arriving in less than 6 weeks. So, I'm frantically searching for the perfect grade 1 curriculum right this minute. However, I am not looking for a pre-packaged curriculum. For one, those are too expensive and two, I don't think it would work

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My husband has some cool paintshop skills and I'm thrilled to promote his latest endeavor, PaintShopblog.com I've mentioned his new site on Twitter but I wanted to wait until he had more content before I blabbed to the whole world about it. Anyway, if you want to take your photos to a whole new level with Corel Paintshop then this is the site for you. It's fun! It's free! It's educational!

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the boys waiting on the fireworks to start... one of many photos I took. Few turned out like this one. A picture of me (by the hubs) that didn't turn out so well. Yes, I have on jeans & 2 shirts, and it's the middle of Summer. It was cool here in SE KY last night. Fortunately our holiday did not end like it did last year, the holiday explosion. We hope everyone had a great night!

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Having a birthday party, going to a family reunion or being a part of any extended family get together can be somewhat overwhelming for me. It brings up a whole plethora of issues and feelings with which I have to deal. I guess the whole point is that I feel like I have to defend our lifestyle each and every time a get together/party comes around. Maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm the only one who

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Edited to add: My husband thought this post may be a little offensive to some so I feel like I must write an apology of sorts. I'd like to say up front that when I was writing this post anger was the furthest thing from my mind and I was smiling the whole time. If you know me then you know I'm always smiling & laughing. Anyway, before I write any further, I'd like to say that I truly enjoyed

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An actual conversation between my 7 yr. old boy and his 10 yr. old (girl) friend as heard from the bedroom door while they were playing. Girl: "Did you know they raised ice cream prices to $1.25?" Boy: "Yep, that's a quarter more than last year." Girl: "Yeah, I knew they'd(prices) go up." Boy: "Did you know they raised gas to about $6.99 a gallon?" (let's hope not any time soon) I guess

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This Saturday I am shooting a wedding for an extended family member. Yes, I'm the official wedding photographer. Did you just read that last sentence? Me - the "official" photographer. Yes, I'm surprised too. If you've been reading for long or even looked at my flickr photos you'd know that I am most definitely not a professional photographer. At best I am the kid snapshot queen. heh. So, as

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Look what we found in our swimming pool yesterday... We call them crawdads. Others call them crayfish or mini lobsters. Some people eat them. I don't. So you wanna come over and swim? ;) *PSA*- Want to win some super adorable ShooShoos? If so, enter your cutie pie in our free baby photo contest this month.

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I am a frugal person. My husband, on the other hand, has not always been frugal. He was fortunate enough to grow up in a family where there was an overabundance of everything. Basically, he was spoiled and didn't come to know what frugality actually meant until he met me. That was nearly 15 years ago. Hot Daddy has become increasingly frugal in the past few years partly out of necessity since he

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Baby Picasso (yikes, he 's turning 4 in less than a month...maybe he needs a new nickname??) has been quite the adventurous child as of late. I'll guarantee one thing...there's never a dull moment around here. In the past week, he has went from a tricycle to pedaling, and riding a bike with training wheels. Here he is in all his bike riding glory... (click to enlarge photo) And, Just

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The boys' bedtime routine has always been my thing. It's the one thing that our boys really want me to do every night. We talk, we laugh, we read, and we watch the Food network. Hey, what can I say? My babies and I love Bobby Flay, Paula Dean, Rachel Ray, and Guy Fieri. Iron Chef has a place in our hearts too. ;) On one particular night this past week Baby Picasso (the 3 yr. old) was babbling

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Oh by the way did I mention that we now have a puppy? ;) I've never been much of a dog lover (cats are my thing!) but Barney is really starting to grow on me. Since we aren't well versed in dog breeds we kinda sorta don't know what breed or mix breed of dog Barney is. We were told he was a Labrador mix but we're thinking he has a "bit" of pit bull. What do you think? Dog smarties please weigh in

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From the moment I laid eyes on Future Bam I knew I wanted to stay at home with him and I did just that. When it came time to think about schooling, I had my heart set on homeschooling. It was just something I wanted to do and I knew Future Bam was the type of child who would flourish in a home school environment. When it came time for Future Bam to start school we, surprising, enrolled him in

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In my last post here, I wrote about how, like most women, I feared the pains of labor. My attempt at humor must have not gone over very well because out of the very few comments I did receive, one of them was extremely negative, and I'd like to address that very craptastic comment from the "born-again crazy". Even though my post was supposed to be funny (apparently I'm not good at humor) it's

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My BIL welcomed his first child into the world yesterday. Normally with this special event there are tears of joy,happiness, and pure excitement. Don't get me wrong that did exist very much so but, if I may be honest, for me there was pure fear! Fear of the "OMG! - I- don't - ever - want - to - experience - labor - again - the - hubz - is getting - a - vasectomy - STAT" variety! Really though,

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Hello Dear Readers , We're still at the in-laws. Sheesh, it's a good thing we get along except for those so-called hot issues like gun control, presidential candidates, religion, education, and so on. ;) I just try to keep my mouth shut considering the in-laws are feeding and housing us for the next few days. My iPod has been my one saving grace these past few weeks. That and TV. Speaking of TV

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So we're in the middle of leaking pipes, no internet (I'm at the in-laws typing), a bathroom sink with no water, and boxes stacked to the ceiling. Ah, the joys of buying your own home and fixing it up. My positive self talk for the next few weeks: "At least we have free babysitters & free meals" ;) Lots of wildlife and landscape pictures to come this week. As if I have had time for photography

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We are moving to a very small rural town in the next week or so. It's the place where my husband grew up and where his parents currently live. We are at a point in our lives where we want to be closer to family even if it means being a part of a backwards community that is stuck 30 years in the past. Seriously, we are lucky we have access to DSL but that's about it. The nearest Wal-mart,

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Considering the sporadic posting nature of this blog lately one may have begun to think that blogging was ending for me but let me assure you it is not. As if the two readers left care, I'm still here. ;) Anyway, I'm still reading, listening, and twittering when I have time. But my blogging has taken a backseat to homeschooling, life stuff, and other work projects. With my husband being a full

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For our family, Spring equals Soccer! Here's Future Bam from last week during a cold and muddy day. Do your kids play soccer right now?

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