Archive | 2008

Ry Says

24 November 2008

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Shopping Ryan received a new p.j. set from Grammy Lu and Papa Den while shopping at the mall. While telling us about his experience Ry said, “We got my new jammies at nickels.  pause We got my jammies at pennies.” The store? Why J.C. Penney’s of course! Compliment While cuddling with Ryan before bed in [...]

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Climbing Molly

23 November 2008

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Climber So we have a little climber on our hands. Tables, toy boxes, baby gates, rocking chairs! You name it, Molly will climb it. I caught her on the table one day with her hand literally in the cookie jar. She is very strong not to mention strong willed even at 16 months. I gleaned [...]

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Molly vs. The Washer

20 November 2008

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Patience is a Virtue The front loader windowed washing machine has been great. It substitutes for a fireplace during evening meals. Really, it is transfixing to watch the sudsy beast rotate around. Without a laundry room door we are often pulled into its gaze. Below is a photo of Molly lulled by the swooshing of [...]

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Party Time During Home Projects

19 November 2008

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Super Hero Party Renovation blues draggin’ ya down? Why not have a drop off birthday party with 7 kids under the age of 5. Shake off the sawdust and cover those outlets! Be sure to remove all table saws and 10″ screwdrivers from the play area. Or if you are like me you do this [...]

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My Guy at 4

12 November 2008

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Ryan Things that come out of his mouth these days- What the heck? Oh my gosh! This is giving me a headache. Poop, pee, butt-head and all potty talk in general. You are a naughty mom. I hate you! (When the rules are tough or in his way.) I love you. I love my whole [...]

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Scrapping the Crud

9 November 2008

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Scraping Off Crud This week my heart felt like gunk. I can easily be discouraged which is odd because I find it so easy to encourages others. This week I tackled missed deadlines, family sickness and cold weather as I tried to get my heart up and running. I needed to give my gunky funk [...]

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Costumed Cuties

5 November 2008

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Trick-or-Treating Get-Ups The photos below were just taken this afternoon. I left my camera behind the evening of Halloween. Sometimes I just need to be in the moment and not behind the lens. Molly really “got” it when we took her out for trick-or-treating. She insisted that she go up to every door instead of [...]

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Remodeling Progress

5 November 2008

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We are making progress on our main level and only living area which feels like getting 2 steps ahead. We are all suffering from head colds which is turning us into head cases which feels like taking 1 step back. Here are some of our steps so far… Well we can only take one step [...]

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Photo shoot with the Becketts

4 November 2008

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I was recently blessed with a job opportunity to capture my friends on film digital media. Darn, film sounds so much better. My trigger finger was in full frenzy as it grazed the shutter release button for an hour during a recent photo shoot. I worked as an independant photographer for about 3 years but [...]

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Gratituesday

4 November 2008

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I am joining in with Heavenly Homemakers today for a round of Gratituesday. Laundry Room Lessons Upon learning that my washing machine was in fact unrepairable I felt bummed. When I found out I broke the machine from jamming it too full for too many years I was disheartened. We had a one month during [...]

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