Month: May 2009
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What the heck is this?
We have a huge bush/tree beside our garage that is covered in these burgundy thingies. The bush/tree was about 6 feet tall when we moved in and grew to well over 10 feet tall. We finally cut it back to about 6 feet tall again but it's just so huge, we're thinking of ripping… Read more
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Just call me Mrs. Green*
*A former colleague dubbed Tom "Mr. Green" because of his environmentally-freaky tendencies. For the first two years, I totally resisted all things that were environmentally friendly for various good and simultaneously stupid reasons. But, I am coming around and really enjoying a lot of it. This is our teeny-tiny raised veggie bed. It's 3'… Read more
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Husbands come first
I know I said that I would post pictures of our new veggie garden, but husbands come first. 🙂 I took these photos last month and just couldn't find a way to scrap them. I love them so much and just couldn't figure it out. Finally made myself work with just a couple of… Read more
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Our first flower bed
When we moved into this house, almost exactly 8 years ago, there was a beautiful, big flower garden on the north side of our backyard. It was full of flowers that we didn't have a clue about, except one – I recognized the sunflower. And it was beautifully designed because there was something blooming in… Read more
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Note to self
I had to scrap this moment. It was huge for Libby and huge for me. Full credits here. And I just saw that it was selected as a Gallery Standout, too. Cool! Life is getting back to a routine in a very good way. We're home this weekend, gardening for all three days. I've… Read more
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How I found out I did not have breast cancer
The past five days have been a total blur. After finding a lump in my breast on Sunday, I called multiple doctors and couldn't be seen until today. This week has been surreal. I found that I had to get out of the house to stay sane. I needed to be really distracted by something… Read more
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It could be a lot worse
I've had something that's been running through my mind for the past month. And it's become sort of a mantra for me. It's something I keep repeating when I get overwhelmed, crazy-busy with scrapbooking deadlines, running to school event after school event and even through family issues. I'll find myself saying it over and… Read more
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Minute-by-minute
Racing around trying to meet deadlines, handle school stuff, ignore family emails and hold my head high, and then I'm taking a day off this weekend!!!!!!!!!!! Don't even have time to watermark or frame this photo before I post it – Andrew and his bff (who will be going to a different school next… Read more
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I want my life back
I know it gets boring to read about how busy other people's lives are, so I won't drone on and on about it much anymore. But, honestly, I've NEVER been this busy before. As in 2 or 3 different appointments, events and/or deadlines every single day. I didn't have time to do much food shopping… Read more
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What is that saying again?
Something about stop the world. I want to get off? Yeah, that would be me right about now. As you might remember, my last post gave some highlights of last week's happenings. It's now worse. If you can believe it. Shall I recap for you? Of course, you know I will. So far this week… Read more