Month: November 2010
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Fa la la la la, la la la crap
I am in the middle of decking the halls. When I start decking the halls, I am very excited. Singing Christmas carols around the house, dancing with the kids, clapping with them when we find the M&M Christmas dish – very, very full of Christmas spirit. When I'm done decking the halls, I will feel… Read more
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So grateful for it all
Our Thanksgiving was not the best one we've ever had but it was not the worst, either. We had some timing issues with dinner, I made the world's worst gravy, and we all ate so many hors d'oeurves that we didn't eat much dinner. But, we were with family, had a lot of laughs, and… Read more
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These are not my pants!
Andrew came into our bedroom this morning complaining that he didn't have any clean pants. I knew all of the laundry was done and I also knew that I had seen clean pants in his pile as Emily was folding them. I sent him back to his room and told him that he hadn't looked closely… Read more
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When I find the time
I'm hosting Thanksgiving this year, not to mention working on Christmas gifts, have a ton of presents still to buy, have the house to decorate, Christmas photos to take, Christmas cards to design and on and on…. The to-do list just gets longer and longer every single day this time of year. But, that doesn't… Read more
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I am not as young as I think I am
Sigh. This weekend did me in. Wait – I should clarify. Saturday night's adventures did me in. It's been 36 hours and I still haven't recovered. It's that damn aging thing. It started out innocently. Dinner with friends to celebrate the husbands' birthdays that are just two days apart. Dinner was great with lots of… Read more
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A date with Harry
Emily and I went to the midnight premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part I" last night and it was – pardon the pun – magical. I don't know how much longer she'll want to do these kinds of things with me and I'm so grateful that I let her talk me… Read more
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I have found the cure!
My neighbors and I joke about male refrigerator blindness. You know how it goes: Hubby: "Honey, where is the ketchup?" Wife: "Second shelf on the right." Hubby: "No, it's not. I don't see it." Wife: Gets up from her chair where she's reading to the baby, helping the 1st grader with her spelling words, counseling… Read more
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I research things to death
When I started scrapbooking, I didn't just enjoy the hobby. I bought ALL of the supplies, printed 1000 pictures out, made a honeymoon album out of our honeymoon photos, made each child a specialized album for that school year, found out about publishing, submitted layouts to be published, started working on design teams for scrapbooking… Read more
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Ten on Tuesday
A bunch of my blogging friends do a Ten on Tuesday post every week and I thought I'd join in this morning. Considering I have a million boring and unrelated thoughts swirling around in my head this morning, it might actually help me focus. 1. I didn't really make my husband sleep on the couch last… Read more
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We interrupt this program…
for an important news bulletin. According to my husband, I was dishonest in my previous post when I stated that I was "beating my husband at nearly every single game of Words with Friends that we play." Being the anal lawyerly type that he is, he would like me to make the following statement and… Read more