Our poor little 8-year-old daughter, Taylor, was born on the short side of the genetic crapshoot when it comes to teeth. The poor kid has cavities, teeth that are fused together, and other dental problems. They wanted to do so much dental work on her that our small town dentist referred us to the big city of […]
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If I had to name my most useful kitchen tool, I think I would probably choose my retractable Sharpie. Sharpies are those permanent markers with the thin tip – they’re very useful, and you can use them without making a mess of everything unlike regular permanent markers. Well, some genius invented a retractable Sharpie –
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Disney, our youngest-for-now, got into some trouble today. She went “missing” for about 10 minutes while I was making lunch, so I started thinking to myself, hmmm, she must have fallen asleep somewhere. So, I went to search for her and found this: I went to the store and bought some toilet paper today. I
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I guess it depends on what you would call a good town. A place we used to live called Naperville Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, was once considered a good town. It had lots of fun things to do, relatively low crime, good schools, and lots of money. It was never my ideal place
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Came across this news story after linking to the one about the hugely tall spire they’re going to build in the Middle East: First Wedding Dress Shop for Pregnant Brides ONLY Opens I agree with the people who posted comments at the end of the article – what is the world coming to when maternity wedding
Better Late Than Never? Read More »
Well, we have narrowed down our choices for baby names! (Insert drum roll here) They are: FIRST NAMES: Mallory Lindsay Evangeline MIDDLE NAMES: Autumn Athina (or Athena as it’s usually spelled; I like the first one better) Alexandra We know we want a middle name that starts with an “A” because all of our girls
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Where they’re going. Where they’ve been. I’ve worn lots of shoes. I bet if I think about it real hard I could remember my first pair of shoes… – FORREST GUMP The preceding quote comes to mind because Disney, our youngest-for-now, got her first pair of shoes yesterday! She loves them! She always asks to
There’s An Awful Lot You Can Tell About a Person By Their Shoes… Read More »
WHEW! I didn’t mean to take a weeklong blog hiatus, but due to the kids being on spring break, that’s what happened! We were SO busy, I haven’t really been in front of my computer… I hope this isn’t what summer break is going to be like! It was fun and all, but SO busy! During the
With 3 wonderful kids, how could we not have a good Easter? We started by coloring eggs on Saturday afternoon, and it went so well that I even bought a spare coloring kit at the easter clearance sales today, figuring we can do it again in a few weeks. If colored eggs will entice the
I am greatly anticipating our scheduled visit to the Toledo Zoo next week. My daughter needs a specialty dentist in the big city, so we’ve decided to throw some fun in there as well with a trip to the zoo. It will probably be my last one until after I have the baby, unless they
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