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Vacation 2012- Niagara Falls, Canada Day 1
You know that moment when someone sits you down on their couch and thrusts a scrapbook of their vacation in your lap and insists that you look at every single page and points out all the fancy...
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My Deep Dark Secret
I’ve been absent from this ol’ blog lately. The reason? I’ve been busy. Yup, just like all of you who manage to publish posts on a regular basis, comment on everyone else’s blog, and still take care...
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Let’s Call It Creative Genius
My boys went to a local pumpkin patch today to help unload a semi-truck filled with pumpkins as a service project for scouts. After about 30 minutes something became abundantly clear about my...
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Deep Thoughts…or Not
I haven’t finished writing about our summer vacation. In fact, I haven’t even made it past day 2 and we were gone for 14. I think. I can’t really remember now but it was a fabulous trip and I still...
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The One In Which I Screw Up My Kids For Life
I think I can officially announce that my blog has taken a backseat to life. I try to write. I have blog posts running through my mind all the time, I just can’t find the time to sit down and hit the...
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Vacation 2012- Niagara Falls, Day 2
Yes, it’s November 6th. Yes, I went on vacation way back in July. Yes, I am still trying to post our vacation pictures and I am still only on the 2nd day we spent in Niagara Falls. Yes, I will...
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I’m Happy To Report That Nothing Crawled Out and Bit Me
In September I revealed my deep, dark, secret. Because everyone was so kind and enabling of my behavior, I did not feel the need to even step foot in my closet until today- a full 71 days later....
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2012 Year In Review: January- June
I will give you a moment to pick yourselves back up off the floor where you most likely landed after realizing that I am actually gracing all of you with a blog post. Life has been…busy. My part...
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2012 Year in Review: July-December
You can read all about January- June here.JulyThe month of July was an exciting one. We took the younger two boys on a trip across the country to see Josh playing in a summer league in Geneva, NY....
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My posts have been so few and far between lately that I hardly know what to say anymore. I could give the usual excuses but when every single post starts out with an excuse it gets rather boring. So...
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Undie Run- Austin, TX 2013
Sunday, February 9th, was the big day. The day in which I bared all my forearms and ran down 6th street in Austin, TX with a bunch of in shape, rockin’ bodied college co-eds. I was a bit really...
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Arrow of Light
Yesterday my Jakob earned the highest award that a Cub Scout can earn in scouting. The Arrow of Light is the equivalent of being an Eagle Scout in Boy Scouting. It’s a big deal and one that Jakob...
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In 13 days…
In 13 days I will be running the Warrior Dash. I have changed so much in the last few months that I don’t know who I am anymore. Eating healthy, running on a regular basis, signing up for races,...
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Warrior Dash: March 16, 2013
All pictures that Chris did not take were copied off the Warrior Dash website.Yesterday was the big day. I showed up to run a race in which I would be so physically exhausted by the end that floating...
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If You’re So Smart, Why Did you Misspell “STARR”
Dear State Board of Education in TX:When you create new standardized testing called STARR you stress out the superintendents of the school systems.When you stress out the superintendents, they in...
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Look for the Helpers
I tend to get quiet when horrible tragedies happen. I had so much going through my mind when the Newtown shooting happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I was working with 6 year olds that day and...
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He Has My Heart
Gotta love a man in uniform.(If you can pick out my poor editing skills please refrain from pointing them out. Pleaseandthankyou.)
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Some Adults Suck the Fun Right Out of Life
For any new readers (Bwhahahahahahahahaha, sometimes I just crack myself up) or anyone who may not remember, my son Jakob has Aspergers. Sometimes life is just a little more difficult for him and he...
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I'm Not Ready For This
It has started. That horrible, horrible "P" word has begun. Puberty. Lots of changes are going on inside my home and outside my home I see these two together all.the.time. She is as sweet as could...
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Updates on Jakob
A while back I posted about the TX state standardized testing that Jakob had to take this school year. He did in fact fail the math portion of the test by one.stinkin'.question. After much...
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My Third 50 Pound Journey
Last Friday, June 14th, I stepped on the scale for the eleventy hundredth time since last November and felt pure elation that would carry me through the entire day. I had finally hit my weight loss...
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Play ball!!!!!
A couple of weeks ago I started writing about our month of June on the ball field. Somehow when I was half way done with my witty, spell-binding verbiage it disappeared somewhere into the interwebs....
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Nine For Nine
My baby turned 9 years old on Friday. Nine. I don’t quite know how that happened because I swear until I’m blue in the face that I am not possibly old enough for my youngest child to be n.i.n.e....
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Back to School 2013-2014
This year I have a middle schooler *gulp*.A 3rd grader who now has to go upstairs to go to class every day. (This is a big deal.)And I got a wild hair over the summer and decided to apply for grad...
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