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Today is day 3 of the spaghetti sauce sale. I paid $2.29 on eBay for 20 60¢ off 2 jars which will double at my store so I get 60¢ off each and they're on sale 2/$3. The caveat is that I can only use 4 coupons per trip. So I've made a few trips and I have a few more planned. Before you call Hoarders: Buried Alive to come and do a show on me March is our church's month to supply the local food

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Last night I felt brave. We took the boys out for dinner. We quit doing that about 2 years ago when we decided it was silly to spend over $50 to suffer when we could suffer at home for $10. They were surprisingly good! Since we had chinese even Tom ate (rice) and we had only one spill and no dirty looks! A triumph!

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So I got a gift card to buy new underwear for my birthday. I went up a size since it seemed like the ones I had were pretty stretched out and I've grown since I last bought them. But the new ones are a little big and they slide down at night. So I can either get a bigger ass or smaller underwear. One involves hours at the gym and deprivation and the other involves ice cream.

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It turns out I like love guacamole. I wonder how many other foods I will discover as I slowly shed the pickiness of my youth. A friend told me your taste buds regenerate every 7 years but on a rotating basis so you have to keep trying things to see if you like them. I will never like ketchup though, I've built up too much of a mental hurdle to overcome that disgust!

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This month we had the agony of teeth coming in and the ecstasy of teeth coming out.

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The third owner of the doggie pajamas is a reluctant model.

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Alex reluctantly wore bandaids as a little kid, David outright refused them. So we have a collection of Spiderman, Dora, and Spongebob bandaids from over the years. Thomas is obsessed with them. He wears one to protect his hurt finger until the nail can grow in but yesterday I decided in my professional opinion that the wound needs air. He threw a screaming fit and after a 20 minute air

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So I've been sneaking Alex's burritos for lunch. I decided to make a healthier version for myself. I'll just have to label the bag so he doesn't get sick! 1 dozen local eggs $2.25 1 can black beans $1.09 16 wheat tortillas $4.26 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 88¢ fresh salsa 16 oz $2.33 8 oz button mushrooms $1.99 I sauteed the sliced mushrooms in some oil for a bit then added the eggs

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I drove to the store yesterday evening, bought the ice cream and brought it home. Allan scooped some in a bowl for Thomas. This morning he's all sing-songy and saying, "Dad got me green ice cream!"

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David declared this his second favorite food (sausage is #1) Recipe here, it just begs for some chicken tikka masala!

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Batch two of handmade soap turned out much better than batch one. I used coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, castor oil, lye, water and fragrance. It smells delicious and I cannot wait until it's ready to use!

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We had the Cub Scouts over on Friday night to assemble their tin foil dinners for an event on Saturday. So last night we had family foil dinner night with the leftovers. I over spiced mine but the kids had so much fun making them I think we'll have to do it again.

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David was playing with his dinosaurs. He had one in each hand. He said, "This guy works for me and he hasn't been working hard enough. Time to kill him." then he bashed them together. Ouch.

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I've had an off week. I've felt crabby, tired and like I weigh a ton. I did my planned workouts and kept the kids reasonably cared for but let laundry and cleaning back up. Today I snapped out of it and spent two hours scrubbing the kitchen and doing laundry. I'm taking a quick lunch break and will do the floors, dust the living room, and clean David's room while Tom naps. Then I'll have

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Alex has to leave our house to walk to the bus stop at 7:18. My alarm goes off at 6:51 but I hit snooze at least once so I am just not up in time to make him breakfast. He gets himself up and makes his own lunch and needs but an occasional reminder to brush his teeth. I made a batch of breakfast burritos for him last week and he loves them. I made a double batch today and smiled thinking

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David likes to lay on the gel mat in front of the sink in the mornings. There's a vent there and he calls it his heater spot.

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Alex went out with a bang...he took first place for his den in the final Pinewood Derby of his Cub Scout career. Poor Allan, I pointed out that he has to assist with up to ten more cars!

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I made soap! I'm not sure if it turned out because I stirred for over two hours and it didn't 'trace' but that can happen with olive oil soap so I poured it into molds anyway. I started to unmold it today and realized it's not quite ready for that but when I started to clean out my containers I got suds! So maybe it'll be okay. I won't know for 3 weeks or so and will need to ph test it to

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He pulled the nail off last weekend. It's so awful looking, like half his finger is missing that we have to keep it covered with a bandage. That's an image for another blog.

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It took 26.2 miles of slow running for me to fall in love with my own legs. I grew up with asthma, a convenient excuse for avoiding exercise. I had a tall mother who hated her height and I topped out at more than 3 inches taller than her, a convenient excuse to hate my own body. I gained confidence in my body when I delivered each of my sons and nursed them into fat, round little chunks of

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Alex has a friend over. I just heard him run down to the basement and back up to his room. I asked him what he had: "National Geographic" I asked him if it had naked people in it: "uh...yeah but they're really weird" Then I heard ten year old boys giggling.

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2 Tbsp Country Time lemonade mix 1 cup strong brewed Passion tea Add lemonade powder to tea, stir to dissolve. Pour over 16 oz cup full of crushed ice. Shake!

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I've been making smoothies for breakfast. I start with spinach (can you tell?) then add frozen berries and/or banana, a hunk of fresh ginger or a hearty amount of cinnamon, a scoop of protein powder (whey protein), a half tablespoon of flax seed, and either some almonds and water or a glug of coconut milk or grape or orange juice. Then I eat like crap the whole rest of the day.

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One minute I'm checking email. The next I'm on Pinterest. Then I'm making these: Source: chef-n-training.blogspot.com via Sarah on PinterestYum!

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Read here how Nugget slowly invited himself on our furniture. Since that time he's become quite attached. So when we got new furniture just before Christmas we decided to keep him (and his smell) off. I started putting waxed paper along the cushions. It seemed to deter him for awhile but then I caught him curled up on it. After three weeks of saying no and chasing him off we're now at the

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I got hit with the flu on Sunday afternoon. I had a short burst of normalcy yesterday evening but when the Motrin wore off it was back to the chills, body aches and sore throat. I'm feeling human again today but plan to take it easy and stay on the Motrin for at least another day. My family has been wonderful, Allan stayed home to get David off to school in the mornings. Alex was always

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A full week after some idiot accidentally pinched Thomas' finger in the door to childcare at the Y it looks like this:

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Okay, okay so we were using the Keurig until we ran out of K cups. Yesterday we officially switched to The Scoop and today I'm taking it back. It just doesn't get hot enough. When we tried our own ground beans the flavor just isn't there and by the time I add my creamer my coffee is only warm. I think we just need to give up on single serve and go back to the $12 Mr. Coffee that works fine.

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We all need a night off. And all three* of our children need regular baths. So I came up with a handy tool to help rotate nights on (Mom, Dad) with bath requirements (David, Tom, Nobody): I used and X-acto knife to slit a clipart bathtub printed on card stock. There's even a summer schedule: David & Tom, David, Tom, David & Tom, Nobody and a winter schedule: David & Tom, Nobody. You could

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This large box of clothes arrived from my sister today. David and Thomas spent an hour this afternoon racing their cars on top and while Thomas napped I took a sharpie and drew a track so they're back at it. Who knew a box and a sharpie could entertain two boys so well?

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I was reluctant to switch to Kindle. Okay, I didn't want to lay down the money for the device when I pay approximately nothing per year to read any book I want from the library. I work interlibrary loan and never, ever pay a late fee. You know you're behind the times when your 84 year old grandmother tries to talk you into adopting a new piece of technology. So when she and my mom gave me a

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Well, the queen tried but she was unable to get the prince to go potty in the potty so I think this means he's now the king.

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for her master to come downstairs

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I had the best birthday ever yesterday! And today is that weird day between my birthday and New Year's eve and with it being on a Saturday this year it's even weirder. Especially now that I'm thirty six. Ouch! I'm going to curl up with my new Kindle and shop for books with my gift card! I hit my goal of 1,000 miles this year. I can think of at least a dozen things to set as resolutions

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You really appreciate how much of a wheeler dealer you are when your birthday comes around. Nine months ago I found a Dunkin' Donuts gift card near a trash can by a different restaurant as we were traveling to a race in Massachusetts. I registered the card online because it was the only way to check the balance as we were barreling down the highway. It had 37¢ on it, which I used the next time

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My grandma took my mom and I out for dinner at my favorite restaurant on Tuesday night. She ordered an entree that I was considering so I got something else. She ate less than half of hers and brought it home for me to have for lunch yesterday. Then Allan took me for dinner there again last night. Today I'll have to cook something :(

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Here's David and Tom on the teeter totter at the Children's museum. My mom is in the picture, seemingly to add weight to Tom's side so he can make David go up. Actually she had to push Tom up to make David go down. This is me shaking my head. ------

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I got Allan a new coffee maker for Christmas. Yes, we agreed that our new furniture would be our mutual gift. And then I got him a Kindle because he seemed very interested in it and when I was concerned he would just buy himself one and I didn't want him to feel badly for having no gift for me when I broke the rules so I gave it to him early. Then I heard he got me a gift and we saw the

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Christmas Eve lunch: Five Guys Burgers & Fries Christmas Eve dinner: thai peanut chicken skewers, crescent wrapped little smokies, cheese & crackers, egg bread, jalapeno poppers, cranberry bliss bars Christmas breakfast: cornmeal waffles, bacon, orange juice & coffee Christmas lunch: roast turkey, cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, romaine salad, dinner rolls,

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I spent a lot of time with my Grandma Phyllis when I was young. So I thought I had heard all of her old stories at least once and many of them she tells every time I see her. Yesterday evening at a little holiday gathering she told one of my friends this story and it was new to me: I didn't have any brothers or sisters when I was growing up. My husband Pete and I had five kids and they used to

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So...the potty training isn't going well. The other day he woke up completely dry after sleeping 10 hours so I put him on the potty in front of the TV for 30 minutes. He didn't go. We had to go somewhere so I got him dressed and turned my back to find a puddle on the office carpeting. My mom is the most stubborn person I've ever met and she arrives today for Christmas. I'm going to turn

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Alex and David did a great job in the Sunday School pageant. Here's the description from Amazon about the book: The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, smoke cigars, swear, and hit little kids. So no one is prepared when this outlaw family invades church one Sunday and decides to take over the annual Christmas pageant. None of the Herdmans has ever heard

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David has to stay in bed until at least seven in the morning. The other night Allan was getting him ready for bed. It was just before 8:00 pm and David saw that the clock said seven. He asked, "There's a seven on my clock do I still have to sleep?" Uh, yes.

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Thomas is obsessed with all things Cars 2. When the usual characters were sold out at Aldi last November I bought him this one. Her name is Carla Veloso but he couldn't say that so instead he called her Shoe Carnivaloso! We visited Shoe Carnival for the first time during our power outage. Well, we lost the car. I looked everywhere and finally resorted to paying double on eBay because now

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Happy as usual: He was cooperative but kept closing his mouth and using his strong tongue to chase whatever instrument was in his mouth. He has two two-year molars erupted and the other two are bulging. May explain the mood lately. Alex had two baby teeth pulled. It was his first experience with novacaine. I had to laugh at him trying to drink a milkshake afterward. He said his lip felt

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I had the knobs in a dish on the back burner so the children don't turn on the stove. I've mentioned before that I'm dyslexic when it comes to figuring out which knob applies to which burner and on Sunday when I started to boil a pot of water and wandered away to watch the boys operate the train around the christmas tree that smell of burning plastic didn't initially get my attention because the

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I love these recipes because they each make two meals, one for now and one to stick in the freezer. I'm doubling both recipes to have two meals for a friend who's about to have a baby, two for a neighbor who's in the hospital, one for us to eat tonight, one for us to eat tomorrow night and one of each to put in my freezer! Source: myrecipes.com via Giana on Pinterest Source: myrecipes.com via

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Today I'm having lunch with Alex. He gets to pick the restaurant. Up next: 12/17 Allan & David 12/24 Me & Thomas 12/31 Allan & Alex 1/7 Me & David 1/14 Allan & Thomas

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Thomas 37.4 lbs, 39.5 inches David 31 lbs, 37.5 inches Alex 40 lbs, 41.25 inches

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Last night was the annual holiday party for kids & families at Allan's employer. I remember being so impressed the first year we went. They really go all out-pizza, chicken fingers, fries, cookies, drinks, crafts galore, a balloon man, live music, and a visit from Santa complete with a nice gift. After my third year I'm pretty sick of it, though. It's very crowded and I don't like people in

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Alex gets up first in the morning because he has to be at the bus stop by 7:20. The house is cold because we have the thermostat set to warm up later. He likes to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate to warm up in the mornings. I'm cheap. Frugal. Whatever. So why did I pay 77¢ each for Swiss Miss K cups for him when packets of hot chocolate cost 10¢ and the homemade variety even less? To avoid

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Warming up the camera... I had to laugh to myself and be grateful that it's just a picture rather than a video because in between shots the kids were griping and bickering and Allan and I were yelling and then we'd all stop and smile. He'd check the image, complain about something and we'd start all over again. And with five people including a three year old wiggler we could sit there all day

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We went to LEGO KidsFest on Friday. Much fun was had by all.

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Thomas, watching Allan and I hug each other, "Daddy, don't love Mommy!"

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I have to share my new favorite website. It's Print Friendly it takes all pictures, large text, etc. down to nice simple printable document. I especially love it for recipes.

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Source: creativeholidaygiftideas.blogspot.com via Kami on Pinterest

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Source: Uploaded by user via Lauren on Pinterest

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Source: houseonhilltop.wordpress.com via Patricia on Pinterest

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We have a least 2 teaspoons of potty in the potty! Don't tell him but I was going to give it one more day and put him back in diapers if he didn't do something because I was so discouraged. And since it's a half day his next big brother was here to see it!

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Monday morning I put him in Pullups and started taking him potty every hour or two. Yesterday afternoon he had not peed even one drop in the potty so I decided he needed to be in underwear to feel what is happening. He's peed his pants at least a dozen times and pooped in them this morning and he still hasn't put one drop in the potty. If he were 2 or 2 1/2 I'd say he just isn't ready but he's

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I'm annoyed. I had four packs of Pullups that Thomas had outgrown before he ever needed them. I was able to exchange two for a bigger size but I had cut the reward points out of the other two packs so I offered them up on Freecycle. While I was there I saw someone looking for a DVD player. I hadn't planned on giving one away but we have a 5 disc changer that can now move upstairs since

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My Mom's club book for December is Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein. I feel a little left out but the book looks interesting enough and if I read it maybe the next time someone remarks on the fact that I have three boys I can reply, "Cinderella ate my daughter." Just like Lisa Harper, Women of Faith speaker, who happens to be single claims that her husband is lost and won't ask for

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I've always wanted to do this and I finally did:

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Thomas loves the very hungry caterpillar quilt Grandma made him for his birthday. I just wish he'd eat the wide variety of foods that the caterpillar eats: one slice of chocolate cake one ice cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon

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We had such a nice trip. I always know the food at any Slotter gathering is going to be excellent and it did not disappoint. The kids had so much fun running around and this was the first time I didn't have to trail somebody because Thomas is now old enough to play with the big kids on his own for a bit. I had some great conversations with people I see once a year or less yet somehow now

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This is the perfect project for me, I just learned the purl stitch and as you can see still need a lot of practice. I got some washable cotton/acrylic yarn for $2 and just randomly alternated knitting and purling, three rows at a time until it was about the size of a Swiffer. It fit on my broom and as you can see it picked up a lot of hair and dirt: I brushed the hair into the trash and

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For some reason I'm in a funk with running. I have nothing planned and can always find an acceptable excuse. BUT! I'm at 958 miles for the year and there are 39 days left in the year so if I average just over 7 miles per week I'll hit 1,000-totally doable.

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I use this recipe from Allrecipes.com for 'easy pizza sauce iii' It's great and easy to make. The only thing I don't like is it's name! I have to Google easy pizza sauce iii to get to it and then I keep thinking eye eye eye. I should tweak it a bit and give it my own name. Ingredients 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste 1 tablespoon ground oregano 1 1/2 teaspoons

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After another weekend of cleanup this is most of Allan's pile. He found a guy who wanted the logs so those are not pictured.

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I started knitting a couple of weeks ago, I'm still pretty terrible at it but it's fun. Today Alex started knitting too and has about a dozen rows of some pretty funny looking stitches. He keeps increasing his number of stitches and I can't figure out why this is happening because I'm a beginner myself. There is a group of old ladies (I assume) that meets at our library on Thursday nights and

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Good thing I was so forgiving of Alex's mistake. I was in a serious rush to get home to meet David's bus yesterday afternoon, probably would have missed the first pass anyway when I got stopped by a tree trimming detail and ended up really late. My phone ringer was off so the bus called Allan and made arrangements for him to pick David up at the school. The driver made a second pass by our

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Alex missed the bus for the first time this year. He sets his alarm, gets up and gets ready by himself. He eats breakfast, packs a lunch and if there's time left watches TV. The TV got him and he realized that he must have missed the bus. His face was so sad I could do nothing but remind him that we all make mistakes. There is no way to punish a child that punishes himself so much. At

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Five years ago. Four years ago. Three years ago and we had the same lesson on Sunday! I highlighted that line and told Allan about being pregnant with Tom and hearing that! Two. One.

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David and Thomas play three adorable games together: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo: they say this and crash into each other Down the Place: same as above Count Dooku: they say this and crash into the couch Sometimes Thomas doesn't want to play so the conversation goes like this, "Thomas, want to play doo doo doo doo doo?" "No, I don't want to play doo doo doo doo doo, David!"

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Creative genius: His homemade saxophone case handle with twine and garden hose Creative genius: Hers girly cupcakes for a baby shower

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Alex: Star Wars Advent Calendar RC helicopter Wii Mario Baseball Queen Anne's Revenge 4195 Pharoah's Quest Airplane 7307 Republic Frigate 7964 Rotor hero factory Slave I 8097 Session with CT Baseball Academy $10 iTunes gift card David: Star Wars Advent Calendar RC Mater Wii Sonic Black Knight Hess Fire Truck Pharoah's Quest Airplane 7307 Witch Doctor hero factory Von Nebula hero factory Meltdown

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When I got my coffee maker over two years ago I bought the shiny spinny carousel to store the K cups. I had to have it. I hate it. I have to keep it full because the empty holes bother me. And since we have a variety of coffees I have to randomize them so it doesn't look funny. It would be easier to hide the boxes in the cupboard because just when I get it looking right and some asshole

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Before the snow storm and 8 day power loss I ordered and paid for 40 pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breasts from Zaycon foods. Fortunately I picked them up on Tuesday and my freezer is working fine. The pickup process was a breeze, I paid online and drove up to the refrigerated Ryder truck and a man put a piece of plastic in my trunk and set the box of chicken on top. I got home and

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Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband! To think, when we met sixteen and a half years ago he was a strapping twenty five year old and I was a starry-eyed nineteen year old...with a forty two year old FATHER. Oy.

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Melissa & Doug want you to tell them which of their educational toys you think is the best! Just click on the image below to place your vote in the North "Poll!" You'll Get a Melissa & Doug 25% Off Coupon** to use at MelissaAndDoug.com just for voting. I love these toys and voted for the felt food sandwich.

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Funny, I've done all the things on my to do list that involve sitting here at the computer but I keep getting distracted when it's time to go do the other stuff. About three years ago I made up three 2 week menu plans complete with recipes and a shopping list and saved them on the computer. I periodically forget about them, wish I had put some seasonal thought into them, identified items I

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I feel like I've had a week of vacation. Allan...not so much. He got stung by a wasp and his hand swelled up to double the size of the other hand and was put on Prednisone and that made him feel awful and at the same time he had a bad case of diarrhea. Thomas hasn't napped since October 30th and he's still in bed making up for lost time. But we're glad to be home, thankful for the safe

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So...we got home after spending a week in sunny Pennsylvania. And by got home I mean sat on the Garden State Parkway for an hour without moving (road construction), then trickled through NYC and stopped in southern Connecticut (road construction) and again in central Connecticut (accident and road construction) and came home to a warm, lit, beeping house. The previous owners put in an alarm

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We lost power around 5:30 on Saturday the 29th. We made it through two cool nights and decided on Monday that it was best to head for Pennsylvania where Allan's parents have power. The kids are enjoying Grandpa and Grandma, Allan is checking into work via laptop and Nugget and I are hanging out enjoying the warmth. School has been canceled through the week and some areas of CT have been

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Help me! I'm not ready for snow! We just put our short sleeved shirts away and I had to forage for hats, boots and mittens.

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See the glue stains on the orange jacket? I got them out thanks to a hot water wash with OxyClean! My sister bought really nice jackets for my nephews (you have to in North Dakota) and handed them down to my boys. Now if I could only figure out how to remove tar-Jameson and Gage used to like to pop tar bubbles in the street!

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I spent two hours last night listening to a seminar on how dogs think and why their wolf pack mentality affects their relationship with their people. Poor Nugget is in for a rude awakening!

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And it feels so good! He was in the lost and found at church!

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I put a shoe organizer to good use in the pantry. Each pocket holds ten packets, an entire box of oatmeal! Thank you Nugget for pointing to the oatmeal.

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I lost Thomas' beloved Georgie. I last saw him before church when I dropped Tom in the nursery. They bring all the kids back for communion at the end of the service and in hindsight he didn't have Georgie then. We went to a corn maze with a group from church yesterday afternoon so the pastor was kind enough to meet us back at the church to look around and we didn't find him. Sadly, I last

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Looks like I need to head to Big Sky, Montana to try this place out!

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I couldn't find the right recipe for the monster cookies I signed up to make so I decided to make caramel corn. After 3 batches I was out of brown sugar and had only filled 12 bags! So I made kettle corn. I think I've popped over 50 cups of popcorn! I'm so glad I did this today instead of tomorrow morning because it took about five times longer than I anticipated.

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