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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:43 PM

Devin's cookies

I had promised Devin a batch of chocolate chip cookies over the weekend. When I called to discuss what specifically he wanted we talked about various alternatives like orange chocolate chip cookies that I make. Devin suggested mint but did not know if
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Monday, November 03, 2008 6:44 PM

Halloween

This past halloween was the second year that we have let the children go trick or treating. I had a few simple rules for their costumes, 1 They had to be creative and 2 They had to be cheap or homemade. This is what the end result was. Treanna as a Jedi
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Sunday, November 02, 2008 9:01 PM

Time moves on

This seems almost like a dream. Especially when just this last week I took this: While I am excited about November, Summer seemed just like yesterday. Tomorrow I shall post Halloween costumes!
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:12 AM

No updates...

Yes I know I have not been updating. I realized that I was having attitude failure and since I had decided to really only keep my blog positive and informative I was struggling with things to write. This is not a journal I don't write everything, I keep
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Monday, February 11, 2008 11:48 AM

Vegas Trip summary

In November we took a family vacation. I don't know if we had ever taken a vacation where we went somewhere on an airplane that wasn't to visit family. We like visiting family but we also wanted our children to experience a vacation where we went somewhere
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Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:17 AM

Vegas 2007

I just uploaded a couple of photos from our Vegas trip in November 2007. I am slowly working on figuring out what I want to blog. This picture was taken on our way out to baggage claim at the Las Vegas airport. There are some neat large statue like things
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Monday, December 24, 2007 11:11 PM

A link to our online newsletter

For Christmas 2007
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Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:42 PM

So much to blog

Not even sure where to start. Alaric had a birthday and a party with friends. We have been tearing through the house and cleaning more. Did our room and Alaric's room. Still have the girl's room to go. I finally fixed the shelves in my craft cabinet and
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:57 PM

Kids clothing and my tinkerbell cup

Some days you feel like if you had a camera or a tape measure you could actually watch your children grow. In the last 10 days both of my children have filled out to the point where pants that fit are too tight. On top of that they both probably grew
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Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:43 PM

Well it really is Autumn

There is a blanket of dead leaves over my grass. There seem to be dead dry leaves everywhere around my house. It took quite some time to clean them out of the carport today. There are lots and lots of spiders and their little egg sacs everywhere too.
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Friday, September 07, 2007 7:01 PM

Review of how the Bento lunch was received

The children both seemed to enjoy the Bento lunch. Honestly in some ways I found it easier to make and get ready than the standard lunch. I think part of that was just that it was fun and I had stuff for Bento. I did not have everything needed for the
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Friday, September 07, 2007 6:49 PM

Going backwards - release of the final Harry Potter book

I don't know that I talked about the release of Harry Potter 7 and events surrounding that. First off we did go down late to the big Borders store in the Redmond Town Center. I was amazed at the sheer amount of people there! The children wanted everyone
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:58 AM

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the first day of school, my darling's birthday and the day things really get back into the routines of the majority of the year. We have been attempting to get back on schedule for several weeks but things keep interfering. Overall I am proud
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Monday, August 27, 2007 11:33 PM

Life happens

I was going to be updating more but life happens some days and weeks. Instead of updating or writing I am going to relax and play Lego Star Wars 2. I am now on the final episode and more than 60% of the way complete with the game. I am also looking for
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Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:02 PM

August weekend...

I really should have updated more just was not sure which of the many things to update. We went to an Aquasox game in Everett the beginning of the month. We even saw the Goodyear Blimp and I took a picture. Otherwise we are just ramping up for school
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Saturday, July 28, 2007 8:59 PM

Lego Star Wars

We have had the first game since January when Alaric bought it with his Christmas money. We finally got a computer for the kids up and running in the library a few months ago. I got it put on a table in May and so we have a computer for the kids to use
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Friday, July 27, 2007 3:50 PM

The garden

Despite the fact that my weedwhacker needs a mysterious new part that I have not bothered to discovered what it is I still managed to get part of the lawn edged. I remembered that I have a pair of old fashioned scissor like sheers. So between that and
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:27 PM

Finally a haircut picture!

Ok I have had several requests for a picture of my newest haircut. This was taken by Devin yesterday morning just after I did my hair. You cant really tell just how curly it is either. I had put my hair up in pin curls and just lightly fluffed it and
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:31 AM

Flower pictures from the back garden

I took some pictures of the back garden on the 15th. It is still pretty weed filled but I liked a lot of the flowers. Granted these are not in their prime most of these are a bit on the spent side of blooming. Anyway here goes: The above picture is a
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Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:19 PM

Just uploaded some pictures

So today's blog post will feature 2 different pictures. The above is the picture from a few months ago of the new windshield going into the Ford Focus. It was really cool to watch it. It has also made the Focus much nicer to drive. Besides the Focus is
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Friday, July 13, 2007 3:40 PM

Thunder and Synchronized!

This morning at about 9:45 I was woken from sleep by a very loud crack of thunder. About 5 minutes later it started to rain. It nicely cooled the air and gave a drink to my garden. Treanna was slightly terrified from the sound as she was very much asleep
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:03 PM

The sister, Becca

No, you are not chopped liver. Since I did not have prior permission I did not use your name in my post! Now you know! You have to admit its funny when your family reads your blog to keep up with your life. Its hot today. I am sure glad I have electricity
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Friday, July 06, 2007 10:55 PM

It was awesome!

Transformers was awesome. The kids both enjoyed it as well. Heck even my Mom called and told me she loved it! We wish we had enough in the budget to go and see it again! Now of course we are excited that the next one is apparently already in the works
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:56 PM

Quick Update

Mommy school is going ok so far. Their typing skills are definitely improving. We got to see friends from out of town last week and it was awesome! Plus I did a lot of work on the house and got it caught up back to manageable levels. This week Devin is
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Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:18 PM

Reading, Summer starts and Mommy School

We finally got the Amazon order my son was waiting for. He saved his money for a Lego Droid pack and so was very excited when they arrived. Tacked onto the order was the Fifth Element on DVD which we needed to replace the VHS with. In addition was the
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Monday, June 18, 2007 9:38 PM

Movie review and Father's Day

Well Friday night I was able to go watch Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer with Devin and Nick. I was suprised at just how much I enjoyed the movie. It was funny, serious and definitely entertaining. I think my favorite part though was some of
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Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:43 PM

All is almost right with the world

I am writing this blog post on my regular desktop computer. I have a good start to things being back in their places. To be sure things are upgraded and I still have many more programs and things to get set up. For some odd reason my calendar and contacts
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:13 AM

yeah no new blog post for nearly a month

I know its been a while. 1st off my main computer is still not quite working. It is rebuilt and installed and ready to receive my profile. However that is where we seem to be bogged down. It is not liking transferring my profile. So now we need to figure
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Friday, May 18, 2007 1:20 PM

Wonderful day!

Today is just a good day. I did well going to yard sales this morning, the weather is beautiful. I picked up yet more clothing for myself, a gorgeous heavy glass cake plate cover and a rolling duffel bag to replace the giant suitcase we have that almost
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 11:26 PM

Life is stressful

Sometimes. I have been dealing with a lot of family drama lately. So far I think it will end up resolved in a positive manner for all involved. Needless to say this was stressful. Other news: Congratulations to my nephew Ethan who earned his Eagle Scout
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