After staring at my computer screen and almost nothing else (well, you know, except the Monster, and his toys and books and dirty diapers) for two days I finally finished my massive one hundred page 12×12 photo book with a mere two hours to spare before shutterfly’s midnight deadline on their half-price sale. I thought […]
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Dec
Dec
All I asked for my birthday this year was photo frames and shutterfly money to fill them with. I got what I asked for….a bed full of 8×10’s and photo collages. Now all I have to do is fill them. And as I spent several hours last night pouring over the thousands of photos I’ve […]
After almost two weeks of being on the road, 2400 miles in a car with the Monster, a funeral and a sick baby, we are finally home. It rained literally ALL day. There is standing water everywhere which I find rather depressing so after surveying the damage (lost all the spinach I left uncovered while […]
I’m sad for me today. And for my son never knowing his great-grandfather. And for the rest of my family. I’m not sad for my grandfather. I do believe he’s in a better place. And that he had an amazing, long life that he lived the way he wanted to up until almost the very […]
The Monster has ALWAYS loved bath-time. But he especially loves bath-time with Grandma. I have pictures of them from baths in the sink to baths in the tub with him laughing hysterically at the games she comes up with to play in the bath. We have been in Iowa for the last week for Thanksgiving […]
Yesterday was Thanksgiving. It was also the day my 95 year old grandfather passed away. I hadn’t seen him in several years. And hadn’t seen him in several years before that visit. Growing up he lived ten hours away from us. As an adult, with us living in Arkansas and him and my grandmother in […]
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Nov
Nov
Yesterday I chose hanging out at the park over the Razorback game. III’s been going to the football games with his buddy since before I knew him. I’ve been going with them since before we were married. And before his buddy was married. III’s parents usually babysit during football games now that the Monster is […]
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Nov
Nov
The extreme arachnophobia I’ve had most of my life has proven quite the challenge for my chosen occupation as a market gardener. I feel like I have adapted fairly well although the occasional black jumping spider appearing from nowhere still elicits a high-pitched girly scream that causes me embarrassment even though the dogs are the […]
I have this rolling slide show of my photos in the corner of my computer screen. I love it. It randomly pulls out photos from my hard drive, some that I haven’t seen in years. I love that. The result of seeing these photos however is that I am easily distracted from the task I […]
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Nov
Nov
I spent yesterday researching wooden blocks. I really had no idea what I was getting into. I thought I was just looking for a quick set of blocks to purchase mostly because I was feeling lazy. I know I could make him some blocks I just didn’t feel like it. Until I saw how much […]