I decided to post a few links here. Some of them hit very, very close to home for me for reasons that many of you already know. My decision to post this was painful because posting this means acknowledging not only the abuse I endured but the abuse I’ve doled out to my own family [...]

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I know its been a while since I last posted a recipe (sorry Robbi!) but I’ve been running around, visiting home, being sick for Thanksgiving.  However, being sick affords one great thing.  Chicken Noodle Soup.  My mom makes a great Chicken Noodle Soup but I could never get it to come out quite like hers.  [...]

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So before we realized my laptop died, I’d planned on writing a Thanksgiving Day post about all the things for which I’m thankful. Then I tried to boot up my sad, little laptop, and it said, “Sorry. No lappy for you.” And being crazy busy since then, I’ve put off writing that post ’til now.
As [...]

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So I didn’t have time today to get together a “proper” Wednesday with Tricia. However, I think y’all will forgive me when you find out the pics from our Thanksgiving trip are finally edited, captioned and uploaded. I think y’all will be even more happy when you realize I didn’t use all 500+ photos. Hee.
Anyway, [...]

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…on the photos from our trip. I did manage to get one uploaded, so I’ll share it. This is the ceiling of the hotel where we stayed. The balloon got me, I admit it. Not to mention the stunning architecture of that ceiling. Becky’s hotel pretty much rocks all the way around really. If you [...]

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Okay, no more roadtrips that involve my children anyway. I love them. They are (mostly) good children. However, 2 days in a car is enough to make even the most well-behaved children temporarily insane, not to mention how it affects even the most loving parents of said children.
At any rate, we’re now HOME. I’ve downloaded [...]

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My laptop is dead, else I’d have posted sooner. I finally figured out how to post from my BlackBerry. Woohoo!
Anyway, the trip has been absolutely excellent. We’re leaving tomorrow morning for home. While I am totally excited to go home, I’m sad we couldn’t stay just a weeeee bit longer.
I have over 400 pictures that [...]

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…now seems like a good time to complete #58 on my “101 in 1001″ list - give up e-mail for one week. So, I’m going to do that. God help me. It’ll start at midnight tonight, so from 11/20 - 11/27, don’t freak out if you don’t hear from me. I’m just giving up e-mail.
If [...]

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That’s right. It’s done. My hair is now black with purple fuschia streaks. (I changed my mind about the streaks, okay?) Anyway, for your viewing pleasure…
Getting up close and personal with my hair color…

Hmm. Not bad…

Ooh! Pretty!

I like it!! I always express extreme like with psycho faces, don’t you?

So. It is done. I love it [...]

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If I’m on yours and you want one back, remove me from your list. Here’s why — I will forget to buy Christmas cards until approximately Dec. 16th (Matt’s birthday), if at all. I will then take said Christmas cards home with lots of good intentions about filling them out and sending them off. I [...]

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