tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68569871576789293722012-02-16T22:15:18.667-06:00a little about this and a little about that...with snark sprinkled in between.cheeky monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02624004885450070110noreply@blogger.comBlogger1161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856987157678929372.post-45760005786313884132010-03-22T23:10:00.002-05:002010-03-22T23:13:04.868-05:00

I have been searching for something to do, someway to work out that is motivating. I want to look not fat fabulous for my step-daughter's upcoming graduation from High School. This means I have about 2 months to do SOMETHING that get me off my ass and Facebook and get in shape. My son was in Taekwondo a year or so ago. He quit because it got highly expensive and the place decided to move

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It is spring break this week and we are chillaxing (as the red-headed kid would say) by watching Star Wars. Okay I won't lie. I have seen Star Wars and really have no desire to sit through 12 hours of Star Wars this week, with that being said, the kid, is having a BLAST! He has already figured out how to help Luke and Obi Wan defeat the clones by doing something or another before they....well

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I am back. For how long, well that isn't determined yet. Let's jump into it and talk about some really important stuff. Daylight savings time. What a crock of crap these days. I haven't the foggiest of why we continue to use it. If you have a huge suggestion as to why...comment. So this morning Hubster and I were discussing how badly it sucked to lose an hour and how the little red-head was

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This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer DavisThank you to all of the men and women who have fought, currently fighting or about to go off and fight for our country. It is because of each one of you that we are able to celebrate freedom. Much love!

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First it was Ed McMahon (1923-2009)Next it was Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009)then Michael Jackson (1958-2009).....RIP

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Flabbergasted -–verb (used with object) to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.I have said this word at least 15 times in the last few days. Sometimes about personal stuff, sometimes family stuff, and then the blowup today fit the definition perfectly. Let me tell you what happened. It is a doozy.What: An altercation and it wasn't like this kind of fighting....When: 1PMWhere:I

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Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!I want to shout out to one of the best fathers I have ever known......my hubster. .....he has the best BBQ around......he makes the best hamburgers (per the kiddo)......he builds his son rc cars.......he laughs hard and long at our jokes.......he races home to be with us when he is away.......he taught the kiddo how to ride a bike.......he takes the

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We went to the downtown aquarium today. They are running a "Two for Tuesday" special. The kiddo and I had a BLAST with some friends of ours.Here are some pictures of some of the cool things we got to see.These are gold speckled fish (that is not the actual name). The sides of their body actually look like shimmering gold in the light.Here we have the octopus. He/She would not let me take a

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We gave the red-headed child a Mohawk for the summer. It is long right now because I can't wait to get him to sit still long enough for him to have it molded above his head. (pictures promised!)The very next day after he got his 'hawk, he got slammed in the eye by the universe (actually a kid's ankle...total accident) and tore his EYELID totally OPEN. There was OPEN FLESH, people!Once I saw

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So we have finally made it to the last day of school!Here he is doing his happy dance.Sorry it is a bit blurry....he was twisting around and I didn't have the right setting. Oh well....but I do see that my pile of stuff to be put away is in clear focus!Later, pictures of his new summer haircut.

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So we are gearing up for summer around here. Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the last day of First Grade for the little red-headed child that lives in my house. He is so excited he can't stand it! This is going to be our summer!The countdown ends tomorrow at 3:45PM.Instead of the teacher constantly hearing my son chatter all day....it will be my job. Talk to me at the end of summer, but I am

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Can you stand one more flashback television talk? We got the red-headed son the First Season of The Dukes of Hazzard for Christmas last year. He ATE it up! I mean how can you not get a little excited about a nice Dodge Charger getting jumped in each episode and running from the "law". There's Bo, Luke, Jessi and even Daisy Duke. Then you got Boss Hogg in his white suit and sheriff Roscoe P

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Lately, we have been bombarded with crap television when the red-headed child has the remote. He is 7, so his favorite shows right now are mind-numbing crap. The other day the hubster and I were talking about shows that we used to love as kids and how we wished that they were still showing.....well guess what.....they are! Hubster went and started recording The Brady Bunch this weekend for the

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Did you miss me? I have taken a bit of a hiatus from blogging.Let me get right to the point of this post. Cleansing. Cleansing of the house, of my friend's garage but most importantly my body.Me and a friend are taking the As Seen On TV Dual-Action Cleanse.I have actually been very excited about this. I secretly watched the entire infomercial and was a bit creeped out by the rep on the

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This little lady came by one day and stayed a while. I love lady bugs!

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I said I would be all cheery and shit today....sorry.....I sometimes lie.I found this video that the Founding Bloggers took after the CNN reporter below rapped her story up.Bravo! There are weirdos that come to everything...protests, the local library, they even show up to church! The media is always the first to jump to find these people and wrap up each individual's reason for being there

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This is my hundredth post. I have been trying to think of what to blog about and how I would like to honor this being number 100.This wasn't really the post I wanted to post today but it is one that has become pretty damn important. Now I don't cuss on this blog except for now. (I do use wonderfully vibrant cuss words in my real world, so I figured I would save my sailor mouth and not attack

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On the camping trip this weekend this little guy found his way to us. He was saved from the camping fire. He became a fellow camper's friend the rest of the trip (well at least until we left).This kid became friends with my red-headed son all weekend long.He kept asking me to take his picture so that the RHS could remember him.Hunter....we will never forget you. You are one of a kind.

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So we are getting ready for our annual Easter camping trip. I guess I can't really call it annual as we have only done it like 3 times in the past 7 years but us and our friends really try to make it when possible.This year it will be family camping. It should be really interesting.The other night we all took a trip to Academy and bought us new fishing poles. I am so stoked. I keep telling

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some cars driving by and the city lights......

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I got my shoes today. The box was immediately ripped open and the shoes were slipped on my feet where they belong. I didn't get a picture of them on my feet yet but I will soon. Too cute with my tattoo as well. After I got home from getting the kid of the bus, I sat out back and took my shoes off to inspect them in great detail. One thing that I was very upset about was the label in the shoe

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This morning, my child asked for me to go get him some Fruit Loops for breakfast. Normally, I would have told him to go get his cereal himself but he batted those beautiful long eyelashes and begged. So I went in the kitchen and straight to the pantry to get my beloved little man his breakfast all whilst in the dark. I grabbed the big box of Fruit Loops and away to the cabinet I went and

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These are blooming out by our pond in the backyard. I love Spring. I wish it would stay and quit playing around. It should not freeze during spring!

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It is still me, your resident cheeky monkey. I have done a bit of changing around here and hope you like it enough to stick around.So my sweet, wonderful, dear, loving, amazing, adorable and most of all Hottest Husband in the World picked out these shoes for me. He put my two "picks" together and got me these. They should be here next week! I am so trying not to wish away the weekend.

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I am sitting here waiting to hear from my father about his test results. I could go into a LONG rant about how our medical system sucks ass and how doctors should NOT be allowed to go on vacation until they make sure that people who are waiting on test results are told what those test results are. I mean is it that hard to call and tell their patients how long they have to live. I mean

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So the red-headed child just had this conversation with his father:RHC: "Hey, can I start a party when you guys aren't home when I am older?"Dad: "In your own place."RHC: "Like when my kids aren't home?"(I won't lie, I laughed so hard I started snorting!)

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Why was President Obama on Jay Leno last night?I don't understand. Aren't there better things to be doing with his time?

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So the red-headed son is on spring break this week. Yesterday, we went to the museum with a couple of his friends. We learned a lot. I love the museum. There is something for everyone there.We went to the planetarium and found out about Mars and our invasion of it. Then we went to learn all about Sharks in 3D at the IMAX. It was freaking awesome. The kids were so adorable reaching out at

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I asked the kid some questions that were floating around facebook. I wanted to see how he would answer. The red-headed son is 7 years old. Enjoy.Notes about my Mom:1. What is something mom always says to you? "No"2. What makes mom happy? "give her a necklace"3. What makes mom sad? "don't give her anything for her birthday"6. How old is your mom? "32" (close)7. How tall is your mom? "21 feet"

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A couple of years ago, I carpooled to and from work. It was a great way to save gas and money and it gave me a LOT of free time to read my trash mags (that I stole from a friend and gave back to her the next day like it was in the "mail". Whatever. I digress.) and also to look out the window and watch all the scenery go by. One particular day we were stopped in front of the Dodge dealership

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I'll call him "mini-me"!

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Me and the hubs went out on a date last night. I don't know if it was because it all seemed to work out well with planning or what but it was a heck of a time. We had a blast. There was good food and a killer flick.We went to see Watchmen. I just love the comedian's smiley face.....I know it is a little morbid. I was very impressed by the movie. There were some scenes that were majorly graphic

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There was a pink dolphin found in a lake in Louisiana. Ain't that some shit?Here is the link to see the full story.

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All of my life my father and I have had a close relationship. There are many special memories that I have of just him and I whether it be us going for a ride up to the store to get peanuts and coke or of him and I shopping for clothes. He has always been one of my best friends and confidant.Today I got to have lunch with him. We were able to just sit and talk and enjoy each other's company.

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Today we went out to Katy and we saw some interesting things.First we have redneck tubing or redneck sleigh ride or redneck land surfing? Call it what you want....this is what we saw. Then we look over and saw training wheels......Seriously? Training wheels?

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There is a lot going on in this little monkey's world. Total drama, duuuuuuude. OMG!Sorry for not posting. I am going to make a huge effort to change my posting habits and post daily.Just in the last hour I have found out that my dad's cancer is officially back. Now they just have to pinpoint the exact location of it and then they will treat it aggressively. Good news is that they have not given

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This weekend we went to Louisiana to see our grandmother. It was a very nice trip.We did so many things like go to a Mardi Gras parade and then we had to count all of those beads that the kiddo got. (Which I quit counting after 100.)When I am at our grandmother's house I love to look at all of her books. She has the most amazing collection of any kind of book you could think of. One of the books

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A - A is for Anniversary weekend!It was a perfect time with my husband. We had an absolute blast! We drove to Austin in a nice ride just the two of us. We stayed a great hotel that had the BEST breakfast evah! We had a suite and it came with chocolate covered strawberries, white chocoate swans with blueberries, champagne, and heart shaped brownies. I was in HEAVEN!We went to 6th street in Austin

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We ended up getting a Dodge Charger.....all pretty and BRAND SPANKING new! :)I will be enjoying taking over the wheel this weekend.Adios internet friends.....see you Sunday night!

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So the hubster and I hit 10 year of being married tomorrow. Let me express how much I love this man! He can make me laugh like no other and totally is just a totally wonderful husband and father. He is a very unique gift giver as well.We have already exchanged gifts. I just have to share one of the gifts that I received. It is too good not to share.Hubster made me play the guessing game.H: Guess

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So this weekend is my 10 year anniversary of being married to one of the greatest men alive!We were going to go to Vegas, but as most things I talked myself out of the trip. The decision was made to stay more local (as in Texas) and do something fun....as in rent a car for a road trip and head out to a nice already booked hotel with some fancy champagne and chocolate covered strawberries. So

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a swing.....

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What should the caption read?

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Today is a tired blah day. I don't want to do anything!Wait. That is not true. I want to go sit in my big oversized chair and watch my shows from last night that I promised the hubster I wouldn't watch around him. He thinks Grey's Anatomy is written by a woman for women and the men on the show talk just like women. Eh, I can't say I don't see it sometimes....but I am hooked. Shh...don't tell

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' Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give hersperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give youa home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you giveher a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges whatis given to her. So, if you give her any crap,be ready to receive a ton of shit.'unknown

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I am not a girly girl. You know the girl who doesn't really care WHAT she looks like as long as she is comfy. Well that would be me. I am a jeans and t-shirt with flip-flops kind of gal. With that said, I have bushy brows. Yes I said bushy brows. See below:My eyes are all scrunched up because of the sun I guess....anyway see the brows? I can get away with my bushy brows usually because they

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We have bought a lot of things over the Internet in the last couple of years. It took me a while to even buy the smallest of things on the Internet for the longest because I was skeeeeered. And you know there was this one time I bought something I saw on TV and we ended up with all kinds of weird reoccurring charges that took FOREVER to deal with the bank. And I HATE dealing with the bank. I

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Tonight, hubster and I bit the bullet and bought our first television together. Don't get me wrong. We have TVs. We just have never bought one since we have been together. We got our last TV when hubster traded it for a hard drive about 10 years ago. That TV has seen better days. When you turn it on, it takes about 20 minutes to warm up and stretch the screen out. most times people's

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Here is a monarch butterfly that my son rescued from some bigger boys. He brought it to our backyard and let it rest until it could fly away.

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Anyone been to Las Vegas recently? We are wanting to go for our 10th Anniversary next month. I already have a sitter for the kiddo....I just need some ideas of where to go and what would be fun to do. We are definitely wanting to go to see the Blue Man Group. I think that would be a blast too! So anyone have any ideas?

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The family and I just got done playing Rockband before the kid had to go to bed. I promise I will post a picture or a video of us playing it.....once I take it. I usually have too much fun playing!One of the kiddo's favorite songs to play is Tom Sawyer (as well as Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden).Since I don't have video of him playing it here is a funny video of Rush playing Tom Sawyer on

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This was a prayer by Rev. Joseph Lowery for the Inauguration, an 87-year-old civil rights pioneer, "Where black will not be asked to get back. Where brown will stick around. Where the yellow will be mellow. Where the red man can get ahead, man. And where white will embrace what is right."Why must it be racial? And what does this mean "where white will embrace what is right"? Shouldn't that be

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My red-headed son has been saving his money for quite a while now for a Sony PSP. Have I told you that he is 7 years old? We have been pricing them for quite a while. They are $169 plain jane or $199 for the console, a game, a movie, some weird download program and most importantly a memory stick. Again, have I told you he is 7? When I was 7 I was worried about what my friend down the street

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Okay I just got an email from my hubster that has my blood boiling. Instead of talking about crappy reality shows, lets talk about our nation and all of these bailouts. Did you hear that one of the newest bailouts going in front of congress is the bailout of AT&T, Comcast and Verizon.One of President-elect Obama's plans has committed billions of dollars to rebuilding the information

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Okay so I have decided I need to do some trash talking today. Since today is Thursday I thought it would be nice to start my Trash Talking Thursdays! I am mostly going to trash the trash TV shows......but if I have something else to talk about I will see fit to add it. So move on if you don't want to hear me go off on some crazy reality shows.....(yes my darling hubs....that means you!)First off,

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On December 21st, or the Winter Soltice, I got the proposal that I had always dreamed of.....well sort of. I mean it wasn't exactly what I had dreamed of because you don't dream up stuff like this.We will just say that hubster's first proposal wasn't what either of us had hoped for....although it did get the job done! I over the years have told him that I secretly wished for a proposal that was

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One of my wonderful memories that I had as a child growing up was when we would drive up to the dam to see my grandparents. My grandfather would always give my dad a pocket knife. Or if they would come to see us he would give my dad a pocket knife. My dad would reciprocate with giving my grandfather a knife that he had. It was like the way they spoke their love to each other without words. My

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If you haven't seen The story of stuff.....please watch. It will do the planet good.

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I thought it would be more like elementary school!

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My birthday is not until Friday.....but I got my very cool present today. This is the best present that I could have asked for! The hubster completely took me by surprise. Look at what he got me..... he got me the flash I have been drooling over for months. I am one lucky girl about to be 25 for the 8th time!

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So apparently the Zune issue was a leap year issue and now the Zune is working. I have proof. I have a hubster that is laying in bed as I type this watching all of his million podcasts he has been waiting to see since yesterday.Thank you MicroSoft. You made our family a little happier today!

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My wish for you is a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, Loving 2009!

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"Today will forever be known as 12/31." Did you hear that all 1st generation Zunes all froze and died today? I wouldn't have believed it unless I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. On Zune's forum on their website there are 271 pages (at the time this was posted) bitching about it. Few people want to sue MicroSoft. HAHAHAHA. Someone said that this was a terrorist attack. Hence the quote at the top.

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This last year has been a hard but good year. I have many things to be grateful for and many people that I will miss this coming year.We have had four very important people in our lives pass away this year.Tina, who watched my son daily for years, will be greatly missed. She and I had many laughs over the years and also we just got each other. It is rare when you find someone that just "gets" you

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As promised....here are a couple of pictures. First we have the lake near where we are staying. This is just the most beautiful place on earth....I think!Next, is the red-headed son making snow angels. This was within minutes of us arriving at our destination in Colorado. If you are wondering....we are in Grand Lake, Colorado. It is 30 or so minutes from Winter Park. It is just beautiful

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Colorado here we come.I am hoping to be able to grace you internets while I am in CO but I am not sure there will be access for me. I will find a way to get some pictures uploaded of snow. Just a side note - it will be 80 degrees and raining on Christmas day here at our house....it will be snowing where we are in Colorado.Happy Holiday's ya'll!

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So I have been knee deep in preparations for our trip to Colorado for Christmas. I was also asked to help make a DVD of picture for my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary in the midst of all of my planning and preparing. This morning I was overcome with panic as I was trying to get the DVD's to copy and also find time to go run all of my errands. I was ready to check myself in the looney bin

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Santa, Mrs. Clause, red-headed son and an elf.

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Honestly, I have lots and lots of freckles as I am a pretty fair skinned person. But how many people have freckles on their hands?See it? My son has one on his hand too. I have never known anyone else to have one on the palm of their hand.....but then again I never really looked!

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I hate even more actually falling.....like through the ceiling....see the hole here?looking up at the hole...My good friend/neighbor was with me when it happened. After she made sure I was okay and got me to stand up we both started laughing hysterically. I couldn't believe what happened and that it happened so fast. I didn't even have time to yell a cuss word as I am known to do. Seriously....

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I know that I just posted a bunch of pictures but I wanted to post this for my Sunday's picture....This is my red-headed son. His nickname starts with a "M" so here is my little SuperMan!

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I am taking a photography class and I have a project due tomorrow. I am just playing around with some stuff I have at home.First off we have bubbles... A single bubble... smoke....more smoke with a cool curly spiral... and more smoke....I like how the light lit this up...I have to have 7 or 8 pictures.....hmmmm what else can I do? Any ideas?

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I am sorry I have neglected you. I just haven't felt up to doing well much of anything lately. Don't get me wrong...I did do things this week....like me and the hubster went to the post office. Usually someone can go to the post office and get their mail or send off their mail but we actually had a horrible few days dealing with the post office. You know it is one thing for someone to not help

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I did it! I did it! I did it! Did you know that I did it? I finished the month and posted everyday. Now I know that not everyday was full of great stuff and some was filler but I finished the month out! I am proud of myself. It was hard!I plan to continue posting daily just better content.This is huge for me as I usually start something and then don't finish it for one reason or another. I mean,

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I am a bit sad tonight. Thanksgiving is over. All of our company has left, our daughter has gone back home.So I am going to scour the internet to find my Christmas wish list. Fun fun.....First up is this adorable business card holder for when I start my photography business.Next are these adorable lens huggies as this little shop calls them. You can find these cute camera accessories here at

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Ever feel, after a big holiday, like you have a hangover? Oh my, do I.Today is no exception.And so I don't blow nablopomo I am going to leave a picture of what the kids made yesteraday after Turkey.Oh and my neighbor went shopping today on Black Friday and scored some cool stuff....and she told me that she heard that a fight broke out in Walmart over a digital picture frame. What class.That

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Today we had all of our family come to celebrate this day with us. It makes my heart swell.I am so tired I can't even see straight. I am going to bed but will leave you with this picture.I am thankful for many people in my life. This little one is the newest.Goodnight.

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As in freaking exhausted. It has been a whirlwind of a day. We woke up to the kids/guest bathroom toilet leaking all over the floor. (Remember the whole family will be here tomorrow.....) I called the landlord and then my AMAZING father and he came over with a new toilet and installed it for us.I felt like I was going to melt down., well I guess I semi did in my mom's embrace. I won't lie there

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It is Thanksgiving....okay not yet but close enough. We have all of our family coming in the next couple of days and I am stressed to the max.The last two days have been frantically cleaning like a mad woman. I couldn't have even thought about doing it without my dear friend across the street. Amanda came over and put me to work and helped me transform my house from a house that a tornado hit

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This is the funniest thing I have seen this week!

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This was the first time that hubster let our son go and he has never needed help since.This just shows me how independent our son is getting. I am so proud of him! (and weepy at the same time!)

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So i just got this recipe in the mail for a Thanksgiving Turkey from our grandmother.Ingredients:1 whole chicken or turkey1 large lemon, cut into halvessprig of rosemarysalt and pepper to tastebutter or olive oil, whichever you preferHeat oven to 350 degreesRub butter or oil over the skin of the chicken/turkey until it is completely coated. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and any other seasonings

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Tonight, we went to some old friends house and just reconnected. It was much needed. We had fabulous fajitas and drank some cheap wine which was just perfect!After dinner we got the kids a movie going and the adults went outside and sat around the fire pit and drank Hot Cocoa with the following....mmmmmmmmm.......this is highly addictive. I highly recommend it.I am definitely going to bed now.

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Tonight, I ran up to our closest grocery store to get snacks for red-headed son's first grade class tomorrow. As I got to the store I pulled up into a great spot near the door. I went inside and did my shopping of figuring out what kind of snack to get. After 10 minutes of going back and forth on what I should get (so that all the kids love him and not make fun of him which really isn't the point

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I want a dog. Red-headed son wants a dog. Hubster does not want a dog. The boy and I don't necessarily want a puppy we just want a dog that needs a home. I would REALLY like a Boston Terrier.I even have names picked out for my two dogs that I dream of.....Sir Nestle Tollhousen from this Friends episode and Vera Lynn for Pink Floyd's song "Vera".One day I came across this little guy on petfinder..

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Oh my! I have so much to do for Thanksgiving! We have ALL of our family coming to spend this wonderful holiday with us! (Can you tell I am happy with all of my explanation marks? shhhh don't tell anyone but I am a bit freaked out as well!) My sisters-in-law will be coming in from California, our Grandmother will be coming in from Louisiana, and my step-daughter will be coming in from Idaho as

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This has been all over the web today.I have a headache now...hand me the advil!

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This is my cat's face. Don't let her sweet looks fool you.....she is evil!If you look in her left eye you can see my palm tree in the back yard.

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So today me and the red-headed child went to a birthday party for one of his friends at Dewberry Farms. There are many cool things about this place. One cool thing is there is nothing electronic. I would call it "organic". They have go-karts but doesn't use gas, they have pedals. There are little wagons all over the place that the kids just loved pulling around. You could also attach them all

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So the red-headed child got his trophy tonight for playing baseball. The trophy was nice but the party was well awesome. The kid was so excited about getting the trophy he could hardly stand it.There were margarita's and there was a sand box and a gameroom....not a bad combo.It was a nice way to end the season.

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Tonight was my son's last little league game before playoffs. His team has lost every game except one*. Tonight before we left the house he came up to me and handed me a penny he had found. He walked off and then came back with his piggy bank and got out 12 pennies. One for each of his team mates.He brought me the dozen pennies and asked me to hold on to them so that he could give them to his

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Monday night, Keith Olbermann commented on the passing of Proposition 8 in California last week...... before I share it with you let me state that this may not affect you or anyone you know....but this does affect my family and we don't even live in California. Here is a passage of what Keith said....if you would like to hear/read the rest you can go here."I keep hearing this term "re-defining"

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