tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12517470663452009282024-02-06T23:31:03.023-06:00Cupcakes For Breakfast?A food/family/craft fest...MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-6156414569588056662011-02-23T21:38:00.000-06:002011-02-23T21:38:40.821-06:00Venison BBQ in the Potato Patch and Chocolate Lava Cakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chocolate Lava Torte for dessert. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And then there's dinner.... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pressure Cooker Venison BBQ Stuffed Baked Potatoes with Broccoli, Cheese, Sour Cream, Green Onion and Bacon Bits </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And, I'm supposed to be on a diet! Tonight I will skip the sour cream and bacon bits then eat a bowl of high fiber cereal with nonfat milk and watch my family dig deep into chocolate heaven....or.......maybe.....not...</span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt;"></span>MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-62426227838454725852011-02-22T12:10:00.000-06:002011-02-22T12:10:59.263-06:00The Sugar Free Wedding Cake- 50th Anniversary<span style="font-size: x-large;">I was asked to plan and execute my grandparents 50th Anniversary party including cake and small ceremony. I jumped at the chance!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Remember <a href="http://paintmyloveaffair.blogspot.com/2011/02/quest-for-edible-sugar-free-frosted.html"><b>this post</b></a>? Well, a lot of research, hope, faith and imagination and......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I used a rich chocolate batter with Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper. Then I torted-(I think that's an actual term) each of the six cakes with sugar free ganache and whipped sugar free cream cheese buttercream. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">The homemade fondant, tiny sugar pearls and handmade white chocolate flowers painted with edible pearl gold dust were of course, not sugar free...but really the cake and frosting were so nice and decadent that you wouldn't miss the fondant if you didn't use it..</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">The fondant just makes a more even finish on the exterior. Especially with the soft sugar free buttercream. And those that ate the fondant were pleasantly surprised at how good it tasted (nothing like that rubbery stuff you might be used to).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I went with a white/cream/gold theme. Gold being the 50th Anniversary color. I found that the gold can get 'gaudy' pretty easily if you let it get out of hand, so I kept it to a minimum.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">cream, white, and hint of gold pearls and stones added to dozens of candles</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">White love birds topped the cake while delicate edible pearls, gold fondant trim and gold tipped handmade white chocolate roses decorated it.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;">There were label cards in cream colored frames trimmed with 'pearls' to let guest know what they were eating beside each dish. The label cards rested on golden mini plate stands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Rose petals were strewn about at the bottom of the arch where my grandparents renewed their vows. The lights were dimmed and candles lit. It was beautiful. They are beautiful. The memories I share with them will carry me through my life. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">50 years later</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Fifty years. That is an amazing feat. Even when times are great. When asked how they've stuck together all these years, they both agree that forgiveness and compromise will get you through anything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Personally, if it isn't natural, has a natural parent or grandparent-<b><i> at least</i></b>- I'm not a big fan. But sometimes you need some stinking good cake even if you can't use sugar~</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">With widespread anti-sugar ads and Diabetes on the rise, you'd think there would be more than just a small handful of sugar free dessert recipes. There are unnaturally textured cookies and the occasional pie, but no cakes or icings.. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So I am out to find some TASTY recipes for cake and icing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">People with diabetes do have birthdays and weddings, after all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">There are some recipes like <a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/Absolutely-Sugar-Free-Frosting-123602">this one</a>- that have sugar free instant pudding as the base - <i><b>YUK!</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"> SUGAR FREE---INSTANT---not a good combo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Then I found a <a href="http://recipes.epicurean.com/recipe/15820/sugar-free-carrot-cake-with-sugar-free-cream-cheese-frosting.html">cream cheese version.</a> <b><i>Probably edible</i>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I also found a recipe for<a href="http://www.ehow.com/way_5231052_alternatives-powdered-sugar.html"> making your own powdered sugar replacement </a>with dry milk powder, cornstarch and artificial sweetener. This would probably work well IN a recipe but not for frosting a cake or cupcakes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">As for cakes-- I found several recipes that start with box cake mix---hello <a href="http://www.pillsburybaking.com/products/product_detail2.aspx">Pillsbury!</a> And from the only brand you'll have any luck finding in your local supermarket there's still only yellow or chocolate..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If homemade is what you're looking for, you could try <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/581721/a_birthday_cake_recipe_for_diabetics.html?cat=22">This one.</a> Nothing special about it at all. You maybe could add some other flavors or extracts in place of vanilla - orange, rum, raspberry....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A quick Jello Poke Cake recipe with the help of Mr. Pillsbury and a can of diet lemon lime soda <a href="http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=597347">can be found here.</a> I like this one, simply because it can be easily adapted for lots of flavor variations...you won't get the 'lemon again?' remark from the family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Have you had any luck with sugar free cakes and icings?</span>MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-66524346563250939802011-02-01T12:21:00.001-06:002011-02-01T12:25:06.515-06:00Easy Healthy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce and Leftovers Spaghetti Bake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's all you'll need to make a healthy, simple, homemade comfort-food meal. Save those leftovers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Prepare garlic toast. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Toss drained spaghetti and sauce in a large pasta bowl. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Salt and Pepper to taste. Serve with salad and garlic toast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You have a high protein, high fiber meal full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants! Simple-easy- and very tasty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you have a family of four that includes two small children, you'll probably have some leftovers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1/2 tsp rosemary</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/2 tsp garlic salt</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/4 teaspoon of lemon pepper </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Tablespoon butter</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/4 cup cheese of your choice- use what you have. <span style="font-size: small;">(or more- I personally think more is more with cheese:) </span></span><br />
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</div>MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-81054485929271950502011-01-31T18:52:00.001-06:002011-01-31T18:53:42.564-06:00Menu Monday- Chicken Fried Deer Steak and Coconut Rum Balls<h1 style="text-align: center;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So there are some deer steaks in the freezer that are begging for a destiny....</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found the perfect <strike>future</strike> end for these guys <a href="http://www.free-venison-recipes.com/chicken-fried-deer-steak.html">HERE</a>. </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chicken Fried Deer Steak</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mashed Potatoes</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gravy With Onions</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Peas and Carrots </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Steam several small butter gold potatoes in microwave while preparing steaks and gravy. </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I sprinkled a little Lemon Pepper and Season Salt on both sides of the steaks, dredged in flour, coated in egg, dredged again in flour and pan (iron skillet) fried until golden brown. Place steaks in oven on warm until gravy is ready.</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saute a thinly sliced onion in butter until translucent with browned edges. Set aside.</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Add two tablespoons of the oil from frying steaks to two tablespoons of flour, whisk. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add milk about a cup. whisk. Add more milk a little at a time until gravy is formed. whisk. simmer for two minutes. Add sauteed onion. </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mash potatoes (butter golds) with salt, pepper,butter and sour cream. </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heat up some peas and carrots. I prefer frozen but to be nice to my hubby I heated the mushy canned stuff:) For some reason, he likes canned peas... </span> </h1><h1 style="text-align: center;">____________________</h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"> </h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am also looking forward to grilling some Venison Kabobs! Garlic, Rosemary, Lemon......good stuff!</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <b>___________________________________________</b></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And to remind you of warmer weather, how about some coconut??</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coconut Rum Balls<br />
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1 box vanilla wafers (crumbs)<br />
1/2 cup chopped pecans<br />
1/4 cup coconut<br />
2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar<br />
1/4 cup cocoa<br />
1/2 cup coconut rum<br />
1/4 cup white corn syrup<br />
1/2 tsp coconut extract<br />
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips<br />
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mix dry. add wet. add chips and pecans. form into balls. I use a cookie scoop, it just makes them more uniform. coat with more confectioners sugar. These are best after a chill out in the fridge over night.</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pace yourself...you are going to want to eat more than one!<br />
</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Enjoy</h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"> </h1>MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-66977122322225082782011-01-27T17:35:00.000-06:002011-01-27T17:35:43.812-06:00Tips on Teaching Toddlers/Preschool age childrenWhen teaching my little ones the ABC's I found that repetition is the best approach. My daughters loved<br />
<i><b>The Letter Factory</b></i> because it is funny and very 'animated'. The others follow right along. They even have math videos. These have been around a long while and I realize that there are new fangle-dangled learning toys out there. My kids have tried most of them but really loved the videos the most.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">You can order the whole beginning set from Amazon<a href="http://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Learning-DVD-Set/dp/B002LYD2M6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1296167205&sr=8-2"> here.</a></div><br />
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We also did simple workbooks from the dollar stores and Walmart. I found that with my children the books with colorful pages got the best response.<a href="http://www.kumonbooks.com/home/index.aspx"> Kumon</a> workbooks are awesome. Every night my oldest daughter went over the alphabet and numbers to twenty with flash cards. Sounds boring and repetitive, right? Well, that is just what we did instead of reading bedtime stories because we read stories all through the day. She was still sleeping with us and I had to find something to help her relax enough to go to sleep and I wanted to overachieve..don't judge- we all do it with our first borns:) Anyway, we did the flash cards each night, stories and poems during the day, and colored shapes in between.<br />
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I of course, didn't do the flash cards at night with the second daughter because...well, I wanted my bed and worked a little harder on teaching her to sleep in her own bed. But she is doing well. She didn't know all her letters and numbers at fifteen months but she did by eighteen months. So, no harm done.<br />
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I hope this helps a little. I'll go into more detail next week.<br />
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My husband is the best man I know. He makes his family feel protected, loved and secure. I don't think you could ask for any better than that!<br />
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My youngest daughter is a silly, tantrum throwing, kiss giving-stinker..and and when she gets angry, her little face scrunches up like she is trying to lay an egg=)<br />
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My oldest daughter is a sensitive, creative, smart, selfless sweetheart and we probably understand each other more than is normal for mother and daughter. I only hope it continues through the teenage years.<br />
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Our home holds a lot of memories for us. We built most all of it with our own hands. My car is a Subaru something I said I'd never drive unless is was something like<span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1szPu5rV5Y" style="color: #cc0000;">this</a>. 'I'm not the wagon type!' I often whined.<br />
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But, here we are nine years into marriage, two kids, a wagon and a mortgage we do not in the least- feel burdened by. In fact, we are proud of each year, each child, the milk and mud stained wagon and our undecorated(still, after living here for over a year now) house full of toys and foot traffic. It is our life and we love it.<br />
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Baking is my newest obsession. I am teaching my three year old at home until she starts kindergarten just as I did with her big sister. So for now, I am baking, teaching, chauffeuring, crafting, cooking, cleaning (or should be cleaning, as opposed to typing)...you know-- everyday mom stuff...But as busy as being a mom is, I need some kinda creative madness to drown myself in regularly to stay sane.<br />
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That's where you come in....I'll be sharing my madness with you. Please feel free to comment as comments encourage me to keep looking for new inspiration.<br />
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Through this blog, I'd like to share some of my inspiration in food and crafts as well as some of the tricks I've learned teaching my kids at home until kindergarten, budget shopping and sneaking healthy fruits and veggies into the occasional piece of cake.<br />
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I plan to organize my hodge-podge something like this:<br />
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<b><u>Menu Monday</u></b> - A meal of the week<br />
<b><u>Baked Tuesday</u></b> - Something I have baked and or want to market<br />
<b><u>Web Inspiration Wednesday</u></b> - Searching the web for awesome decorating ideas<br />
<b><u>Thinking on Thursday</u></b> - Teaching a preschool age child<br />
<b><u>Food Friday</u></b> - More food, what else?<br />
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Here are a few pictures of my latest creation...actually my first attempt at Fondant sculpting..<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Boy, would I love to have eyes like those. They are killer aren't they?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheIhzeFPMOiO7LDFu_ciRnw0CFhY-7U_XZ-VOgb0QKXzyawMfdf0IflwBAWkQab-0CvhfnEzgSRKnA1jpHCM8iRx_JzEm46nhqWsItBK42LevhjGIplyWpy6WGOI8yDLOT_x_PGlRPmA/s1600-h/IMG_0040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheIhzeFPMOiO7LDFu_ciRnw0CFhY-7U_XZ-VOgb0QKXzyawMfdf0IflwBAWkQab-0CvhfnEzgSRKnA1jpHCM8iRx_JzEm46nhqWsItBK42LevhjGIplyWpy6WGOI8yDLOT_x_PGlRPmA/s400/IMG_0040.JPG" width="332" /></a></div><br />
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Maybe we should skip this part of the pageant.MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-4639045981435138712010-02-02T10:04:00.000-06:002010-02-02T10:04:19.812-06:00Join MamaHen's Valentine's Day Meme<span style="font-family: lucida grande;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #444444;">Celebrate your shnuckums, hunnybun, sweet cheeks......</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: lucida grande;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #444444;">with <a href="http://itstartedwithlove.blogspot.com/2010/02/valentines-meme.html"><i><span style="color: black;">Long Days, Short Years</span></i></a> in this fun Meme. </span> </span></b></span></span><br />
Just go <a href="http://itstartedwithlove.blogspot.com/2010/02/valentines-meme.html"><i><b>here</b></i></a> to join. Be sure to read her sweet sentiments. Then copy and paste to your post and describe your Valentine!<br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">MamaHen's Valentine's Day Meme</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">1. Describe your Valentine in five words or less.</span></span><br />
<i>Genuine, Handsome, Strong, Smart, Hard-working</i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">2. Best Valentine present you ever received?</span><br />
<i>The typical flower, candy, card thing. But he had been working late and couldn't get me and the girls anything, so he got up at I think 3am and went to town because he had to be at work early, picked up our(mine and our two daughters) gifts and had them on the table when we woke up that morning. I cried. </i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">3. Worst Valentine present you ever received?</span><br />
<i>A boyfriend got me a perfume that was totally not me.</i><i></i><br />
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</i><i></i><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">4. Your favorite Valentine candy?</span><br />
<i><span style="color: black;">Dark chocolate, the darker the better.</span></i><br />
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</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">5. Would you rather receive chocolate or flowers?</span><br />
<i>Flowers. Just because I get them less often.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">6. A dress-up candlelight dinner out or a movie snuggling at home?</span><br />
<i>Stay in! </i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">7. Your favorite romantic movie(s)?</span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">I'm with MamaHen on Sweet Home Alabama, I also like French Kiss, You've Got Mail, The Notebook</span></i><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">8. Your favorite romantic song(s)?</span><br />
<i>Your Man by Josh Turner, I just call you mine by Martina McBride, Making Memories of Us by Keith Urban, Only You Can Love Me This Way by Keith Urban, You Save Me by Kenney Chesney. Guess I'm stuck in Country mode today....</i>MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-60037297446149386022010-01-29T11:47:00.001-06:002010-01-29T11:48:12.097-06:00The reason OCD is on the rise<span style="font-size: large;">I got this email this morning. I'm pretty sure this is why we've all become a little OCD over the years.</span><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I just want to thank all of you for your educational e-mails over the past<br />
year. I am totally screwed up now and have little chance of recovery.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a paper towel or have<br />
them put lemon slices in my ice water without worrying about the bacteria on<br />
the lemon peel.<br />
<br />
I can't use the remote in a hotel room because I don't know what the last<br />
person was doing while flipping through the adult movie channels.<br />
<br />
I can't sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has<br />
happened on it since it was last washed.<br />
<br />
I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the<br />
number one pastime while driving alone is picking ones nose (although cell<br />
phone usage may be taking the number one spot).<br />
<br />
Eating a little snack sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine<br />
how many gallons of Trans fats I have consumed over the years.<br />
<br />
<br />
I can't touch any woman's purse for fear she has placed it on the floor of a<br />
public bathroom.<br />
<br />
<br />
I MUST SEND MY SPECIAL THANKS to whoever sent me the one about poop in the<br />
glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every envelope<br />
that needs sealing.<br />
<br />
ALSO, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason..<br />
<br />
<br />
I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown)<br />
who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.<br />
<br />
I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the<br />
$15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating<br />
in their special e-mail program.<br />
<br />
I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out<br />
for me, and St. Theresa's Novena has granted my every wish.<br />
<br />
<br />
I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant<br />
freaks with no eyes or feathers..<br />
<br />
I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water<br />
buffalo on a hot day.<br />
<br />
THANKS TO YOU I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward<br />
an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.<br />
<br />
BECAUSE OF YOUR CONCERN, I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove<br />
toilet stains.<br />
<br />
<br />
I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the car<br />
so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these<br />
products are atheists who refuse to put 'Under God' on their cans.<br />
<br />
I no longer use Saran Wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.<br />
<br />
AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW I can't boil a cup of water in the microwave<br />
anymore because it will blow up in my face.. Disfiguring me for life.<br />
<br />
I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked<br />
with a needle infected with AIDS..<br />
<br />
I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume<br />
sample and rob me.<br />
<br />
I no longer receive packages from UPS or Fed Ex since they are actually Al<br />
Qaeda in disguise.<br />
<br />
I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our<br />
American troops or the Salvation Army.<br />
<br />
I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number<br />
for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica , Uganda , Singapore<br />
, and Uzbekistan ...<br />
<br />
I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their<br />
recipe.<br />
<br />
THANKS TO YOU I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown<br />
African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it<br />
bites my butt.<br />
<br />
<br />
AND THANKS TO YOUR GREAT ADVICE I can't ever pick up $5.00 dropped in the<br />
parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting<br />
underneath my car to grab my leg.<br />
<br />
I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from certain gas<br />
companies!<br />
<br />
I can't do any gardening because I'm afraid I'll get bitten by the brown<br />
recluse and my hand will fall off.<br />
<br />
<br />
And I now keep my toothbrush in the living room, because water splashes over<br />
6 ft. out of the commode. <br />
<br />
If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70<br />
minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 p.m.<br />
Tomorrow afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back,<br />
causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually<br />
happened to a friend of my next door neighbors' ex-mother-in-law's second<br />
husband's cousin's beautician .. .. .<br />
<br />
<br />
Oh, by the way.....<br />
<br />
A German scientist from Argentina , after a lengthy study, has discovered<br />
that people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their<br />
hand on the mouse...<br />
Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late. </span> <br />
</span></div>MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-82257544847934479892010-01-27T13:54:00.002-06:002011-01-24T18:21:04.986-06:00Sugar Cookies and Sticky FingersSugar Cookies recipe from <a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Sugar-Cookies/Detail.aspx">HERE</a> because my I had a brain fart and couldn't remember exactly just what and how much of every thing I needed to make the most basic cookie ever.<br />
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15 Min</span> </h5><h5 class="lastline" id="ctl00_CenterColumnPlaceHolder_recipe_h5Cook"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Cook Time:<br />
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25 Min</span></h5><br />
</div><div class="servings-form" style="height: 62px; width: 300px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a class=" arlb_jq btn" href="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$CenterColumnPlaceHolder$recipe$lnkCalculate','')" id="ctl00_CenterColumnPlaceHolder_recipe_lnkCalculate" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;" onmouseover="window.status='Calculate'; return true;"></a></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>Original Recipe Yield 4 dozen<br />
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<div style="clear: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></div></div><div class="ingredients" style="margin-top: 10px;"><h3><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ingredients</span></h3><ul><li class="plaincharacterwrap"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 1 teaspoon baking soda</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 1/2 teaspoon baking powder</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 1 cup butter, softened</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 1 1/2 cups white sugar</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 1 egg</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 1 teaspoon vanilla extract</span></li>
</ul></div><div style="border-top: 1px dotted rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 20px; width: 300px;"></div><div class="directions" style="margin-top: 10px;"><h3><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Directions</span></h3><ol><li class="plaincharacterwrap" style="overflow: visible;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside. </span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap" style="overflow: visible;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets. </span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap" style="overflow: visible;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks. </span></li>
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<h3><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Nutritional Information <a class="nutritional-information" href="javascript:void(0);"> <img alt="open nutritional information" border="0" class="nutritional-information" id="ctl00_CenterColumnPlaceHolder_recipe_imgNutriIcon" src="http://images.media-allrecipes.com/ar/myar/icons/icon-plus.gif" style="border-width: 0px; height: 16px; width: 16px;" title="open nutritional information" /></a></span></h3><div class="nutritional-information"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Amount Per Serving</b> Calories: 86 | Total Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 15mg</span></div><div class="nutritional-information"><br />
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</div><div class="nutritional-information" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Add Sugar to softened butter.</span></span></div><div class="nutritional-information" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And beat until creamy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yTpDTeqE44doSLxzrlWFAUhSfgm_86X9h0wgxQjlUury-heEjNxIwI_WzztBuWKD8wdPaQKRYkoDiU-dYxMi-4QkiM4lKWv3N6pBov4ZGLqtJQYM9RuxqlxdDLS3qhhB1NOAg4fPpX0/s1600-h/IMG_0016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yTpDTeqE44doSLxzrlWFAUhSfgm_86X9h0wgxQjlUury-heEjNxIwI_WzztBuWKD8wdPaQKRYkoDiU-dYxMi-4QkiM4lKWv3N6pBov4ZGLqtJQYM9RuxqlxdDLS3qhhB1NOAg4fPpX0/s400/IMG_0016.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wisk egg and vanilla together and blend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="nutritional-information" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Make some pink frosting with 3/4 cups confectioners sugar, 2 TBS softened butter, 1/2 tsp vanilla, </span></span></div><div class="nutritional-information" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 TBS milk, 5 drops red food coloring and about 1/2 tsp veggie oil.</span><br />
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<a href="http://paintmyloveaffair.blogspot.com/2010/01/pageants.html">Dress shopping</a> with his wife, two year old and six year old, for the school pageant. Because he is a great guy. And because it was that or stay home with the two year old by himself that refuses to potty for Daddy.<br />
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He then came home and chopped wood for<a href="http://paintmyloveaffair.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-you-shouldnt-clean-your-bathroom.html"> our new heater</a> in case we get snowed in up here in The Great Icy Mountains of Alabama. If not for this man- I'm telling you I feel like I can't do enough to keep up. You know, <i>if </i>we were keeping score, but we're not.<br />
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Anyway, the dress. We found it. Luckily, for my pocket book, her school doesn't do the WAY OVERDONE dresses. They are more like flower girl dresses so finding the right one wasn't as bad as I thought.<br />
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All the pictures I saw of past winners wore the long dresses. I still feel like taking hers back and getting something more her...<br />
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This pageant stuff is kinda fun after all.<br />
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Now, what to do with all of this...<br />
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People stop us every where we go to talk to her about her hair or ask if I put her in pageants or modeling. I don't feel like giving them all my reasons for not doing it so I just say thank you and smile when they insist that I should.<br />
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Maybe I'm a terrible mom for keeping her all to myself. I just don't want her to starve herself to keep a certain image for modeling and I don't want her to feel like all that fake stuff is beautiful. I want her to always know she is wonderfully beautiful just the way her Creator made her. And that all the trophies in the world mean nothing if you have to change yourself to get them.<br />
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Now with that being said... Her teacher wanted me to put her in the school pageant. A big breath of air immediately rushed from my lungs. I didn't want to explain myself and I didn't want to say no. I thought about it. Asked her if she wanted to do it. She does of course. I then called the school with a lot of questions and after meeting with the director and looking through the last few yearbooks winners, I felt much better. The little winners looked like flower girls. <i>That</i> I can do.<br />
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So tomorrow we will go out in search for the perfect dress. My six year old baby will enter the world of pageantry. Don't get me wrong. I think confidence and competition are not bad things. I just want her to be confident in<i> who </i>she is and know that outward beauty is her extra gift.<br />
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Lord, I will need a double-helping of peace now, thank you.<br />
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What do you think? How do you feel about pageants? Do you know anyone who competes in pageantry or modeling?MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-80651295197763717252010-01-19T10:29:00.001-06:002010-01-19T10:29:57.559-06:00LET'S MARCH TOGETHER<span style="font-size: x-large;">We can march together in Washington ONLINE! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">GO <a href="http://www.virtualmarchforlife.com/join/">HERE</a> now to join. You can create your own avatar and see yourself online!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The casualties are far to great to ignore. Let them not happen in secret!</span>MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-2166267439455647502010-01-14T09:59:00.005-06:002011-01-24T18:32:58.670-06:00Why you shouldn't clean your bathroom<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Playing catch up~</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I've been MIA. But I haven't forgotten about all of you. I come over and do a quick glance through every so often. Lack of rest curbed my enjoyment of blogging. For some reason my two year old needs her mommy somewhere between 12:30 and 3:30am every single night. So my hubby has to wake me up at 5:30 to go to our room where I'll be near the alarm clock that tortures me at 6:30 <i>(about the same time that I finally get my spot warmed back up and begin to rest).</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And we finally got it~</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> We purchased a box stove (cast iron, wood burning heater/stove) for supplementary heat and back up for power outages. Our main room is 996 sq ft and this stove heats 1000-1200 sq ft so if a repeat of '93 happens we <i>should</i> survive.Up here in The Great Icy Mountains I'm not leaving anything to chance.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The glass in my shower is too tall for me to reach all the way to the top so I balance on the rolled edge of the clawfoot to clean it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">LuLu was looking the the car section of the classifieds in the bathroom floor (<i>she is two so I guess she was window shopping</i>).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I climbed on the tub to clean the glass and she looked up and was horrified! She gave me a talking to!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Mama fall! Mama down NOW! Luly get MEAN! Spank your hinney!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Momma won't fall baby, I just need to clean this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Luly get mean!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And she came over and spatted me on my behind. <i>Apparently the I'm not trying to be mean, but you have to obey, talk isn't believable to her.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You can't spank mommy but I'll get down. Ok? <i>I was done by then anyway and trying not to laugh.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few minutes later I was cleaning the toilet.....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she runs in....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Hands sticky."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was covered in a gross clear fluid with no smell....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">What is this?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Boogers"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No way! Surely her little nose couldn't do <b><i>that</i></b>???</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Are you sure? Show mommy where you were when you got sticky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We ran to the living room. It was everywhere. On the coffee table and in a slippery puddle in the floor...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I saw it. A small bottle of - um, *cough*-</span> <i>warming 'lotion'</i><span style="font-size: large;">, That <i>was</i> on my bedside table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are your hands warm? I couldn't help but ask..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Hands hot"<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Sorry Babe you'll have to lift that lid for cleaning from now on.<br />
</span>MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-75204493350863689572010-01-06T16:59:00.001-06:002011-01-24T18:35:37.434-06:00Winter is warmer in my mindI am freezing! Alabama is COLD right now. We are forecasting a <i>whole inch</i> of snow for tomorrow! School will be out.<br />
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If you are reading this from a northern state, DON'T laugh. 16 degrees is far beyond what southerners are capable of 'getting used to'. All this cold made me think...<br />
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If I put up drapes instead of curtains and put in a wood burning stove for back up heat and buy a few more pairs of socks and long underwear....<br />
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Maybe, just maybe, my family will survive.<br />
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Seriously, if you are somewhere north of us and are laughing, <i>it isn't funny</i>.<br />
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Here are a few pictures I found for inspiration. Warm thoughts and wishes.<br />
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Ah, well. I guess when it's time to redecorate in a decade and I've changed my mind about painted floors, I could do it then?<br />
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Stay warm.MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-61819022878822022622009-12-31T08:26:00.001-06:002011-01-24T18:38:36.578-06:00Cheers!! Happy Baby!!<span style="font-size: large;">I am an aunt!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've never been an aunt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've had to do all the rule making.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I get to do the rule breaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So What do you do for hours upon hours of waiting for the cousin you've been hearing about for nine months?</span><br />
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A visit with my sister for her thirty six week check up. Perfect. Textbook. A nice afternoon ride with my middle sister. Something we both hoped for for years and finally enjoy. I'm anticipating the arrival of my grandparents. They will be home tonight after driving eleven hundred miles to and from their vacation to visit my great grandmother for her ninetieth birthday. Hoping that at nearly seventy years old - I'll be doing the same. I miss them terribly when they go out of town.<br />
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I thought back on the births of my little girls after hearing the heart beat of my upcoming niece. I wonder if they will ever know the love that I carry in my heart for them. Our Christmas tree shelters the gifts we bought. Everything we had, we gave solely to them this year. And I wonder when they have children- will they look back fondly on the Christmases we share now. Will they come back year after year for more.<br />
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A time will come that the traditions I hold so dear will change. That will be more difficult than anything I can think of. So tonight as I reflect on the past and hold dearly to the present- I want to etch in my mind these moments.So that while driving eleven hundred miles at the age of seventy and celebrating my ninetieth birthday, I will relive them. And smile.MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-69600282253379169052009-12-20T22:54:00.001-06:002009-12-21T16:35:49.927-06:00pic while waiting....on a post.<br />
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My brain is running short on creative thoughts.<br />
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Oh, and don't tell anyone - *cough* -Nana-<br />
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But we emptied our account to get the girls a trampoline.<br />
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And searched three towns for the perfect Legos.<br />
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And assembled a very heavy wooden kitchen.<br />
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And wrapped everything else.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The first time I heard it I was a little girl. I remember listening to it and crying. To imagine the Almighty God sending his Son to save me was a huge concept for a little girl anyway, but I thought He is sooo big I guess he can handle it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Then I heard this song and was thinking of Mary. She was a simple person. She didn't have much. She was just a girl. To be blessed with a new life straight from God and knowing in your heart the fate.....To imagine her ups and downs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> When she kissed his boo-boos was it heart breaking like it is for all mothers? Or was it relief that for now, a skinned knee was her biggest heart break?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Kenny Rogers and Dolly were singing it. I love the lyrics. And Kutless does a great job of pulling you into the lyrics as well. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">No other Christmas song touches me like this one does. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>What is your favorite Christmas song? Why? </i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My big girl may choose to use her new outfit as a disposal.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And her pretty ruffle panties as a dump *pun intended*.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Christmas tights with shimmery snowflakes are not very absorbent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Oddly enough- this behavior, blessedly, only happens at home. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The time-out-wall may be permanently shadowed by my curly top girl. But that was yesterday. And today is a new day. Poop-a-potty<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (her announcement that she needs to poop)</span>has already been successful this morning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No time-out-wall today? Maybe...Just maybe..<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The poor girl already goes straightaway to her spot to <i>sit and pout</i> if she has to be changed.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><i>My sisters. The belly is my upcoming niece Charity Hope. The sweet girl on the left is Jess. We have become best friends.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The one with the belly and cute cheekbones is DD my baby sister. The poor girl isn't due till Jan 18th! I changed her diapers and now will gladly change the ones on her daughter. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span>MARYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966477135806880947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251747066345200928.post-71090163629292370072009-12-14T11:01:00.001-06:002011-01-24T18:41:55.842-06:00Happy Bithday to my LadyBug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Six years ago this beautiful creature came into my life. The more she grew the more I fell in love with her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish I had digital pictures of her when she was a baby. If I find that I do, I'll post them later but here are some from 2 yrs. and up. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Making stepping stones for Granna's mother's day gift. Well on her way to her dream of being a science teacher.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lost her first tooth and gained five bucks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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