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Run like the… snail.

September 8, 2009

For about 2 months now, I have been looking for a sports watch that could calculate distance. I have been running a lot more since my feet have healed (I wish I had a blog post available to refer to my 2 fractured feet earlier this year, but I don’t… so just trust me on [...]

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Kids doing laundry? Works for me!

August 25, 2009

Do you know what day I love around here? Saturday.  Isn’t Saturday everyone’s chore day? I can remember Saturday mornings when I was little…   (cue harp… taking me back to when I was 15…) The sound of the vacuum at the foot of my bed with my Mom yelling “You’re not up yet? Well, [...]

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Homework helpers

August 24, 2009

Michael came home early from school today. He wasn’t “sick,” but he wasn’t feeling very well. Long story. Anyway, we needed something to do. My requirements were: 1. We had to stay inside. 2. We had to stay busy – I didn’t want to sit around watching movies. 3. The kids couldn’t kill each other [...]

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Free pictures? Works for me!

August 18, 2009

I love taking pictures. (random fact #1: At this moment, I have 2,452 pictures on my computer). Even more than I love taking pictures, though, I love deals. Here’s a good one: Walgreens has been doing a promotion since last Saturday (sorry – just found out about it!) and it will continue through this coming [...]

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Where’s Mom?

August 13, 2009

I’m not one to hand someone a camera and ask for a picture. Just this week I was reminded of the fact that after 4 weeks, I still haven’t brought a family picture to Jack’s preschool classroom for his “family wall.” Oops. It’s not that I don’t take pictures. I take about 25 pictures a [...]

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