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sighs

August 11, 2008 – 3:23 pm

I can almost hear the sighs of contentment as my daughters rifle through stacks of notebooks and loose leaf binders and choose pens and pencils to take to class with them tomorrow. The room is completely silent (aside from the pecking of keys I’m doing) as they look over their schedules for the hundredth [...]

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cake wrecks blog

August 10, 2008 – 8:44 pm

I came across a blog today that is dedicated to cake wrecks.  I laughed so hard that I cried and my children thought I was losing my mind.
This particular cake brought gales of laughter.

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Saturday 9

August 9, 2008 – 8:20 pm

Saturday 9: Working in the Coalmines
1. What is your job and do you like it? I love my job! I work for a medical billing company.
2. What to you do to unwind after work? Go for a walk after dinner if it’s not 100 degrees (F) outside and/or read a book.
3. Who have [...]

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contacts

August 8, 2008 – 9:37 pm

For her 15th birthday, oldest daughter got contacts.  She has refused to wear her glasses for several years, so walking out with contacts in, she could see detail that she’d forgotten she was missing out on. It was really fun to see her noticing everything around her.

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it’s all about me… this time

August 6, 2008 – 9:30 pm

I got this list of questions in an email from a good friend today and thought I’d share. Want to play along? Answer the questions on your blog and post a link in the comments so I can read all about you.
1. What time did you get-up this morning? 6:00am
2. Diamond or pearls? [...]

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search

August 6, 2008 – 5:40 am

This past weekend, the kids wanted to go to a movie. So I had them search online for a movie theater near us that had a matinee for the movie they wanted to see at a time that worked for us.
When searching oldest daughter said, What’s the name of the theater where we saw [...]

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hot

August 4, 2008 – 11:05 pm

It’s really hot here in central Oklahoma these days.  Hotter than should be allowed.

Each summer I wonder why in the world I live here in this heat and humidity with no ocean breeze to cool us off at night.  The reason?  Because my parents are here.  Why do my parents stay here?  Because my sister [...]

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as seen on tv

August 1, 2008 – 9:04 pm

As of late, I’m fully embracing my self-proclaimed unofficial title of “AS-SEEN-ON-TV-tester.”
Yesterday, I bought the Ped Egg at my local nightmare department store.  I tried it last night, moisturized, put on socks, and woke up to incredibly smooth, soft feet.  I’ve tried a lot of products seeking to get rid of dry, calloused feet.  I [...]

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15 years

July 29, 2008 – 8:53 am

At this exact moment, my oldest child is 15 years old. It’s hard to believe that for a full day before she was born I had contractions that I thought would tear me in halfff, paced the floor and prayed for the pain to stop. At 8:53am, when B. came into the world [...]

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one year

July 27, 2008 – 8:05 pm

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my hysterectomy.  This past year I’ve felt so much better that the severe pain and complete misery for days on end are distant memories.   It was the perfect choice for me and I’m so glad I did it when it was suggested by my gynecologist.

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