tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14633611947069436772024-03-14T03:03:04.273-06:00Bungalow'56It's A Messy Life...But Someone's Got To Live It.Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.comBlogger476125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-31240527952664592942013-03-25T10:18:00.003-06:002023-02-14T22:37:30.312-07:00I Saw A Change In My Daughter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The day wasn't going so well.</div>
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A misunderstanding meant Eldest missed out on seeing friends perform.</div>
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It wasn't anyone's fault, but still very disappointing.</div>
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It was a Saturday afternoon </div>
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and our nice spring weather had turned once again to winter.</div>
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When a few tears of frustration fell I told her for some reason it was meant to be.</div>
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What she was most upset about however, </div>
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was going to all the trouble of looking nice, with now, </div>
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no where to go except the dining room table to meet up with her homework.</div>
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I decided then, that despite the blizzardy weather, it was time to pull out my camera.</div>
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She looked so darn cute I told her we could at least do a photo shoot.</div>
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Something we hadn't done in a long while.</div>
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While the snow was too bright for her to look up for any length of time.</div>
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I loved the shots we got.</div>
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Eldest always makes taking beautiful photos easy.</div>
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Pictures always make the passing of time much clearer for me.</div>
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And when I looked at these I saw a change in my daughter.</div>
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She is saying goodbye to her younger self.</div>
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I see the adult she is becoming and I am so proud to be her mother.</div>
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And yet at the same time I can still see my little girl within.</div>
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It's the best of both worlds.</div>
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And I realize this is how it was meant to be.</div>
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I had always feared that growing up was about saying goodbye to my children,</div>
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but instead I've realized... it is about saying a continuing hello.</div>
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Can't wait for the years to come Eldest.</div>
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Love you.</div>
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xoxo,</div>
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-89178200807951011232013-03-15T12:08:00.005-06:002023-02-14T22:23:52.164-07:00What Maya Angelou Has Taught Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>I</b> don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. </div>
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<b>We</b> spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives. </div>
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<b>Remember</b> people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold --- but so does a hard-boiled egg.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b>I've</b> learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.</span><br />
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-85115030228787732322013-03-08T10:35:00.001-07:002023-02-14T22:24:24.013-07:00A Life Sentence<br />
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She hates her glasses.<br />
They are new.<br />
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She feels like a librarian.<br />
With assignments up the wazoo.<br />
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Too much pressure.<br />
So much work to do.<br />
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It doesn't matter what I say.<br />
My words are few.<br />
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When the tests are written and essays done,<br />
will the memory of grade 12 be only a blur?<br />
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Did we make a mistake?<br />
This program for kids like her?<br />
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Her prison is real in every way.<br />
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It feels like a life sentence<br />
plus one more day.<br />
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xoxo,<br />
Dana</p><p><br />
PS<br />
The mountain of assignments and Essays that were all due within the same week have all been handed in, so yes there is in fact a light at the end of the tunnel!<br />
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...and it has also occurred to me that her Sylvia Plath essay may have affected me more than I realized :)<br />
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To truly understand our "experience" please play the following song as you continue reading:</div>
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Our Bungalow is always filled with music.<br />
We have BOSE speakers attached to our computer and every song imaginable can be played.<br />
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Eldest has been taking a Spanish class in school for the past three years,<br />
and because she speaks fluent french she has found it to be an easy transition.<br />
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Lately we have been finding some new music on our playlist<br />
thanks in part to her Spanish teacher's recommendations.<br />
The song above in particular is on repeat mode.<br />
The song above in particular is on repeat mode.<br />
The song above in particular in on repeat mode.<br />
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You're starting to understand our dilemna?<br />
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Of all my girls she, much like her grandpa, loves listening to music.<br />
In fact she would correct me if she were here, as she has often proclaimed that:<br />
she does not "listen" to music,<br />
she "experiences" it.<br />
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The problem?</div>
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She has been allowing us....</div>
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to "experience" her music right along with her.<br />
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whether we want to or not.<br />
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xoxo,<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">PS Does anyone know what Siempre tu means? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> I am inadvertently blurting this out to complete strangers...</span><br />
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Do your kids ever worry you?</div>
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Lately I have to admit I'm finding my girl's newest past time to be a little disconcerting.</div>
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Walking past them in the Dining room I can't help but notice something is a little off.</div>
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They always seem to be in pain.</div>
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But I can't quite figure it out.</div>
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After grimacing grotesquely, they then let out peals of laughter.</div>
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When I walk in the room though, they look up innocently from their computer.</div>
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I always figured they were just watching a funny YouTube video </div>
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But lately I've been thinking there is a little more to it than that.</div>
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Unfortunately I was right.</div>
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And I was finally able to capture the phenomenon on my DSLR.</div>
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Convulsions?</div>
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Ticks?</div>
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Full grand mal seizures?</div>
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Apparently not?<br />
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It's like a baby discovering themselves in the mirror for the first time.</div>
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I guess all in all, I should just be thankful.</div>
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Thankful that they have found a harmless way to completely amuse themselves.</div>
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But honestly what ever happened to reading the funny papers?</div>
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I just have to start rolling with the times I guess.</div>
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I'm just glad they're OK.</div>
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At least I think they're OK?</div>
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My kids are OK right?</div>
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Somewhere in the middle of last year I put my camera down.</div>
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I really enjoyed the ease of using my iPhone and editing with Instagram.</div>
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I missed photography.</div>
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So on Jan 1st on the sly, I started a picture a day series on </div>
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The collage above is made up of my choices.</div>
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If you want to see the daily pictures as I take them you can find it by clicking <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bungalow56/123698291023201" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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I've also started downloading them to my <i>Photography </i>link up above.</div>
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The most frustrating and hardest part about doing this kind of series, </div>
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is deciding which pictures to choose.</div>
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Some days it's a no brainer.</div>
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Other days I don't have anything I want to show you.</div>
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And then on others still, I have more than just one.</div>
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Then I realized that since this is my blog and this is my own 365 project, </div>
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I'm the rule maker.</div>
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I'm the big cheese!</div>
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I'm da boss!</div>
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What was I talking about?</div>
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I've decided to share the ones that didn't make the cut.</div>
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I wanted to include all of these on the project but couldn't because, well...</div>
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It's called "<u>A</u> Picture A Day" not "Several Hundred Pictures A Day."</div>
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or "She Couldn't Make Up Her Mind So You Pick A Picture A Day."</div>
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You get the picture.</div>
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I'm cheating with this one, it was before Jan 1st.</div>
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"Cousins"</div>
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"Learning To Skate"</div>
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I feel much better, like everything is right with the world.</div>
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These pictures are my babies.</div>
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And as they say on "Lelo and Stitch"</div>
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Ohana.</div>
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Ohana means family. </div>
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No one gets left behind or forgotten.</div>
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-62577801408139389542013-01-09T08:28:00.000-07:002013-01-09T21:37:42.846-07:00When I Knew... He Was The One<div style="text-align: center;">
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I wasn't joking on my Monday's post when I wrote<br />
that I didn't realize how much snow we had been getting.</div>
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Our winter started very early this year. Almost a whole month earlier than years past.</div>
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The Agronomist however has been very aware.</div>
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He is always closely monitoring the weather patterns (read: weather geek) <br />
It's very sexy. I love when he talks precipitation.</div>
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It's the farmer in him.<br />
He can't help it.<br />
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How many inches of rain, heat units, and the level of moisture in the soil<br />
are all topics of conversation.<br />
We know our weather here at the Bungalow.<br />
The Weather Network is the most used link on our computer.</div>
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This winter, the snow has become a concern to the Agronomist.</div>
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Ever since completing our basement reno<br />
and installing a beam that spans the the length of the new family room,</div>
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The Agronomist has been checking the load bearing wall upstairs and the rise of the floor.</div>
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It's making him nervous.</div>
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And when he gets nervous.</div>
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We all get nervous.</div>
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You see he really is a superhero.</div>
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He has nerves of steel.<br />
Along with a special power.<br />
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I've secretly known his secret power over the past twenty years.</div>
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It was revealed to me by one of his room mates back in University.</div>
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He was in awe of The Agronomist when he told me the story:<br />
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He said it didn't matter how early the other three roommates woke up.</div>
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The snow had already been cleared from the walk.</div>
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It didn't matter how much snow or how often,</div>
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the Agronomist donned his gloves long before anyone knew it had even snowed, </div>
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and proceeded to quickly and quietly clear it.</div>
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He made sure that all who came and went could do so safely.</div>
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I knew this spoke volumes about his character.</div>
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He was a Northern Canadian Superhero.</div>
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Shovelling long walks with a single bound,</div>
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ensuring all those around him were out of harm's way.<br />
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He was someone you could rely on,<br />
someone who thought about others before himself.</div>
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And someone... who looked really good in work gloves and a toque.</div>
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I secretly decided then and there he was the one for me.</div>
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No. really. </div>
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I did.</div>
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In a few months it will have been twenty years since we said " I do."</div>
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It wasn't until just recently while I watched the Agronomist<br />
shovel the snow from our roof </div>
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that I realized how right I was about him.</div>
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To this day he is still scaling tall buildings to make sure his family is safe.<br />
And he continues to be my Superhero.</div>
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I love watching him shovel.</div>
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It actually makes all the talk about weather worth it : )</div>
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Hmmm?</div>
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I wonder if there are insulated Superhero bodysuits? </div>
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With cold ratings down to -38 degrees celsius?</div>
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I think... I just figured out what to get him for our Anniversary.</div>
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xoxo,</div>
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Every year we try to get an outdoor photo of our family around the holidays.<br />
Last year we missed it.<br />
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For some reason they are always my favourite.<br />
No one is primped and perfect.<br />
It's just us.<br />
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This year's picture almost turned out perfectly.<br />
It's funny I didn't realize how much snow we were getting that day?<br />
Oh well. You get what you get.<br />
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And I for one?<br />
Love it!<br />
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xoxo,<br />
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PS Here is an <a href="http://bungalow56.blogspot.ca/2011/12/picture-day-in-december-2008.html" target="_blank">old post </a> of one of our winter family photos from 2008. Where has the time gone?<br />
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Life was good to us this year.</div>
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Our girls are growing up and the learning curve is steep.</div>
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With each year we gain a bit more wisdom...</div>
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Sometimes from our mistakes, and sometimes from the the things we do right : )</div>
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We are looking forward to all that is to come.</div>
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Many changes are on the horizon, and truthfully we feel completely unprepared.</div>
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But really... isn't that what makes life exciting?</div>
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2013 here we come!</div>
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-18195305552834420702012-12-14T00:02:00.001-07:002013-01-09T09:34:32.598-07:00A Teenager<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bungalow56/8245590849/" title="Isabelle13#3 by Bungalow'56, on Flickr"><img alt="Isabelle13#3" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8068/8245590849_f284fbcede_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
A few days before her birthday I was feeling all artsy fartsy<br />
and coolish, so I decided to set my camera on monochrome.<br />
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I can't believe this is our very own 'little' Middlest.<br />
She was turning 13 in a few days.<br />
Somehow looking at these pictures made it very real.<br />
She was growing up... and fast.<br />
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I have realized that at least with girls, save for 'Year #1',<br />
'Year #13' comes in second, in terms of the most dramatic changes in your child.</div>
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Somehow little girls turn into young women.<br />
And it happens, over the course of 12 months.<br />
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That being said, </div>
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I also believe the nature of a child remains constant from the day they were born.</div>
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The above picture may enlighten you as to why I didn't post </div>
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the coolish photo shoot with birthday wishes.</div>
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While they represent a part of her,</div>
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they somehow didn't quite seem to 'wholly' represent my Middlest.</div>
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So I went back over the year to take a closer look<br />
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And here is what I found:<br />
You know what they say? The more things change the more they stay the same.<br />
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There... now doesn't this look familiar?<br />
Somehow I felt I was on the right track. <br />
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Notice the same expression and colour shirt?</div>
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I'm just thankful she's grown out of the habit of showing us her food...<br />
at least most of the time anyway.<br />
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It has been a year of braces. <br />
After having them off for a few years, it was time for phase two.</div>
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And a year of new glasses.</div>
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Many possibilities were explored,</div>
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but after many months of searching and searching aaaaand searching some more.</div>
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She finally found "the" pair.</div>
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After looking after a few double vision issues which you can read about by clicking <a href="http://bungalow56.blogspot.ca/2012/06/four-eyesno-really.html">here</a>,</div>
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she also graduated to wearing contacts.</div>
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She decided two holes were better than one.</div>
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And that one hand is better than two.</div>
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Middlest is forging ahead to become a fashion icon.<br />
She has become a fabulous nail artist.</div>
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I'm guessing possibly due to her ongoing addiction to Pinterest.</div>
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Her signature look however is a little unorthodox.<br />
She only paints her left hand while leaving the right bare.<br />
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With just a few months to go before getting her braces off for good.<br />
The transformation to teenagerdom will soon be complete.</div>
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This was a year of many sports.</div>
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Middlest is naturally fast and agile.</div>
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What I would have given for her talent when I was younger.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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She played club Volleyball and participated in school track, basketball and soccer.</div>
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It was a year of many coaches. </div>
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Mom being one of them was a huge surprise to both of us.</div>
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After being invited to a summer Volleyball camp,</div>
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it has been decided.<br />
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Volleyball is her sport.</div>
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She loves playing it.</div>
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And she's good at it too.</div>
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For a good portion of her thirteenth year, Middlest did not want to be photographed.</div>
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Grandpa even enquired as to why Middlest was not getting her fair share of the Bungalow'56 posts.<br />
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Thankfully it seems this stage has passed.</div>
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And I for one couldn't be happier about it.</div>
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Middlest is a great sister.</div>
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She is also a great party planner.</div>
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She loves to decorate and make everything look great.</div>
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Both of her sisters have been happy recipients of her talents.<br />
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Over the past year,</div>
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She shows us in a very tangible way<br />
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And sisters too.<br />
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We often find her spontaneously jumping for joy and we just smile at each other,<br />
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A highlight of her year was a wonderful trip to Hawaii.<br />
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She snorkled and sunbathed and was a true connoisseur of the island's shaved ice.<br />
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She is a friend you would love to have.<br />
The life of the party.<br />
Always up for a good laugh.<br />
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This year was the year of the iPod.<br />
A lost iPod and a broken iPod.<br />
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And while we love and appreciate her wild and crazy side...</div>
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We also know there is a very thoughtful side to out Middlest.<br />
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Sometimes instead of 'being' the life of the party,<br />
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She is able to read people and has a with-it-ness far beyond her years. </div>
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People are drawn to Middlest and love being around her.<br />
Good friends are found at every turn.<br />
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This is especially apparent when we are with family.<br />
Cousins flock to her like bees to honey.<br />
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While her sisters may not be as enamoured for as much of the time.<br />
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We all have a happier day because Middlest is in it.<br />
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Now lets be clear.<br />
Middlest is not a saint.<br />
She can be bossy and quick tempered just like the rest of us.<br />
Telling her sister in particular, what to do.<br />
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Yet she is quick to say sorry when she has messed up.</div>
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And is always finding her family to tell them she loves them before bed.</div>
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As I've said before, she is in the middle for a reason.<br />
She is the glue that keeps us together.<br />
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She can be old beyond her years</div>
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yet still be my little girl and her sister's sidekick.</div>
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Most days I can't believe she is ours.<br />
Thirteen years have flown by.<br />
She has the world in her hands.<br />
And I for one can't wait to see what she does with it.<br />
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Middlest, you are thirteen,</div>
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A teenager.</div>
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The parenting books always warned us about this stage.</div>
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But I can't wait, if it's anything like your toddler, schoolage, tweener stages?</div>
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Then this is going to be a whole lot of fun.</div>
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We love you Middlest.</div>
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Thank goodness God saw fit to send you to us.</div>
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We often jump for joy too.</div>
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...because we are so thankful to have,<br />
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This past week we celebrated two birthdays.</div>
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These two were born three years and four days apart.</div>
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It makes for a busy November.</div>
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I can't believe it, but ten years have come and gone.<br />
Youngest has finally reached the double digits.<br />
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As a mom it is so interesting for me to watch my girls.</div>
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I was the eldest of four girls and now I get to see the dynamic from a whole new perspective.<br />
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Youngest has a tough gig.</div>
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Her whole life has been spent watching her sisters.</div>
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How they dress.</div>
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Trying to keep up.</div>
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And for awhile I was worried about this.</div>
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But this past year.</div>
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I've noticed a change.</div>
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She's coming into her own.</div>
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Figuring it all out.</div>
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She's no longer worried about following in the footsteps her sisters have made.</div>
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She's stepping out on her own, stepping off the path and blazing her own trail.</div>
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What I want to remember about her tenth year is this:</div>
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It has been filled with really good teachers.</div>
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She's become a Starbuck's Aficionado... loving caramel steamed milk.</div>
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She really learned how to skate and became a lover of many sports.<br />
Her favourite pastime this summer was hitting the Volleyball around with her sister.<br />
With all that backyard practicing she's going to be good when she is finally old enough to play.<br />
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She still has a hard time falling asleep at night </div>
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She had braces for part of the year. . . </div>
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Only one has been lost so far.</div>
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While her smile has changed, and the little gapped tooth grin is gone,</div>
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it still melts my heart.</div>
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Her love of all things furry has been taken to a whole new level.</div>
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I was told by her instructor that she was a natural in the saddle, much like her aunty.<br />
There is one story I don't want her to forget.<br />
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It will be important to remember it<br />
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I want her to always remember what happened at horse camp.<br />
I figure it's a good metaphor for life.<br />
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After the first day of lessons she was terribly disappointed.<br />
She was in tears over her horse, which she thought was ugly,<br />
"Tidy looks like dirt mom."<br />
She was also afraid of him.<br />
She didn't want to return the next day.<br />
There were many tears.<br />
"Could we please ask the instructors to give her another horse?"<br />
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Her friend Sydney was on a horse named Ribbons.<br />
A beautiful little chestnut.<br />
She wanted a horse like Ribbons.<br />
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Tidy was big and liked to nudge Youngest with his head<br />
which sometimes pushed her over.<br />
There wasn't any other horse for her,<br />
so dad went with her the next day and showed her how to show Tidy who was boss.<br />
By the end of the week Youngest was pushing back and once<br />
he knew he couldn't get away with his antics Tidy was as good as gold.<br />
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What she didn't know until a few days in<br />
was that Tidy was a retired Rodeo champion,<br />
A champion who could respond to the slightest nudge<br />
and had a gait as smooth as silk.<br />
Despite her first impression, she had one of the best horses in the stable.<br />
By the fifth day she thought he was beautiful.<br />
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As for Ribbons?<br />
She turned out to be an awfully naughty horse.<br />
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So Youngest even when it seems like life has given you a rotten horse<br />
and you feel like quitting, <br />
remember to just keep on riding.<br />
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With a little work and perseverance<br />
ugly can sometimes become beautiful.<br />
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This was definitely one of the best lessons Youngest received in her tenth year.</div>
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Youngest also donated her hair to Locks of Love.</div>
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She made the difficult decision to cut her hair for cancer.</div>
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She proudly owns the title of the first in our family to fracture something.</div>
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After a great slide into base during a baseball game with cousins, she was in tears.</div>
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She has become so responsible.</div>
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Trying things that I never thought she would.</div>
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Like her sisters before her, we loved watching her play soccer.</div>
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She played outdoor club for the first time.</div>
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She finally talked her mom and dad into a hamster this year.</div>
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One of her favourite outings is going to Petland to see all of the animals.</div>
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Sometimes tears follow the visit because she isn't leaving with one.</div>
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She's still mama's girl.</div>
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-57405217402680683002012-11-15T13:43:00.002-07:002013-01-09T09:36:57.420-07:00Why I Haven't Been Blogging Or Taking Pictures<span style="font-size: x-small;">*All Photos taken by Neal Fraser</span><br />
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This is one of the reasons why I haven't been blogging much.</div>
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We have been touring many gyms in our city and the surrounding communities.</div>
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The locations have usually been well lit and smelled somewhat of rubber and sweat.</div>
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The yelling and screaming tended to be constant and loud.</div>
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Middlest was at the heart of it.</div>
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It has been a lot of fun as the group of girls are truly wonderful and a little bit crazy.</div>
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Middlest has found her sport.</div>
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And she has been able to share it with her sister who has helped coach.</div>
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Middlest is in grade eight and has had the opportunity to be on an amazing team. </div>
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She has learned so much over the last year all wrapped up in a whole lot of fun.</div>
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Tonight is the team's season wind up.</div>
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I will miss cheering them on and seeing that look of determination.</div>
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The one that makes you believe she can do anything.</div>
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<i>PS I have not only been a lazy blogger but also a lazy photographer. </i><br />
<i> All of these photo's were taken by number 12's dad. </i><br />
<i> With shot's like these you can see why my camera never left it's case!</i><br />
<i> Thanks Neal for some amazing photographs we will treasure forever.</i><br />
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Eldest is on a plane right now.</div>
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We woke up at 5:30 so that she could catch the 7:00 am flight.</div>
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It wasn't hard to see her go.</div>
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Her dad is on the other side waiting for her.</div>
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The University is having it's open house this weekend.</div>
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A chance for seniors to take a closer look at all the programs.</div>
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Today she will walk around the campus that </div>
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both myself and The Agronomist attended.</div>
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I remember those days so fondly and vividly.</div>
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Just like my dad did when I was a kid.</div>
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And so it goes.</div>
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My dad attended University because his father before him </div>
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wanted something better for his kids.</div>
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My Opa was a market gardener in Holland.</div>
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Their world was bleak after the end of World War II.</div>
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He packed up his family of nine and headed for Canada.</div>
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A country of opportunity.</div>
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He was an optimist.</div>
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He was a dreamer.</div>
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I wish I had had a chance to know him.</div>
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My dad ended up attending University and becoming an Engineer.</div>
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It was not something that would have likely been possible in Holland.</div>
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At a young age kids were streamed and my father's fate </div>
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would have been decided at age 12.</div>
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He would not have been attending University.</div>
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To be honest even here in Canada, getting into University was not easy for him.</div>
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But it was... a possibility.</div>
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A few years of extra courses finally gave him what he needed to be accepted.</div>
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It allowed me to realize if you decide on something and work towards it?</div>
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Anything is possible.</div>
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And that is why I am so thrilled for Eldest today.</div>
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I hope she comes home with the knowledge that truly anything,</div>
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absolutely anything is possible for her. </div>
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Even though she doesn't quite know what it is yet.</div>
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Unwrapping the layers of giftwrap on the package </div>
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is just as much fun as finding out what is inside the box anyway.</div>
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Enjoy the giftwrap Eldest. </div>
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This is the part of your life that comes with a big beautiful bow.</div>
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And how exciting is that?</div>
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xoxo,</div>
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PS FYI despite the incredibly high cuteness factor,<br />
this was not the outfit Eldest wore on the plane.<br />
Instead she wore a neon head band, acid wash jeans and leg warmers.<br />
I kid... she didn't wear the head band.<br />
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-70551078619015404392012-10-09T21:12:00.000-06:002012-10-10T22:23:27.179-06:00A Calgary House Tour: Sister #2 Lives Here<div style="text-align: center;">
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This past weekend we drove to Calgary.<br />
We enjoyed Thanksgiving with the whole clan.<br />
I once again enjoyed visiting with my sisters.<br />
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While I had a chance to show the pictures I took<br />
of Organized Sister's<a href="http://bungalow56.blogspot.ca/2012/09/a-calgary-house-tour-my-sister-lives.html"> house </a>a few weeks back.<br />
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I never got around to giving you a tour of Youthful Sister's House.<br />
You can find out a little more about her <a href="http://bungalow56.blogspot.ca/2010/08/sisters-can-be-so-inconsiderate.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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She was more than happy to open her doors for you my readers.<br />
She is till figuring out her space.<br />
The decisions she and her husband have made so far?<br />
Have been right on the money.<br />
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Both my sisters have beautiful homes.<br />
With very different looks.<br />
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Youthful Sister and her husband have embraced a clean post modern inspired look.<br />
That artwork is a photo printed on special metallic paper.<br />
It looks amazing in person.<br />
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You would not believe how comfortable these Eames inspired chairs are.<br />
In fact after visiting this past weekend,<br />
I am trying to find a pair just like them for our own home.<br />
I know I know,<br />
I'm a copycat.<br />
Whatevs.<br />
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This Stereo is a bonafide retro one, which they found completely restored.<br />
The Macbook? It offers a nice modern contrast don't you think?<br />
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My sister picked out this pendant lamp for over her dining room table<br />
against the advice of a decorator.<br />
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I am so glad she did.<br />
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The house is always filled with light and this pendant adds the perfect amount of sparkle.<br />
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Touches of green and yellow can be found throughout.<br />
It's adds a great energy to the house.<br />
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Their nieces also fit nicely into the decor don't you think?<br />
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These chairs recline my friends.<br />
Oh yes they do.<br />
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My sister and her husband have two boys.<br />
The house is one that is lived in, while still looking beautiful.<br />
It is not a "don't touch" house, if you know what I mean.<br />
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Sitting down for a cup of coffee and looking out at the beautiful front garden was really nice.<br />
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Especially when you're sitting under this lamp.<br />
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Green and yellow with grey walls.<br />
It just works.<br />
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They drove to a city three hours away to sit on this couch<br />
just to make sure it was comfortable before buying it.<br />
Now that... is taking your tushee seriously.<br />
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What has been added to this nook since our visit this summer,<br />
(which I forgot to take a picture of this past weekend)<br />
is white wallpaper with silver circles.<br />
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It looks just like this: (Thank you internet images : )<br />
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She will be adding either a large circular mirror into the space or white shelves.<br />
She hasn't decided yet.<br />
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Some more artwork.<br />
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And a herb chart my mother gave to each of her daughters.<br />
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Sunshine everywhere.<br />
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The kitchen was renovated just before they bought the house.<br />
While not the look she would have chosen,<br />
she makes it work.<br />
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A coffee table that is gorgeous <i>and </i>dangerous.<br />
It has singlehandedly taken out most of my family's shins.<br />
But we will forgive it, since it looks so crazy cool in the space.<br />
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My sisters all love to grow flowers.<br />
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It is a beautiful home both inside and out.<br />
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I can't wait to see how the house continues to evolve.<br />
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It was so beautiful I just couldn't help myself.<br />
I laid down in the flower bed and called it a day.<br />
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Thank you sister for the lovely visits both this past summer and this past weekend.<br />
We look forward to being able to return the hospitality.<br />
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xoxo,<br />
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-73205011980032843192012-10-04T10:16:00.003-06:002012-10-04T21:35:48.024-06:00I Wasn't A Good Parent Today<div style="text-align: left;">
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I wasn't a good parent today.<br />
I called Eldest a<br />
"Princess"<br />
And not in an endearing way.<br />
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She's on the go day and night.<br />
A job plus homework<br />
Midnight fire's burning too bright.<br />
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Why do I focus then<br />
on the messy room?<br />
The laundry piled up<br />
When she'll be gone so soon?<br />
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I never thought I'd forget what<br />
it was like.<br />
To be worried about tomorrow's test<br />
And if my hair looked just right.<br />
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Have I really gotten old? <br />
When did it happen?<br />
Please God don't let me be<br />
The mom who no one listens to<br />
Because it's obvious she just doesn't see.<br />
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I worry I coddle.<br />
I still make her lunch.<br />
She did do her laundry<br />
A pact with her dad is my hunch.<br />
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Why didn't I say thank you?<br />
Instead of responding to stress and huff.<br />
Words leave lasting marks...<br />
Sorry's often aren't enough.<br />
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So Eldest<br />
I want you to know.<br />
<span style="text-align: center;">I don't think you are a "Princess"</span><br />
Because there are things you've always shown:<br />
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You try your hardest.<br />
You really care.<br />
And when you're stressed you need assurance<br />
From a mother who is fair.<br />
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"Parent In Training," a title that fits like a glove.<br />
If you'd give me the chance for a do over I want to try again.<br />
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But this time ...With Love.<br />
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xoxo,<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"><i>Mom</i></span><br />
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-947272988715017202012-10-02T21:55:00.002-06:002023-02-14T22:26:33.739-07:00We Saw It On The Food Network And Decided To Go<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The Agronomist loves two things. </div><p>
Hockey and The Food Network.<br />
Somehow he has made the girls big fans of both.<br />
He is the master of persuasion.<br />
And he also controls the TV remote.<br />
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Why am I telling you this?<br />
On a trip to Edmonton back in March,<br />
we were all sitting in our hotel room watching the Canadian equivalent to<br />
Diners Drive-ins and Dives.<br />
The show is called:<br />
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You Gotta Eat Here with host John Catucci.<br />
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We were mesmerized with an amazing diner he was visiting.<br />
We wondered out loud where it was.<br />
At the end of the show he told us....<br />
High River, Alberta!<br />
Just outside of Calgary!<br />
A mere hour and a half drive from the campsite we had already booked<br />
for our Kananaskis camping trip!<br />
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We all looked at each other eagerly and yelled.<br />
We Gotta Go!<br />
We Gotta Eat There!<br />
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It was a done deal.<br />
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In a few short months we would be eating at Evelyn's Memory Lane Cafe.<br />
We knew we were in for a treat when we checked out it's rating <a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/72/1542333/restaurant/Alberta/Evelyns-Memory-Lane-Cafe-High-River">HERE</a> on Urban Spoon.<br />
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After our hour and a half drive we walked in....<br />
and it was everything we had hoped for.<br />
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A Pop Tates vibe we don't often find in Western Alberta.<br />
Similar to a Johnny Rockets, but an authentic real deal mom and pop's diner.<br />
We loved it.<br />
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I couldn't help it, I kept calling The Agronomist Reggie with his dark good looks.<br />
I was secretly hoping he'd call me Josie.<br />
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Instead... he moved to another booth.<br />
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The individual juke boxes at each table were a huge hit.<br />
Everyone was allowed to choose two songs.<br />
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Ordering was easy.<br />
We had already decided what we wanted several months before when we had watched the show.<br />
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The waiting however, was a little longer than my two youngest could handle.<br />
They went a little squirrelly.<br />
Perhaps voices were raised.<br />
I'm not at liberty to say.<br />
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Youngest knew she was going to have the homemade mac and cheese.<br />
She gave it a two thumbs up.<br />
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The Agronomist and I ordered the Turkey sandwich,<br />
which had been described as Thanksgiving dinner between two slices of bread.<br />
Can you see the cranberry sauce in there?<br />
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I don't usually take photos of half eaten servings,<br />
but I started eating before I remembered I was supposed to be a food photographer. <br />
Bon Appetit will not be calling me anytime soon.<br />
Thankfully I remembered to take a picture before it was all gone.<br />
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We just kept looking over by the stools at<br />
all the amazing baked goods behind the window.<br />
There was a constant stream of people coming in<br />
for takeout and homemade ice cream.<br />
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People were starting to stare when I laid down on the floor to take this shot.<br />
I kid...<br />
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But wouldn't you agree,<br />
the almost same shot is more interesting from my feet's perspective?<br />
Always, always take a few photos from a few inches off the floor.<br />
You will never be disappointed.<br />
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Just a little photography tip thrown in because<br />
I like to approach a post from every available angle, both figuratively and literally.<br />
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It's just how I roll,<br />
which can also be taken figuratively or literally.<br />
Especially after my meal at Evelyn's.<br />
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This was the last shot of the day just outside the cafe.<br />
I can't quite remember what the problem was.<br />
I think maybe she had asked if we could stay for supper too.<br />
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The answer, unfortunately was no.<br />
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If you ever get a chance to drive to High River; stop by Evelyn's.<br />
Tell her Bungalow'56 sent you : )<br />
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We promise the peach pie will be worth it.<br />
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xoxo,<br />
Dana</p><p><br />
PS Youngest disagrees with the information in this post and would like to state for the record: It is the pumpkin pie that makes the visit worthwhile.<br />
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-68889559193975670282012-09-28T15:04:00.003-06:002012-09-28T15:06:23.641-06:00Chubby Legs...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I pulled out my camera a few days ago for a cutie pie.</div>
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Remember "<a href="http://bungalow56.blogspot.ca/2012/03/project-baby-complete.html">Project Baby</a>?" </div>
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Well that little munchkin is almost a year old.</div>
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I can't wait to show all of the wonderful shots.</div>
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There is nothing like a pair of chubby legs to make the world a better place.</div>
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In fact I've decided to make that my very own motto.</div>
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You can read into that however you wish.</div>
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Here's to plaid making a come back.</div>
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Adios my friends.</div>
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There is a Volleyball game starting with my name on it.</div>
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Have a great weekend!</div>
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-27612721371740550212012-09-25T07:55:00.001-06:002012-09-25T11:11:29.349-06:00Money Shot Monday (On A Tuesday)<br />
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I've said it before and I'll say it again.</div>
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I love Instagram.</div>
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The best part about it is...</div>
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I don't feel anxious any longer that I am missing those special moments.</div>
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Youngest loves facials.</div>
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Middlest was at a birthday party and Eldest was working so it was just the two of us.</div>
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She wanted a girl's night.</div>
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Look at this girl's glow!</div>
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But a mom can dream right?</div>
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There is just something about this shot that makes my mother's heart melt.</div>
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Posting A Money Shot Monday.... on a Tuesday : )</div>
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xoxo,</div>
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*Linking up today for Shannan's first <a href="http://flowerpatchfarmgirl.blogspot.ca/2012/09/money-shot-monday-link-or-bust.html">Money Shot Monday</a> at the always lovely</div>
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Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-44354374715597669292012-09-20T20:59:00.001-06:002012-09-21T10:08:46.252-06:00A Calgary House Tour... My Sister Lives Here<br />
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This past summer during our holidays we managed to visit two of my three sisters </div>
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I was in a picture taking mood and asked my Organized Sister Number 1<br />
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if it would be alright if I invited my readers on a tour of her house.</div>
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She said, "Sure come on in! But just take your shoes off first."</div>
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OK she didn't really say that.</div>
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We all wore our shoes inside.</div>
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I just staged this area a bit because I was pretending I was a </div>
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My sis just recently updated everything.<br />
This is a house in the suburbs and when they first found it<br />
there were only a few houses on the market they could afford with bedrooms for all three kids.<br />
She said it was the ugliest house on the block.<br />
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Well... it isn't anymore.<br />
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The loo is just around the corner.</div>
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The kitchen hasn't been touched.</div>
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She's still deciding what to do with all that wood.</div>
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is that it is just super comfortable.</div>
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Cushy area rugs to walk on, lots of pillows to hug and sink-in chairs and couches.</div>
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All the details make it a warm and inviting home.</div>
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There are vignettes throughout the house,</div>
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with items from their travels,<br />
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family heirlooms, like this needlepoint given to her by my Oma made by a great aunt;<br />
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along with favourite things my sister has picked up over the years.<br />
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I think though my favourite part of the house,</div>
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is just outside her patio doors.<br />
With a large deck off the back<br />
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and a hot tub that is used all year round,<br />
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her backyard is a real oasis.</div>
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During the summer most meals are eaten outside on the deck.</div>
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It really is as beautiful as it seems.</div>
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Would you like to see upstairs?<br />
You can just peek into the master bedroom which I forgot to photograph.</div>
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What eleven year old girl wouldn't love this bedroom?</div>
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Younger sister doesn't have it too shabby either.</div>
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And our nephew truly has a boy's room.</div>
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I love everything about it.</div>
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Now back downstairs,</div>
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and time to go.<br />
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Put on your shoes <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(even though they are your sisters and I just asked you to do this for the purpose of this house tour photograph).</i></span></div>
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I'm so glad you were able to visit.</div>
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We need to be on our way so as not to be too late....<br />
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For my <strike>Inconsiderate</strike> <a href="http://bungalow56.blogspot.ca/2010/08/sisters-can-be-so-inconsiderate.html">Youthful Sister Number 2's</a> home tour.</div>
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Be sure to stop by next week when she opens her doors for a friendly cup of coffee.</div>
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Thanks <a href="http://bungalow56.blogspot.ca/2010/11/she-should-have-been-eldest.html">Organized Sis Number 1 </a>for being such a great host!<br />
We had a wonderful visit.</div>
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xoxo,</div>
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PS when my sister and her husband moved in, everything was painted light peach to match the stone work, and one lone tree was left to die in the front yard.<br />
It really has been a transformation.<br />
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-10797562476843041652012-09-17T10:15:00.004-06:002012-09-19T14:16:12.173-06:00Money Shot Monday<div style="text-align: center;">
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I was never allowed to dye my hair.</div>
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To be honest it never really interested me anyway.</div>
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I was happy to be a redhead.</div>
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No one I knew at school had the exact colour I did.</div>
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A childhood friend, Anne, had red hair too but we had slightly different shades.</div>
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I felt unique.</div>
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Then came along my daughter.</div>
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Her natural hair is beautiful.</div>
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An almost black brown.</div>
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Shiny and lustrous.</div>
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Yet she likes <a href="http://www.bungalow56.blogspot.ca/2012/01/dying-hair-ombre-no-roots-my-friends.html">dying </a>her hair.</div>
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And for some reason I'm OK with it.</div>
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I think it's because she leaves the top alone and just tinkers with the ends.</div>
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Her natural colouring frames her face and she still looks like her.</div>
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We took this shot on Friday.</div>
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This hair colour is temporary and fades out over time.</div>
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I wanted to capture it's brilliant hue before she washed it.</div>
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We were driving home after picking her up from work.</div>
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She worked Friday, Saturday and Sunday. </div>
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She was tired.<br />
It's her last "three day" shift now that school is in.</div>
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I looked at her as we drove down our street and said,</div>
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"The light it really beautiful, perfect for a few shots."</div>
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She wasn't interested, "I have sooo much homework."</div>
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I told her I hadn't gotten a shot of her new colour and was hoping too<br />
before she washed it.</div>
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She looked at me, sighed and said... "OK....five minutes.... max."</div>
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This was the money shot.<br />
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Worth a million bucks to me.</div>
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xoxo,</div>
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-48902953745782356322012-09-12T15:04:00.002-06:002012-09-17T10:39:42.011-06:00Summer Is OverSummer is over.<br />
I just can't believe it.<br />
I was trying to ignore it.<br />
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But I can't really because the girl's are back in school.<br />
This will be their second week.<br />
Eldest is in grade twelve. (She was not going to school until the next day)<br />
I can't b.e.l.e.i.v.e. how young her mother looks...<br />
<br />
The temperature for the next two nights will be dipping precariously close to freezing.<br />
A mere four degrees lower and we're goners.<br />
It may as well be Christmas.<br />
If you ask Costco... it already is.<br />
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I'm still wearing flip flops though.<br />
Why? Because I'm having a hard time saying goodbye to summer.<br />
Besides even though it's close to freezing in the mornings,<br />
by the afternoon you'd swear it was a beautiful summer's day.<br />
The beauty of the north.<br />
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If you were following us on Instagram<br />
you saw much of what we did over the last two and a half months.<br />
Unlike Instagram though this post is not necessarily in chronological order.<br />
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Our big summer holiday was camping in the Rockies in Kananaskis.<br />
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We holiday"ed"it with the grizzlies!<br />
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Grizzlies walking just a hundred yards from our trailer.<br />
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We went to the farm with the mice<br />
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We managed to complete one craft... twice.<br />
It was way better than I expected so I will be sharing it with you later on down the blogging road.<br />
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We found a new way to do laundry.<br />
Thank you Agronomist for installing my new state of the art dryer : )!<br />
I have now found a new photography niche.<br />
Post to come : )<br />
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Youngest rode horses.<br />
We weren't able to buy her a horse so instead she had to settle for a hamster.<br />
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Middlest volleyballed.<br />
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Eldest got her license and worked full time.<br />
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We went to a wedding.<br />
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We celebrated a few birthdays.<br />
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We fished.<br />
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We went to an Agronomist family farm reunion.</div>
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We played baseball there.<br />
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No one on The Agronomist's side is competitive at all....<br />
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I managed to visit both my sister's in Calgary and took some great photos of their homes.<br />
The tours have also been penciled in to my blogging calendar.<br />
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We ate at <a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/72/1542333/restaurant/Alberta/Evelyns-Memory-Lane-Cafe-High-River">Evelyn's</a>.<br />
A little place we found out about on TV.<br />
All I have to say is... peach pie.<br />
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We bought a new (first for us) patio set.</div>
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Good bye picnic table...sniff.</div>
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But the only thing that has been harvested so far?<br />
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It was a darn good summer.<br />
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Youngest's hair was long.</div>
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Very long.</div>
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She loved her long hair.</div>
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What she didn't love was brushing her hair.</div>
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Due largely to her arch enemy.... known to locals simply as... Tangles.</div>
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We had only a few days before we were off for our summer vacation.</div>
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A vacation that involved a lot of camping.</div>
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A vacation that would provide fewer shower options.</div>
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A vacation with many opportunities for her nemesis to rear it's ugly head.</div>
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We had been struggling with tangles for awhile.</div>
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Youngest wanted to cut her hair just a little bit, and then not a little bit.</div>
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Tears were shed over the daily indecision, and also the tangles.</div>
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When we realized Youngest's hair had become very long.</div>
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We realized a haircut could be become a wonderful act of service.</div>
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An act of service which would help other children who did not have hair.<br />
So we walked to the hairdressers where she could make a difference.</div>
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When Youngest realized her contribution would help children suffering from cancer,</div>
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it became an easy decision.</div>
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One day before our vacation began, Youngest became our hero.</div>
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She wore a black cape.</div>
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She was nervous, but brave.</div>
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The hairdresser cut off more than she had expected.</div>
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It didn't help matters that she whispered this to her mentor who stepped in to check the damage.</div>
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But after some collaborating between the two stylists a wonderful cut emerged.</div>
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We didn't recognize her.</div>
Who was that girl in the window?<br />
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Thankfully she loved it.</div>
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Especially since it meant the end to her nemesis.</div>
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Tangles became a thing of the past.</div>
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And a life without tangles... we have discovereed... is a very good life.</div>
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For everyone : )</div>
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After returning home from our vacation.</div>
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The hair was packaged and sent off to a hair restoration clinic.</div>
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A thank you note was sent a week later to let us know what would happen to the ponytail.</div>
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Youngest's hair was sent to their wig making factory in Europe,</div>
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where hers along with eight other donations would make a child without hair very happy.<br />
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Youngest is currently growing her long hair back.</div>
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We are hoping tangles will not become a part of her ever evolving look.</div>
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But if we do end up battling Tangles again?</div>
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We know there is always a way of defeating those nasty knots. </div>
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It involves the simple donning of a black Superhero cape.</div>
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xoxo</div>
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PS: Just in case you happen to have your very own Superhero... here is a link to several Canadian donation addresses: <a href="http://www.cancer.ca/newfoundland-labrador/support%20services/hair%20donations.aspx">Kids For Cancer Hair Donation</a><br />
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<br />Dana @ Bungalow'56http://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463361194706943677.post-83712801747532705632012-07-25T14:16:00.001-06:002013-01-09T13:21:07.640-07:00She's Seventeen<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">~~~~~~~~~~</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I knew it would happen.</span></div>
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In fact I think I may have planned it.</div>
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As soon as I announced I wasn't blogging this summer </div>
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my little inner voice <span style="background-color: white;">woke up.</span></div>
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It sounded a little like this...</div>
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Wha? Hey? But but? Whadabout this? and that? and this and that?<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Who are you kidding? Pfft... taking the summer off, my foot.</span><br />
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Thankfully I didn't completely lose my mind<br />
and I've been taking pictures like a crazy woman.</div>
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So to be honest I'm feeling a little chatty.</div>
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So many wonderful memories are being made this summer.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: white; font-size: x-large;"> Seventeen </span><br />
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We celebrated Eldest's seventeenth birthday a few days ago.</div>
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And even as I write this it just about knocks the breath out of me.</div>
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I know she is seventeen.</div>
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She is definitely seventeen.</div>
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But how in the @$## can she be seventeen?<br />
I mean I knew they grew up?<br />
She's been living in our house for heavens sake.<br />
I've been participating in the whole shebang.<br />
I wasn't aware however that I wouldn't be in charge of the speed<br />
in which they were allowed to do it.<br />
Dang.<br />
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Wish someone would have warned me.<br />
.... oh yeah they did.<br />
Every mother I passed in the street would wistfully say...<br />
Enjoy it<br />
It goes by so fast.<br />
And now my baby is holding babies.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">And I want to stop time.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Not really... but sort of.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Hard to explain really.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I just want to have the moments stamped a little stronger in my memory bank.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">So in a frantic try, I'm taking pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bungalow56/7153367415/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" title="Untitled by Bungalow'56, on Flickr"><img alt="Untitled" height="426" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7178/7153367415_ffcc3114e1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So this is my memory page.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">My Eldest' turned seventeen memory page.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bungalow56/6160773393/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" title="IMG_9203 by Bungalow'56, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9203" height="640" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6207/6160773393_3ea22d5b19.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;">She is working full time.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She started a running program.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She is learning how to longboard.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She worked really hard at school this year.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She is smart.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She is kind.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">She has a boyfriend.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">His name is Andrew Garfield.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She has his picture on her wall.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I really like him.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Her dad is OK with it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bungalow56/6660460245/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" title="IMG_5414 by Bungalow'56, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5414" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6660460245_5947884954.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;">She is deciding whether or not to dye her hair lighter or go darker.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">For now it's a compromise.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She loves Urban Outfitters.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She listens to vinyl records on her portable record player in her bedroom.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bungalow56/6503773159/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" title="IMG_2926 by Bungalow'56, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_2926" height="426" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6503773159_262a383f34.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;">She's a girly girl.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She's a tomboy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WVSicZST9WboWkDoo7FqEweEAYPQeERx8TSw7DP8kwo2YUG02jJH1i-OoOmEEov39ymlCca0QoJdGo-3jOLNYgJz8W1XPIbzNEIKrvma1jHE8ewpGPvsnXdOq8oUWZdFzY3cmodxuPs/s1600/IMG_2115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WVSicZST9WboWkDoo7FqEweEAYPQeERx8TSw7DP8kwo2YUG02jJH1i-OoOmEEov39ymlCca0QoJdGo-3jOLNYgJz8W1XPIbzNEIKrvma1jHE8ewpGPvsnXdOq8oUWZdFzY3cmodxuPs/s640/IMG_2115.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;">She can shop like the best of them.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">And she loves a good deal.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She loves fashion and music.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">In that order.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">She loves dressing up.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">We need to get rid of some of her shoes.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She has to curl her eyelashes so that they don't hit her glasses.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bungalow56/6841701746/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" title="IMG_7081 by Bungalow'56, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7081" height="426" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7205/6841701746_422d2e10cd.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">She has toe issues.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She recently diagnosed herself with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia">Misophonia</a>.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I've told her to get over it... quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">She's messy.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She's grumpy.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She's happy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bungalow56/7557048252/" style="text-align: start;" title="Untitled by Bungalow'56, on Flickr"><img alt="Untitled" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8431/7557048252_ef4324b4b7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This year she stretched her ears.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">This year she also stopped stretching her ears.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">One of these things has made me very happy.</span></div>
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Bangs yes?</div>
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Bangs no?</div>
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Around and around she will forever go.</div>
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She texts.</div>
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She drinks coffee.<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">She prefers tea.</span></div>
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She wonders what she should study after high school.</div>
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She loves family.</div>
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She doesn't yet know what she will do.</div>
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She wants to travel.</div>
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She wants to study.</div>
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She is smart.</div>
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She is impatient.</div>
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She wants answers.</div>
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She passed her drivers.</div>
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She wants to buy a car.</div>
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Her mom drives her crazy.</div>
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She drives her mom crazy.</div>
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It's a win win situation.</div>
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She knows God has a plan for her.<br />
She's a good listener.<br />
She's a good sister.<br />
She's a good daughter.<br />
She is ours.<br />
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Love you G.<br />
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When I come across something exceptional</div>
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I don't feel right unless I let the world know.</div>
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So this is my good Samaritan act for the week:</div>
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Two recipes for summer drinks you will swear were from a cool, hip, big city bistro.</div>
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One that you have to wear sunglasses to drink, </div>
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because you'd just feel out of place if you didn't.</div>
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You know the place.</div>
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We usually make our berry smoothie with yogurt but we were out, </div>
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so this recipe from allrecipes.com was a new one for us. </div>
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We really liked it! </div>
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It has more of a milkshake taste which in our humble opinion is always a good thing.</div>
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We also live near a coffee shop which serves THE BEST Frozen Hot Chocolate. </div>
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The girl's are always hoping to get one, especially now that it's summer. </div>
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But I don't happen to have hundreds of dollars a month </div>
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to spend on specialty summer drinks.</div>
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So the answer is usually no. </div>
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I'm a mean mom I know.</div>
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So Youngest decided, after her great succes with the Berry Smoothie, </div>
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to find a frozen hot chocolate recipe. </div>
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And she did.</div>
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Middlest wasn't buying it though. </div>
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It looked waaay too simple and wouldn't taste anything like the one </div>
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she yearned for just a hop skip and a jump away.</div>
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I'm happy to say Youngest proved her wrong.</div>
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The recipe below from Food.com was probably better than any cold chocolate drink we've every had.</div>
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So the next time you're out grocery shopping,</div>
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stock up on bagged ice my friends,</div>
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because once you try these two m<strike>ilkshakes</strike> smoothies,</div>
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you will be running out before you know it.</div>
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Happy Summer Slurping!</div>
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xoxo,</div>
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PS I'm always happy to come and taste test these if you ever need a second opinion : )</div>
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1 cup milk</div>
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1 cup frozen berries (we used a mango berry mix)</div>
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3 Tbsp sugar (we used honey cuz we were too lazy to get the sugar out of the trailer)</div>
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1 cup ice cubes</div>
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Place the milk, berries and sugar in a blender; cover and process until smooth.</div>
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Add ice cubes, cover and process until smooth.</div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">Chill Out Frozen Hot Chocolate</span></div>
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6 oz (3/4 cup) milk</div>
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1/2 cup hot cocoa mix (we used Rolo Carnation)</div>
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1 1/2 cups ice cubes</div>
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whipped cream (optional)</div>
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additional hot cocoa mix (optional)</div>
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Pour the milk into the blender, add cocoa mix, add ice cubes, blend thoroughly until mixture is finely crushed and slushy. If you have a smallish blender, use smaller crushed ice for better results.</div>
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