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Mrs.4444 is hosting her weekly Friday Fragments.....feel free to go play along! ~My daughter, Katarina, loves to paint her nails.  It is her very favorite thing.  She always wants to go to the nail polish aisle and buy a new color, and then she can't wait to put it on.  Recently we ran out of fingernail polish remover (I'll bet you can guess who used it all up changing their fingernail color

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My old template is broken.....I have messed around with it so much over the years, that it is beyond repair!  I have put off doing anything about it because I was toying with the idea of changing to WordPress, but I realize that it might be a while before I do that, and the brokenness is driving me crazy........So, before getting a new template, I have decided to do something that I have dreaded.

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I don't have anything exciting to say today......but a little "Music Man" is always exciting....right?  That's what I thought!  :0) What is your favorite musical?

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All About Jaden!  Have you heard about Jaden?  He is the son of one of SupahMommy's friends.  He is a sweet little boy who has Metastatic Neuroblastoma.  For Thursday Thirteen this week, here are some things that you can do..... 1. Read Jaden's story, get to know about him and his family so that you can get an idea of what they are going through. 2. Pray......and then pray some more!! 3. Jaden's

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I spent many years of my life reading The Little House on the Prairie series and the Anne of Green Gables series.  Both are responsible for many of my childhood memories (especially when I tried to get rid of my freckles like Anne) so when I saw this on Alison Arngrim's facebook page, I couldn't help but be intrigued....... Bonnet Heads Fight Back: Anne vs. Laura Debate Heats Up the Prairie "

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This will be my last dentist related post....I promise! We went to our appointment yesterday. Katarina was a big girl, and went in for her cleaning and loved every minute of it.  I think we might have a future dentist in our house (that is one way to get some dental care!!)  She was excited that they used the "pick thing" on her, the watermelon flavored fluoride and then they polished them....

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I just got an award!!!  Jen from Following the Footsteps gave me the Honest Scrap award....I have seen this on other people's sidebars and admired how cool it looks.  Thank you Jen!  You are very sweet! Here is the rules: 1) Thank the person who gave the award and list their blog and link it. 2) Share "10 Honest Things" about yourself. 3) Present this award to others whose blogs you find

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When I saw the name of this book, 5 Cities That Ruled the World, on Thomas Nelson's list, I was excited.  I love books that deal with history and this seemed like an interesting concept. Douglas Wilson gives an overview of the history of Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York, and explains their part in world history.  I felt that he missed the opportunity to discuss the impact of several

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I just blogged yesterday about how I went to the dentist.....well, here is the whole story.....We don't have any type of health insurance, and we certainly don't have dental insurance, or money for dental help.  Thomas has four teeth that need serious attention, and I have the one that has been causing me some pain for about five years.  Three weeks ago one of Thomas' teeth got to the point where

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I just got back home from the dentist!! It looks like I will be getting a tooth pulled on Sunday....It will be good to be able to chew on the right side of my mouth for the first time in five years! The good news is that Katarina didn't have any cavities or bad stuff going on. (all that flossing that she loves to do has payed off!) There is something wrong about talking dentists and candy corn

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It is that time again....the Thursday Thirteen, which we all seem to post on Wednesday.  I don't know why, we just do!  Feel free to play along...... 1. Hot Pockets makes chicken quesadillas now....not really Mexican food, but good junk food. 2. When I go to Arizona this month I intend to eat lots of real Mexican food!!  Yum!! 3. In fact, I hope to do that at Los Olivos in Scottsdale...so good

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Yesterday I participated in Marriage Monday and wrote a letter to my husband....one of the other participants used the love poem generator and I enjoyed it so much that I wanted to try it for myself.  Here it is.... Once More, My Love This night I shall dream of your bedazzling Green hair and Tucan-eyes.   Wrapped in echoes of your mellifluous Nose-music, I long to sip from your Pineappleful

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Welcome to Marriage Monday! Today's topic is "A Love Letter to My Husband." Today we have the opportunity to express our postive good feelings about our spouses—and to let the world know! Thomas,    You are a wonderful husband, father, provider and best friend.  I know that we have had lots of struggles over the last few years, but I also know that in the future once we have overcome, we will

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I would like to welcome all of you to the best holiday of the year.  It takes place each November 1st.....National Half-Priced Candy Day!   I plan to celebrate with as many bags of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Heath Bars, plus a few Skittles, Starbursts, Twizzlers and other random sugary treats that will fit into my shopping buggy!  What about you? Also, today is the start of NaBloPoMo.  I had

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I'll admit it.  I was that kid sitting in the back of the class in 6th grade reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy.  Years later I was that person waiting in line at midnight to watch each movie the day it came out (thanks to Laina for babysitting!!)  I love Tolkien.  I have read all of his books.   Important Note: Some people love Tolkein more than I do.  They study his languages.  They write

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The air is cool, the season is fall, Soon Halloween will come to all. Ghosts and goblins, spooks galore... Tricky witches at your door. The spooks are after things to do, In fact, a spook brought this "BOO" to you. The excitement comes when friends like you, Copy this note and make it two. We'll all have smiles on our faces, When we see who Boo'd who's places. Nicole has Booed me!

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Another week of randoms...if you want to play along, you can go here. 1. One Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth....because apparently people don't have anything better to do than to than collect spider "thread". 2. Down there on the left side is a button that says "Search Earn Redeem"....here is my shameless plug--click that button and sign up for swag bucks.  You are going to

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Since I am sure that all of y'all are staying up nights wondering about my cousin, I thought I would come do a nice 3am update.  After two weeks, I got a note back from him. (about ten minutes ago, actually) The first thing that I wonder as I wait for it to open is, will he address the dad issue?......and he does....here is the quote exactly as he wrote it... "your relationship with your dad

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I have a great friend named Lynn Tolson.   She is amazing, supportive, kind, an author, caring, a survivor....and now....a blogger!!  She has a great new blog, Beyond the Tears: A True Survivors Story (it shares the name of her incredible book)  Since October is domestic violence awareness month, she has been doing a lot of radio interviews on the topic, and you can find links to listen to those

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Thanks Semi-Slacker! Here are the rules: Use only one word (or 2), pass along to six favorite bloggers, and tell 'em you did so.  I just passed on an award recently, so I am going to make new rules....if you are here, visiting me and commenting on my blog--thanks!  Feel free to take this award and make it yours.  If you do, let me know because I would love to see your list! So, here we go: 1.

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I am so excited!!!  A couple of weeks ago I did a review for this book about a boy who started a foundation that helps AIDS orphans in Africa through basketball (there is more to the story, but for today's excitement that explains it) So, last week I started reading it to Katarina (this isn't an independent reading book for her right now, because there are some things in there that involve more

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Welcome visitors!   I am hosting an anyonymous post for  bLerApy © day  Hosted by  Princess of Sarcasm and SupahMommy *Please remember that the post for today is written by an anonymous blogger  and not by myself.  The views, ideas and opinions  expressed are exclusively the anony-bloggers.   * however i might just have a post floating around in the mix    *winkwink* After you read

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This week will be a collection of randomness.  In no specific order.  If you want to play too, just go here. 1. I think there should be a rule that kids can't say the price of objects in a commercial if they aren't able to write that number down without help.  Example 1: 3 year old girl in car commercial who says, "It is only $49,989" not allowed!!  Example 2: 14 year old girl in appliance

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Wednesday is your last day to write whatever you want.   Free of repercussions.  Free of  nosy family or friends or co-workers.  Your chance to truly be unfiltered in a whole new way!!  Go check it out before you miss it!

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Over at Raising My Four Sons, I saw this cute questionnaire that her sons filled out at school, and since my daughter is about the same age as one of the sons, I wondered how she would answer some of the same questions about me!  So here goes... ~Her favorite ice cream flavor is-Swiss Orange (from Edy's...Yum!!!) ~Her favorite meal to prepare is-Soup (this is random, since I don't particularly

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