Our Seven Qtpies

Overheard at my house

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:55:00 +0000

Hope-Anne is working with Trinity on her Bible verse for Awanas, they learn it in parts. Hope-Anne "For God so loved the world" Trinity "So God loved the world." Hope-anne "For God SO loved the...

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The Man Trap

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:27:00 +0000

Donnie's cousin's son got married this weekend. Seeing as he has made it to 33 years old without getting "trapped" into marriage, the name Mantrap Lodge was just the appropriate venue to have a...

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Arachonophobia

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Spiders and I do not get along. I am petrified of them. I know it isn't rational. Most of them are not poisonous to me. They are all a LOT smaller than I am. But they are sneaky and creepy and evil...

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What were we thinking?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:34:00 +0000

I don't know why we have dogs at all, but why do we have THREE????? And how on earth do you potty train a puppy? We take them out all the time. The pups will poop 3-4 times outside, then come in and...

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How do people find things to blog about without kids?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:14:00 +0000

Kids are just such a perfect combination of humor, aggravation, and cuteness! This morning Hope-Anne asked Sam what he wanted for breakfast. He insisted he wanted meatballs. Hope-Anne finally asked...

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Time to think ahead!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:30:00 +0000

It's probably a good time to start thinking about ordering your holiday cards. I love this one from Tiny Prints. With our picture and name, of course, lol. The prices are really competitive, too. I...

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Organization

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:46:00 +0000

How do you go from unorganized to scheduled? I like the freedom of doing things when we want to, and it mostly works for the kids to do school on their time because there is no fighting me. I give...

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Wow, learning experience

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:13:00 +0000

This week the kids and I are studying the Renaissance era and arts and crafts that were popular in those days. So today my neighbor let us come over and learn about pottery and we got to try to make...

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Bomb threat in Princeton, MN

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:55:00 +0000

Donnie and I were snuggled in bed at 9am and Donnie thought he heard Devon, the only kid still in public school. He does have a tendency to sleep in sometimes and end up tardy. So we get up and find...

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It was a bomb in our high school

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:30:00 +0000

The news has released that it was an "incendiary device" at the high school. I am assuming that they were all 3 bombs in the school, post office and power company, but only the school officials have...

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What is wrong with this world today?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:53:00 +0000

Today I awoke to the news that the schools were shut down for the day due to a bomb found in the school, the post office and the local power company. If that wasn't bad enough, they found at least 4...

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No more crusts!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:05:00 +0000

Sandwiches are the ultimate convenience food, aren't they? I know they save me tons of time for lunch, especially if we have to be on the run. When I have a last minute errand I have to run that I...

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There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Have you ever had one of those conversations that just turned into a song? That happened to us today. We had to buy a new refrigerator this weekend when ours bit the dust big time. We bought a...

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Well, of course it is!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:52:00 +0000

Donnie's 40th birthday was this past weekend. I surprised him left and right! I bought him his much desired leather mug from the Renaissance Festival, got Drew home without him suspecting, and threw...

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Is it really almost Thanksgiving?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:14:00 +0000

Thanksgiving is barely more than a month away! I can't think of a year that we haven't had Thanksgiving at our house. Many times it is just our immediate family, but we often have family and friends...

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Diamond Edition

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:35:00 +0000

The first animated movie made in America, the first full-length animated movie made by Disney, was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I have always loved this movie. Now my children get to enjoy it,...

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Kiss Me Again

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000

This is a book review, not an invitation, lol. One of the things that I always use to tell teens about staying pure is that they give a piece of themselves away that they can't get back and it...

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Sometimes, you just gotta do it

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:21:00 +0000

I can't even bring myself to remember my teen years. You need friends, but sometimes friends are not friends, and are just plain stupid. I had to tell to save a friend one time. It was hard! But I...

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Craig's List Trolls

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:28:00 +0000

I hear people talking about the great deals they find on Craig's List all the time. It is supposedly a great place to buy and sell. But my experiences have not been positive at all. Because of...

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I think it is time for another poll

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:11:00 +0000

Have you ever been stuck on what advice to give to someone? Yep, I'm there. Not sure what is the right thing to do. There is a teenage boy who likes a girl but isn't involved at the moment. The...

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Sam always finds a way to surprise us

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:23:00 +0000

We thought after the first 5 kids that we had seen it all. Then we got Trinity. She terrorized us with her poop art every day. Surely we'd seen it all after her! Nope. We got Sam. And he made all the...

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I'd like that for my birthday!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:26:00 +0000

We don't let our kids say "I want that!" when they see things they want. It is annoying! So Donnie has always trained them to say "I like that." or "That would be a great birthday present!" It has...

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Sam is almost 3!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:22:00 +0000

I can hardly believe that Sam is going to be 3 this next week! Where did my baby go? If we are all well, we are planning to have a party for him. I wish I had planned it out well in advance so I...

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Time for a Trinity Funny!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:45:00 +0000

Trinity used to be the one I was always blogging about for saying funny things, but then Sam started in, and she seems to have stopped. But lately she has cracked me up a few times! The other day...

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Hmm, anyone try this?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:18:00 +0000

This is just too funny! I have never really had the opportunity to do this in public. I have done it at home, though. Scared the kids silly! Stopped the tantrum, too. My kids were pretty much always...

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