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Great new Blog! But maybe I'm biased, lol http://crystalstravels.wordpress.com/

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Monday Breakfast- Cereal and yogurt parfaits Lunch- BLT on toast, Substitute turkey bacon for the B Dinner- Baked Fish (whatever has a fair price, season with lemon pepper), 3 pepper rice ( http://www.porkbeinspired.com/RecipeDetail/483/Three_Pepper-Rice_Pilaf.aspx I use 1/4 of each color.), and green beans. Tuesday Breakfast- Whole Wheat Toast with a tablespoon of Peanut Butter Lunch-

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Monday: Breakfast-Whole Wheat Toast with peanut butter and a Banana Lunch- Lady bug Pizza's on whole wheat English muffins Dinner- Baked Penne Tuesday: Breakfast- Cantaloupe Lunch- Tuna Sandwiches on Toast with Tomato slices and lettuce Dinner- Whole Chicken and Vegetables (whatever looks good & has a nice price. Throw in with chicken at end to cook. Think carrots, red potatoes, green

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Hey, Just a little note to say that the potty training is going well. I bought her easy ups this week. She has started pooping in the potty now. Still doing the M&M method. I give her 1 for pee and 2 for poop. It is simple and so far effective. Hope she keeps it up!

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Monday Breakfast- Fried Potatoes & Peppers with a scrambled egg on top Lunch- Sandwich (We're doing Ham. Bella is doing Cheese.) & an orange Dinner- Bar-be-que Chicken Legs & Ranch Black bean, tomato, & corn salad Tuesday Breakfast- Hot Grapefruit & Honey (This was on Rachael Ray last week & looked tasty! You just half a grapefruit, squirt honey on top, &

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The second day with her potty chair is going well. She has gone three times on the potty today already and it is only 4pm!! She has had two accidents. I'm so proud of her. Not even 2 and doing so well on the second day of actual potty training! I'll give you an update in a few days.

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A little pink potty has made our house more colorful. We began with Bella just going occasionally on the big tiolet. She has started to get more in control of her urges to go so we got her a potty chair this last weekend. We put the potty in the bathroom. She has ran to the bathroom many times in the last couple days but she always goes before I can get her clothing off. Last night she was

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2 boxes cereal (We did Cheerios (with coupon $2.00 & store brand Raisin Bran - $1.89) 4 Bananas (Half for each person on the 2 mornings, sliced with cereal) - $0.75 1/2 pound turkey - $3.50 2 loafs store brand bread - $2.00 1 box of Whole grain spaghetti - $1.25 1 box frozen spinach - $0.89 1 large can crashed tomatoes (I make my own spaghetti sauce but you could buy pre-made for around

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I have decided to start including our weekly meal plan on here. I was inspired by the "Cooking for your family" group on Baby Center to do this. I will try to include it every week. Monday- Breakfast-Cereal & Banana Lunch-Turkey Sandwiches Dinner- Spinach Spaghetti & Italian bakery bread Tuesday- Breakfast-Waffle Lunch- Salad and a hard boiled egg Dinner-Chicken, Cheddar, &

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I cannot believe this blog broke 5,000 hits today! With only one follower at that, lol. Whoever you are readers, Thank YOU!!!! Keep it coming!

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 I looked over and Bella was wearing my high heeled boots! 

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My travel blog is starting to take off! It has been up for just over a month. I am really excited! The only problem is that I am running out of photo room. I may need to remove the travel photographs I put on this blog. Many of them repeat on the other one. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. I will put a link to the other blog for the photographs. I really hope

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  Those are some of the photographs of my beautiful girls and me. The ones at the top are more recent and get older as you go down the page.

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I watched a news story about a 14 year old boy committing suicide this morning. It was due to the non-stop bullying he was dealing with because he was gay. It is a sad world we live in. This poor boy and his grieving mother brought a tear to my eye. It seems like there are more and more of these stories. When will the bullying end? Will we ever get past ignorance and hate? Sadly for this young

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We saw our second option. Two Bedroom OptionMoney Details:$685 monthly rent Application $50 each adult $150 Processing Fee due at move-in $125 refundable deposit $50 Monthly Garage Rental Apartment Details:2 bedroom 2 Full baths 1051 square feet Full size washer/dryer connection in a closet off the bathroom His and Her closets in the master 1 bath is off the master large screened in porch with a

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I was leaving my house this morning. I got to the light by my house that takes forever. I was listening to the radio. I looked over and saw the cross walk signal change. This indicates that the red light is going to change in a minute. That's when my radio stopped working! Literally no sound at all. I start pushing buttons. Still nothing. I hit the CD eject button. The CD comes out and goes

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We saw our first apartment option. Here's the Details: Money Details: Base Rent $725 (Must pay an extra $15 for first floor and waste water is set at $35 a month) Garage is an extra $50 with no opener Super picky about Credit, rental history and time at job $45 Application fee per adult $50 Administrative fee due at move in $99 to $725 Deposit dependent on credit Apartment Details:2

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We will be moving again soon. I will be weighing in on each place as we see them. Then I will let you know which we choose in the end. In order to help us decide what was important we made out a list of things that are must haves and things we would like to have. The "can't live without" list is short. We will not move into a place in which we can not get these things. 

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Today is the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 World Trade Tower attacks. I watched 102 minutes that changed history this morning. In a moment it all came rushing back. The fear, the shock, the sadness was all there again. On the morning of 9/11/2001 I was sitting in my living room watching Disney channel and playing with my daughter who was only eight months old. We were dancing to

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Ivy's brace is doing great! She is now wearing it comfortably 18 hours a day. The last time the doctor saw her he simply said "Amazing, looks like it just might work!" It has been a month since then. She physically looks better. I have taken her shopping a few times to work out the wardrobe issues. Her clothing does not fit the same way with it on. She is a 10/12 normally but had to move up to a

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Our "Holiday" weekend turned into the weekend from hell that we were praying would end! We start our story with the knowledge that I had an English paper due on Monday and a psychology paper due on Sunday by midnight. I also had my first exam in Anatomy and physiology on Wednesday to study for and two essays for history due on Wednesday night or so I thought. On Friday afternoon I was

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My Children & Hubby My Crazy, Funny Sister and most of my family for that matter My Friends Traveling, especially to new places SHOES! Running The smell of a baby fresh from the bath The Ocean Baby feet The Color Pink...Bright Colors in General Reading Good Italian Food Funky Earrings (Feathers, Beads, Chains, Etc.) A rib-eye steak cooked to medium Nature (Trees,

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  These are the quotes that inspire me. Some make me smile. Some make me try when I want to give up. Some make me remember why I work so hard. Some make me think. Some remind me to have fun. Some remind me I am blessed. Some pick me up when I am down. Some give me the desire to push further. Some remind me to make time for the little things. All of them speak to me deeply.  

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Many people are stopping by to read this blog everyday. They do not "Follow" me and that is fine but it does leave me wondering. Who are you? Many anonymous eyes read my ramblings. Whoever you are thanks for your interest. Feel free to leave a comment, anonymously, of course, lol. Hope you get a giggle or take some information with you as you read through. I also write another blog named

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I signed up for Twitter yesterday. I tweeted Kate Gosselin today and she tweeted ME back!!!! I was so shocked! I love her! I'm sad the show is almost over!

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