tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346346152012-02-01T12:02:31.269-05:00Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.comBlogger3871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-86629047524737681812012-01-06T23:49:00.000-05:002012-01-06T23:49:25.243-05:00

Look at that....just over 5 months since I posted last. Better than the entire year I went without posting right before that, but still...TOO long. I don't even consider myself a blogger anymore. That's ok though. It's here when I do "feel the urge" to share something, waiting patiently on me. It's a new year...I can hardly believe it. Where did 2011 go? But that seems to be the question EVERY

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My daughter's wish came true on Thursday. As we walked through the door on Thursday afternoon, she proudly and excitedly exclaimed, "I can't believe I'm a mom!" She is now the proud mother of a precious little bunny, affectionately named Timbo. (I'll get to the name shortly.) She's been wanting a "pet of her own" for quite some time now. She talked about getting a fish, but knew that wouldn't

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My Two Front Teeth!!! My sweet baby girl lost her front teeth...finally! We noticed these two teeth were loose in December last year! We thought for sure they'd come out before Christmas. NOT! Those things were holding on TIGHT! I didn't know teeth could hold on that long. I was beginning to think she'd never lose them! I'm a little behind here...these did come out almost two weeks ago. But

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OK, so Ruthi definitely isn't a "bully," but she is quickly becoming "my Jillian!" She was in my room this morning before 7:30, encouraging me to get out of bed so we "can go exercise!" I started a new routine this week. I'm trying (again) to get back into exercising and eating better. I am determined, once and for all, to get myself healthy, and to teach my daughter good habits so she won't

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Here are a few things I found 'round the 'net this week. I wasn't really feeling the title "surfin' finds" after all, so I will call this Saturday Surfing now. So, I'll attempt to get these posts up on Saturdays...this, however doesn't mean I'll do it every week, but we'll see how often I do manage it! And this week, I managed to only include two recipes instead of ONLY recipes! This post,

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That girl of mine...she cracks me up. Always has. We are always entertained around here. I love the things she says...you never know what is going to come out of her mouth next. It may be super funny, or super sweet, or a combination of both. Back when I was better at blogging fairly regularly, I recorded many of the things she said, and I'm so glad I did. Yesterday, I had a "walk down memory

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I have been a long time reader of Amy over at The Motherload. She does a weekly post called Amy's Notebook in which she links to many things she's seen around the blogosphere that she likes. I love reading her posts and have found many recipes and ideas thanks to her links. I see many things when I'm blog-browsing as well and thought I'd do something similar and share things I like. I most

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Who me? Oh...I suppose I do. Have I forgotten about it? Not completely...there simply hasn't been time for blogging in the last, um, YEAR? Is that right? OMGoodness...wow! I'm almost three weeks shy of having not blogged for an ENTIRE YEAR!! That's crazy. So...dare I? Dare I attempt this again? I'm thinking maybe so. As always, I don't make any promises whatsoever to be a regular or even

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Accountability is a beautiful thing. It really is helping me get my house back on track and get my routines in place again. Just posting stuff knowing someone might read it (even if it's only a couple of people) goes a long way in accountability. So...I need to be held accountable for something else. My life. Well, getting/staying healthy which hopefully means I live a better and longer life

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We had a couple of changes in our menu last week - on Wednesday, time got away from me and the kids and I ended up grabbing fast food on the way to church. Then we decided to grill ribs on Saturday. So we never got to two of the meals, and they are back on the menu for this week. Not a ton of cooking going on this week, we still have lots of leftovers in the fridge! And we'll end up having more.

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Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there! And especially to three of the greatest Dads I know! Happy Father's Day to MY Dad. I am so incredibly thankful for my Dad. I couldn't have hand-picked a better Dad. He's always been there for me and my family. He's supportive and encouraging and very loving. I've always been a Daddy's Girl and always will be. I love my Daddy! He's helped to make me

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Yes...Summer is upon us. But that is not the season I want to talk about. I am entering a new season in my life. And I am very excited. I love that seasons in our lives change. If they didn't, I'd probably get bored. It's funny to me though, when I'm in a season that I absolutely love, I can't imagine the possibility of leaving it and moving into another season. For the past year I've been

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I don't have a good history of keeping things alive. And by things, I mean things that grow in the ground. Obviously I can keep SOME things alive...I mean, I do have two kids after all who are very much alive. But I've never been able to keep any kind of plant alive for very long. And my luck with flowers in the yard hasn't been so great either. But despite that, I decided this year I wanted to

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So, if I'm going to attempt to try blogging again, I might as well get back on the menu plan posting as well. Here's what this week is looking like: Monday: Something quick - probably sandwiches. (I'll be at the hospital most of the day, and it's just me and the kids for dinner, so I'm not cooking!) Tuesday: Sausage Zucchini Bake Wednesday: Baked Spinach Pasta Thursday: Leftovers Friday:

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Seriously...has another 4 months gone by? Good grief. I just don't know if I'll EVER be a regular blogger again. I think about it a LOT, but thinking about and sitting down to write a post are two different things. If only just thinking about it would actually make it happen! I suppose it's a good thing it doesn't happen that way. If all I had to do was think about it, I'd be posting all day

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This morning I was in the kitchen scrambling some eggs. I was using a wooden spoon. Ruthi walks in and says, "You use a wooden spoon for stirring too?" Me - "Yes." Ruthi - "Oh! I thought you just use wooden spoons for spanking!" The odd thing is, she has seen me use a wooden spoon for cooking LOTS of times, and she has used it herself for stirring while helping me in the kitchen as well. Not

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I am participating in the Grocery Cart Challenge Recipe Swap today. One of my favorite go-to, comfort foods in the winter time is Chicken and Dumplings. I grew up eating them and have always loved them. I have discovered there are many different ways to go about making them. I grew up with the chicken-broth type and love them. But I discovered a creamier and thicker version I love even more.

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My little angel playing dress up. To see more participants, visit Wordless Wednesday.

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Ok, so I was just watching 19 Kids and Counting. The Duggar family who recently gave birth to their 19th baby, Josie. Josie was born at 25 weeks gestation. I watched through tear-filled eyes because I know EXACTLY what they are going through and how they are feeling. Over 15 years ago, our son CJ was born at only 24 weeks gestation. I didn't have pre-eclampsia nor a c-section, but it was every

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So I'm joining this one: What better way to get something cleaned and organized than joing a challenge? I have two closets that are in desperate need of organizing...again. I've done them many times before, even posted them for Tackle it Tuesday. But they tend to get messy and cluttered over and over. They become "catch all" closets and they get a bit crazy. So they need some serious attention

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I didn't post my menu last week because I was sick. I had one, just didn't feel like posting. I'm still somewhat sick...I'm getting quite tired of it! I'm ready to be at 100% again. But I still need to feed my family. My wonderful hubby took care of dinner a few nights...it was wonderful. But I need to get it together this week and get back on track...even if I'm not feeling great. This week's

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Wordless Wednesday

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No...it's not speak like a pirate day. That would be the sound of my frustration! I HATE being sick. And that's an understatement. I hate when I can't get up and do the things I want to do! Funny, when things don't get done because I'm choosing to to get them done (aka - being lazy), it doesn't bother me so much. But when I actually want to be doing stuff and can't because my body won't let

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This past week reminded me how much I love having my menu planned for the week. It definitely makes things easier. No trying to figure out what to make, or starting to make something and realizing I'm out of an ingredient! I truly had forgotten what a big step this is in making life easier! Last week I tried Chile-Garlic Chicken Thighs and Cheesy Rice Fritters for the first time. The chicken

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Last night was interesting. I was totally unprepared for what would happen. Maybe not totally unprepared, as I did have a teeny tiny bit of a heads up. No...I was still totally unprepared. On Friday, Ruthi exclaimed to me, "MOMMY! I THINK ONE OF MY TOOTHS IS ABOUT TO FALL OUT OF MY MOUTH!!!" I checked said tooth for wigglyness. I only felt her head wiggle. The tooth appeared, to me anyway,

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Whew! What a busy week in my kitchen! Getting back to "the FlyLady way" is feeling VERY good, but I have a ways to go! I was doing quite well chugging along marking off the tasks I needed to accomplish to get my kitchen sparkly clean. Then I got a wild hair and decided to do some serious reorganization. My laundry area is attached to my kitchen, and that's where my "pantry" is. I did a major

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I LOVE these kids!!! Wordless Wednesday

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I wasn't kidding when I said I was blogging again to help me get back on track and get things done again! So here I am after a sweet forever participating in Tackle it Tuesday again! According to Flylady's schedule, this week is zone 2 - the kitchen. I LOVE when I'm doing things the "Flylady way" - it makes me a much happier person. Heaven only knows why I don't do it ALL the time! Anyway, I

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It has been forever since I participated in Menu Plan Monday. For that matter, it's been almost forever since I planned my menu! I'm trying to get back on track with it, because it makes my life SO MUCH EASIER! I HATE trying to figure out daily what I'm going to make for dinner! So, here's my plan for the week. I'm only including plans for dinner. Breakfasts are whatever we are in the mood for

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So...my baking day turned into two baking days. Mostly because I didn't get quite as early of a start yesterday than I planned. And I goofed off in between. So I carried it over into today. I'm pleased with what I accomplished. French Breakfast Puffs - Done! And this recipe made 18 instead of 12. Marmalade Muffins - Done! This one made 24 instead of 12! Honey Bran Muffins - Done! Oatmeal

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I have decided that tomorrow is going to be a baking day!I had planned to do it on Saturday, because I'm supposed to work in the morning. But since there is this strange white substance falling from the sky, and the roads are already getting icy, we know the whole state will shut down. So we are not likely going to open the store tomorrow. We've already decided not to open before noon, but seeing

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Two posts in one week...maybe I'm making some progress!I added my January goals in my left sidebar, and if you'll notice, I already have one goal marked off. Go me!!!!And I added an item as well. CJ turned 15 in May. He still doesn't have his learner's permit. A big part of that is because he hasn't really been to anxious to get it. The other part is that I procrastinated getting his attendance

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First of all, yes...I'm still alive.And it's 2010...how on earth did THAT happen?I'm sure there's no one still checking in here since I seem to have disappeared, but I'm posting anyway. I really miss all my blog friends!I quit calling myself a blogger quite some time ago, since you have to actually, you know, um...BLOG to be considered a blogger! I really don't know exactly what happened. Life, I

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I'm telling you...if there is anyone at all who still checks in here...maybe I'm not cut out to be a blogger after all! This is ridiculous that I'm going so long between posts! Seems a lot of bloggers are experiencing this for one reason or another lately. I don't know why, but I simply haven't felt like doing it!And I don't know why...because I really do enjoy it! I'm not throwing in the towel

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Sheesh...looks like I slacked off blogging again..not one post last week! Let's see if I can get back on track here, starting out with our menu for this week.I never got around to posting last week's menu, I was late getting it planned. My favorite two meals (because I can't pick just one!) were Mexican Lasagna and Italian Nachos....YUM!Here's what's up for this week:Monday: Taco Mac &

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We had some fun coloring eggs this evening. Ruthi had been looking forward to it all day. She was very excited. When CJ saw the eggs, he got a little excited too. That sort of surprised me - I really didn't think he had any interest in coloring eggs anymore. I was wrong! So he got in on the fun and colored a few as well. I posted these pictures on Facebook, minus the ones of CJ. He didn't want

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I missed last week's tackle post. I planned to do it, had pictures ready and everything. But I was so tired at the end of the day, I just never got it up. So...the refrigerator part of this post is what WOULD have been posted last week.My refrigerator was pretty bad - it had gotten so stuffed full that I was afraid stuff was going to fall out when I opened the door. Actually, I think stuff did

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It's another simple food week here. I'm just not feeling very adventurous. I have two carry-over meals from last week. There were a few changes, so two meals didn't get made. One was what we ate tonight and the other will be tomorrow.Monday: Spinach Rice Casserole, RollsI actually altered the recipe a bit. I browned a pound of ground turkey and added it along with a few more seasonings. It was

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Erin over at $5 Dinners is hosting a Fiber One giveaway. I really want to win this mostly because I want that food scale! If you want a chance to win, be sure to go enter!

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So, can you tell this is going to be a very random post? I've been meaning to blog all week, but I only managed my menu on Monday. I had pictures ready for a Tackle it Tuesday post, but just never made the time to get it posted. I'll save it for next Tuesday.Hey, I was busy! Really! Well, at least Monday and Tuesday. I kept busy all day. Then Wednesday came and I kind of lost my momentum. And it

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I'm managing to get it up a little earlier this week! At least I won't be at the bottom of the list this week - I'm getting mine in under #400!From last week's menu, our absolute favorite meal was White Lasagna. Our menu got shifted around a little and I ended up making this on Saturday. I had a thing to go to at my Mom's house at 4:00, so I assembled this before hand and stuck it in the fridge.

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How's that for an interesting title for a post? Yeah...I can't come up with anything else right now!It's raining here. A lot.We NEED the rain - we've been in a pretty serious drought for about 3 years now. So we need it. And I try not to ever complain about it. Because of the NEED!However...My first 5K race is this Saturday, and I really don't want to run in the rain! But I will.BUT, there is the

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Yesterday, Ruthi was making some silly faces. She was trying to make a scary face, but they really just all ended up cute. So she added sound to get the scary face to work. (It was still just cute though!)That led her to talking about dinosaurs. She let out this roar and said she was making her dinosaurus-rex face! We got a good chuckle out of that.Then she mentioned another breed - the

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I really am trying to get back into the swing of blogging, so what better way than to participate in these carnivals to get me going again! Yesterday was the menu, today is the tackle!This will be slightly boring, as I didn't get any pictures, but I did tackle two things for today. I actually did these yesterday. If I had waited until today, this post would end up being put up late tonight, and I

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I know that if anyone is still reading this blog, you no longer believe that I really am trying to be a better blogger! Really! I have great intentions, but life gets in the way. Well, life and facebook! I'm telling you, it's like crack! I am so addicted! I think I love the ease of it all, the fact that I can communicate in just a few words (yes, even ME...I realize few words and Jennifer aren't

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No, I actually did not forget I have a blog!Even though it seems that way!Not sure what's going on. Too much time on Face Book I suppose. At least that's one reason...something else taking up my time.But really, I just haven't had much blogging inspiration lately. Actually, I haven't had much of ANY inspiration lately it seems.Not really sure why. January was great. February was blah. Maybe it

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In the bike saddle that is! And it feels good!Chip had to go out for a while this morning. On his way home, he called me and asked what I thought about going for a bike ride. I was thinking...it's cold! And I haven't been on my bike in 3 months! I won't be able to keep up! I might not survive! Then I thought, what better time to get back on track? I stepped outside to see how cold it was. It was

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I was just trying to catch up on some blog reading, and I discovered this at Carrie's blog. It's a little photo contest, and looked fun. So I thought I'd submit a photo. There are two categories - adult and kids. I'm entering this one in the kids category. Just for fun.For more info, click on the button above to go to the site.

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I guess I'm back to my "normal" blogging, which means I'm absent for a few days (at least) at a time! So goes life!Thought I'd get my 365 photos updated, and since I don't really have much else to blog about, I'll get right back to it.Jan. 14: This is a typical sight at night in our house. Ruthi has never been big on sleeping in her bed. And honestly, it doesn't bother me too much. This is

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That would sum up the past couple of days. Nothing special going on, and honestly not feeling like doing too much either.I DID, however, CONQUER MT. WASHMORE!!!! For a few hours, at least! It drives me nuts that no matter how on top of the laundry I am, I turn around and there's more to do! I'm not saying that I stay on top of it, necessarily, just that it doesn't seem to matter much!I LOVE

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Of course, as soon as I say something about my blogging streak, I break it. Figures.So I missed a day. Oh well, it was bound to happen sooner or later!Today we reached a bit of a milestone.First of all, the fact that I got up and made it to church with just me and the kids was pretty amazing. I hate to admit that our Sunday attendance to church has been sporadic this past year. It just seemed

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I was so sure my Project 365 kit was going to arrive today. Every time I heard what I thought was the UPS truck, I was peeking to see. We sat down for dinner, and I heard a noise. I saw the truck pull up in front of the house. I threw my hands into the air and shouted, "YES!" I was so excited.Chip had gotten up to do something, so he went to the door. I was cheering and clapping until I saw the

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Can you believe it? It's the 8th of January, and this is my 8th post this year! 1 a day! Maybe I'm on my way to a new record! I suppose after taking such a long break, I have a lot of "making up" to do!Today I went to have lunch with my cousin Cathy. After far too long of us not getting together, we've decided to get together every other week. And to make sure we don't put it off, we set the next

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Today's photo is of Ruthi in her Rainbows vest, ready to go to church. Our church has a girls program called Missionettes. Actually, the new name is MPact. But it will always be Missionettes to me, because I grew up in the program myself.The 3 and 4 year old girls and boys group is called Rainbows. Ruthi started going last summer, and she absolutely loves it. She looks forward to Wednesday every

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Busy day...lots accomplished. Tired. Going to bed.But not before I post today's picture.Jan. 6:This was dinner tonight. And it was yummy. And easy. It's Pizza Spaghetti Casserole. I got it from Barb's blog, A Chelsea Morning. If you'd like the recipe, you can find it here.We all enjoyed it. But next time I'm going to use Italian sausage...that would make my husband like it more!Wow, a short and

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I asked for one "big" thing for Christmas. In November, we got new carpet in the bedrooms. So, I wanted a new vaccuum cleaner. A good one. Not an expensive one, but a good one still.My friend (and next door neighbor), Denise, has a great vaccuum cleaner. I had borrowed it back in the summer and was amazed at the stuff it was sucking up! I couldn't believe it. So it went on my list. I had a little

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The buzz around the blogosphere right now is "One Little Word". Everyone is choosing their one word to represent them for 2009.I believe Ali Edwards was the one who got this going in the world of scrapbookers a couple of years ago. I've given it some thought the past couple of years, but never truly settled on a word. This year, I'm "playing along".I actually didn't even have to put much thought

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I've had the blahs for a couple of days. Today I decided that I needed to get out for just a little bit without my side-kick...just for some fresh air, a bit of quiet time and maybe a little retail therapy!Chip and CJ had gone on a bike ride this morning, and I was getting ready to go when they got home. Chip asked if I just wanted to be alone or if I would enjoy some company. Adult company was

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I don't make resolutions. Why set myself up for failure?I do however, make goals. Things I'd like to work on. Those will remain on my sheet of paper I wrote them on and hopefully I'll accomplish most of them. But put it out for the world to know? I don't think so! I think I may have posted some last year...but I'm not going to this time. They are for my benefit, and that's good enough for me!

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Yep, I'm still here! I know I've been non-existent in blog land, but that's just the way life's been lately! And I know I'm WAY behind on what's going on around here. At least a few friends and family have been keeping up somewhat through Facebook! I feel like I've been two-timing my ol' blog by spending so much time on Facebook, but it's just so easy there! Quick updates that only take a minute;

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I'm still here...and I'm still plugging away at my November tackling. I know I haven't updated, but I've been quite busy. And I still am. Big things are happening this week. I will update soon, I promise! I'll have half the month of tackles to list, but I'll get them listed eventually!This morning I woke up to make sure Chip was awake for work. (I'm the back up just in case his clock doesn't work

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Well, I knew I wouldn't manage to get a post up every day for this tackling thing. So now I will play catch up...as usual!It was a busy weekend, and I had a horrible headache on Sunday afternoon/evening. So I didn't technically get any projects done on those days, but I doubled up so I have one to count for each day.So here are the the things I got done for days 8-12:Ruthi's Room - it was an

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I promised I'd "tackle" getting the pictures up this weekend from our Mountain trip. And I did it! Go me! LOL.We headed up to Blairsville, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We rented a cabin, and it was very nice. We all enjoyed it so much. Neither of the kids wanted to leave. Everytime we would go somewhere, Ruthi was asking to make sure we were going back to the cabin and not home!It was beautiful,

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Today's tackle was another smallish project I've been seriously procrastinating on.A while back, my Mom gave me this cabinet to use. I love it because it holds so much stuff! The doors on the top part are glass, therefore you can see into the cabinet. This is nice if you're placing things in there that you want to be seen.I however, am storing things in there that aren't so pretty to look at, and

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I don't make it a habit to post emails I've received, but I received the best one I've read in a while, fitting for this time. It is so true, and I think I'm going to print it out and hang it up so I'll read it every day and not forget!One last thing before I share it...This is true no matter what, and is important no matter which side of the "fence" you are on!(Oh - and I changed it from future

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Today's tackle was a fairly easy one. My front closet tends to be a catch-all. Our coats are in there, along with blankets, beach towels and such. But it catches things I plan to get rid of...clothes the kids have out grown, which get passed down to a friend, and things I just don't want anymore.So I cleaned it out. It looked pretty bad and was getting a bit dangerous to open the door! I got it

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OK, so I'm back with #5 that I completed today. (If you have no clue what I'm talking about, see previous post.)A few years ago, we got a new stove. Our old one had a higher back on it. When I had painted, I just reached down as far as I could behind the stove. With the new stove in place, and the lack of the high back, you could see where the paint stopped and the icky wall beneath. Not to

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I have been bitten. Bitten by the organization/cleaning/fixing-up bug.I want to host a girls-night party here in December. So...that is major motivation to getting some things around here done! My list is quite long...some small things and other not-so-small things. Many of the items on my to-do list are things I've been procrastinating on for far too long.But nothing like wanting to host a

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I know it's been forever since I blogged. Life..you know?And today I've been trying on and off all day to get in here to blog, but for some reason, I can NOT get into Blogger from my laptop. I don't know what the deal is...I can get anywhere else, just not Blogger. So I figured it was down. Then I decided to check on the desktop just to be sure, and I can get in from here. Makes no sense to me.

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That's how many miles we rode on our bikes yesterday. Actually, it was a little over that, but I'm rounding. If anyone had told me at the beginning of the summer that I'd be riding 28 miles on a bike...and surviving, I would have laughed at them! I was only doing 10 for a while. Then Chip challenged me to see if I wanted to go further. So we did 20. (He and CJ can do much further.) Yesterday we

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My, how time flies! I didn't intend to be absent this long, but it happens!Things have been very busy, and I went through a little bit of a fog too. When that happens, I seem to go on auto-pilot and kind of lose all track of time. The days just kind of melt together. But the fog has cleared, and hopefully I'm back on track.I have to admit, I have a new addiction. Thanks to my husband. I got

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To me!! Today marks two years since I started blogging! It doesn't seem like that long - sheesh! Maybe if I were a good blogger who blogged more often, it would seem like longer. Hmmm...I wonder if I'll manage to blog more in the next two years than I did in these two? I guess we'll just have to wait and see!Anyway, that is all for now!

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I realize it's been almost a week since I blogged. I had good intentions of posting more pictures last week.But it didn't happen.Obviously.Life has a way of getting in the way of blogging. Such is my life. I started preschool with Ruthi on the 2nd. Yes, I realize this is the 16th and I'm just now posting pictures. But you are used to that by now, no?This child has been so excited to do her "

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Labor Day...10 whole days ago...and now I'm sharing pictures. The motto of this blog? Better late than never!I'm accepting it. It could be worse I suppose!Anyway...on Labor Day, we got together at my Parents' new house. My Granddady, Aunt, Uncle and their two grandsons came as well. We grilled (by we, I mean my Dad) hamburgers and hotdogs, ate plenty, and had a grand ol' time.Ruthi was so excited

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I can NOT believe how quickly the weeks are flying by! Sheesh!I'm baffled as to where last week went!Alright, about last week...one night we had a change of plans and I totally forgot that we had a cookout/pool party to go to on Saturday, so we had dinner there. Therefore, a couple of meals got bumped to this week, but we pretty much stuck with everything else.The Sour Cream Chicken Quiche and

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I feel like the last three weeks have been like a whirlwind, and I'm pretty sure I haven't slowed down much. After a fairly lazy summer, being busy all of a sudden wears a girl out! So obviously, blogging has taken a back seat. I'm beginning to accept the fact that there are simply going to be blogging lulls. I'm just not cut out to be an every day blogger. However, for those family members who

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Yes, I realize it is Tuesday, not Monday, but I just didn't finish planning my menu completely until last night! So here it is, a day late.Last week I tried a new recipe,Crockpot Hash Brown Casserole. It was ok, but not fabulous. I think IF I were ever going to do it again, I would mix everything together instead of putting the hash browns in the bottom. It was just a little dry. I think I would

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I really am trying to be a better blogger, as I'm easing back into a "regular" schedule around here. I don't have any pictures with this post, but I will on the next one.Jan tagged me...I will get to that at the end of this post.We finished up a whole week of school and are on day two of week two. Things are going pretty well. I believe this has been the best start of a year CJ has had. There

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Last week's menu went great - I think everyone enjoyed every meal! The menu did produce more leftovers than I anticipated, so we didn't even get to one of the dinners one of the lunches and even one of the breakfasts! They will be carried over to this week, and there are a few repeats as well. I also tried a recipe for Granola and love the way it turned out. The kids liked it too. I plan to play

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(If this post showed up in your feed reader before, it was incomplete, I somehow accidentally published it before I was done. So ignore that one, this is the completed one!)This daughter of ours never ceases to amaze me. She is constantly doing things I didn't know she could do, or telling me things I didn't know she knew. Sometimes it's just a little scary how quickly she learns things.Yesterday

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I think Ruthi has loved shopping since the day she was born. When she was just a little thing of few words, we'd walk down the shoe aisle and she'd stick out her feet and squeal, "Shoooes!" And she wanted to try them on.One day last year we were shoe shopping and I was trying on a pair. She told me, "Walk over there and let me see." The girl cracks me up.She loves to shop, and she loves to help.

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"Little birds" keep telling me that I'm not posting regularly enough! I hope to get back to more regular posting now that our summer is nearing the end.We started school back on Monday for CJ. Things are going well so far. He got up early today and got busy, so that he was finished by 10 am! I will be starting preschool with Ruthi after Labor Day. She is very ready!I realized recently that for

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The menu planning wagon, that is. I've been very relaxed in my menu planning this summer. Actually, I've been very relaxed about any type of planning!But it's time to get back on track. CJ started school today, so I decided to get a little more organized about eating! He has decided he wants to try getting up really early (5:30-ish) and get started on his work. I am NOT planning to be up that

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Kiddie poolside, that is.In my backyard.Listening to the very high pitched squeals of a 3 year old as her big brother squirts her with the water gun.In the water.Where he might get her wet.Good heavens.And it's much harder blogging out here that I'd like it to be. My screen is very shiny and I can see more of the reflection of my house and myself than I can of what is actually on the screen!But

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...at least lately, that is. I really thought I'd have more time this week, but I've just been keeping busy. And my mind doesn't seem to slow down enough to actually sit down and have to THINK!I did finally get caught up on my blog reading - at least that doesn't require much thinking! But I know I need to get back in the game here!I can't believe summer is almost "officially" over. I'm not ready

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I did NOT intend to take such a long blogging break. And apparently, my disappearing for so long has disappointed a few people (especially family members!) and I'm feeling the pressure! LOL!Chip even asked me a couple days ago if I was going to start blogging again, because our family misses it! So, I promise to do better. I've been QUITE busy the past two weeks, and there hasn't been much time

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I've had some pictures from the 4th, but didn't have my photo editing program installed on my laptop yet, and the red eyes were horrible in the pictures! Now I have it installed, so I was able to make my kids look normal again and now I will share the pics.My parents, my brother and my aunt came and we grilled hamburgers with all the trimmings. We had a great time and ate plenty.Us girls went

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-4276905809346233372008-07-15T22:36:00.003-04:002008-07-15T23:04:57.313-04:00

**Warning - as the title says, this post is very random. A brain dump, if you will. And it could even get boring. You have been warned! LOL!**My daughter is apparently influenced by the things she watches on TV. She LOVES the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks. And it totally cracks me up the things she picks up.Last night CJ was sitting in the floor. Ruthi got up, stood in front of him and stuck her

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-65629083280612593522008-07-12T01:26:00.002-04:002008-07-12T11:28:00.857-04:00

That's when I'll get caught up. I really will eventually. We went to visit Chip's Grandmother back on the 1st of this month. She had been in the hospital with pneumonia, and while she was there, she fell and broke her tail bone. So they moved her to a rehabilitation center. That's where we went to visit her.Grandmother is 90 years young and has an amazing memory. But sometimes she isn't so clear

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Last weekend, we went to visit my Granddad. My Aunt Connie and her two grandsons brought him to his house here in Georgia for a few days. Since that's much closer than where they live in Kentucky, we try to get up and see them when they come here.Unfortunately, we had not been able to make it the last couple of times, so we had not seen them since the beginning of December! So we were really

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-86761116142732488122008-07-06T17:09:00.003-04:002008-07-06T17:18:45.104-04:00

According to my parents, I had this silly odd cute thing I did when I was very small. Seems I had some sort of obsession with my feet. As in...I wanted people to kiss them.Apparently, I would be in a cart at the store and when a stranger would peer in to look at how cute I was, I'd stick my foot in the air and say, "Kiss my foot!"Thankfully, I outgrew that game.My daughter has a similar game she

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-75245044255243109442008-07-04T09:04:00.002-04:002008-07-04T09:11:18.794-04:00

What made me think I could post every day this month when I haven't posted much at all lately? I did have good intentions of posting yesterday. I even thought about it a few times. But I was running around all day and cleaning last night. I'm still going to try to post as many days this month as I can. I need to get back into the swing of it! Maybe if I post more often, then my posts won't be

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-29252530660507264942008-07-02T22:37:00.002-04:002008-07-02T23:11:44.471-04:00

Shannon over at Rocks in My Dryer hosts Works-for-me-Wednesday every week. I've never participated before because I don't usually have great ideas to share. However, today she's asking for recipes that use five ingredients or less. And since I have a few good ones, I thought I'd share some. So here we go:This first one is something my neighbor makes and my son loves. I finally got to taste it and

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-1355085325366992602008-07-02T22:18:00.002-04:002008-07-02T22:34:56.829-04:00

That's right - I'm still alive and kickin'! I've been quite busy and haven't had much blogging time. I'm even behind on blog reading again!I have so much to catch up on, I'm not even sure where to start. I have lots of pictures to share, and I'm going to have more before the weekend is over. I'm not going to share any tonight, or this post will end up being painfully long. I will get them into a

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-51352992679666646652008-06-23T00:44:00.001-04:002008-06-24T10:35:25.893-04:00

I've been lazy posting my menu for the past couple of weeks. Actually, I've been a very lazy blogger for the past couple of weeks as well. But I'm enjoying my summer and blogging just hasn't been on the top of my priority list. But I decided to get my menu posted this week, so here goes.Monday: Mexican Chicken Casserole ~ Refried beans ~ Chips & Homemade SalsaTuesday: Sandwiches/

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-19617531408720382342008-06-18T23:32:00.002-04:002008-06-18T23:52:01.737-04:00

I have some news to share that is incredibly exciting! I've known about it for a while, but it wasn't final, so I didn't share. But now I can!What is it?My parents are moving!!!! Why is that exciting? Because after 10 years of them being two hours from me, they are now going to be living 20 minutes from me!!!!!!!Before they moved away, they lived 5 minutes from me, and I loved it. When my Dad was

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-30913439340034053042008-06-15T16:48:00.002-04:002008-06-15T17:10:56.032-04:00

Just wanted to say Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband who is an AMAZING Father to our children. Honey, I am so thankful our children have such an incredible dad.I love the relationship you have with CJ and what a wonderful role model you are for him. I love the example you set for him in how to be a man, a husband and father. I thank you for what you are teaching him. And I thank you for

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-16386527071648928562008-06-13T10:02:00.001-04:002008-06-13T10:04:08.512-04:00

I'm still getting caught up on posting pictures from last week while the guys were gone. On Thursday, a group of my friends got together to go have some monkey-jumping fun. There's a fabulous (and inexpensive - a plus!) place called Gorga Monkeys. It has a bunch of inflatable slides and obstacle courses.Ruthi and I were the first of our group to arrive. It's a good thing that you can't see the

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-45661135844565345642008-06-12T21:35:00.006-04:002008-06-12T21:54:44.911-04:00

Ruthi calls Emma her best friend. If you ask her who Emma is, she will say, "My beeeest friend!" When the guys were away on their trip, Emma came over to spend a night with Ruthi. They had so much fun and played like...well, best friends.When it was time to go, Emma didn't want to leave, and Ruthi didn't want her to either. It was a bit sad. But we'll be doing it again soon. Here are a few

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-81618142122622247282008-06-11T23:32:00.003-04:002008-06-11T23:53:27.640-04:00

OK, so Jan tagged me a while ago, and I haven't gotten around to doing this yet. Actually, I'm pretty bad about playing along with these things. I know I've been tagged a few times where I haven't followed through. To be honest, most of these tags I'm not too crazy about doing which is why I don't typically follow through. But I'm going to play along with this one this time.Here are the rules:1.

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