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I called poison control tonight.  It’s my first time as a mother–not my proudest moment.  Here’s the background story: Greta is really sick.  She has RSV(most likely…the doctor wouldn’t test her because there is nothing they can do for it) and it seems to be getting worse.  So, I have been extra careful to do […]

We had some good laughs reading through all of the things you guys would put in the giveaway basket.  I didn’t realize how many chocolate loving, snake charming, innovative people we were reaching.  Although, I am pretty sure NO ONE is getting an umbrella or dirty laundry into this thing–we appreciate your effort in making […]

I did it!  I finished my very first sewing project.  Thanks to those sewing classes I have been attending on Friday nights, over the weekend I finally felt confident enough to sew something without my instructor holding my hand (figuratively of course, someone holding your hand while sewing would be quite challenging).  I purchased six […]

When we were going to buy that one house, we had already picked out the art for the front room.  The room had a huge wall with very high vaulted ceilings and we were saving our pennies to put this oversized canvas there: Not small:  Width 78 3/4″ Height 55″ We love how it hints […]

You wanna know why people don’t like eating healthy (speaking in generalities, of course)? Because it sounds restricting. Doesn’t it? We all get so jazzed about starting the new year off right, so we eat nothing but raw carrots and boiled raisin skins for 2 weeks until one day we find ourselves passed out in […]

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