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Archives for August 2010

Crossfit SO ILL

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Back in 2004/2005, my husband introduced me to a workout program called Crossfit. He started doing it when he was deployed overseas in Iraq and fell in love with it! He came home from Baghdad in the best shape of his life. Because Crossfit gyms were not very common a few years ago...we ended up

The blog went missing.

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Seriously. When I logged in to my blog this morning it said..."No posts available". There was nothing. notta. zilch. ZERO blog posts. ZERO content. ZERO EVERYTHING! I am almost panicked. No. I did panic. Thank goodness my hubby put a call in to our hosting company and voila...1 hour

Attitude Check

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  I received this email from our Mission and Values team at work: Determine your attitude first thing in the morning. Do you say, "Good Morning, Lord" or "Good Lord, Morning"? I think I may need an attitude adjustment. But it looks like I'm not the only one. I'm pretty sure his face is

Update: Missing Dog!

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I can not even begin to express to you how excited I am to say that...WE FOUND BELLA! Kristin printed flyers. We gathered up a few girls from work. And we headed out in to the neighborhood. First we searched the wooded areas where she normally likes to venture to. No luck. Then we decided

Missing Dog!

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If you live in the Marion area...my friend Kristin needs your help!! Her dog Bella has been missing since Sunday evening. Bella is her baby.   She is approximately 35 lbs, greyish-black, shaved, and sassy! She did not have tags on, but she does have a microchip.  She went missing near the Spring

Laundry Galore

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Like any good THREE year old, P Man LOVES to help mommy around the house. One of his favorite things to do...carry our laundry from the master bedroom to the laundry room. It doesn't matter what the size of the pile is...he wants to carry it ALL it one trip. Even if it requires TEN stops

My Picture Wall

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I have been wanting to do a picture wall FOREVER! But trying to come up with which frames to buy...black, white, brown, gold, or a mix....and trying to figure out how to display the different size frames so it looked right....HEADACHE! I think I stressed about it for a good six months before I

Wedding Fun

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 This past weekend we attended our hair stylist's wedding. For the purpose of my post...I will call that apple juice in her cup. ahem. :) Laynn has been doing my hair since college! She also does my hubby's hair and of course, she cuts the P-Man's hair. We kinda love her. She is quite

Diet Intervention!

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I have SUCH a hard time getting P to eat anything healthy. He has a diet of three foods. 1. Chicken Nuggets 2. Fettucini 3. French Fries I think I only have myself to blame for this. I wish I would have never introduced him to McDonald's or Fazzoli's. Does McDonald's put crack

The MIL’s visit

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 The MIL was in town for a visit for the last 3 weeks! It was nice to have a break from "mommyhood", but I'm not gonna lie...I kind of miss my kids when she is here. She lives in Las Vegas and only usually visits once or twice a year so she tends to hog the boys when she comes. To be

The crawling stage

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I'm at home sick today. Feeling like I have flu symptoms = not fun. To be honest, I haven't been home to watch daytime tv in quite some time. Even though I am off on Friday's I usually NEVER watch tv. Most of the time I am running errands with the kiddos. There is some WEIRD stuff on during

Half as much

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If our son puts HALF AS MUCH effort in to kissing his future wife the way he kisses his momma... ...she'll be ONE lucky lady! His passion for kissing, as he grabs your face with both hands, is one of his best qualities.