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Introducing Bents to Cheetos. Awesome.

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This weekend was Free Fair, which is our towns version of a carnival. I am not sure where the name "Free Fair" came from. Maybe it use to be free? I can assure you that it is no longer free. Not.By.Any.Means. We did the usual and watched the parade from one of my HS bff's parent's front

#NeverForget

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I will always remember 9/11. And the impact it had on our nation. I was in my 2nd year of college. I remember being in my apartment and getting a call from my parents to turn on the tv. The first plane had just hit. I was glued to the tv from that moment forward. I never thought that 3.5 years

Old friends are sometimes the best

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 It's funny to think that I have been out of high school for 11 years. WOW. Talk about feeling old. When I think back about the good 'ole days, I can't help but remember the good friends that I made during that time. There were about 7 of us girls that were BFF's. We did EVERYTHING together. We

And then there were six.

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Teeth that is. Saturday he popped in TWO more teethers! That makes a total of FOUR teeth on top and TWO teeth on bottom.  Despite the teeth drama...he was still a pretty happy boy. A little fussiness during nap time, but who can blame him? Of course I couldn't capture any pictures of the pearly

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

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We've had a WONDERFUL...LONG...RELAXING...weekend. P and I spent some time doing one of  his favorite things, making CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES. MMMMMMMMMMMMM! If you've never attempted chocolate covered strawberries at home...your missing out! It is seriously one of the easiest snacks to

Staining your concrete is legit!

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 I know I told you I would get more pics up of our new concrete...so here it is. I really love the colors. It was exactly what I wanted and then some! It matches our stone perfectly! And I totally love how they made the driveway look like big tiles! Yes, that is Bents sitting in the

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