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Today is not only my husbands birthday but also the day I lost my father.  Ten years ago today we got the phone call in the wee hours of the morning to get to the hospital, but it was too late when we got there.  I can still remember later that day walking out of that hospital with people in waiting rooms watching TV like nothings happened, and for them nothing had happened, but for myself I wanted...

I've been tagged by Sarah
You must post the rules before you give your answers. You must list one fact about yourself for each letter of your middle name. Each fact must begin with that letter. If you don't have a middle name, just use your maiden name. After you've been tagged, you need to up-date your blog with your middle name and answers. At the end of your post, you need to tag one person...

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Today is my sister Deb's birthday!

my Target 3 tier basket

slowly around here, between my recovery from this blasted cold and the work that's getting done in the family room, everything is moving at a slow pace!
I have been living on Motrin and Cold-eez for the last 5 days with today being the first day I didn't take anything.  The family room project is actually at a standstill until next Tuesday. 
Which I guess looking on the bright side probably...

There's a new blog that features scrapbookers and I'm thrilled that today I'm featured on it.  Check out the Explore, experience and expand your mind blog!
Plus the other day both Sarah and Linda had me listed on their top 10 favorite blogs! 
I still need to create my list of 10? Which is a tough thing to do!
Still getting beat up by this cold, it doesn't matter how early I get to bed, how...

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Praying Mantis
At Christmas Joel and Zach found a cocoon on our Christmas tree.  They decided to put it in one of Zach's creature keepers.  Well apparently last night it hatched and we have 100's of Praying Mantis

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Outdoor lights - used indoors???
For 15 years we have had these lights on our fireplace and I've hated them.  I don't know why the builder chose to put this type of light inside, but finally today that changed to this...

Joel changed them for me today - Part of the remodel and I love them!

The boys spent the evening downstairs playing X box on this HUGE screen television.  It's actually a projector and the wall is painted and framed and has speakers in the bottom!  Awesome sound and awesome view!

Kenneth opening his gifts


boys clowning around
 
 
 
 
 

 
Chelsea and Alexa
 
 
 
 

 
The girls