Perfecting Imperfection

Here he comes! Nate is SUPER excited, too.  Mama?  Well, Mama is having about 100 different feelings about it.  However, I've chosen to repress most of them until later.  I mean, no use in getting all worked up about my oldest baby starting Kindergarten 6 months before it happens!  I know that the next 6 months will be busy and full of fun...

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Time for this month's book club book review! This month we read "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford I liked it.  A while ago our book club read, "Tallgrass" by Sandra Dallas.  It was about Japanese internment camps during World War II.  I knew NOTHING about Japanese internment camps before reading Tallgrass.    I highly recommend Tallgrass ....

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It's been a long day.  Actually, it's been a long weekend.  Something is off and I don't know what but I wish I could put my finger on it and get over whatever it is...but lately I've been edgier than usual. This morning, we took Dean to Children's Hospital to see a cardiologist.  I should probably back up a little bit - Me...

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I just want to know what you think of this... I think I'm intrigued but also very disturbed at the same time.  It's a weird combination. I REALLY want to know what you think - would you go see this movie?  ...

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If you've been around for a while or if I know you in real life, you already know that I have 4 beautiful children: Nate, my 1st born - 5 years old and starting Kindergarten in the fall. Danika, my only girl, 14 months younger than her older brother (so, she's 4) and  at home she is a Diva/Drama Queen all rolled into...

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I gave the boys a bath tonight.  They were both kind of stinky and we had just had ice cream which found its way into their hair and behind their ears . . . so into the bath they went.  It was my initial plan to simply throw 'em in and scrub 'em up and get 'em out.  They had other plans, though....

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It has been a pretty good week - I'm tired, though and the weather is CrApPy!!!  I need to get moving so I can shake this feeling like I want to crawl right back into bed...so, I thought I would share some of the things that have been making me happy through What I'm Loving Wednesday - head over to this kind of...

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I am super excited to post the winners of my Purex Complete Crystals giveaway! I recently started using my BlackBerry again and just loved getting the "ding" when I got a new comment on the post!  :) I did use random.org for my results but didn't know how to post pictures of them on here - guess I will have to look into...

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I started writing a post this morning about how the twins are driving me crazy these days.  They are into EVERYTHING and keep me going in all directions every minute they are awake (BTW ~ they are napping right now). Then, Nate's Kindergarten Registration packet came in the mail. I was just telling my mother-in-law last night that I'm not sure how I'm...

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You may laugh at me . . . but I'm actually kind of nervous doing this giveaway!  It's my very first ever and I keep thinking I'm only going to get 5 comments or something! Anyway - remember when I posted about Purex Complete Crystals?  No?  You can go back here and read it if you missed it.  I have to say, that...

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This week has just FLOWN by!  I am not sure what is going on bu I feel like I'm about 2 hours behind all the time.  I think it was the time change (Damn Daylight Savings) but I also think it's just that there aren't enough hours in my day anyway.  Yesterday, I ended up being late getting both of my classes dismissed....

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I have always been a bit of a sensitive person.  Movies with too much violence always gave me nightmares or at the very least crazy dreams.  I would cry for people I didn't know because of some horrific story I heard on the news.  Then, I had children and it got 100 times worse.  Not only do I think about what the person...

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I can honestly say I don't remember how I found Purex Insiders, but I was really excited when I got the email welcoming me to the group!   The first product that they sent me to try out was the Spring Water Complete Crystals Softener. I don't use fabric softener.  The reason I don't use it is because I have laundry downstairs and...

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I thought that I would use this Wednesday to write a little bit about some of my favorite blogs with tips and ideas...it's the What I'm Loving Wednesday, Blogs with Tips Edition. (I plan on maybe sharing blogs I like that have life stories or great pictures, etc, someday!) I would have to say that I'm an Organizing Junkie is one of my...

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As much as I love looking at other people's meal plans, I just am not that excited about sharing mine lately.  It's not that I don't have it planned...it's just that I have other things I want to talk about! This weekend was a pretty good one - other than me being sick and spending most of yesterday upstairs in bed or in...

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I can't believe we are in week 9 of this!  I tackled a flat surface this week and took some before and after pics to share but I also cleaned up a lot of the places I'd already organized that were not staying as neat as they were when I had done them. Last week the talk was all about clearing off flat...

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So . . . I came across this post this morning and decided to do my own version.  I thought it would be an awesome way to share some things I'm happy about this morning! I cannot tell you how excited I am about my new camera that is on it's way!  I have a Kodak Easy Share right now that my aunt...

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