Happy Birthday, Wayfarer!!

Today is Wayfarer’s birthday. Go on over and wish him happy!

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Yikes!

So, here’s the scene: Husband is in the basement, trying desperately to make his way through the mass and tangle of crap down there in order to make full use of the dumpster we have in our side yard. In the process, he’s bringing up the occasional box and plastic storage bin for [...]

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Una Tarde en el Lago

Wowie.
The family went to a state park lake beach yesterday with Bowyer and his brood. We arrived fairly soon after the place opened, found ourselves a couple of picnic tables in the shade of the trees and staked out a claim on the rough, pebbly lake beach. The water was warm, the sun [...]

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More “Five Things”

Don’t ask me why, but I kind of like doing these…
note; my answers are given in no particular order…

Five things you have but you do not want
1) a cluttered, stinky basement
2) arthritis
3) an unfinished house
4) spiders, fruit flies, mosquitoes
5) weak finger nails
Five things you want but you do not have
1) New furniture
2) a stove (oh, [...]

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Finding Nemo
To go along with the whole movie theme - my favorite scene from Finding Nemo. Check out the lobster toward the end…
RIGHTEOUS!! RIGHTEOUS!!

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Movies I Can Watch Over and Over (with quotes!) (and LINKS!!)

These are just a few off the top of my head (inspired because TNT is playing The Fugitive tonight) and are presented to you in no particular order…
-The Fugitive
Cosmo: Uh, “Richard David Kimble, vascular surgeon…” what the hell is that?
Poole: Somebody that makes more money than you.
-Ladyhawke
Phillipe: If you lay one [...]

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W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L

We just got home from taking the girls to see Akeelah and the Bee. If you haven’t seen this movie, go rent it. Now.
Both Husband and I cried. My girls, ages nine and seven, were absolutely enthralled. Beanie was LITERALLY on the edge of her seat at the end. Literally. [...]

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What Happens in Vegas….

Husband’s best friend and fraternity brother, we’ll call him Dudley*, is getting married!
After a long and painful divorce from the mother of his two nearly grown sons - instigated by her, by the way - Dudley has done what he never thought he’d be able to do. The boy has fallen in [...]

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Mostly Moved In!

We began the process of moving into the new living room this weekend!!
The couch and chair are in here, and all the a/v equipment is set up on the stand that was holding the stereo up off my bedroom floor because we decided to get rid of the huge, warping, lopsided entertainment cabinet (Husband and [...]

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Wedding Weekend

Husband’s cousin was wedded on Saturday, and both Punkin’ Pie and Beanie were flower girls.
It was a lovely wedding held at the seaside. The bride was radiant, the groom was handsome and composed, and everything went off without any major hitches. The girls handled themselves very well and, next to the [...]

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