For my Secret Sister:

FAVORITES
Color: Pink. Like the color of my My Place. Not like {I love the 80s}.
Style: Clean. Simple. Modern. Linear. All while retaining a classic feel. Sophisticated. Elegant. Apparently, a little eclectic. lol.
Music: I'm pretty eclectic and like most everything. My favorites from American Idol is David Cook, Blake Lewis, and Chris Daughtery.
Movies: The Crow, Fight Club, Rocky Horror Picture Show. Things in the realm of weird or indie.Continue Reading...

As the summer draws to a close and I think about going back to work - back to school, it puts me in the back-to-school frame of mind. I even caught myself looking at school supplies today, even though neither of my kids are of school-age, yet. It's always neat to see the new notebook and binder designs. But most of all, it makes me think about the first day back to school, when you'd meet your new classmates and talk about the interesting things you'd done over the summer. So, my classmates, thi...
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*August 1 - Set up siggy with August layouts/points totals for 100 points. NO EXTRA 10 FOR THIS and NO 5 FOR UPDATE SIGGY, because there is nothing to update if you are just setting it up
*August 2 - Buttons & Blossoms - use 10 or more flower AND 10 or more buttons on your layout for 65 points.
*August 3 - Today is friendship day. Scrap a special friendship for 100 points!
*August 4 - schools will soon be back in session so blog on the topic of school for 75 points.
*August ...
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Cameron is turning a year old tomorrow. Everytime I think about it I want to burst into tears! LOL! I'm such a wuss. He's starting to settle himself down for naps these days. It's soooo nice to not have to stop what I'm doing to put him down for a nap. BUT he still needs to be rocked at bedtime, and I'm perfectly fine with that. :) The past twelve months have been some of the hardest and best of my life. I never knew what it was like to have a "Mommy's boy" until CJ. He wants NOTHING to do with ...
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I just picked up all of the books. Then the phone rang. It was the family doctor, so I answered. While I was on the phone, Cameron pulled all of the books back out on the floor. I guess he thinks they look better that way. All of this disaster makes me stressed. How do I get a nearly 1-year-old to STOP pulling things out the moment after I put them away? I don't remember it being this bad with Ethan! (Well it wasn't. I only had one to contend with at the time.)
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