tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83058011274565264922011-11-27T18:51:01.596-06:00Pronounced (wIld KLO-ver) Not (wIld "C" LUV-er)Melissa MacGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06363231460454768799noreply@blogger.comBlogger641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305801127456526492.post-24625430570543816312011-07-22T23:10:00.001-05:002011-07-22T23:10:55.815-05:00

So I feel like I've cut enough fabric squares now. And I feel like if I need more I can always cut more but it's time to start the piecing part of my quilt top. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKK!I'm nervous. I feel like it might be better to first pin each piece of fabric to it's corresponding grid area first to see how it all fits together before sewing the pieces together. I need to ask an experienced

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I have actually started to cut out my fabric into one inch squares. Well they are actually 1.5" squares because, you know, 1/4" margins for sewing and all that.Here is a picture of some of my fabric. These various reds, oranges, & yellows will become my red poppies.These greens and yellows will be stems/stalks and background colors.Here are some more yellows & oranges that will end up being

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These steps about my quilt I actually took last year. In December, 2010, I learned how to knit - also thanks to YouTube! But it has seriously sidetracked my whole life. All I've done is knit for the past 7.5 months. Well now I've made a baby blanket, a few scarves, a dish cloth, two wine bottle holders, a hat that I took apart as soon as it was finished, and I'm working on another dish cloth. The

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So I've decided to make a quilt and document the experience. It's my first quilt. Well, I have to say "art quilt." My previous quilting experience includes a fence rail pattern sunflower quilt top that I have never actually quilted - just pieced the top using the fence rail method which is super easy. Google that if you're at all curious. I also made a little 10" square quilt with an appliqued

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I haven't written a blog post this year! But for those of my friends and family who don't do facebook I thought you might enjoy seeing pictures of Chelsea on her prom night.Click this link and Enjoy!LOVE

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Happy Holidays. Season's Greetings, Happy Kwanza, Merry Christmas, Happy 6th Day of Christmas, Happy New Year, etc. etc.I love the holidays for a few good reasons but mainly because I always have a week off between Christmas and New Years. It's usually not enough time.I have to admit that I have not much missed blogging due to Facebook and how easy it is to post little daily updates and read what

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Tonight Chris shared with me Google Dashboard which told me I hadn't posted to my blog since May 19th. For shame.During that time I've gotten married.http://www.chrismacg.com/wedding/Our_Wedding_Site/The_Wedding/The_Wedding.htmlIt was lovely. There are more pictures but I haven't even gone through them all.Plus, we installed a new disc golf course at Taylor Lake Village and the inaugural

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Many things are happening. So much and so fast that, too often, I forget to blog about it. Here are some pictures though and those are meant to each be worth a thousand words.Kevin & Sophia started playing disc golf with us and they are fiends for the game! Since their first time out they've already played about 4 games just this month.The day after they started playing they got Brian and Sheryl

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Life feels a bit like someone pushed the fast forward button. I feel exhausted but happy about all the stuff going on. I'm just going to give a sampling of activities of late.We picked a beach house for our wedding.Here is a link to the site and lots a cute pictures of the place. Chris and I drove out to Galveston to make sure the houses were in the same condition as the pictures indicated

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Really great things have been going on and some really rotten drama at the same time that adds a bit of a sourness to it all.Friday night was awesome because at work I got free tickets to the Astros game and we all went. There was a huge thunderstorm during and after which flooded a lot of Houston. Chris got us home safely though but my stomach was in knots the whole time and hasn't settled into

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Chris and I both have new projects, which is kind of fun.I'm planning a wedding. I've honestly never planned or even helped someone else plan a wedding in my life. I sort of had a brainstorming session with my, now, sister in law, Sheryl when she was going to marry Brian but I didn't like have to find a venue to accommodate a large number of guests for a ceremony that merges my family with

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Chris and I got engaged over the family vacation from which we just returned! We are both so happy! And now the most FAQs are1. When's the wedding? to which I have to say, we don't know but are considering either June or September, 2009. It will be a small "GREEN" beach wedding and that's about all we've decided so far.And2. How did he do it? Well, we were on the first night of our little river

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My daughter got her driver's license on Thursday. Chris has been teaching her to drive for the mental health of all involved. I'm a very nervous passenger and have an unnatural fear of falling off the road into the ditch or over a cliff edge. I have no idea why but I recognize that it is my problem and not necessarily that there is anything wrong with the driving. So when I've taught Chelsea to

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Chris and I looked at a house today that I loved immediately. In terms of changes that would be necessary to the house there are only two minor things we could note - a carpet change in one upstairs room and a new fence all the way around. Otherwise, the house was absolutely perfect! It has loads of space! Three bedrooms with extra space between the kids' rooms for a game room, an upstairs office

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1. If you go to bed while the almond bark is drying on the cake you could wake up to find the top half hardened into place slightly askew of where you left it and trails of marshmallow ooze dripping down the sides of the bottom half. This doesn't create a complete ding dong look exactly.2. You can't push candles through a hardened shell of almond bark without first cutting tiny X's with a knife

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I'm currently making Colin a birthday cake. He likes ding dongs and wanted a cake that was like a giant ding dong. So here's the idea. I have made two round cake halves of a Pilsbury devil's food chocolate cake. Then I melted a package of chocolate flavored almond bark. I've iced the bottom of the cake which is currently setting. Once it's dry I will flip it onto the cake plate and cut out a

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Eight days into February before a post. Argh! I'm not meeting my goals at all.I've added Carmen's new French Blog to my roll and removed Chris since he hasn't posted in more than 6 months. Check out what is happening with Carmen here. Below are some shots from Christmas that I finally got from Chris; some shots of Carmen, Kevin, and Carmen's Aunt Linda who we partied with at Christmas time; and

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This sort of falls under not having anything nice to say and so I should say nothing at all. But at the same time I'm not going to sit idly by with my feelings bottled up festering. And what better place than the internet for a rant.My mom suffers from obsessive hoarding disease. Her house is overrun with boxes. There are whole rooms that are unavailable to her and the rest of the inhabitants of

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I've been thinking a lot about goals for the new year and resolutions. It's still early in the year so I'll post some of my ideas here. First of all I have to admit that I only have about a 20% success rate on keeping new years resolutions so I prefer to refer to things I want to be successful with as 'goals.'I'm a great goal setter! I really do set reasonable, measurable goals for myself that

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This is a test to create a post from my iGoogle homepage. If it works I will be most pleased and have to report the wonder of it to Google - because I love Google and routinely tell them how I feel via the Google Survey at the bottom of the iGoogle homepage.

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We started the new year with a bang. There were fireworks and roman candles, turkey burgers, and tons of alcohol, old friends, a tattoo, a breeze of change in my mom's house, and generally too much good food and not enough sleep.The New Year's Eve Party was at Matt & Julie's place, being outside of the city limits and allowing fireworks to be popped. It was PJNYE - Pajama Party madness!

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As we shed 2008 like an old skin I want to take a moment to reflect on my personal progress and accomplishments of the year. First off, I must note that this blog, in it's current state, is exactly one year old today. I started this blog on December 31, 2007 with great intentions of writing every day in 2008. However, I have to applaud my effort anyway. I wrote often in 2008 and my goal will be

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Where to begin?Well we had our holiday party with friends at our place and it was a lot of fun! I over-indulged in food and drink since it was my house and I didn't plan to get into a car at any point during the night. Chris and Lisa brought a friend with them - Noura and her little brother. She stole the party. Noura had a very intense personality and had apparently just returned from Saudi

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It was December 10th, 2008 and it snowed. I drove home in it. Like having your wind shield wipers going to wipe off the snow flakes that fell as heavy and thick as rain. At first it was distracting and I just wanted to watch the magic in wonderment while I realized that I should keep my eyes and mind on the road before me. Once I got home though we played in it. We built a tiny snowman. Chris

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The Holidays. Such an interesting time of year. I see decorations all over the place and it actually does cause me to be of good cheer. I like wreaths and bows and pine cones and Christmas trees and stockings and I really do believe in Santa Clause.I know what you're thinking... she likes "pine cones"??? But yes, I do. I have a basket that I keep them in and every year I collect a new batch of

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Chels & I are at a coffee shop and I ran across this article that has us cracking up laughing:LINKA 20-year old student visiting the zoo jumped into a panda bear's cage to hug him and was attacked. Apparently this panda bear is so cute that this is actually the third time this has happened - if you read thru to the end of the article it tells that this same panda, Yang Yang, was in the news

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Several months ago Chelsea started a game of punch buggy, also known in other circles as 'slug bug, no punch backs' and other names. In this game, if you are driving along and you see a Volkswagon Beetle you have to be the first one to call out the color of the car and punch the person next to you.There are other subtle rules that you learn as you continue playing punch bug. For instance if it is

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My novel is slowly plugging along. Too slowly. But I'm getting into the main problem now so hopefully it will pick back up again this week. Fortunately I have a holiday tomorrow and I plan to write practically the whole day save for noon when I'll be at the chiropractor. Today a challenge was issued from the ML of Corpus Christi and we accepted. So hopefully that will spur my word count to

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I'm in post-election bliss like you can't imagine! Yesterday the world changed. I'm so happy and so proud.My 18 year old daughter voted yesterday for the first time in her life. She voted for a man who promises a greater tomorrow. She voted so that when she gets out of high school she'll immediately have access to health care and won't have to take the first job with insurance that comes along so

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The 2008 NaNoWriMo Kick-Off Event was yesterday and it went beautifully! I was so happy with every single part of it. The space we reserved was more than ideal! We want to use the space for our TGIO party at the end of November. We kicked it off at the Havens Community Center which is right next door to the Chocolate Bar on Alabama. It has at least 4 separate sections plus a little kitchen area

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So we got the word that we may be returning to work on Monday. I have cognitive dissonance regarding this news. On the one hand I'm like, Thank God! and on the other I'm groaning and saying '5 more minutes mom.' I've been off of work now since September 10th but I've been working from home, setting up the clinics and assisting where I can. It's been getting tougher though so today I drove out to

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Well Houston is still in the recovery process from the disaster that hit our shores this past weekend but all told, we made it through with very little inconvenience. Others were not so lucky. I know a guy from work who had chest deep water in his house; another, my boss in fact, who lost his house in Kemah and everything in it. We drove down Nasa Rd 1 and saw several boats crashed on streets. We

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the title is a tip of the hat to Bare naked Ladies "One Week" song. In case you didn't get that.So it really has been a month since my last post. All sorts of happenings are going on.We took a trip to ride down the Guadelupe river with some friends. Chelsea was with us so it was really super fun. Chris and I took the bottle of left over sangria from the 4th of July party that had been frozen in

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Today is the 18th birthday of my only daughter, my only child for all intents and purposes. It's so strange to think of Chelsea as an adult because to me she seems like such a child. She still argues with an 8 year old, doesn't drive, is in high school, can't spell to save her life poor child, and, in general, still needs me in so many ways. But in reality Chelsea is a very smart, vibrant, and

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Long time no post...So that weird thing going on at work - well a major administrative shake up - our director stepped down or was asked to step down - we've heard conflicting reports - either way, he's no longer the director and the chairman put himself into place as interim but told everyone he would be relying on the assistant director for everything administrative. This is the woman who, for

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I have to say, I enjoy blogging. I feel like I have to have something interesting to write in order to post and I can't really go on an on about all the people in my life the way you can in a private journal. I also have some taboos regarding writing about my intimate life and things that go on at work - which is always a big no no. But these are certainly things one might have read in a bedside

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Colin has come home from summer camp. After dropping him off last weekend, Chris and I were a little despondent from his absence and hopeful that he was having a wonderful time. We needn't have worried at all because within a day we could see photos of the campers and keep up with what activities they were involved in every day of the camp. Colin's smiling face showed up in every photo set and he

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When we went to the dinner theater to watch Zohan the other night they had martini's on sale for $5 in honor of the, also running, Sex in the City movie. So Chris and I took advantage. It has crossed our minds that a fraction of the entertainment of the Zohan movie may have been a direct result of the 3 delicious martini's we each had - dirty gin w/ 2 olives for Chris; sour apple w/ 2 cherries

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So much has gone on since my last posting it's hard to know where to begin. So I'll start at NOW and work my way backwards.It is an absolutely GORGEOUS day here on the island. I'm looking at this day out my window and wishing I were anywhere other than at work. So I decided to blog - I'm having lunch now so it's my time anyways. Free lunch too - grilled chicken and veggies w/ salad and a chunk of

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As you might know, Chris and I just moved in together. I have had a lot of time off work recently, which was needed in and of itself, but it's also helped to make the move go smoother. We still have to finish up cleaning out the old place to get the deposit back (hopefully) and we have until tomorrow. I should be over there right now but I'm too excited to a) have had the cable guy install

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This is just a post because I happen to have a few moments in front of a computer with internet access! I won't have long so this post will be short. Chris and I are officially moving in together this weekend and we've been packing like crazy. We have one day left before the movers get here - that's tomorrow. I'm thinking of calling for help on that one. Chris has been amazing. He single-handedly

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It's been a sleepy week and busier at work than I've ever been there. I've worked overtime (read comp time) every day in the pay period that ended today. Which is okay because I need the last week of May off for the move so I can use up a fraction of my accrued comp time. I think I have 70 hours last time I looked. And I've even stopped counting the times I work through lunch. I'm now accruing

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I love Mother's Day because Chelsea has always made me breakfast in bed. She's getting fancier! This year she enlisted Chris's help in buying a bottle of champagne for mimosas. I also got brie cheese, a strawberry and blueberry parfaitti, & chocolate croissants! Mmmmmm. You can bet I was a happy Mommy today! After my feast and mimosas I went right back to sleep. Chris and I didn't get out of bed

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I'm sad and a little angry for a little boy I love. You know, Chris and Colin have been living with me and Chelsea since last July when they returned from vacation in California. The plan with last year's move was to rebuild Chris's house so that we could all fit in one house. But we've been having too much fun just living our lives, going out, playing disc golf, taking trips, and dealing with

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My birthday just passed me by in such a whirl of gifts and food that I haven't had a chance to blog. For my birthday I wanted to get off of work early and go sit on the beach to write but I had to work the whole day. So now, I'll think about the ocean and the beach and the sky.As I move forward into my 3#th year of life I have to say that I'm very happy with everything - sure I could be a lot

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I had a LOT of fun today. We arrived at Seawolf Park early to help with anything that needed setting up but there were several people so we didn't have to do much. Once everyone arrived it was completely, absolutely, wonderful to just hang out and have fun with your co-workers and their families. You learn a lot about people seeing their whole families together. There were games - water balloon

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The weekend was stupendous! What a great time we had. I've been dying to tell everyone that I got Chris a gorilla costume for his birthday but we had to wait because he wanted to freak everyone out at the beach house. It worked out beautifully! Oh my gosh what fun! I ate too much and drank too much but had a lot of fun. Taking the monday afterwards off was a brilliant idea.Chris and I slept in a

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my muscles don't work so good. so i'm gonna have to forgo the shift key for this post. no offense to the english language - which, as anyone who knows me knows, i love.yesterday was chris's birthday - yay we're the same age now -for the next 19 days anyway. last weekend chris told his parents that i was 40. 40! ok there i used the shift key - but it was called for. they believed him too and his

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So, I've been absent from my blog - my apologies to my readers.In the last month:Chris and I found a rent house we love and are moving into next month. Its got three bedrooms, a dining room for an office and space in the kitchen for a table at which to eat. Also a long bar area for eating if necessary. It's got a lovely sunken bath tub in the master bedroom and the first thing I plan to do (after

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This is a fraction of the contents of my bag...iWas recently digging thru my purse and trying to decide which of my iPods to listen to when iRealized that in less than a year Chris has replaced or given me all the tech pieces that currently help my life to function.For my birthday iGot the black nano, for Christmas iGot the camera, for Valentine's day iGot the pink video nano, and iGot the iPhone

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Sweet unknown hournow unlived, unloved, unspenthow I could have pursued your vibrant minuteslocked in embraceentranced before Google Readerunslept napYou cause me such confusionwhy these yawns at 9:45my eyes behind shades on the drive homecurse these clocks who have skipped you

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Yesterday we voted and that evening went to our precinct caucus to vote again. I was a caucus virgin but last night was GREAT! There were so many people there. Some for Clinton but the majority were for Obama. I never had a clear understanding of the way the caucus system effects the Democratic Party's way of selecting our candidate. And as it it still slightly fuzzy I won't go into detail except

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I can't get the smile off my face, but its cool - there's no need. It tells the world that I'm happy. I had a most excellent Valentine's weekend. Chris woke me on Thursday with a heart shaped box of chocolates and a card - very sweet. I got out of work early that day to get ingredients to make a very tasty lasagna for us that night and gave chocolates and cards to both Chris and Chelsea. It was a

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Yesterday a vendor came to our offices to sell papergoods and plasticware all made from corn and sugar starch. Even the plastic bags. Knives and forks made from corn. It was amazing. They had samples.This is one of the cups. It's microwaveable but the lid is not. It's made from sugar cane reeds and they have yet to figure a way to reach the desired temperature without it falling apart.The lining

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The plan was to play 18 holes of frisbee golf at Tom Bass Park. This park was meant to have some of the most lengthy shots in the area. And it was a swamp. This time Matt & Julie came with us. We had a blast tromping through mud and patches of water. This course was long. We felt like we had walked a mile by the time we got to the 8th hole. Here we are taking a rest at the 8th hole.This was at

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and leaves so little time for blogging. So here are some tidbits that I just have to share:Saturday Chris and I were getting ready for a party with my sister and her college friend who eloped on New Year's Eve with a cop who is older than her father. I brushed my teeth and he bumped me out of the way and said, "Escucha me." So I turned to him and said, "What?" But he just bumped me with his hip

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Chris told jokes at Bojangles on Wednesday. He went on first and didn't get to finish his set but was, fortunately, invited to go back on stage next Wednesday. The show was a lot of laughs and my friends Toni and Rick came out to see it. This was a great surprise because I haven't gotten to hang out with Toni much in the last YEAR - ever since starting to work in Galveston - AND they had never

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Chris and I went to Jack Brooks Park to play Disc Golf, or Frisbee Golf, and had THE best time. Largely due to these shoes:Thank you for my boots baby!They saved my ass and they saved my toes. It was a little swampy and Chris planned ahead. He got these shoes for us at Academy - on sale for $10 a pair!! Due to these shoes I had absolutely nothing to complain about. I tromped through mud and

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I know the woman who made this cake ~It was the best chocolate thing I've ever put in my mouth. Ever.It took her over 6 hours to make.The crust was made by crushing graham crackers and adding chocolate chips and some vanilla and nutmeg and coffee. Then, layered at the bottom, was a dark chocolate ganash. On top of that was the cheesecake - the cream cheese mixed with sugar, ground espresso coffee

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Last night Chris and I went to Bojangles here in Seabrook. We had earlier seen a sign out front reading: Wednesday Comedy Night. Chris likes to do some stand up every now and then. - here's a sample... I think he's really funny and so do a lot of people. He hasn't told jokes on stage in a LONG time - probably not since two summers ago. But he's coming up with some new material now. We had the

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Today I painted some pottery at The Mad Potter. The first time I ever saw one of these "paint-your-own-ceramic" places was in Kansas City the first time I ever went to visit my aunt in my life. And it was just 4 years ago. I know!So some friends planned this trip and it was a great idea. I walked around looking at all the chalky white plates, bowls, vases, piggy banks, and tiles. All kinds of

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When my daughter was very young, probably about 3 or 4 years old or so I went out for New Year's Eve and left her with a baby sitter for the first time. I know what you're thinking... Your daughter was 3 or 4 YEARS old before you left her with a baby sitter??!? Yeah. And the guilt haunted me the whole evening. Now, of course, I don't know why. I was young and a new mom, a single mom at that, so

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I smoked a whole cigar by myself today. It's a wonder that I was by myself because this never happens for me. Living in a small apartment with three other people who have busy lives, alone time is a precious rarity. So I was alone and there was this cigar...Partly out of curiosity and partly out of a sort of dirty greed I sat and puffed away at my very own kahlua flavored cigar and practiced

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A new year and a new blog. aahhhh! it feels good.2008 is going to be an awesome year. Chris agrees. Tonight we're going to a party over at Matt & Julie's place. There will be a Texas Hold'Em Poker Tournament also, at which I'm meant to be the dealer. I think this is because Chris likes the way I shuffle cards. I'm going to send Chelsea into the game since I can't play and she's better at poker

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