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Yearly Archives: 2012

I am pretty sure I am the only person in the entire history of the universe who dreads going to Disney World.  I know I am an abomination, but I just can’t help it. We’d been planning a trip to Orlando with my sister and her family for almost two years.  One thing or another […]

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I love this girl. so much.  She is funny and goofy and stubborn and kind and sweet.  She is closest in age of all the cousins to Gracie and probably gets her more than anyone.  They fight light cats in a bathtub sometimes, but I’ve seen Emmie be kind to Gracie when Gracie needs it […]

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So, I find all these awesome things on Pinterest and on craft and food blogs that I read and in magazines at the check-out line in Publix.  I don’t try all of them (really, I’d have to be ten people with five lifetimes each to be able to complete even of 1/3 of the things […]

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  Mardi Gras season is in full swing!  Fat Tuesday is on February 21st this year and I’m sure I’ll take the girls to at least one parade.  Here’s a little known fact about me:  I was born in New Orleans and lived there until I was four.  For years, I believed that I was […]

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“Hurry!” I say to them as we’re rushing out the door for anything you choose: school, scouts, church, piano, fun at the park. “Please.Come.On!” I insist, louder, my voice trilling up to something akin to a screech. “NOW!” and I have blown past screeching to unadulterated yelling. They hurry now, realizing that I am mad. […]

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