Don’t Mess With Tradition

It’s well documented  that small children strive best on structure and routine.  In fact, the entire holiday season, starting with Halloween, tends to make kids go bonkers because all of the daily routines have gone out the window.  Yet, in a way, the  holidays can bring their own kind of structure.
Our family, like many others, [...]

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It’s Snow Much Fun!

It’s been pointed out that my blog is snowing…how fun is that! (on the count of three we’ll all say thank you to the good folks and fun developers at Word Press.  One…two…three…Thank you WP!)
Much to the girls’ delight, it really did snow here today.  It snowed hard enough to put me into panic [...]

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Merry Christmas!!!

It’s been a crazy busy week…in addition to all the normal holiday stuff, we’ve had a birthday party for KT and made a fun (and scary) trip across the pass for a wonderful visit with our our niece and her family in Cour D’Alene.  Last night we were home and Shaun and I did last-minute [...]

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It’s Been Two Years, Baby!

Two years and ten days (but my first real entry was on the 18th so I’m counting it!) ago, I made my first blog entry.  It said “ThiiissssismblogthatImadeatmydad’swerk”  That little silliness that goes back to a much younger Mimi still makes me smile.  I never intended to start a blog.  In fact, I wouldn’t have [...]

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What I Want For Christmas…

Shaun and I were still dewy eyed newlyweds existing on generic mac and cheese when our first Christmas rolled around.  We were still in school, waiting tables and pretty much broke.  The idea of spoiling anyone with an extravagant holiday was laughable.  We decided that we would bake homemade treats for friends and family and [...]

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I Met My Favorite Celebrity!!

I realize that I was supposed to tell you about some other stuff…but something much more exciting came up.  Quite by accident, I MET one of the most fabulous famous people ever!
Tonight was Mimi’s orchestra concert. Usually these things are held in the school gymnasium.  But, lucky for us, tonight’s performance was held in the [...]

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Thursday Already??

This entire month is just flying by! I can’t believe Christmas is nearly here…I’m sooooo  not ready.
This last week and a half has been full of  birthdays and sickies.  I’ll try to write more about that when I get home this afternoon…well the birthday part, I’m willing to bet that nobody wants to hear [...]

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My Favorite Ornament~Fun Monday

Kaytabug wants to know what our favorite Christmas ornament is.  How on earth am I supposed to chose just one?  When we bring out our ornaments, and I open up the container, all sorts of wonderful memories come flooding out.  I have to smile when I see the first ornaments that Shaun and I bought [...]

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Wacky Weather

You’ve got to be some pretty stuff stock to live in the Seattle area.  It’s common knowledge that it rains a bit here just a little bit. We are tough nuts though, we rarely even bother with an umbrella.  In fact, the only time I really see them is at a soccer game (for the [...]

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Rewind~Fun Monday

For this week’s fun Monday, Robinella decided to give us all a break. She asked us to repost one of our favorites over the last year.  Um…hello? I can barely remember last week!  As I was scrolling through my past posts, I stopped on this one.  I just posted it on the 15th, but I [...]

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