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How does she know? She does this frequently, too! What's that, you ask?

I bought this toy in the $ section at Target this morning. Brought the bags in. In less than one minute, she sniffed this out of a bag and had it in the living room floor...chomping away. She bothered nothing else...not the bag of mozarella cheese...not the muffin mix. Nothing. Just this one thing.

How did she know it was hers? Seriously...how? Do they smell and we don't know? It's freaky crazy!

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Valentine heart hanger for the 2nd grade performance tonight.

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Same view as yesterday, but different outlook. Changed from cold, wet, & dreary to
cold, SNOWY, & dreary!

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It's a cold, wet, dreary day...
And I'm ready for spring so I can get my fresh herbs going again and plant flower to brighten my day.

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Playing baby dolls in outfits you put together yourself is a ton of fun, huh?

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There are no photos to post of day 54 (brandon's birthday) because the pictures I took were not available because I failed to remember to put my CF card in!

So - here's a pic from today...proof that baseball is in full swing again...

And at least this is the one time of the year that I don't MIND them breaking the cardinal NOTHING left at the front door rule!

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Glad to finally have my watch back...picked it up from being repaired yesterday at the Brighton store...

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The view at my feet almost every day. Where ever I'm at, she's either at my feet, underneath my feet, standing...in between my legs. Glue...or velcro is attached to me and her...not sure which. I guess Velcro since she does come off every now and again, lol!

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Continuing the efforts...

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The last 13 years have just sped by...creating this blur of an image of the baby boy that I was carrying at this time 13 years ago.



And this morning...he was content simply saying 'see ya, mom' as he grabbed his things and ran out the door.

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I was at church all day yesterday with running around between services...so didn't get home to take the 366 picture, so no picture from yesterday. :(

ANYHOO - I DID get a large batch of Amish Friendship Bread (from pastor's wife because she was leaving and couldn't finish it up) that needed to be divided and baked last night (erhmmm...this morning? HA!) SO, had to make first thing this morning. Much to the kid's delight. They had for breakfast...yummmy!

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Apparently, Hot Chicken is on Zachary's menu plans for this week?

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A neat little stack of organizing tins...in my office.

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This is one of the best Valentine poem's we've received over the years...he's toooo sweet.
Just in case you can't read it, here's what it says:

Kids are loud

And messy too

I am so lucky

That I have you

I love you dad

You are the bomb

You are superman

Whos name is Tom

I love you mom

Your as fast as a cheetah

You are awesome

And you are a senorita

All together now - AWHHHHHHHHH!

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I love doing puzzles, but because they take so long, I generally don't even start them. When the kids were little, there was NO WAY I could have left it out on the table. Since they're older, they can help...so I've been enjoying doing a puzzle again. Gives me something to do when they're playing games on the PS3.

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The non-snow snow day that my kids are sure to be happy about when they get home. They haven't gotten any snow days this year. It was sleeting all night last night, so I just knew they'd have a snow day today. Then, 30 minutes after school had started, it started snowing and sticking...wouldn't you know it?

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The 5 that always hangs with a new ribbon for each 'season'.

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My old piano has found a new home in my house. Love seeing it in the bonus room

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The bionicles are apparently on a mission to protect or defeat the hangers, pencils, and deodorant.

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A common Saturday sight because that's the day they get to play the games...

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For the month of love...my hearts...for the 5 of us.

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Notice how full I am this month...ha - Haven't stayed on top of filling this calendar in. But, isn't it CUTE? HA!

I HAVE taken pictures

but, due to the fact that my card reader is broken, I've been unable to download the pictures from my camera. I'll soon be back in working condition again with the new computer that's been sitting on my desk since Wednesday. :)

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Another study in texture...

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This week I plan to try to capture a bit of texture, inspired by some prints I've seen in a magazine.

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This world of technology is a wonderful thing indeed. We now have an old 40GB iPod, a new 16GB touch, 2 new 4Gb nanos, and another 4GB older version nano. Who knew we'd actually use that many iPods?

Oh, and not counting the few thousand songs I have in my iTunes...

LOVE my music!

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Reminders are always needed - and this is a lovely place to put them.