tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36455653736530343172024-03-20T22:05:15.146-07:00Bliss & Co.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-79996901195687400972012-04-11T07:37:00.003-07:002013-07-20T19:02:52.592-07:00Fave Five {Moms and Kids}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I decided to follow up my <a href="http://augustmagnolia.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-fave-five-for-new-moms.html">Fave Five for Mommies and babies post</a> with a post that showcases my top picks for kids who are a bit older. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Two of my three are officially in the "kids" category at almost six and seven, and if your kids are out on spring break this week like mine are, you too may be desperate for anything that may give you five minutes of semi-quite. Here are a few of my recommended "necessities" for any mom.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Buy yourself a good camera. I know that many of you may have done this the second your little bundle of joy arrived but if not, don't wait, do it now. I actually think it is more important to me now than when they were babies. They sat still a lot as little ones but now it takes a good camera to catch all those running, jumping, happy memories.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Get a membership to your local children's museum, zoo, or aquarium. This one might hurt a bit when you cut the check but trust me you will use it so often if you know you can go for just an hour or two because it's "free" and you can always come back another day to do the rest. Plus most memberships come with the added bonus of getting in most other children's museums around the country for free or for a discounted rate. This works out great when you are on business trips with the Hubbs or visiting Grandma.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This one is for little ones and moms alike. I was anti-playroom until about two years ago. I had this idea of the kids playing on hand woven rugs in their rooms and enjoying their own little part of the world. The reality was I was constantly stepping on little pieces of toys walking across those rugs on my way to tuck them in every night. Playrooms can be a bit messy and no one cares. Plus you can fill them up with storage and teach your kids to, at very least, stuff whatever they were playing with in a bin before moving on to the next activity.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hope this list will help you survive spring break week and give you hope as we all move together towards that <strike>never ending heat stroke</strike> joyous free time with our kids that is summer.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I Am Bipolar.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>How I found out: </i>After the birth of my second child I was having a VERY hard time. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">{</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;">new mothers who have bipolar disorder are more likely to suffer a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/bipolar-disorder/bipolar-disorder-mood-swings.aspx" style="color: #005cb7; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mood swing</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;">far more deep and devastating than simple "baby blues." Studies have found that women with bipolar disorder are more likely to have</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/depression/postpartum-depression.aspx" style="color: #005cb7; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postpartum depression</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;">than either healthy women or women with major depression. The research indicates that anywhere from half to two-thirds of women with bipolar I or II disorder may face severe depression in the months after delivery.}</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I assumed it was simply a case of postpartum </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;">(which in and of it self, is a real and difficult medical condition and should be taken seriously).<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I tried to imply that I thought something was not right but everyone thought I would "start feeling better soon". </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I reached out to my husband </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>How It feels to be bipolar: </i>Even if I take my meds, stay away from what are for me, "dangerous" substances like certain cold medications, caffeine, and alcohol, even if I mind all the rules and do everything right...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I am still bipolar and it still affects my life. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That's the hardest part. The source of the most shame. People who don't know someone with bipolar or who are uneducated believe that it is something I should be able to "control" or that it will "get better". </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It took a long time</span> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;">(and SEVERAL times of me refusing my meds {which is still a source of tension at times as it is for most people who are BP})<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">for me to admit that I HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But, Bipolar is what I have, it is not</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have periods of deep depression when I cry for what feels like forever and it is everything I can do to get up in the morning and face a new day. Several Thanksgivings ago I had to go to the ER because I was dealing with thoughts of suicide.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span>(That is still very hard and shameful to say)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I don't want to talk to anyone when I feel this way and it makes it hard for me to trust people and let them in because I worry they won't understand when I don't call them back or skip out on plans that we had. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am not a good mom when I am depressed.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">My kids know more than they should have to about "Mommy being sick". </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">That hurts my heart the worst.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">On the other hand sometimes I feel alive and elated with life no matter what the circumstance. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is the easier of the two for me because it seems to interfere less with day to day life but it is still disruptive. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I take on new projects and big endeavors I later loose all interest in. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I don't suffer from a drug or alcohol dependence </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;">(which I am thankful for because a lot of people with BPD try to self medicate it away)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">but I do get the urge to go out all night and drink like I am at a fraternity kegger. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I call my friends and family A MILLION times a day and I talk about 45 billion miles an hour jumping from thought to thought and topic to topic with out pausing for breath. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I get really irritable and enraged for no good reason</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;">(which is a lesser known symptom but very common of mania)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My husband usually ends up taking the brunt of it, which I hate. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It makes me afraid that one day he will get tired of it all and simply walk out the door, the divorce rate for couples where one person is bipolar is over 90%, so it's a legitimate worry. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He assures me he is going nowhere. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large; line-height: 22px;"><i>What type of treatment do I use:</i> I am a rapid cycling Bipolar I patient with mixed episodes. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large; line-height: 22px;">That is pretty much a fancy way of saying I have pretty severe bipolar with either manic or depressive episodes happening more than four times a year and I sometimes go through times where I experience symptoms of both M/D at the same time. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Dr's have several drugs they use to treat bipolar and I think the secret is just finding a combo that works for you. If you are bipolar and don't feel like your meds are the right fit for you then talk to your Dr. about trying another route DON'T JUST QUIT YOUR MEDS ALTOGETHER. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am currently on a combo of seizure meds that seems to work pretty well for me. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">( Seizure medication is commonly used to treat bipolar disease and seems to help a lot though they aren't totally sure why.)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was previously on an anti psychotic medicine but that didn't work for me. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are also a variety of other things I do to stay healthy as long and as much as possible. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I try and stay away from any mood altering substances </span>(previously mentioned)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> that may start the pattern up or down. I try and stay on a regular sleep schedule which helps those with bipolar and allows me to have some of my first "red flags" that something isn't right when that pattern drastically changes. I try to eat well and make my best effort to stay on my meds.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large; line-height: 22px;"><i> Why now...why am I sharing all of this: </i>This is something I have been thinking about doing and discussing with my husband for sometime now. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large; line-height: 22px;">This is something that almost know one who is not in my inner circle knows, and even then I don't open up much about what it is really like. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large; line-height: 22px;">I felt like I could express my self better if I had the chance to write it all out. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large; line-height: 22px;">I don't want to live in secret anymore because I need support and prayer and good thoughts sent to me and especially my family when things are hard. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large; line-height: 22px;">I want others, and particularly other moms dealing with this to know they are not alone and it is possible although hard. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large; line-height: 22px;">Seek help because it can't be done alone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">If you are living with BPD talk about how it feels with your family and support people. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">STAY ON YOUR MEDS. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Don't be afraid or ashamed to ask for help. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">You need support when you are "sick" but you are responsible for staying well as much and as long as possible by doing everything in your power to manage your bipolar.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If someone threatens suicide or asks for help </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">(even if it is only hinted at)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">get help. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thoughts of suicide are a difficult and sometimes shameful things to talk about. You don't want to ignore a chance to help someone in need.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Living Open & Honest ASAP</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Last week while I was painting on the porch Bella began to tell me about Dust Faeries. She told me how they are so tiny most people think they are merely a speck of dust, but how sometimes you see a special little sparkle that lets you know they are really a tiny faerie. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Linking up to Thankful <strike>Thursdays</strike> Everyday</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Get yourself a Moses basket.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> I LOVED mine.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I had both a basinet and a moses basket and I would never waste my money on a basinet again. Especially since they make awesome stands for moses baskets and its basically the exact same thing, only you can bring it anywhere...pack it up for a visit to Grandma's, Sit it on the counter while you wash dishes, bring it outside for a bit of sun and fresh air, I even traveled with mine so baby would have a safe familiar place to sleep when we were on vaca.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Having a quilt that is comfy and pretty will make tummy time and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">cuddle time</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> that much better.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I don't know about you but I have tons of Mason jars being used in various ways & places around my house.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As a busy momma I don't always have the time I wish I did for memory books and such. This idea makes that all so much easier. Just buy a big wide mouth jar and fill it with special keepsakes throughout the year. Then you can re-count all your fave moments of the year on New Year's Eve!! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I really want something like this on my back porch. We have TONS of deer that wander through are yard so it's hard to keep them from eating a traditional garden...but I don't think they would brave the porch stairs for a bit of thyme.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">from Brooke over at <a href="http://startathome.blogspot.com/">Start At Home.</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I found out that Leibster means Beloved or Dearest...which I think is just darling.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3) And then pay it forward by giving the award to some blogs you admire </span>(5)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> who have less than 200 followers.</span><br />
(If you would like to help me increase my followers feel free to click that little follow button over there on your left...THANKS! you rock)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So here it goes...If you've been around this blog for less than oh, five minutes, then maybe you haven't heard that there is this other blog I really like called </span>(1)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://www.yayalulu.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Lulu Chronicles</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. Liza really is a modern day gypsy. She travels around the world </span>(literally, she just got back from Africa a few weeks ago.)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and lives a much more Glam life than a simple mommy like me. It's so fun to read all about it and see her fab pics. </span>(In fairness, she also happens to be my bestie for 10 years running)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are lots of other blogs that I read daily that didn't quite fit in the rules. One's I am not supposed to mention because they have too many followers like Hanna over at </span>(2)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://bouffeebambini.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Bouffee e Bambini</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, or a sweet mommy blogger Carina, who I have been following for about a year via her blog </span>(3)<a href="http://nickandcarina.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A Punk, A Pumpkin and A Peanut.</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There is a blog I have just started following that I found by reading Carina's blog that I LOVE called</span> (4)<a href="http://www.sugarmamabakeshop.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Sugar Mama Bakeshop.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> She has a great up and coming blog with a friendly feel and fun posts, but she has already received The Liebster. </span>(YAY, Ashley!)<br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_DEBJXFZUmo-XfGXsiVwYiXLKQT-9sbBUD-3A-pwb4FCPl7S_Uz78x3tisJbFKypfSHzY9VHNAkXcSuvU_kp1TBmG3846Zdo7otcBsWYwTRNU3EjEVu7oCB2WqLGRjQ6XPEOVHR3HmCz/s1600/Subway+Art.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_DEBJXFZUmo-XfGXsiVwYiXLKQT-9sbBUD-3A-pwb4FCPl7S_Uz78x3tisJbFKypfSHzY9VHNAkXcSuvU_kp1TBmG3846Zdo7otcBsWYwTRNU3EjEVu7oCB2WqLGRjQ6XPEOVHR3HmCz/s640/Subway+Art.png" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Dream Big:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Because it's not big enough if it doesn't scare you a little.</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Create Something Beautiful:</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Because creating things feeds my soul the way little else does</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Do Your Hair:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Because this became less and less of a priority with each kid and I feel so much prettier when I do my hair.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Call Your Dad: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Love my dad. Love talking to my dad. Really bad at calling my dad. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Eat More Vegetables:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Who doesn't need to eat more veggies?</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Play With Your Kids:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sometimes it's easy to get wrapped up in being "mom" and forget to just play.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Laugh:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Laughing burns calories, relieves stress, and is just FUN.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pray:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Because I want to talk to God and hear his take on it all.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Get Back on The Horse:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Because I mess up. (a lot)</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Learn Something New:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Because when we quit learning we quit growing and learning new things makes me feel happy.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Believe In Yourself:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Because that can be harder than you might have imagined but it's more important than you know.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">LOVE:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">t makes the world go round.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Wish On A Star:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">&</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> the dreams that you dream will come true. (Sing along if you love Disney too!)</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Get Out and Breathe The Fresh Air:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have been running with the Hubbs and I like it and want to keep running.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Dance Like No One's Watching: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Is there any other way?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span">Vacuum:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Because I am a mom of three and if i don't I'll have crumbs stuck to the bottom of my feet...and thats gross.</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> When</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I decided to try my hand at making my own subway art, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I thought "I'll put goals on my art...little things I could do to add up to me being more of who I <strike>want to be</strike> like being most."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It was the perfect fit in my office. I see it everyday and it really does inspire me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you could use a daily pep talk from yourself, try making your own.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If that seems like too much work feel free to steal mine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedNI0LjblkV_2bsVIi4Pg6UMUKwUNI75xfej1Iu2SEJO2LKAVW-Z0BcJxoICjeRak5SUfcQdGVZ8SfAKn1KryReJgF1vlDJRWTxUFbQKp2PaTJpF_L-x35kNP7xT1Muy1BkIlwzUy35Gd/s1600/Subway+Art.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedNI0LjblkV_2bsVIi4Pg6UMUKwUNI75xfej1Iu2SEJO2LKAVW-Z0BcJxoICjeRak5SUfcQdGVZ8SfAKn1KryReJgF1vlDJRWTxUFbQKp2PaTJpF_L-x35kNP7xT1Muy1BkIlwzUy35Gd/s320/Subway+Art.png" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click <a href="http://s1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee461/Maekellum/?action=view&current=SubwayArt.png">{Here}</a> to download.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Then hover over artwork and select file; download)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Being More of Who I Like Most A.S.A.P.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(As Southern As Possible)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Linking up to Feathered Nest Firday: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2012/03/feathered-nest-friday_15.html"><img alt="French Country Cottage" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKuz0bvO8pu-XJSHIRnGdAzsrvmWoYbC6uEIPrE51RHYehACe0yMICvQ4Gb0gFwTQ9dZ61xnLiT6u7aFws2nVFD4gGrUrpwuR7qMhN2BvDSBGjowRsk1722ovYyE0HzLeD8axSeSamUhk/s220/nestwegg2.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; position: relative;" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Shabby Nest:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2012/03/frugal-friday_15.html"><img alt="The Shabby Nest" src="http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/theshabbynest/Shabby%20Nest%20Blog%205-2011/ShabbyNest-GrabButton.png" /></a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-29954037488415770102012-03-14T07:52:00.000-07:002012-03-14T07:52:16.977-07:0015 Spring "Must Haves" For Your Kids<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Looking lovely by the shore...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I don't know about you, but I am in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> LOVE </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">with all the cute nautical finds for spring. </span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am also really obbessed with all the cute </span>(and reasonably priced) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">clothes for kids right now at H&M.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In fact, I am planning a trip to Richmond this weekend and I must confess my main reason is because I really want to shop H&M.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span>(We don't have one here in no-where Va. of course)</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So I thought I would share some of the inspiration for my trip with you.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lets start with Belle. </span>(If you have only boys, skip to the bottom)</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img class="img_size_s2" classname="img_size_s2" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/45397112/id/dTavz6Q2Thmj1UPpSqJ_1A/size/y.jpg" title="By The Sea H&M (Girls)" /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Cute</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> right?</span></div></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/F60%2096450%2076018%2077%201204%203.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/F60%2096450%2076018%2077%201204%203.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This sweet polka dot top is so easy to mix & match for lots of cute looks and is only $7.95.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/F60%2098016%2012034%2036%201047%203.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/F60%2098016%2012034%2036%201047%203.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I Matched it with these adorbs chinos which are a great staple. $17.95</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/F60%2098039%2076018%2036%201016%206.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/F60%2098039%2076018%2036%201016%206.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This Navy jacket with sailor style buttons really captures all that is cute about the nautical look for kids. It's also jersey material so it's perfect for cool mornings on the way to school or when we are on the boat. </span>(We don't have a boat)<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">$18</span></div><div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=key[source],value[/model/2011/F01%2096456%2052053%2067%200618%205.jpg]&set=key[rotate],value[]&set=key[width],value[]&set=key[height],value[]&set=key[x],value[]&set=key[y],value[]&set=key[type],value[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have to admit that this top is probably my fave thing in the bunch</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-family: 'HM Ampersand Regular', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">and the stripes and boat neck add the perfect nautical touch. $9.95</span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2012/G10%2098303%2075007%2034%201543%204.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2012/G10%2098303%2075007%2034%201543%204.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> I am a sucker for seersucker, I admit. So I couldn't resist these chino style shorts. $9.95</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=key[source],value[/model/2011/F60%2097828%2072002%2090%201143%202.jpg]&set=key[rotate],value[]&set=key[width],value[]&set=key[height],value[]&set=key[x],value[]&set=key[y],value[]&set=key[type],value[STILL_LIFE_BACK]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=key[source],value[/model/2011/F60%2097828%2072002%2090%201143%202.jpg]&set=key[rotate],value[]&set=key[width],value[]&set=key[height],value[]&set=key[x],value[]&set=key[y],value[]&set=key[type],value[STILL_LIFE_BACK]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;">Polka dot shoes...need I say more? And if you still need convincing they are slip-ons which means you don't have to worry about finding clean socks.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2012/F60%2097813%2076018%2099%209999%201.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2012/F60%2097813%2076018%2099%209999%201.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;">So obviously, I'm into the polka dots this season. But thats not all this suit has going for it. I love the high waisted ruffle bottoms that give it a vintage feel. $14.95</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;">In case you weren't adding as you went that is a whole new wardrobe </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b;">(including shoes and a new jacket)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"> for your mini-me for only about</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;">$80. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;">Ok, now if you have little men in your life, dont worry there is TONS for them too. Take a peek...</span></div><div><a href="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/45396741/id/1R1Iib8hRlaK_JVb36nnPQ/size/y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="img_size_s2" classname="img_size_s2" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/45396741/id/1R1Iib8hRlaK_JVb36nnPQ/size/y.jpg" title="By the Sea H&M (Boys)" /></a><a href="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/45396741/id/1R1Iib8hRlaK_JVb36nnPQ/size/y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=key[source],value[/model/2011/C01%2091620%2008060%2099%209999%200.jpg]&set=key[rotate],value[]&set=key[width],value[]&set=key[height],value[]&set=key[x],value[]&set=key[y],value[]&set=key[type],value[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=key[source],value[/model/2011/C01%2091620%2008060%2099%209999%200.jpg]&set=key[rotate],value[]&set=key[width],value[]&set=key[height],value[]&set=key[x],value[]&set=key[y],value[]&set=key[type],value[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"> These americana shirts come in a two pack and you get both for $9.95</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=key[source],value[/model/2011/F01%2096677%2076011%2064%200608%205.jpg]&set=key[rotate],value[]&set=key[width],value[]&set=key[height],value[]&set=key[x],value[]&set=key[y],value[]&set=key[type],value[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=key[source],value[/model/2011/F01%2096677%2076011%2064%200608%205.jpg]&set=key[rotate],value[]&set=key[width],value[]&set=key[height],value[]&set=key[x],value[]&set=key[y],value[]&set=key[type],value[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2012/G10%2098995%2045526%2091%201818%205.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2012/G10%2098995%2045526%2091%201818%205.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;">To make up for the lack of ocean flare on the previous shirt, I found this simply Adorable red and white stripped T with a captain octopus in the pocket. I can't wait to get this on Becks...& it's only $4.95!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;">These shorts aren't pictured above but they were too cute and too practical to leave out. At only $14.95 I know my boys will get plenty of use out of these.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;">I love this navy cardigan for Holden. He is hot natured so I am sure he will shed it before noon but he will be classiclly trendy till then. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b;">(Can you be classiclly trendy?) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">$14.95</span></span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/F01%2095262%2072002%2094%200856%202.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/F01%2095262%2072002%2094%200856%202.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/F01%2095135%2079000%2064%200632%206.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/F01%2095135%2079000%2064%200632%206.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;">Holden has a slim build so narrow jeans look good on him. These are also dark wash which I much prefer for my "always finds the mud puddle" kid. Plus jeans for just $9.95? Yes, please.</span></div><div><a href="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/D88%2096667%2010103%2091%207905%202.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://lp.hm.com/hmprod?set=source[/model/2011/D88%2096667%2010103%2091%207905%202.jpg],rotate[],width[],height[],x[],y[],type[STILL_LIFE_FRONT]&call=url[file:/product/thumb]" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a171b; font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today I truly have nothing interesting to give you, not because I am not doing anything but because I am doing so much I can't even think clear enough to write a full sentence. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Sing.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Floss.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Stretch.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Get plenty of calcium.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Be kind to your knees. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">You'll miss them when they're gone.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Dance</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm not sure why but this week has seemed to drag on forever! My patience seemed gone by Tues, and yesterday (though it was Hubby's day off and he was here ALL day) we seemed to accomplish almost nothing. I am down in the dumps and the stress is starting to show. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">THESE</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> are definitely the times to be thankful. Today I am thankful for my family, because while it has not been super easy being Mom this week, it is always worth it. This I know. So in case you needed a smile today too, here is my family. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Which reminds me of one of my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Fave </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">songs right now. If you need a little pick me up crank {<a href="http://www.needtobreathe.net/music/f06484-slumber/">this</a>} and do a little dance, it should do the trick! (Go on...no one is watching)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Linking up to Thankful Thursdays</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(You should too)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ok, so has anyone else noticed that St. Patrick's Day is a hard holiday to find cute decorations for? What if you are hosting a party? Everything I come across at the party store is, well, how should I put it....TACKY!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Which I should add works fine if you are hosting a kegger, otherwise, not so much.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So In case you were planning a St. Patty's party or just wanted to improve the quality of your March holiday decor, I thought I would post a few things I thought were both Irish enough and cute enough to be considered.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Love the natural fabric and more subdued green</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I hosted our March Bunko at my house this past weekend and it was a St Patty's Day theme. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Yes I play Bunko, bet you didn't know)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I made chocolate cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream Icing. They were amazing! I wish I had had these cute cupcake toppers. <br />
Here is the {</span><a href="http://www.recipegirl.com/2011/03/16/irish-cream-cupcakes-w-baileys-buttercream-frosting/" style="font-size: x-large;">recipe</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">}.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Click {<a href="http://s1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee461/Maekellum/?action=view&current=KeepCalmPinchon.jpg">here</a>} to download my Keep Calm poster.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Hover over image and file will appear in the left upper corner. Hover over File and select download.)</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So if you have been here before then you know... I GOT A NEW BLOG!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Well at least a new<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> look </span>for my blog.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One of the things I changed was that I added social media buttons, you know those "feel free to stalk me elsewhere" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> linky buttons. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I searched the web and found a few tutorials with how to make them. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Once I actually got how to do it, I really felt like there could have been an easier tutorial out there because it is SUPER easy once you know the formula.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So here is how to make your very own custom social media buttons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">1. Pick your design.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span>(This is the fun part. Be creative!!) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I chose peaches for my buttons because I thought they were adorable and they go with my love of all things southern. Choose something that goes well with the look and feel of your blog. You can either make your own</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> or, EVEN SIMPLER, you can find a ton of free and super cute pre-made social media buttons online by Google(ing)...wait for it...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Free social media buttons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Here is a few of my faves)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">2. Upload your social media buttons.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Once you have the design of your media buttons, upload them to an image hosting site. I used <a href="http://photobucket.com/">Photobucket</a>. </span>(sign up is quick and free if you don't already have an account.)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">3. Learning to speak code. </span>(Don't get scared you can do it, I promise)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ok so once you have your buttons on Photobucket</span> (or another hosting site that gives you a direct link address)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> you will be ready to make a code for your buttons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To do that you will use this </span>(very easy)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> code formula. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1427631996"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><img src="http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n545/Augmagnolia/blogbuttonspeach-2-2.png" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">*It will be easier to edit the code in your word processing program so you can do it step by step. Paste this code there and follow the next two steps.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The part of the code in red tells your button where to re-direct to when clicked. In the first example Facebook. That means if you want to make your "Twitter button" copy the URL for your Twitter page and replace everything inside the parentheses of the red section with your Twitter URL. For me that would make it look like this.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><a href="https://twitter.com/AugustMagnolia"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><img src="http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n545/Augmagnolia/blogbuttonspeach-2-2.png" /></a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(YOUR DOING GOOD ALMOST DONE!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Next, the yellow part tells your blog where to find the custom button you want use. This is where you will use the image hosting site. Get the link to your button. </span>(If you used Photobucket simply click on direct link and it will copy it for you.)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Replace everything inside the parentheses of the yellow section with your image URL. It should look very similar to mine above. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(GREAT!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">4. Add the button to your blog.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> If you are using Blogger then go to your dash board and click design and then add gadget. Click add HTML/java script. Copy and paste the entire code you created into the box and save. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">5. Test your button.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> View your blog and make sure the button is in the correct place and is the correct size. </span>(If you want it to be larger or smaller you can edit your button using Photobucket's resize edit until you get it right.)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Then click on the button to make sure that it re-directs you to the page you want it to </span><br />
(i.e. your Twitter page so that others can start following your tweets.)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If everything works YOUR DONE! Sit back and admire your spiffy new social media buttons!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's that easy! You can use this formula for all your buttons just sub in the different URL's to create a full set of buttons. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hope you enjoy!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-41488787913421300952012-02-15T08:41:00.002-08:002012-03-08T16:05:21.734-08:00Missing The Sea<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I was born near the ocean...</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I think it is a true statement that anyone born near the beach </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(or anyone who spent a great deal of time there as a kid)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">has some </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Sea in their soul</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I won't go so far as to say I miss all that SoFla has to offer; </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><strike>traffic,</strike> <strike>too many people,</strike> the beach. But it does have a least one thing I miss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Over Christmas we visited my home state. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We made several stops, including </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">St. Augustine</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">which is a perfectly happy sea town. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Today I wish I could walk the cobble stone streets of St. Augustine and be close enough to the beach to smell the salt air.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wishing for some sea air ASAP</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(As Southern As Possible)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So when I get bored or bummed out I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">LOVE</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> to re-do something in my house. I have been a little blah this past week so I found this totally awesome kitchen at Paiges of Style {<a href="http://www.paigesofstyle.com/2011/04/for-sale-keep-calm-and-eat-bacon.html">here</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">} and decided to use it as inspiration for my own kitchen update.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I found a black and white runner at <a href="http://www.crateandbarrel.com/decorating-and-accessories/floor-runners/olin-black-2%27x6%27-runner/s229817">Crate & Barrel</a> for $49.95 which is top end of what I would spend for a rug in my kitchen but still within budget so I snatched it right up. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(Please hurry UPS man)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Hubbs and I begin the updates this Thursday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(We are refinishing the countertops...fingers crossed!!) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I'll post pics of the progress.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Let me know what you think!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Making a House a Home ASAP.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(As Southern As Possible)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Mae</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-84840425325860164522012-01-25T06:47:00.001-08:002012-03-08T15:46:33.794-08:00Paper Dolls.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Retro fun...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Dear Mommies of Girls,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I loved these so much I thought I would share.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">LOVED</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> playing paper dolls as a little one. They were my favorite thing to get when my Gram would take me to the Rite Aid with her. I had Barbie ones and a whole set of "flight attendant" ones. My favorite ones by far though were my set of Rainbow Brite paper dolls</span> (they were AMAZING...seriously). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I found these paper dolls and thought they were so cute and even better FREE! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here's a few of my faves.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">(click on the number below each pic to be taken to the page to download and print!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ok seriously are those not </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> fun!!!</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">(and there are a bunch more so click around the artists page by going <a href="http://cor104.deviantart.com/">{here}</a> )</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">You're Welcome!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Making room in my day for some play A.S.A.P.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(As Southern As Possible)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Post Script: I bought one of those rolls of magnetic tape at the craft store and stuck it to the back of the dolls and there clothes. Bella uses a plain old extra cookie sheet I had to stick them to when she is playing. It makes it easier than dealing with the tabs that ALWAYS break and makes them good for in the car on road trips too.</i></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-36270364689542684492012-01-18T07:44:00.002-08:002013-07-20T19:17:01.939-07:00HAPPY JULIANUARY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Dear Liza,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was just thinking of you today and wishing you were here to have a laugh with. However, you are in Africa doing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">really amazing things</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> with beautiful little kids that I wish I could hug and squeeze and laugh with too.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">...here is a clip from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Merry Madagascar</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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(Madagascar's Christmas Special).</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am stuck over here in L'burg, but Madagascar is super close to you in comparison, </span>(which makes me feel closer to you already)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and this song is SURE to make you crack up.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hope you can steal some killer dance moves from "The Freaks" to use in your camp. </span></div>
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(Liza is actually doing AMAZING stuff over there. You can read more about it on her Blog by clicking <a href="http://www.yayalulu.blogspot.com/">{Here}</a>)</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">HAPPY JULIANUARY!!! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Be Safe and Hurry Home A.S.A.P.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-52555170868173008612012-01-17T12:37:00.002-08:002012-03-08T16:06:57.615-08:00Where Have You Been??<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Like reading my diary...only better.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have not been blogging for a very, very long time now. I guess life kinda got hectic </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(which doesn't explain anything because when is life not hectic)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> and well, more accurately, I guess I just didn't </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">FEEL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> like it. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">However</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, just last night I clicked on my blog </span>(as if expecting a new post would have magically appeared)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and I lingered for just a few minutes. The result of said lingering was me and the hubbs reading through old entries, laughing at our perfectly perfect petites, and remembering things we had already forgotten...but now remember...thanks to my bloggy time capsule. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">SO...it's January...a brand new year, and I have only one resolution. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Start blogging again.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Because it is so worth it when you can look back and see where you have grown, stretched, surpassed your own expectations, and fallen flat on your face</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(if my resolution list looks smaller than {<a href="http://www.augustmagnolia.blogspot.com/2011/03/not-for-faint-of-heart.html">this one</a>} it's because I did a WHOLE BUNCH of face flattening there.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As Flynn Rider would say " I may have broken my smolder"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And with my renewed zest for blogging you'll have even more to dish about to all your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(other, less amazing)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">friends. Stop by and snoop through my diary any time you choose. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Just don't tell </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">too</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> many of my dirty little secrets...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You + Me = B.B.F.F. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Best Bloggy Friends Forever)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Keeping It Geeky A.S.A.P.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(As Southern As Possible)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mae</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Post Script: Yes, I do realize now that putting a long list of goals on your blog for the whole bloody world to see is a very bad idea when you have a home to look after, 3 kids, a husband, and a hamster . (I lied about the hamster I am just feeling insecure about not reaching even ONE of my goals.)</span></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-43768550421804036932011-09-21T10:58:00.002-07:002012-03-08T16:07:37.357-08:00A Sticky Situation<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Oh, Beckett...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1 Becks + 1 bottle of syrup + two mins alone =</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Syrup, syrup, every where; and not a drop to eat.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(How in the world do I clean this stuff up??)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Making Pancakes A.S.A.P.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(As Southern As Possible)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mae</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-48727353420824492682011-09-16T11:50:00.002-07:002012-03-08T16:07:57.400-08:00Beckett Ace Kellum<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Still On the Disabled List...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I have not been doing any blogging this week because, well, it hurts my finger too much to type. I am tapping it out, two pointer fingers at a time, right now because yesterday was my sweet third baby's second birthday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I was going to type something </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">sweet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> and endearing about his entrance into the world but in all truth this is way funnier and way more accurate too. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">{ <a href="http://yayalulu.blogspot.com/2011/09/gallop-like-horse.html">Click Here</a> }</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for laughter</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Trying not to pee myself A.S.A.P.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Mae</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-5833309899300095712011-09-12T10:26:00.002-07:002012-03-08T16:08:13.181-08:00Hey, Where Did My Finger Go?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Today I cut off my finger...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Well not entirely, I have a bit of a flare for the dramatics.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(which is a rather well known fact about me.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It was, however, a pretty severe injury. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Allow me to paint the picture...I was running through the house trying to find a sharpie marker because all of Beckett's snacks </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">must </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">be clearly marked with his name or he </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">can not</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> eat them. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(It is a lesser know fact that preschools are very competitive and any stray from the rules may result in immediate dismissal)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I reached into a basket of odds and ends hoping to find one there and instead was savagely attacked by an exacto blade.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I ran to the kitchen quite literally unable to find a breath to cry, scream, or explained what had happened.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(This is unfortunately not an over exaggeration)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">So...after a lot of "put pressure on it", "let me see it", "That's pretty gross" I trucked off to the ER.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Long story short that sharpie cost me a RIDICULOUSLY painful shot of litacaine and throbbing cauterized finger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">painfully typing to you A.S.A.P.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">(As Southern As Possible)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Mae</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Post Script: I was not able to find the finger pad for them to try and reattach. Worse, that means there is an unattached finger tip somewhere in my house. (gag) </i></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-51094709699828707792011-09-08T07:06:00.002-07:002012-03-08T16:08:27.214-08:00"Sorry I'm not home right now, I'm walking in the Spiderwebs."<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Punk is wicked (again)...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I was feeling a bit tired this A.M. and got up just in time to kiss my two oldest kids and send them off to the bus stop. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">As my son Holden was headed out the door I was struck by how very familiar his "look" seemed to me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">You see, I was born in 1982 and I'm </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">just)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> old enough to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">remember with fondness the punk/alternative scene of my youth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I know very well that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peaches/dp/B000QWT45E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1315490210&sr=1-1">"peaches come from a can"</a> and can recall with great accuracy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Spiderwebs/dp/B000WOUSM4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1315490453&sr=1-1">Gwen's answering machine message.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">In fact Nirvana's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nevermind/dp/B000V698DI/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315490275&sr=301-1">"Nevermind"</a> was one of my very first CD's ever. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Naked baby and all.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">As I looked at my son I thought "Am I really so old that this look has come back in style." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I mean we all know <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Crashes/dp/B000VZFXEC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1315490316&sr=1-1">"Lightning Crashes"</a> but has it really struck twice already?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(For those of you missing all these priceless little music references...sorry you weren't cool like me.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Skateboarding T'shirt: Check</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Unruly and rebellious attitude: Check</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Black Converse kicks and neon paint splattered backpack:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Check and check.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Rockin' Mohawk:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">CHECK.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">There seems to be <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tragic-Kingdom/dp/B000WOXQDM/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1315490155&sr=301-2">"No Doubt"</a>, These are once again <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kids-In-America/dp/B002XGJHYE/ref=dm_att_trk1">"...the kids in America."</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Seventeen/dp/B001O3KI5E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1315490000&sr=1-1">I'm only twenty-eight, I'm only twenty-eight, I'm only twenty-eight years old this can't be happening...</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Lovin' my little mohawk man A.S.A.P.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">(As Southern As Possible) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Mae</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Post Script: While visiting a friend in LA a few years back, I was in an outdoor market and literally almost walked into <a href="http://fashionindie.com/quotable-courtney-love/">Courtney Love</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(I may or may not have actually said out loud "your Courtney Love")</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645565373653034317.post-70824946345284328232011-09-06T09:12:00.001-07:002012-03-08T15:49:55.470-08:00Little Miracle<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Welcome to This World...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">This past weekend I was privileged to be a part of a very special moment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The birth of a precious little baby boy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Mom did amazing and baby is b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The whole experience was:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">blessed</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">blissful</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">captivating,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">cheerful,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">delighteful,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">gleeful,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">joyful,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> full of laughter, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">peaceful,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">sparkling,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> sunny, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">thrilling,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">tickled "blue"<3</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Marveling at God's miracles A.S.A.P.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">(As Southern As Possible)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: #4d4e51;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Mae</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940472204431380586noreply@blogger.com1