goodness

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“Only bad news makes the news.”  We’ve all heard it said.  Sometimes I avoid the news just to get away from the negative “news” of people stealing, being hurt, etc. There are security cameras everywhere capturing so much of the bad.  Here’s another take …  if security cameras capture footage of “bad” could they be … Read More

Time Flies!

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Three years ago today these two went on their first date Five months after that first date Baby Girl let me know through the words of a  Carrie Underwood song that she’d made a good choice. I shared about that here. There’s been some growing up and changing over the last three years! They recreated … Read More

Outtakes

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Taking pics of our kids isn’t always a one shot deal as you are about to see. At this point in their lives … it is more fun to make taking pictures a game. It is typically just one child making it more of a challenge.  I’ll let you decide who that is.  I will … Read More

Weekend Fun

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 Whirlwind weekend trip to Chi town for a HS graduation open house for my niece, Mackenzie. Cincinnati kids met us there  and we made the most of less than 48 hours together   LOTS of pictures were taken though very few were taken by me. Only two photos snapped were by me in this post. The … Read More

Passing the baton

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Baby Girl is following in my footsteps.  She is re-styling this antique vanity to make it her own. She is also blogging about her re-style adventure here.  Stop by and tell her I sent you!

Birthday celebration

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Mr. D celebrated another trip around the sun today.  Which means he is now as old as me.  Yeah, yeah, I know.  I robbed the cradle. For his birthday meal, he requested:                                  1.  Homemade pizza         … Read More

Weekend Project

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And so it began… Our weekend project. I’ve had a penchant for raised garden beds for a couple years. Raised beds just seem like a good way to keep weeds under control, keep plantings together with defined paths, and just look orderly.  I like orderly and neat.  I just don’t always live that way. Mr. … Read More

Weekend

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Time to go back to work for a rest… The scoop on our exhausting (in a good way) weekend tomorrow….

Fireplace improvement

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Instant Messaging (yes, we still do that) with Mr. D last week went like this…. Me:  Can I paint the fireplace? Him:  Go for it. Me:   Seriously?  That was waaaaay to easy. Him:  Yes. If you’ve followed this blog for even a brief amount of time, you know I embrace change, DIY projects and … Read More

Pool drama

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A sparkly blue pool doesn’t just happen. It involves physical labor, chemical balancing, vacuuming, skimming, brushing and more. Each year when the pool cover is peeled away, we wonder how long it will take to get the water sparkly blue again.  Mr. D claims it takes one week to transform the water from black to … Read More