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<span style="color: #073763;">Life has changed so much lately. I went back to work. What a different world is has been for me. Almost four years of not working. It was a huge adjustment for me. My son started daycare, he adjusted in 3 days. I took a lot longer, a tough long commute did not help. But I adjusted, I think. It's been almost 8 months. I'm looking forward to a vacation in September. It will be amazing to not work for a whole week. I can't wait!</span></div>
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<br />laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-30012045971681467042013-09-18T12:50:00.003-06:002013-09-18T12:50:48.656-06:00Coffee<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000;">I don't know why but for the last couple "vacation" that we have been on I got in the habit of taking a picture of my coffee cup every day. I guess because when we are at home I use the same cup every day and I often don't get to enjoy a hot cup of coffee every day, without reheating it 3-4 times. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">How fun to have such a variety as I enjoy my coffee morning. it's almost as nice as the view on vacation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I think it's fun to allow a child to have some camera time. You definitely can get a different perspective of the world. The last couple of weeks, I have given my 19 month old son a point-n-shoot shock-proof, water-proof camera. This is what he took...</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">He seems to like the flash so there a lot of face pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Sunday we went to Cantigny park with my nephew. He wanted to hold my nice SLR camera. This is what he took...</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Nice job Jack! he was very interested in using the view-finder.
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<span style="color: red;">We had an adventure today. Blackhawks Joh McDonough brought the Stanley Cup to Edison Park. My husband arrived at the park bright and early to save us great "seats" for the small program and hopes for getting close to the cup. It was a long wait but my son was awesome! I have several special treats and back-up toys if he got fussy and didn't need them yeah! he was also filmed by a few local TV channels since we were right up front. Just wish we could have touched it. Maybe next time they win. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">We had so much fun talking with the other people waiting. Time did go by quite nicely. </span></div>
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<br />laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-53138067895933238112013-07-03T12:51:00.000-06:002013-07-03T12:51:27.331-06:00Travel<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;">I've learned over the years that preparing to take a vacation is much more than just packing and making sure the garbage is taken out before you leave. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">It's doing laundry at the right time, so you don't have too much waiting when you get home and not doing it too late so you are waiting for the dryer to finish before climbing into the car. It's also a great time to clean out the fridge. Eat leftovers so nothing goes bad while your going. plus tossing out the few things that were hidden in the back long forgotten. It's also making sure there's something to eat when you get home, so you're not stopping at the grocery store after spending hours and hours in a car.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">It's emptying all the garbage cans to make sure nothing is sitting around the house for very long. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">It's multiple trips up and down the stairs, good for exercise but makes me wish we had a garage and live on the first floor. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">It's also a good time to clean out the car... before filing it up and getting it dirty again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">It's amazing what needs to be done, whether your gone a few days or a couple of weeks. </span><br />
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laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-83591544262765234812013-06-24T12:51:00.002-06:002013-06-24T12:51:36.934-06:00air plant<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple;">This is our air plant. I bought it four years ago Valentine's Day for my husband, then my boyfriend. It did not like our place. 18 months ago we moved out into my parent's house for almost two months and then into our own apartment. the air plant continued to live in my parent's house under my mom's green thumb care... it started to thrive. Once in our apartment it continued to thrive. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">The smaller plant is one of the original plants of four years ago. The bigger plant with the colorful blooms is the new plant that grew in since moving to our apartment a year ago. there is also a new "pup" starting to grow. It's so exciting to see the changes in it. when we purchased it, it was slightly red but hasn't been since then. It has also never bloomed before either. I am so exited and love to watch it change every day. </span></div>
<br />laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-15471180682608173212013-06-17T14:00:00.003-06:002013-06-17T14:00:29.958-06:00summer<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;">Summer is here. There's no complaining about the heat and humidity... at least that's what I tell myself. I am loving taking my son to the park. We find so many wonderful things to do....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> I think we can also find some ways to keep cool. </span></div>
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<br />laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-66344150011134964222013-06-07T13:41:00.001-06:002013-06-07T13:41:51.788-06:00Ice cream<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red;">We have a tradition of visiting our favorite ice cream place in Land O'Lakes, WI for ice cream as often as we can during the summer. This year was my son's first trip to enjoy his own cone.
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<span style="color: red;">As you can see, he wasn't such a fan. We tried it a few times and a few different ways but had no luck. He normally like to eat ice cream...</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">He does like to have his picture taken... 2013</span></div>
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laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-21055123770964359412013-05-21T13:22:00.002-06:002013-05-21T13:22:21.163-06:00falcon...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #783f04;">A few weeks ago in the evening after bottle time but before bedtime, my husband happened to look out the window. it's there, in the tree. sure enough it was a falcon. joined shortly later by a second one with something in it's claw. Very cool! i grabbed my camera and tried to take a few pictures. One flew away but the second stayed to eat whatever it brought.
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<br />laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-16420991587057300772013-05-03T08:17:00.001-06:002013-05-03T08:17:10.511-06:00May<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #38761d;">May seems to have come so quickly. A couple of 80 degree days probably helped that transition but now we are back to spring, cool and rainy. We did get outside to enjoy the beautiful weather and all the beautiful trees in our neighborhood. I have no idea what kind of trees most of these are but they sure are nice to enjoy on a spring time walk. </span></div>
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<br />laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-5068065597022715922013-04-30T08:23:00.003-06:002013-04-30T08:24:15.824-06:00April...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;">April has been a super busy month for us. Not only has my son had a runny nose for most of the month, he is also transitioning from two naps to one, much to my dismay. I loved two naps. In the morning I could relax, shower, and drink coffee. The afternoon nap which was usually longer, I could get things done - laundry, cleaning, knitting, etc. It was great. Now not only is my son adjusting, so am I. not sure who's it harder on. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">We also celebrated my oldest nephew's birthday. 9 years old. wow! I was commissioned to make a cake... here it is...</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">He loves to play Angry Birds so I used that theme to decorate the cake. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"> He also loves sweets, so after being inspired by Pinterest, I made the cake a pinata cake. so much fun!</span></div>
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<br />laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-89496674458934549372013-04-01T09:43:00.006-06:002013-04-06T19:38:20.340-06:00Easter<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple;">Happy Easter! What a fun, busy day it was yesterday. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">After an amazing service at church, we headed to Mormor and Morfar's house for family, fun, and food. We started with an Easter egg hunt outside...</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">After fun outside and lots of pictures, we moved inside for another egg hunt...</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">After a wild egg hunt, morfar brought out the confetti eggs.... So much fun and what a mess!</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">We had so much fun with our visiting friends... family from Sweden. It was so wonderful. </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">We then said a few good-bye's and heading to Nana's house. For more craziness and Easter fun and food.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">What a wonderful day!</span></div>
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<br />laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-39156877292748950432013-03-26T08:54:00.002-06:002013-03-26T08:54:46.252-06:00Easter Egg Hunt<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;">Ah the brave souls... Well we tried to be. Last Saturday Amy, Tommy, Jack, Dillan, and I bundled up and headed down to Soldier Field for the 10th Annual Spring Egg-Stravaganza. We knew it was going to crazy busy and probably slightly chaotic but we went any way. It wasn't too cold. Ended up being mostly sunny despite the forecast. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">We got down there very early, which we found out not to be necessary. Inside we found so many wide open spaces to run around. Jack and Dillan had a blast. They ran in circles. They chased each other. They chased Tommy, or Amy, or me. So much fun. Great exercise and lots of fresh air. We mostly skipped the other activities to do - face painting, dancing, spin-the-wheel, giant slide, giant train, etc. there was quite a bit, if you didn't mind waiting in long lines. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">When the time came, we headed to the stands. Unfortunately we followed directions and sat in some seats. After a welcome and a few announcements, everyone went to line up. There were supposed to be age groups but judging from the kids running around on the field, that didn't happen. Sadly the section we were directed to was the furthest from any stairs down to the field. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">We waited, and waited, and waited... hardly moved after 40 minutes. 40 minutes of carrying a baby, wiggling, fussing, getting hungry (and trying to feed) with the crowd all around. Not fun. We decided that it was time to go. As we tried to turn around poor little Dillan spit up all over me and him. That sealed the deal, get out of here any way possible. We climbed over seats, said a lot of excuse me's and finally reached the top. We raced for the exit, I stopped to grab a couple eggs for the kids. A token that we were actually there since our Easter baskets went home empty. On our way back to the car, poor Jack lost it. A kind lady asked if he was ok. Amy replied yes but we didn't make it on to the field. She reached into her kid's basket and tossed a handful of things into Jack's basket. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. what a nice person! Jack perked up in the car as he sorted through his treasures. Dillan immediately crashed in his car seat. It was a quick exit but a mostly fun time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Next year, if we go. We'll know what to do.... not follow directions. </span><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Some times it's fun to be goofy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">Shortly after Dillan was born a "ex" relative made him a hat, sweater, and blanket set. it was really cute but quite big at the time. a year later it fits... so we had some fun trying them on.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I love to cook and bake. I wish I had more time and more room in my kitchen to do this. Hopefully once we move out of our current apartment, I'll have the space. Also my son will be older and able to entertain himself better... hopefully. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">A couple years ago I was introduced to "The Pioneer Woman" by a friend of a friend. She had made a several of her recipes and told me about them. I made a few of them and really enjoyed them. I had never explored her blog or even watched her TV show, until recently. I have to admit I struggled to see the "pioneer" in her pioneer woman. Yes, she lives in the middle of nowhere on a farm but she has the most fabulous kitchen. A dream kitchen of mine. When I think of pioneer, I think cooking and baking with everything you grow or hand-make, also probably using a wood-fire stove. I decided that even though she's not the pioneer I picture, I will still enjoy her recipes and watching her show... maybe do a bit of dreaming about her kitchen too. </span><br />
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laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-27071873921180635412013-03-08T10:08:00.002-06:002013-03-08T10:08:42.393-06:00Apartment - baby's room<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;">It wasn't hard to pick the room for our soon-to-be-born baby when we moved in...
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<span style="color: blue;">Not only was the room smaller, it had a nice border in the room perfect for a new baby. It also had two closets. Which was nice for storage but when the baby was sleeping, it made it hard to access what was in the closets... like toilet paper. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> We did add a few of our own touches with the existing nails. After trying to nail one nail in, shortly after moving in, and hearing the amount of dry wall crumbing, we decided it best to not try to nail any more. We used existing nails and holes in the walls to hang anything we wanted. The only bad thing about the baby's room is the fact that it opens directly into the kitchen. As Dillan becomes a better sleeper, I am becoming more comfortable about doing things in the kitchen. However I try to stay away from doing dishes... one crash and I'm sure he'll wake up. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">It's a little late in the season for snow but when we've gotten almost nothing to date, it's good to have several inches over the last few weeks. Better late than never... but as I always say, "I'd rather have snow in February and March than May and June." </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Dillan enjoys the snow. Now that his snowsuit fits better, he can move around more and have more fun. I built the snowman and Dillan attacked it.</span></div>
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laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-34739463430311807742013-02-26T14:40:00.000-06:002013-02-26T14:40:28.090-06:00SummitYou always hear phrases like "over the hill" and "it's all down hill from here". From everything I've heard over the years it sounds like tomorrow I reach the summit and then... I'll be over the hill.laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-6794425360113870842013-02-23T10:43:00.003-06:002013-02-23T10:43:59.494-06:00Apartment - Bathroom<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Probably the most unique place in our apartment is the bathroom. Words can hardly explain it. It was probably the height of fashion in the 1950's... maybe. It's a lovely shade of lavender and pale green. Including colored tiles on the wall and floor, which have been cleaned so many times the color is starting to fade. The inside of the bowl of the sink has been repainted at least twice that we can tell by the chipping that has occurred. There is only one towel rack... in the shower. There is a heater, which makes a nice towel warmer in the winter, and a window to let in some nice breeze when the weather is warm and keeps the shower cold in the winter. Our sage and clay colored towels really add to the warmth of the bathroom. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">I could hardly get a picture that would capture the real essence of the color of the bathroom. The worst part of the bathroom is you can spend 45 minutes cleaning and scrubbing it but it never looks clean. It's a bit depressing but you keep at it every week cause you know it's clean even if it doesn't look it. </span></div>
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laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-27637252913274213502013-02-15T10:42:00.000-06:002013-02-15T10:45:09.355-06:00Apartment - Living Room<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: lime;">Probably the best thing about the apartment is the living room. it's huge and spacious. 7 windows, that were replaced before we moved in, so we know they are nice and new. It gives Dillan a ton of space to run around and spread his toys all over the place. We are really lucky in that aspect. Even gabby our bird has her own corner to be part of the social-ness but without being in the way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">In addition to replacing the windows they kept the cool original stained-glass windows that were put in about 100 years ago when the building was built. there is also a nice built in curtain rod that I use to hang pictures. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: lime;">The </span></span><span style="color: lime;">windows were really nice at Christmas. I could put lights and ornaments in the windows. With the long radiator with wooden cover, Dillan was kept a safe distance from the decorations. </span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">We also had more than enough room for a large Christmas tree... and the gate to keep dillan from pulling all the ornaments off, without comprising too much of the play space. so nice. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">There's also this awesome fake fireplace for our stockings and some fun decorations. there is a plus in it if we had wanted to purchase an electrical wooden log set-up for the "real" fireplace affect. </span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">We would be so lucky if our next place could have such a large and spacious living room. Fortunately we spend most of our time there so we are getting great use of it. </span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">I won"t mention how the new windows seal up the place so well there is constant dew on the windows so we need to run a dehumidifier to keep the windows water free. it's not perfect but it's still the best place in the apartment. </span></div>
laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-33335517829580431282013-02-13T09:55:00.003-06:002013-02-13T09:55:46.055-06:00Apartment - Kitchen<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Normally the kitchen is a place I try to keep an open mind. I want a huge kitchen with lots of work space but that's rarely available. Our current kitchen is a decent size, however it's not laid out very well. There's only 2 1/2 feet of counter space. room for very little. The appliances are old, the burners on the stove are crooked, the refrigerator makes a ton of noise when it runs. We have our microwave on a butchers block table. we bought additional counter space with shelves for additional storage. My Kitchen Aid resides on that. however there is no outlet near it so I have to move the Kitchen Aid to use it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Fortunately we do have this fun shelf over the sink. I store some of my fun daily use stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Another super duper fortunately, is the pantry. We are so happy to have a pantry. We were afraid we were going to have to use the closed in pack porch for food storage. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Outside the kitchen is a closed in back porch that acts as storage right now. A lot so empty boxes as we wait for our next move. the empty boxes from the wonderful baby things we have gotten since Dillan was born. Plus several wedding gifts that we don't use on a daily basis and don't have room for in the pantry. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">What kitchen isn't complete without a wooden ironing board that folds out of the wall but not completely when it's too humid. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">The small kitchen was one of the things that I thought I could deal with for 6-9 months, i was wrong. but I'm still trying to work with it. I do a lot of preparing on the dining room table. When Dillan is sleeping, I take my Kitchen Aid into the living room and plug it into the wall and sit on the floor. yup! it is so time to move.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I've done my sharing of moving over the years. As a child I was lucky and didn't move at all. My parents still live in the same house that I was raised in. How special! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">After college I lived with my parents for a while until I had a job and could afford to move out. Since then i have lived in 5 different places. As i prepared to moved and looked at places, the amount of time I planned on living there definitely had an impact on some things that i wasn't fond of but could live with for a while. I always have a list of "must haves", "don't want", and "could live with". </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">In our most recent place, we thought we would be here 6-9 months, a year tops... well this week is 16 months at this apartment. way longer and the "could live with" things are driving me crazy. Yes there are some wonderful aspects to the apartment, however the things i thought I would only have to deal with for 6-9 months have worn out their welcome.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: orange;">A few more charms aspects of the place are the wonderful light fixtures...</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: orange;">we have sconces all over the place. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">This is the light in the dinning room, not exactly centered over our dining room table...</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">There are two matching sconces to the dining room light. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: orange;">Most of these we hardly use. We brought a couple lamps with us with softer more inviting light. In each bedroom there are lights and ceiling fans. A definitely plus especially living on the second floor in the summer.</span> </span></div>
laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-81095060718086284512013-02-11T14:12:00.003-06:002013-02-11T14:12:52.764-06:00After the weekend...Mondays are never good even when a weekend was less than stellar. But it's always better than any week day.<br />
Four out of the last five days I've had broccoli as part of a meal. I don't like broccoli but as part of a decision my husband and I made before we were married, we decided to eat better, it's starting to become part of our diet. I'm not just talking about eating out less, or skipping take-out, or eliminating fried foods. Neither of us did much of that. It's more about learning to eat new and healthier foods. Brown or wild rice. Quinoa. Salmon, talipot, mahi mahi. Vegetables. Things like that. Over the years we have added all of that to our diets, vegetables including bell peppers and asparagus. With our baby son, we are adding even more as he tries new foods too. Avocados, sweet potatoes, butter nut squash. My husband and son have taken a quicker liking to these foods than me. I've also added broccoli, which Steve's already likes, to my list of foods to work on. It's amazing how my taste buds have changed over the years. Things I eat now I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole when I was younger and vice verses. I guess you are always changing and growing, even if you don't realize it.laohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171160939586944109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755994321824906274.post-28259391972127002552013-02-07T10:17:00.000-06:002013-02-07T10:17:15.105-06:00February 7<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: lime;">As I sit here listening to my son talk over the monitor, I am praying that he is not phasing out morning naps. He's only been in a good morning/afternoon napping schedule for a few months. I'm not ready to give it up yet. I am learning how hard he can sleep. He loves to sleep on his stomach with butt up in the air. sometimes under the blanket, sometimes on top of the blanket, and sometimes the opposite end of the crib of his blanket. If he is sound out, I can go into his room and put away clothes with a small light on. Or rummage through one of the two storage closets in his room. This is very helpful information, however I am still nervous to do dishes in the kitchen (right off his bedroom) while he sleeps. one wrong move and... CRASH! </span></div>
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