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What We’ve Been Working On

I’ve been cracking the whip more than usual lately. What’s new right?
Here’s some photos of what we’ve accomplished so far:
The duck wallborder that went around the middle of the entire living room was removed (horrible task) and the ceiling and walls were painted. Most of the stuff shown in the photos was already on [...]

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Ashley’s Room

Here are photos of Ashley’s room makeover:
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That was her nursery wallborder, way before I embraced the color pink.

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Painting, Projects & Parenting

I still need to write about Easter Sunday and Monday.  Don’t know when.
I would like to post more, but I’m actually swamped with work at work and at home.  My boss showed up at 9:30 a.m. yesterday and almost gave me a heart attack.  He never gets there before 10:30 a.m.  Clients all day long [...]

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Pergo Project

Finally, after 10+ years, the vinyl is gone. 
Dan replaced the old vinyl floor with Pergo.  He did the hallway, the dining room and the kitchen.  He did a pretty good job for a novice.  Saved a lot of coin too.  He can be a huge pain in the butt, but he is handy.

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Wordless Wednesday – First Day of School

Today Ashley started first grade and Morgan started PreK.  Big day for both girls.

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Wordless Wednesday – The Cherry Bandit

Remember the cherry photo from two weeks ago?  I thought I just had to worry about the birds.  They had competition this year.

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Wordless Wednesday – From Year to Year

June 14, 2006

June 18, 2007

I’m dreading it, but I guess I will be shuffling things around next year.  Plants are like children – manageable in infancy only

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Wordless Wednesday – Family Time

These photos are from last Saturday.

 

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Wordless Wednesday – Smuggling A Torpedo

July 2003 - 8 months preggers with Morgan.  I was gargantuan! 
It’s okay, feel free to comment on my substantial girth

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Overscheduled & Overwhelmed

There has been no let up these past few days.  I need a break dear Lord!

Last Friday, Ashley invited me to her school for a Mother’s Day Tea.  I left work early and drove to her school.  They had pictures for us and cookies and iced tea.  Lemonade for the kiddos.  They also had made [...]

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