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Shared with me from a dear friend, compliments of Louise Hay:
“I easily release that which I no longer need.  The past is over and I am free.”

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I have a new on-line friend these days.  Her name is Katie and she just had a baby boy with Down syndrome.  As it so happens, she’s also the neighbor of my in-laws.
She emailed me today, asking whether or not I breast fed Ava and how did it go?  Did I have any tricks up [...]

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…so why is it so freaking busy?!  I mean, come on.  We all talk about cheer and joy and wishes for a happy and healthy new year.  Things I really enjoy and really do hope for.  And then that little thing called time comes a-knockin’ on my door and whoop!  I just turn crazy.
Just this [...]

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Ava has decided to be better today.  She hasn’t hit me once!

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Dearie me.  This has been a doozie of a week for me emotionally.  The Little Miss seems to be at an all time high (just thought of the song “We’re an All Time High” from a James Bond movie when I wrote that, um, excuse the interruption, but I bet it’s in your head now) [...]

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So I joined Facebook earlier this week and let me just say, I haven’t been quite this addicted in a LONG time.  It’s really pretty strange–pretty much everyone, and I mean everyone, that I’ve thought about in the last 20 years is on there.  Absolutely crazy.  And so I can “invite” them to be my [...]

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While on our recent trip to Illinois, we went to the Antique Tractor Festival, complete with tractor pull contest (my first), in Oblong, IL.  Yes, Oblong, Illinois, is the only Oblong.  The playground at the county fairgrounds actually had 2 old-style merry-go-rounds.  Those things still go really fast!
A good time was had by all.  Oh, and ideas began….  (Click [...]

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This acronym has been used in my family of late, most recently to describe my nephew’s arrival at college.  It is also very appropriate for the little man in our family.
After a lot of transition last year, Reid certainly had a few days in kindergarten that were less than stellar.  So at the start of [...]

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She did it, she did it, she did it!  Ava pooped for the first time in the potty!  I’m gleeful!
Tonight, as I was helping her get ready for bed, she got that sure look on her face.  ”A big one is coming, Mom,” she might have said.  It’s unmistakable when she has to go, and [...]

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