I had the news on the other day and it showed a picture of John McCain and his children, some from his previous wife and some with Cindy.  It reminded me of a funny story!
When we moved to Kentucky, Chad was 9 and in the 4th grade.  At the first PTO meeting, they had notes [...]

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Do you ever wonder how “things” got started and question why we continue to do things . . because that’s how we’ve always done them??
One of the comments about the representative’s visit questioned whether it was rude to visit without calling ahead.  It’s all in how you were raised and what you were taught.  Because [...]

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I may be just a bit prejudiced but I think this is the cutest family!  They have 3 girls and the baby (almost 10 months) is a boy.  Not sure what Kristy is doing to the back of #2’s shirt.

This picture was taken Friday night not long after I got to mom’s.  The kids had [...]

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This picture was taken . . hmm, I don’t know where or when this picture was taken but I think it was taken shortly after we got married or shortly after Chad and I moved to Kentucky. It looks kinda like my sofa behind us but I never had curtains like that. And, [...]

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It’s been 2 years today since my nephew’s accident.  I said to myself earlier that I wasn’t going to mention it on here but part of me feels like I have to do it.  A couple of months ago, I would’ve sworn to myself that it’s been 3 years.  Then when I realized it had [...]

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Just the Boys

They’re tired, they’re dirty (very dirty) and they’ve been wet!  There ended up being 8 boys and 2 girls (that’s the story I got).  When they got the weather forecast for last night, one group of them left and the girls were in that group.  One of the boys said “they caught the [...]

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Some of the Campers

Chad has been so hyped about this camping trip. It’s actually a three night trip instead of a two night trip. I guess I never thought to ask but just assumed a camping trip would involve all boys. Wrong! They’re picking up another boy on the way [...]

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I must be the world’s worst laptop owner. My poor Toshiba seems to be history. Back in July, 04 I bought a Compaq laptop and it lasted til December, 05. Thank goodness I had an extended warranty because it did something bad. Can’t remember what exactly happened but I blogged about [...]

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Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - 37 yards
Net Yards To Go - 113 yards
Well, if things are going according to schedule, this post should appear Friday evening. I’ve probably done all the damage I can do in Paducah. Hopefully some of my friends came by to [...]

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Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - 26 yards
Net Yards To Go - 124 yards
Not that I ever feel the need to explain my parenting skills (or lack thereof) but just to set the record straight — we do have rules, we will always have rules and there’s not [...]

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