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Cut My Loser Fingers

Posted on Feb 8, 2012

Cut My Loser Fingers

Ever done something dumb? Really? Because you all seem so smart!!  :grin Last Night while dropping the tomato paste into the spaghetti sauce I got stupid. ( we don’t normally say stupid around here, taught the boys it was a swear word when they were bitty) so when I say it! I mean it. The paste was dropping just fine, you know how this is done…cut both the top lid and bottom lid off and the stuff slides right out…kerplop! I don’t know what I was thinking other than I didn’t...

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Enchantingly Creepy: LIFE Magazine Looks Back

Posted on Feb 7, 2012

Enchantingly Creepy: LIFE Magazine Looks Back

    http://life.time.com/curiosities/a-squirrels-guide-to-fashion/#1   Thank you Rosie for sending this! I was both giggly enchanted and slightly standoff-ish due to the creep factor. I am still wondering why Tommy The Squirrel dressed in ladies clothes? What made Mrs. Bullis think dresses were the thing? Did she only have mad dress making skills? …were trousers a work of mystery? Either way I am choosing to be enchanted. Thanks Honeybun Master!...

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Nathan Braces Off!

Posted on Jan 27, 2012

Nathan Braces Off!

Monday Nate got his braces off. To toot his horn a bit… he was released an entire year early because of great hygiene and the use of a new kind of appliance called Damon Braces. Dillon had them too and he was released 6 months early. Nathan’s work was more extensive than Dillon’s so the both did very well! We are relieved its all over except for the retaining phase and we LUB and highly recommend our Orthodontists Dr. Penny and Dr. Hall of Weatherford, TX. I couldn’t find a complaint...

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Jack Fixed Lights! WHOOT!

Posted on Jan 27, 2012

Jack Fixed Lights! WHOOT!

The light in the laundry room has not worked in over a year. It just went out one day and since the roof leaked in that area we attributed it to that. We fixed that section of roof and Jack got ready to fix the light in there on Sunday. Jack got the “bright” idea to switch the old light fixture in the kitchen with a new light we have been oogling and use the old kitchen light fixture in the Laundry Room…which is no longer the laundry room since we moved those appliances …Tool Room? I...

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Pie Treat!

Posted on Jan 27, 2012

Pie Treat!

Treated myself to an apple pie at that fast food joint we all know. A reward for not being a big baby and stopping the whole Squirrel Dome Clearing on Saturday when I got tired and wanted to quit. I could have easily done it and my men would have carried me like a football HERO to the house, but alas the punishment continued until it was all cleared.  In case you are wondering There is no such thing as bad pie! Okay that is not true. Sugar-free Blueberry pie ( saccharin) with...

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Rosie Knows!

Posted on Jan 19, 2012

Rosie Knows!

  My Dear Friend Rosemary is always on the look out for the things I love. Pie. Recipes of Cake for my Nathan, Squirrel Videos and of course, Ted the Porcupine, now she sent me this because she knows how much I love acoustic guitar. Thank you Rosie! I am embarrassed to admit I had not heard of these two before. I am now a fan! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-qgum7hFXk  Play it again! WHOOT! Happy...

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Happy 306 Benji!

Posted on Jan 17, 2012

Happy 306 Benji!

My Hero, Ben Franklin would be 306 years old today. His advice is as sound today as it was in the days he wrote it. Maybe you know some of these? But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Eat to live, and not live to eat. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Lie down with Dogs,  rise up with Fleas. God helps them that help themselves. A penny saved is a penny earned. Little strokes, Fell great oaks. An ounce of prevention...

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