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ADOPTION ~ introducing our beautiful monkey girl!

Eight years ago plus one day, we sat in an orphanage office half way around the world awaiting the arrival of our two new daughters.. sophie rain twerk   Today is our youngest daughter's ninth birthday. Time flew by so fast in between these two occurences in my life it's unbelievable! It seems like yesterday that […]

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PICTURES ARE THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL ~ of the family!

laura san giacomo nude BigDickNickPPV I LOVE using old and discarded things as creative decorations.    I also LOVE pictures. I love creating photo albums, cool photo gallery walls, unique pictures inside cool frames.    So when I see an AWESOME picture frame like this Source I copy, copy, copy!!!!     On one of my […]

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BANANA PUDDING ~ a yummy dessert for the holiday weekend

This Memorial Day weekend, I am blessed to have the whole gang home. This is my absolute favorite time EVER!   For the holiday, I made a yummy dessert the LOML has been begging for.   BANANA PUDDING   INGREDIENTS   1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1 (14 ounces) can of sweetened condensed milk […]

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DIAPER WREATH ~ I’m goin’ to a baby shower!!

Having a baby is one of the most exciting times in a girl's life! For all her friends, the shower is a way to celebrate this exciting time.   I have a dear friend…she's Daughter #1's fourth grade teacher. She was also Son #3 & Son #4's teacher, too. She is expecting her first baby. I think […]

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CONTINUATION OF CLOSING UP THE TV NICHE

We've been so busy lately that our fireplace mantel project has been stuck looking like this FOREVER!!!!!! So this weekend, the LOML mudded it and me and Son #3 sanded it….TWICE! My arms are killing me! There was a thick layer of dried mud on everything! YUCK!      I painted the space with two coats […]

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A FAMILY ROOM DISASTER! ~ but all the lights work!

Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own home??   My family room looks like a tornado ran through it, picked everything up, then spit it back into my family room. AAAHHHHH!! What really came through was Charlie, the electrician from CJS Electric Company here in Raleigh, NC. We hired him to put […]