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  • In my neck of the woods November and December decided to switch places, weather wise. I'm not complaining because I have a TON of yard work to do and winter doesn't officially start for another week. At that time I'll be happy for the snow, so we can have a white Christmas!
  • It would be nice if we had a grass/leaf collector on our lawn mower. Our yard is the size that raking everything is a daunting task, even though I have had months to do it.
  • Despite the fact that I had pictures for our Christmas card earlier than any other year they may be sent out later than any other year.
  • Even though my girls have perfectly good beds they have slept in the blanket closet the last two nights. I put the blankets back today and now they are wondering where they are going to sleep.
  • After roughly four years and who knows how many ideas/plans, we have finally come up with "the best plan yet" and think it might be a keeper and we are ready to get the basement refinished.
  • It's nice to have family that does construction stuff because they can talk you out of ideas that will end up costing you a lot of extra money and help you come up with ideas that use the space and your money more efficiently.
  • We have lots of clothes, especially the girls, and I really need to get caught up on my laundry.
  • I felt like Scrooge the other day when one of my daughters started reading off her Christmas wish list and I said "no way" to four of the things she ask for with out even thinking- an i pod, a wii, a DS, and a hamster.
  • I don't like video games and I would be happy if we never had them, but know I my have to eat those words one day.
  • We moved our t.v. down stairs a week or so ago, and haven't hooked it back up yet and I like it! I'm liking this 'thinking out side the box' thing!
  • The day after I told my daughter, "no" to the hamster and explained that we have enough animals and need to better care for them before we get more, we got two kittens.
  • I'm a sucker.
  • When I talked to my husband about taking our girls to see The Nutcracker, he responded in true male fashion by saying," Isn't that a ballet?" while giving a look of shear torture and displeasure!
  • I 'm smitten with my little boy and love my girls!
  • I love my husband!

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kj said…
I'm smitten with your baby boy too! And you have very lovable daughters. What a great family!
December 15, 2010 at 3:56 PM
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