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In the newsI hate the news. I tend to be a general tv-hater anyways, but I despise the news. I hate local news, national news, celebrity "news", any type of news whatsoever.To me, no news is good news. How then did I end up in a family of tv/media junkies?My family loves the news,they would have it on 24/7 if I would let them. We'd watch the morning news, the noon news, the 5 o'clock news, the

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Sunday ScribblingsDeepest, DarkestI don't tell anyone my deepest, darkest secrets.I don't tell anyone my deepest darkest fears.I don't tell anyone my deepest darkest hopes.I don't tell anyone my deepest darkest dreams.I don't tell anyone my deepest,darkest thoughts.I don't tell anyone much at all.I wonder if they really knew what went rattling through my brain most days what would they think of

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Its my oldest sons birthday!!!!(really, it is!)He turns 18 today!! EIGHTEEN!I can't believe he's 18. I can't believe I am the mother of an 18 year old. I'm just not old enough for this yet! LOL! I was 18 when he was born, now he's 18. Time just flies!!Here he is, the day we brought him home from the hospital. Now he's all big and tall and hairy! LOL!! Still cute as a bug and still as sweet as

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This was what I wore Friday (above).This is what I have on today. I really liked how this went together. I read somewhere to put together an outfit using "threes", rather than just a skirt and shirt you should add one more item, shirt,skirt and sweater. Adding that 3rd element makes it look more put together than just the 2 items. Today is the first I've tried this and I really like how it

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'Twas a slow thrifting day yesterday.You all are probably going to laugh at this, but I love it. Pure,vintage thrift! Do you know how much something like this sells for on Ebay? Around $10 + shipping. I got it for $2.99. Its in mint condition, I don't think its ever been worn and its got to be as old as I am (vintage 70's LOL). It totally reminds me of something my mom or maybe my grandma

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Its a rather boring outfit today, favorite jean skirt and a basic black long-sleeve tee. I was looking at it thinking "How can I make this prettier and more fun?"TA-DA!!I love these shoes! Just love them! I don't wear them often, but I should. I really love how the socks repeat not only the color of the shoes, but also the flowers. Fun,fun,fun!I also took the effort to comb my hair back into a

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1. Get my sewing room set up2. Pick out fabric and at least start sewing a new dress3. Smile more. Smile more. Smile more.I'm so bad at this. You would not believe how my husband and sons respond if I make the effort to grin at them.4. Watch "I Love Lucy" daily, as inspiration for beautiful, feminine, vintage dressing! :)5. Remember to wear my new aprons when doing housework.(my mom bought me 2

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My mom could have choked to death last night in the hotel room.It was about 11pm, we had brought some snacks up to the hotel room and were eating and talking and getting ready to go down the stairs and get some ice from the ice machine for our drinks and then we would settle in, watch the late news and go to bed. My mom was eating Triscuts as we were just about to open our room door and walk out

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Bought 2 more vintage patterns off of Ebay. This is getting addictive! Fortunately, they are not expensive. I think I paid $5 a piece, that's including shipping.How cute is this? I don't know which version I like better, the slim or the full. I'll just have to make both!Love the long robe! Love, love,love it. I am a robe-addict! Do you know how hard it is to find a nice, loooooong robe in

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I've not posted since Monday because we've been dealing with an event here that has knocked the wind out of me for the past couple of days.My husband was in the running for a different job within the company that he works for. He had his interview Monday afternoon and came home so positive and upbeat and feeling really,really good that he would get it.This was the break that we all were praying

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Cost analysis-Chicken thighs and legs 3 packages @ $1.30/pkg=$3.90Apricot Glaze (jar of apricot preserves $1.69+bottle of Western Dressing $1.97+1 envelope dry onion soup mix .40= $4.06. I should have only used 1/2 of preserves and dressing, live and learn!)1 bag of frozen stir-fry veggies .79Rice- I'm going to just say the rice cost .25. because that will give me a nice even grand total amount.

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I'm running behind, as usual. Here is what we had for supper Sunday night (last night)-Pizzas- on sale $4/$10(1 cheese, 1 supreme, 2 4-meat)Salad- .79 (aldis)Total $10.79Cost per person $2.16I know I could go ahead and make pizzas from scratch for less money and they'd probably be healthier too. I could, but I don't. Frozen pizzas and salad is one of my super-quick-and-easy meals that I like

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I won my very first auction on Ebay tonight. I bought this little number.This is my first venture in to vintage pattern sewing. We shall see how it goes. I'm a little worried that I'm in over my head. I can sew, I've sewn several simple dresses, a couple of baby quilts and when my boys were babies and toddlers I used to sew some of their clothes. This is certainly the most complex patterns

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Corned Beef-$6.63Cabbage-$2.29Red Potatoes-$2.45Carrots-.99Meal Total-$10.27Cost per person-$2.54I had lots of veggies left over, I could have gotten away with only making half of them. That would have taken the price down quite a bit. Ah well, live and learn. Now what to do with the recycled veggies! :)Goodwill had half-price Saturday today. I bought 9 new shirts, 2 jumpers and 2 skirts for

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Inspired by the Iron Chef Moms challenge running all this past week at Like Merchant Ships and MotherLoad, I decided I am going to spend the next couple of days doing my own cost analysis on my family's supper dishes.Tonight wasFish AlmondineBlack Bean CompoteButtered NoodlesIt came to approximately $10.75, that fed the 5 of us, full. With leftovers. I have a couple of fillets left that I'm

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This chair was priced $14.99 at the thrift store. The manager marked it down an extra 25% because I was taking it with me. I may try my hand at reupholstering it this summer. Although I do like it the way it is now, nice and vintage-y. Its going to be my "prayer chair". I finally have a corner in my bedroom where I can put this chair, a small table and lamp and use it to sit at to pray or

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After 2 days of near 70 degree temps, windows open and not having to wear coats, we awoke to SNOW on the ground this morning.Ahhhh, spring in the Midwest.I finished my crochet ripple afghan a week or so ago. (Its the colorful one on the right.) I started a new one (the one on the right), its for my doggy-girl.Go ahead, chuckle. I deserve it. Yes, I am not only crocheting a blanket for my

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Why there is a Qtip laying on my sofa in between the two dogs, I do not know.The cats are sisters. We rescued them from a barn when they were only a couple of days old. The farmers kids were throwing them against the wall. We were supposed to find homes for them once they got big enough to leave their mother. That was 5 years ago. :\Cats, from left to right, Lily, Rosy, Violet.I'm much more of

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I love this shirt. I found it last week at Christopher & Banks. It was on the marked-down racks plus they were having another 20% of already reduced prices, so I ended up paying something like $7.99 for a $35 shirt! Something about the collar and cuffs just make it look so smart and crisp.I'm wearing jeans today. As much as I adore to wear skirts, I don't feel the need to do it 100% of the

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Meredith over at Like Merchants Ships is having an "Iron Chefs Moms" challenge this week!She and Amy from MotherLoadare having a friendly lil' grocery challenge this week.Be sure to go check it out!I'll be watching this battle with interest.I'm a big fan of Aldis. I do the bulk of my weekly shopping there. I also "cherry-pick" (purchase sale items from other grocery stores), mostly for meat.

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My sons and a few other homeschoolers met last night to see about forming a team to compete in "Botball". Problems was that we had to come up with the $2300 registration fee by THIS Friday in order to do so.Hmmmmm.We all decided that we would go home and pray about it and see what God would do and we would just buy parts and build our own robot this year, not go to the competition this year but

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As part of my participation in the "Living Lives of Loveliness Week", I proposed to post my clothing choices each day. Monday and Tuesday were lovely. I put forth much more effort than I usually would, knowing that my gentle viewers (all 3 of you, not including my sister) would be viewing my wardrobe. It was fun, it was lovely. I looked nice and even felt pretty.Not so today.Today is just one

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Whenever Emma over atCharming the Birds from the Treeshosts a Commitment to Loveliness week, I join in!Here is my list of 5 things I will work on this week in order to bring more beauty and femininity into my realm:1. Take better care of my hands and nails.I need a manicure and I think I'll have my nails polished with a pretty pink polish.2. Lotion,lotion,lotion.My heels and hands are a mess from

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Some pictures of my Ripple Stitch afghan. I'm not in love with the colors or the stitches.It is very fluffy and soft though.I'm using Caron's Simply Soft. I'd love to be able to make it in wool, but there is just no way I could afford it. :( The Caron's is pretty nice though even for being acrylic. Its not bad to crochet with. I've knitted with it and I hated it. It split like mad,

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I made this blog mostly so I can comment on a few other blogger blogs that I like to read. I am thinking I will start keeping my daily blog here too. I have another blog elsewhere. The problem with it is that I have several people who know me in real life reading it. THAT was a big mistake on my part. I don't enjoy writing as much if I know someone who really knows me is reading it.So, I

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seeing how this works

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