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The Moment I Became a Parent…

Here is the next in the 30 Things series…. How did you feel the moment you became a parent? I can remember it like it was yesterday. Everything, the whole experience. The waiting until I found out I...

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One Extra Kid

This week my sister was away for business (lucky duck went to California!), so I was watching her son. First of all, I LOVE having him during the week. Its kind of fun for him and Elijah to have a...

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What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?

This is the next for the series of 30 things my kid should know about me. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now? This is an easy one this time. Couldn’t resist that puppy face 1.)...

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If you could have three wishes, what would you wish for?

You guessed it- another 30 Things post. I was technically supposed to get these done in 30 days, and I don’t think is going to happen. I’m going to have to jump into overdrive if I want to get these...

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What’s your favorite and least favorite thing about parenthood?

This next question is a bit harder to answer than the previous ones. My favorite thing about parenthood is watching Elijah grow up into an amazing young man. Sometimes he makes me want to rip out my...

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Describe a typical day in your current life.

Well I’m afraid that this is going to be quite the boring post. My life is quite a snoozefest, and rarely do we do anything exciting. If it’s a weekday, this is how it goes. I’m awake by 5:45, out the...

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Open House at the Sheriff’s Office

This past weekend was a great one. I haven’t been feeling up to par for the last several days, and so this weekend mostly consisted of laziness and TV watching. It was great.  Our church celebrated...

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Friday Wrap-up

Well, today was the one day I was dreading; week 5, day 3 in Couch to 5K. It’s the big jump from 8 min of running, to 20 min. I think I sabotaged my run this morning. I couldn’t get past the time- it’s...

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Where a kid can be a kid…

This weekend my sister had a birthday party for my niece at Chuck E. Cheese. It’s been a loooong time since I have been there, and I’m not gonna lie, I was dreading it just a little bit. The noise, the...

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Alone in a crowded room…

Do you ever feel like you are alone, even when you are surrounded by people? Sometimes even friends and family? It’s no secret that I have struggled with depression for years. For a short time I was on...

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Where the heck have I been??

Not blogging, that’s for sure. There might be some people who have wondered why I haven’t been posting much lately. And to those four people I apologize for being MIA the last few weeks. I worked from...

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Color Me Rad 5k

It seems I’ve been missing in action again. I’ve been busy with Elijah, work, life, and other things, and finding the time to write has been really difficult. I am truly going to try and make more of...

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Football Season Again

It’s football season again. Which means that the majority of my nights are now comprised of sitting at the practice fields for two hours and watching a bunch of sweaty boys tackle each other and chase...

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A world of hurt

This post is not going to be a lighthearted happy go lucky post. So if that’s what you are looking for, I suggest you just keep moving. While I do try to keep things ‘family friendly’ here, this blog...

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Middle School baby…

Tuesday was E’s first day back at school. 6th grade. Middle school. That was hard for me to swallow. I really surprised myself because I didn’t cry as he was walking with his friends down to the bus...

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9/11… 12 Years Later

I know that there is not one person who doesn’t remember exactly what it felt like every single moment of that day 12 years ago. It was some of the most gut-wrenching, sorrow-filled, and absolute...

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Trying to find the light…

I’m trying…. So it’s been a little over a month since I realized that I was fighting a losing battle within myself. A battle I’ve been fighting for months upon months, losing myself a little more each...

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Football under the lights…

So this weekend was E’s first football game at night, where he officially got to play “under the lights”. He was so excited for that game. Unfortunately it rained most of the overnight on Friday, and...

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It’s been a while, but I am still here

So I knew that it has been quite some time since I posted on my blog, but I didn’t realize it has been almost a month! That’s a long time. Part of it has been the fact that we have been so busy....

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I’m slacking again…

Argh! I’ve been so busy lately that I’ve been neglecting my blog again- sorry to my 3 faithful followers Work has been picking up (I got a ‘promotion’ of sorts- go me!), the busy holiday season is...

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