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Doubt it. Not with mischievous munchkins like this one running around. But it won’t be for lack of Barkeeper’s Friend. After all the chatter about BKF on this post, look at the ginormous gift basket arrived today!! .. Did you even know that Barkeeper’s Friend even made this many products? I sure didn’t! Thanks...
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I’ve been thinking about Christmas. And privilege. And need. And I have a question for you. Would you be disappointed if someone who regularly gave you a gift this year chose to give you chickens or rabbits? Tell me honestly. Would you be pleased– or inside would you feel a teensy bit disappointed to...
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0- the number of pictures I’ve been able to view lately on blogspot blogs. Heidi, Shawnda, Shana, and others–why are your pictures not showing up, peeps? To make it more upsetting, Shana currently has nursery pictures and Shawnda has a NEW baby! I must see photos! 2- the number of books I’ve bought on...
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…by typing “my toddler ate animal poop”– Mine too. Today. Guinea pig. Seems healthy enough so far. How about yours?
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This evening after dinner I discovered boatloads of crumbs under the 4 year old’s chair. I told her she’d better come clean up after herself. One of the 8 year olds came over to survey the damage and nodded knowingly. “This looks just like her room,” he said. “No, it does not!” shouted the...
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Yup. S’truth. I’ve been holding out on you. In August I got a tattoo. Go see Daring Young Mom for more tastefully decorated peeps!
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This afternoon, one after another, all 4 little kids paraded into the house, proudly carrying handfuls of flowers for mommy.  Our chrysanthemum bushes are doing their valiant best to give us the last blooms of the season, and as child after child presented me with ever-more of my bushes, I became increasingly concerned for the welfare...
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Do you have a porcelain sink that keeps getting black rub marks on it and you scrub like the dickens and STILL can’t get that black yuck off and it looks so bad that your hubby keeps threatening to buy a STAINLESS steel sink which you happen to hate the look of and what you really...
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Here’s what happens when your 12 year old brother is commissioned to help you put away your dollies. When I asked my 4 year old if we should take them down, she said, “No, they think it’s fun up there!” Alrighty then.
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