What's New? We have had a very busy couple of weeks and blogging has pretty much been put on the back burner. Here are just a few of the reasons I haven't posted a week in review post in 3 weeks. Two Saturdays ago we went to the state fair to see ...

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What's New? This week marked the end of my first year of parenting a teenager. I remember feeling a very slight sense of worry when my oldest turned 13 last year. Would I be able to parent a teenager and a toddler at the same time? Would my ...

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What's New? I'm a day late posting this because we had some strong storms sweep through the area yesterday and I kept the computer off most of the day. Last Saturday I told you about getting ready for the fair. I am very proud of how hard Julia ...

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What's New? This week has been a flurry of activity as we have tried to finish all of Julia and James' 4-H projects. On Thursday night Julia was judged on modeling her outfit that she made in the fashion revue. She did a great job and was reserve ...

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What's New? Well, this has been an interesting week. Just when I thought my garden couldn't be any more pathetic and flooded, we got a ton of rain on Monday. This is how my garden looked most of the week. It has looked so pathetic that I ...

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What's New? The story of this week was all of the rain we received. I think the word was we got about 7 inches. If you read my garden post on Thursday then you can see evidence of all of that rain. At this time last year we were in the middle ...

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What's New? After such a busy week last week, this week was much calmer. We did get out a few times to run errands, go to cross country conditioning, and go to the library. We also got to visit my husband at work on Thursday and eat lunch with ...

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