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**waiting on TPR.
**don’t know when I’ll get a chance to blog next; hopefully soon; lots to share.
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Well.  It’s over.  And I’m tired.   Just the highlights, though I was pretty busy throughout the party and didn’t really start shooting until after my birthday girl had been playing all day.

{is it me or is daddy more surprised than she is?  ;p}

{cake!}

{my baby and me}

{the next day  ::  showing off her skating skills - [...]

Proof positive that my husband is the best ever.
The note that came with my Valentine’s Day flowers:
You will always be
my dream woman,
my best friend,
my deepest love,
My fairy tale.
~Just me (Tah Dah!)
I have a book in my library that my husband gave to me four or five years ago that contains all the love emails he [...]

Harlequin romance is celebrating 60 years and if you click on “My Story” you can answer some questions and it will generate a love story for you.

Wealthy Tycoon Steven never thought his morning jog in the Australian Outback would draw him into a ring of cold-blooded killers. Or that one of the murder suspects would [...]

I keep waiting for the floor to just completely disappear underneath us.  Well, no, that was a little dramatic.  Truth be told, my family has been extremely lucky throughout this whole economic crisis thing.
It’s just gotten to the point of heartbreaking.  Every time I turn around someone we know, someone we love is having to [...]

Chloe’s turning 5 very soon.  I know I’ve probably mentioned that quite a few times.  It just seems like such a huge milestone.  FIVE.  The number looks so damn big, but she still looks like my little baby.  Well, except that she’s reading.  And adding.  And choosing and changing her own clothes.  And brushing her [...]

Oh, my little hapa girl.  I love you more than words can say, but I have some bad news. 
You see, some things happened and well, I won’t be buying ANY merchandise associated with Hannah Montana any longer.  I know, this must be devastating, but I make no apologies for it.  At first it will be [...]

Welcome.  Sorry to those of you that have to update links and bloglines and such.  I plan on staying here for a while, if that helps any.  In the meantime, I’ll be doing blog housekeeping, trying to make it look nice around here.  ;p
And completely off topic:
Chloe:  I have a school boyfriend.
Daddy:  Oh!
Chloe:  uh-huh.
Daddy:  What’s [...]

You’re sitting in your car, driving to work, talking to your husband about school picture day.  The radio is on and you’re only half listening.  A commericial for a dating site comes on when you think you hear:
 
Are you in a relationship and need something more?
 
“Did she just say what I *think* she said?” - that [...]