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I'm not afraid, to take a stand.

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Which one's the birthday boy, she said. I ain't got all night.

Luckily, I get to start my vacation with not one, but two birthdays...Happy birthday, Jimmy!Thank you for everything - I'm so, so, so lucky 3>

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We'll keep movin' on, we're movin' up, keep movin' on

On Friday, I moved.I loved my apartment - it was all mine and I loved it. I put a lot of work into (and even more that I never wrote about.) It looked like me. And even though my neighbors were less...

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If we were kids...

I know I just did one of these, but she's been saying so many funny things, I just had to record them!Talking about fireworks: I don't like the mouses that squeak in the sky. The frogs are ok though....

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All I do is win, win, win no matter what.

I've had mixed results with Pinterest - most of the recipes I've made have been pretty good, but there was that one pretty epic fail.For my next project, I decided to try something basically...

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Guess who's back, back again?

Well, I'm back from my first official vacation.11 days off in a row.It was not easy to get up for work after that, believe you me.But, it had to be done, so I'm doing it. And soon, I'll recap our...

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Baby, oh, you're a birthday girl tonight

Our first day of vacation started with Jimmy's daughter birthday which was a pretty great way to start!Him and I stayed up the night before wrapping gifts, decorating and getting balloons for the next...

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But there's a light on in Chicago, and I know I should be home

Jimmy's dad lives right outside of Chicago, so we decided to take his daughter down there for her birthday and to visit with his dad. She was so excited - she talked about it non-stop pretty much all...

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Drove to Chicago, all things know, all things know

Once we got to Navy Pier, we stopped at the Billy Goat to get some food - Jimmy was so excited! He's been talking about going to the Bill Goat for months! After we got a cheezborger and some cheeps, we...

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I do it for Chicago.

The birthday girl only had one request for her birthday dinner so of course, we indulged while we were in Chicago...and she wanted crab.And not only did she want to eat, she wanted to break it apart...

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Through winter snow, the scarf's a flyin.

A few weeks ago, I signed up for a Scarf Swap organized by Meredith at The Tichnor Family. She's done it for a few years , and this is the second year I've participated (though only the first time I've...

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Go to Mr. Jelly Bean

My one request while we were in Chicago, was a Chicago-style hot dog, so on Sunday morning we got up and went to get lunch...before heading off on our next adventure... to the Jelly Belly Factory! None...

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First day of school and I'm prepared

We were only able to spend the weekend in Chicago because we had to be back in town for the first day of school!I found a printable and had a little photo shoot with her before we left for the...

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Today's the day I'm going camping

When I first scheduled my vacation, I was honestly a little worried about how I would feel when the time came to have over a week off. To that point, the longest I'd ever really been away from work was...

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Camping next to water...

We had pretty decent weather while we were up north - it got a little chilly at nights, but that just made for lots of snuggling with lots of blankets. We thought we were going to be able escape...

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

The best part of growing up on a hill was by far the sledding. We lived on a quiet side street, so for most of the winter we would be outside, sliding down, often ending up in the middle of the road,...

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A funny kind of way, A funny kind of day

 As per usual, there's been lots of great things coming out of Jimmy's daughter lately...Can you make me dessert, cause I used my legs a lot?If you go too fast, you'll pass the law!I didn't want to do...

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You're my favorite mistake

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We going coast to coast

Have you all seen this yet? Shane at Whispering Sweet Nothings has a Bloggers Coast to Coast map up so you can find other bloggers in your area!Isn't that awesome!?!?!Go add yourself to the map and...

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Man, that girl sure loves to fish

Jimmy's daughter has been asking for a pet for a while and since we're not allowed to have dogs, and we're not really cat people, we decided a fish would be a good starting point for the time being....

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To greet every new day that may come, like the first of spring

Kind of amazing that just a few weeks ago, we were sledding...And this weekend, we hit almost 60. In January. In Michigan.But we're definitely not complaining!It's supposed to snow again soon, so while...

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Electric blue for me

Me untangling about 5 ft of wire and wrapping it around a spool while Jimmy reads the directions and puts parts together for her electricity science kit. His daughter? She was coloring hahaWhy do the...

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Got me doin' the dishes

Have you guys heard of Influenster? Basically, you sign up, fill out a few questions and then they send you stuff to review and try out! It's super simple and I've gotten some really great stuff to try...

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I remember the first day

It's true.And now, we are off to go celebrate that moment!

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Ice skating at night

Since the holidays are over (and yes, I realize it was the end of January, but things around here are finally settling down lol) our weekends are pretty much open to do whatever we want and last...

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