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One of Lovebug’s favorite knock-knock jokes goes like this: Knock-Knock Who’s there? Ketchup Ketchup who? Ketchup or you’ll be late!
I am so behind on my writing and I definitely need to “ketchup”! I have so many posts just waiting to be written and posted, and I do apologize for the delay. Hopefully all of my readers have not gone . . . → Read More: Ketchup or you’ll be late! Why is it so much easier to give others a break, to cut them some slack, to extend grace to them – but it’s so hard to do it for yourself? I have been fighting a chest cold for the past week and it is wearing me out. I absolutely despise coughing! It hurts, it’s annoying, and . . . → Read More: Give me a break! Growing up, Thanksgiving was always a time to get together with lots of friends and family. Big crowds, lots of food, lots of talking and a few people falling asleep on the sofa after too much turkey and pie – good times, although often exhausting!! Now that Rob and I are on our own away from . . . → Read More: A very different kind of Thanksgiving It is so hard to find truly kid-friendly, family fun movies! I have no problem finding things for Lovebug to watch and enjoy by herself – she still loves Barney, Diego, Veggie Tales, and Clifford, and I am so thankful for that! But what about when we want to enjoy a movie together as a family? . . . → Read More: 3 family-friendly movies with cute dogs I’ve been so busy lately that I feel like I’ve been living in a fog. Of course part of that may just be because my allergies are wrecking havoc on my sinuses so my nose has been bouncing back and forth from being completely open to sealed tighter than a drum. The weather has shifted to . . . → Read More: Bye-bye busy, time for productive October was a busy month for us! We participated in several Fall & Halloween activities and had so much fun! I can’t possibly share all of the pictures I took, but here are some of my favorite highlights!
While my parents were visiting, we went to a local pumpkin patch
Lovebug had a . . . → Read More: Halloween 2011 Did you know if you wait too close to Halloween to carve your pumpkin, you will have a hard time finding one to carve? Honest! Even Walmart was out of pumpkins. Can you believe it? Fortunately for us, there is a little place on the side of the road not too far from post where they . . . → Read More: Pumpkin Carving We just got a fire pit (Thank you, Mom & Dad!) and were so excited to try it out for the first time. I had a little trouble getting the fire going – actually I could get it going, it was *keeping* the flames going that was the problem. I used a natural charcoal, and the . . . → Read More: Ooey, Gooey, Sticky Fun! This past weekend, Lovebug and I had the chance to attend a Strong Bonds retreat. It was put on by the Army Chaplaincy and was specifically for spouses & children of deployed soldiers. We were blessed with a free stay at the Great Wolf Lodge a couple hours away from Fort Bragg. Our stay included dinner . . . → Read More: Strong Bonds Retreat at Great Wolf Lodge Yesterday I had a long list of errands to run. I had been saving up several random errands that all took me to the same part of town so I could knock them all out in one swoop. I was planning to do them the day before, but then the truck window threw a wrench in . . . → Read More: Field Trip Friday – puppies, friends & frozen yogurt  |
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