it’s been a rough week here, friends. esp. the past two days at work. i guess i can’t complain too much b/c i haven’t had an awful day/week like that in a long long time. so i guess i was "overdue." but i’m glad it’s over and i’m ready to have fun this weekend. our [...]
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what do you do when you’re at work and you have to stay there (can’t leave yet) but you’ve "hit the wall" with regard to functioning and productivity? your "work," by the way, can include your home (so homemakers, stay at home wives and stay at home moms can answer this question too). i’m just [...]
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at a wedding last night. i was amazed at how "distanced" i was from the whole event. i was just a guest. didn’t know the couple very well. but it amazed me to think back on our wedding day 4 years ago and remember all the frenzy of activity, the stress, the decisions, the lists [...]
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caught a ride home tonight (’cause wanted to stay in b’ham to hang out with some friends) and on the ride home, as jim and i were talking, i was eating apple chips… one of my new favorite snacks. but something "felt" wrong. and i checked in the mirror and sure enough, something was awfully [...]
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i LOVE those three words: "paid in full." Today we received a letter (dated 8/18/06" and I’m going to scrapbook this letter b/c it’s AWESOME… so FREEING. here’s the letter: "Dear Tamara L. Dunkin, Congratulations! This is your official notification that you have completely paid off the student loans started (*) below. We are pleased [...]
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yep. bunny hops. do you know what those mean in our home? it’s a biking term. dave and i pulled out our bikes the other day and rode around in our neighborhood. he wanted to build some jumps out of the various dirt mounds on the different construction sites near our home. he wasn’t able [...]
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yep. i’d LOVE to make this scrapbooking thing a family affair. i don’t really forsee it happening – not on a regular basis, at least, but tomorrow night my brother in law (jeff) is heading over to make a gift for his girlfriend. and on friday i’m going shopping with my sister in law (rachel) [...]
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yep. spent TWO HOURS this evening cleaning my scraproom. i didn’t even realize it was THAT bad! i filed stuff. organized it. got a new system down for myself. still have some more stuff to put away in it’s proper home, but pretty happy with the progress i made this evening. i’m really looking forward [...]
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went to paper party yesterday morning with some friends. had a great time (though PP was a bit intensive and required concentration yesterday – not as easy-goingrelaxing as usual) and spent some money at TOM. but i only bought things that were on my "i’m going to purchase list" before i started my personal challenge. [...]
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yep. dave has a full one-page prototype completed of the new TTB site! yippee! it looks AWESOME – better than i had even imagined! we’ll start simple and slowly add more "pages" as the need arises. i will be able to add PHOTOS to my blog. yep. all kinds of good and exciting things coming [...]
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