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  • Another allergy? Say it isn't so!

    —Uniquely Normal

    I've been away from the computer all weekend, not because I was productive, but because I itched. Itched! I was moderately productive, though, so it wasn't a completely wasted weekend.I started itching on the back of my hands about ten days ago. Little tiny bumps appeared, bumps like tiny raised [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:04pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • Heat Initiated

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    It was 62º in our apartment when I got up for work this morning. The outside temp was around 23º. To say that the apartment feels colder each day has been an understatement. Because we have such warm clothes and blankets, we've been able to make it to December without' [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:15pm EST
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  • Life Sans Computer

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    Every night has been busy recently. We have had plans, cooked exciting meals, or watched movies at home together. The Man has another interview lined up, so we're hopeful he'll have a job soon (not telling where, ask him if you want to know). We've cleaned, decorated, baked, and read' [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:54pm EST
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  • Zeus Dammit

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    Have you ever heard someone that you know is not a Christian exclaim, "oh my God!"? I am not typically offended to hear the phrase, but I have always been taught to not take the Lord's name in vain. I wonder, how can someone who isn't Christian say such words?' [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:27pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • Artisan Cookies

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    After test-driving the new KitchenAid Artisan, I walked away with some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (at The Man's request). He got to lick the beaters, too, so he was quite pleased. We have very little fear of raw egg in this family.The mixer did a fantastic job until I started [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:08pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • Natural Carpet Cleaning Recipe

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    It has been a busy four days. We ate great food, slept in every day, did some heavy shopping (a stand mixer and a new TV, happy wedding to us!), and cleaned the apartment top to bottom. I did four loads of laundry, baked cookies, vacuumed, mopped, removed a few [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 10:24pm EST
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  • In Which Insomnia Pays Off

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    I'm a good sleeper, usually sleeping from 11:00pm to 7:00am without waking a single time. Lately, though, I've had trouble sleeping on my shoulder. It hurts like the dickens, so I wake up, turn over, and try to sleep again. This morning, I awoke at 6:00-ish, and I layed there [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 4:13pm EST
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  • Donny's Mirror Ball Trophy

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    Congratulations to Donny Osmond on his Dancing With The Stars win last night! I did not watch the show all season, nor do I much care who won. I have nothing for or against Mr. Osmond, but as I spoke before the season began, he was destined to win. Donny [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:41pm EST
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  • I am one with the cranberry juice - again

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    Yesterday afternoon, I realized I was starting to get a urinary tract infection. I've had them before, no big deal. I went to Urgent Care after work, peed in a cup, waited for the lab to confirm what I knew anyway, and then waited again for the doctor to give' [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:23pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • I'm over stormwatching on the coast

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    I was a blogger no-show this weekend because The Man and I were out of town. We joined his parents Friday afternoon at Gleneden Beach for a short getaway. The weekend included shopping, good food, some games, and lots of reading. We stayed in some friends' beach house that I' [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:40am EST
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  • Snuggly Warm

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    I despise the new fad, the "Snuggie," but I do appreciate being warm. The Man and I have finally outgrown or worn our childhood (and college) blankets. We got some great bedding for our wedding, but we didn't get any good blankets. I love flannel, and I was going to' [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:28pm EST
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  • Mario Bros. Last Name

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    The Man and I came up with an interesting question at lunch today. What is the last name of the Mario Bros. from Nintendo's famous game? The last name isn't Mario. The game shouldn't be called Mario Bros. Mario is a first name. Mario's brother is Luigi. The game could [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:17pm EST
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  • Crispy Eska-ho

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    My dear sister has coined a new word/phrase that I believe ought to be shared with everyone. I give her full credit for the term as I had no part in its creation.Have you ever been walking in Corvallis (or another city, these people are everywhere) and spotted one of [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:25pm EST
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  • Yet One More

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    I've been sitting here trying to think of what to write for half an hour while watching The Man try to defeat the last bad guy in an insanely annoying video game. He died once already. It's been a long night.The Man had a job interview last week for a' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:39pm EST
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  • Dear Food Network

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    I'd like to make a few suggestions in your programming. While I adore Good Eats and Unwrapped, I'm not so fond of your general show line-up. The shows are okay, I suppose, but the food people dream up and put on TV, well, not all of us can really do [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:00pm EST
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  • First Annual Traditions

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    It cracks me up when I see something written as the "First Annual" anything. Something can't be annual until it happens at least twice. The first incarnation of a-hope-to-be-annual event is simply the first occurrence. It's a one-time thing. In the second year, something could be called annual, and by' [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:03pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • Seattle Underground

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    What you see here is a bit complicated. The left of the picture shows a boardwalk created for the underground tour. Between the wooden boardwalk and the brick wall is the original sidewalk to Seattle. The brick wall is part of a storefront to a meat market (or that's what [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:55am EST
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  • The New Holy Water

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    The Catholic Church has made some changes in light of flu season this year. We have been told to not hold hands during the Our Father. We aren't supposed to shake hands or exchange physical greetings during the Sign of Peace if we have had any flu or cold symptoms' [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:38pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • Girl 1: Laundry Shelf 0

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    I recently put up a shelf in my laundry closet. A single wire laundry shelf just like I imagine a few hundred million people have in their laundry closets. The shelf is not important in this story: it's the "putting up" part that matters.I've been living in my apartment over' [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:29pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • Blog Year Retrospective #4

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    Four years. 1258 posts. Over 280,000 visitors. I can't believe I'm still blogging. Here I am, though, writing my fourth Blog Year Retrospective. Each year I sit down to review the last twelve months and wonder where I'll be in the next twelve months. If someone had told me a' [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 5:00pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • Catholic Music Selections

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    I found a playlist of some of the songs I listen to and sing at Mass each week. The website is Spirit and Song, a division of Oregon Catholic Press. To hear the specific songs, go to the Music on Demand section and then under "Quick Links" to the left, [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:37pm EST
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  • Name Changing Made Easy

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    Changing my name as been a bit of an ordeal. Some places need four kinds of ID, including pictures and proof of address, notarized documents and credit scores. Today, though, I called Comcast and Pacific Power. I told them my old name, told them my new last name, confirmed my [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:38pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • Another Year Older

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    Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, greetings, calls, e-mails, and Facebook messages and wall posts! My 26th birthday was yesterday, and I celebrated by not being at work in the afternoon. The Man and I went to the bank to sort out our checking accounts (again). We did a [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:42pm EST
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  • In Which I Find my Checkbook

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    We turned the entire apartment upside down. We emptied every pocket of every bag we've touched in the last year. We even looked in the freezer. Where had the checkbook decided to hide? Let's just say my everyday bag has a hidden compartment even we didn't know about. I turned [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:06pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • We got stuff, and I lost stuff

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    After careful price shopping and comparing items, we took our largest gift cards out for a stroll today and got some much-wanted stuff as wedding gifts. I've dreamed of having a mandoline slicer since I moved out two years ago, but it was always "in next month's budget" or "maybe'" [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 9:20pm EST
    by Jaggy

  • Post-Honeymoon Joys

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    I never did get the sickness The Man had thankfully. We've been very busy this past week writing our thank you notes. I was determined to have them done within two weeks of the wedding, and by working on them a little each day we succeeded in that goal. Some' [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:59pm EDT
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  • Honeymoon, Day 4

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    Finally, a day that didn't dawn before dawn. I slept until my alarm went off at 7:30 (for once) and got up. I played with my camera taking pictures of the view outside our rooms as the sun came up through the cloud layers. The Man got up shortly after' [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:14pm EDT
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  • Honeymoon, Day 3

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    Day 3 of our honeymoon dawned just as early as the previous two for me as I wasn't able to sleep very well in a strange bed. The bed itself wasn't bad, but wafer-thick pillows didn't make me happy. I shook The Man awake around 7:30am so that we could' [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 9:34pm EDT
    by Jaggy

  • Honeymoon, Day 2

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    The second day of our honeymoon arrived too early for me as I awoke around 6:00am. I finally woke my husband up around 8:00am, and we were dressed and ready for the day's adventure a half-hour later. Our first stop was a quick walk two blocks to Seattle's Best Bagel [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:33pm EDT
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  • Honeymoon, Day 1 (part 2)

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    To get to the Space Needle from downtown, we walked about three blocks to the Westlake Monorail Station. $4 each bought us round-trip tickets on a monorail the likes of which Disney has never seen. It actually seemed more like a noisy MAX line without all the stops, just get [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:47pm EDT
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  • Honeymoon, Day 1

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    As part of our family tradition, I kept a journal of the trip The Man and I recently went on to Seattle. I have a journal of every trip I've been on since I could write, and my family has trip journals dating back to my great grandmother and her' [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 9:11pm EDT
    by Jaggy

  • ...and we're sick

    —Uniquely Normal

    We washed our hands like crazy people up to our wedding. We didn't have so much as a sniffle on our honeymoon. The first day we get back: boom! headaches, body aches, running noses, tired all the time, and feeling blah. The Man is worse than I am (not sick,' [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 9:46pm EDT
    by Jaggy

  • Honeymooned!

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    We're back after our four-day honeymoon to Seattle! Stories and pictures coming soon, though it might take a few days to write everything down and get pictures sorted and polished. We still have our thank-you notes to write, and those take priority.We spent Friday going to the Social Security office,' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:39pm EDT
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  • Where I'm From

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    The second in a two-part series. Yesterday's was The Man's post, today is mine. Thanks, MissKris!~*~*~*~*~*~I am from peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, from Scholastic book clubs, and the Beaver State.I am from the wide front porch, hockey up and down the long hallway, and a slip-n-slide dining room.I am [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:34pm EDT
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  • Where The Man is From

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    Inspired by MissKris and her poetic posts, both The Man (I'm married to The Boy, therefore he is now The Man) and I have filled out our "Where I'm From" poems. His today, mine tomorrow.~*~*~*~*~*~I am from the forgotten streambed where cattle roamed, from Bookmobile forays and too-short sweat pants.I [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 9:00pm EDT
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  • Wedded Life: Day 3

    —Uniquely Normal

    Exhaustion. Elation. Busy. Lazy. We've felt so many emotions the last three days, almost all of them incredibly good emotions. Mostly we've felt blessed to have the people we love share in our joy. I know that sounds like a tired line, but it's true. We feel blessed.The gifts are [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 10:43am EDT
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  • WE'RE MARRIED!

    —Uniquely Normal

    I write to you for the first time as a wife. I don't really feel any different yet, but I'm sure the years will cure me of that feeling. The cliché I so often hear around weddings, "today I married my best friend" is a cliché for a reason: today [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
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  • Wedding Eve

    —Uniquely Normal

    I'm not really sure what great inspirational message I'll have tonight as we just finished setting up our wedding this evening. We've prayed and dreamed and wished so long for tomorrow, and as the sun so often rises, we are looking forward to the new day. With a squad of' [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 11:47pm EDT
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  • Two days and counting!

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    In less than forty-eight hours, I will be a married woman. The last-minute activity today has been hectic, but I think we're nearing the end of our to-do list. Today's accomplishments include:-visiting the church to drop off our marriage license, picking up keys, taking measurements, and finalizing ideas for sound' [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:55am EDT
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  • I am not Stressed. Yet.

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    My hands are cracked and peeling from being washed so many times, but goshdarnit, I do not want to be sick on my honeymoon. Lotion forthcoming.The number of projects I want to accomplish before being a married woman keeps growing, yet the amount of time is rapidly decreasing. I know [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 2:11am EDT
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  • I have a Roommate!

    —Uniquely Normal

    I'm still alive. The Boy has moved in with me, so I officially have a permanent roommate. For life. That's forever! This weekend was incredibly busy with a zillion (!) errands, but we survived our last days off as "single" people before the work week hit. Five days to go' [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 10:49pm EDT
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  • The Couch is the Most Difficult Puzzle Piece

    —Uniquely Normal

    Dancing last night was a letdown. The Boy and I hardly knew anyone there as we've been away from the crowd for so long. We did see a few good friends (who are also good dancers thankfully), and we were able to spend some time chatting with them. The music' [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 9:42pm EDT
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  • Thusly is not a word, is it?

    —Uniquely Normal

    Last night's lack of blog postage can be summarized thusly: got home, made dinner, moved all of the furniture around in the bedroom, chatted with a friend, tried to sell my old computer, had to reboot (3x) my current computer, showered, dishwasher running/unloading episode, two loads of laundry, watched an [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 9:30pm EDT
    by Jaggy

  • Zuppatoni

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    Blame The Boy for the title of this recipe. I found an Olive Garden recipe for their Zuppa Toscana online, but after many pots of soup, I've adapted the recipe into something much healthier and more delicious. Really. Better than actually going to the restaurant.Cast of Characters:1 pound turkey sausage' [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 12:52am EDT
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  • Last Minute Insanity

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    We got my dress back from The Boy's aunt who kindly did the alterations for me. She was a WHIZ and did a fantastic job. I don't have to worry about how many potatoes I eat between now and the wedding, thankfully. It fits like a dream.We paid for our' [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 12:52am EDT
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  • But I was singing, officer!

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    Sometimes I wonder if people notice that I'm singing along to the music in my car. Maybe the think I'm talking on my cell phone, or maybe they think I'm talking to a really small child hunkered down in the back seat, or maybe the think I'm crazy and talking [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 10:56pm EDT
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  • It's OCTOBER!

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    We're getting married THIS MONTH!Are we ready? No way. Are we running around like crazy people trying to get everything done? Definitely. Are we having the time of our life? Of COURSE!The list of things to do is actually growing longer as time runs out, so I have a feeling' [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 9:42pm EDT
    by Jaggy

  • Bedtime Tales

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    One of the biggest purchases we faced as we became engaged and now head into marriage was finding a bed. The Boy and I discussed what we do and don't like, and we listed a few must-haves: a firm mattress, a quality brand or very good warranty, and a low' [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 11:27pm EDT
    by Jaggy

  • Twin Bed: SOLD

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    A long, but productive day, I guess... After visiting the dentist, getting my hair cut (not at the dentist's office mind you), and then shopping, I feel accomplished and poor. No new cavities, but I still have a few tiny ones that could use a quick fill sometime (like when [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:13pm EDT
    by Jaggy

  • Rrrranty

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    I can't wait until it starts raining every day and I don't have to listen to people's music blaring and thumping from their rolled-down windows. Seriously, a car stereo that whumps and beats so hard that the entire vehicle shakes is turned up WAY too loud. Why does the music [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 10:07pm EDT
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