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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-23

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  As of 9 am our 9 year old was officially 10. It has been a heck of a day with Mopey, Whiney, and Spazzy & now I have the perfect headache. #

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-22

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  at chuck e. cheeze celebrating essie's b-day. # at the pond. # My brother, Issac, and I made three sizes of copper flute for Essie for her birthday. She is thrilled. # Kids taking turns attempting to play the flutes. I suddenly remembered how to play and was able to [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-21

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  Took impromptu road trip with 10 yr old in her pjs last night–went to Walmart to pick up a snack for hubby as we were out of everything. # In cleaning the girls' room we realized a lack of book shelf space. Decided the metal cupboard in the basement would [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-20

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  dad changing oil on sienna while issac helps by asking lots of questions. #unschooling # Just voted EscapistMagazine.com for Best Online Magazine [mashable.com] #openwebawards # Oil changed. Son decided to stay behind & help Pappap change the oil on his car and with some plumbing. Dad loves [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-19

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  Took a total day off from life today–spent the day in my room reading a book till I could no longer see the page then did yoga w/ Rach. #

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-18

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  Just finished commission and sent it off. What a great feeling. # Brr. Brr. Brrrrr. That is all. # Rach chose to get a great beginner yoga video from library–just did a 20 min workout together–sans eastern religious extras. # Glad we found a exercise only one–did it right after [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-17

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  Trying to make a change to a watercolor is so precarious. May need to redo completely. Sigh. # Kids have, strangely enough, been on a Blue's Clues kick. Suddenly today it's crafts and now outside. Which is good but messier. # Freshly swept house soon to be covered in cut [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-16

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  Made fried bread dough and eggs for breakfast while baking some rolls and cheesy bread for hubby to have later while we are gone. # Thankful for all that we have. # Chose to wear makeup other than lipstick today. My kids are offended. # Esther says it didn't offend [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-15

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  Sunny day made me realized that windows haven't been washed in a year–now 3 are washed and that is good e # e=enough # essie helping my cousin take pond samples. #

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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-14

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  Kids and I helped Dad release a muskrat to a much better creek home than our pond. # Got a call tonight. We may be having company for Thanksgiving (don't usually due to weird food allergies) So excited. # Essie is now playing LOTR online. # Kids eating popcorn and [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-13

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  Had my repeating nightmare last night: In high school and can't remember the schedule and miss all my classes. No wonder schedules scare me # Comedy of errors sort of day, one thing after another but kept a decent attitude and thankful to be home so all is well. [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Orienteering: take 2

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  Last Sunday the kids and I decided to drive an hour and a half so we could do the last orienteering meet of the season. It was a gorgeous, sunny and rather warm day (75 degrees–well above the norm for November). This was our second attempt at orienteering (you can [...]

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-12

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  Apparently I am taking a day off from the computer and painting. My kitchen is now much cleaner. # Son read me a level 2 chapter book then helped me make crackers to go with the soup Rach made for dinner. # In the meantime Rach and Essie are rebuilding [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-11

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  Kids all asleep and hubby napping. MUST WORK NOW. # Or I could o what I should and wake the kids. Or…no. # Good working day–working, working, working. # Oldest and middle child made dinner so I could keep working. Veggie broth with bread dough dumplings and sandwiches. # Finally [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-10

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  Shipping off paintings and painting a tree house. # kids green from painting treehouse. #

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• This is for CJ

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  and my other friends with children under 5.  My dear internet friend Sara (whom I have known since BEFORE she even married and yet have never actually met–that’s like 10 years) wrote this wedding announcement from the diaper trenches.

  And for all of you–I can honestly say that this too [...]

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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:43am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-09

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  And home again, home again, jiggity jig. # So totally wiped out. I swear today's trail was all up hill–well half of it was up a mountain and the second half was sliding back down. # Just realized that I am sunburned! In November! Ouch. # Making what we call [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-08

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  Brother attempting to tear apart and fix my broken food processor. # Cut hair, harvested herbs, raked and mulched leaves. Busy, tiring day. # Shamus Starcraft with Rach. Essie spent day sewing. Issac helped take apart food processor and now watching Marx Bros. # Now Shamus is teaching Esther how [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-07

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  Just found a patch of sunshine. Excuse me while I go be a cat. # A cat nap in the sun seems like the perfect start to my day. Now to work. # Next painting at the final "is it done yet or do I stop messing with it?" stage. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Projects, in our reading pile, and a free ebook

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  As you may have noticed I haven’t  been writing much recently.  I have a pile of commission paintings on my desk to get done before Christmas , which is a blessing, plus some other webdesign/server related work that really needs done soon.  The projects are all fun and challenging but [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:42pm EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-06

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  Solved the crazy problem I was having with wordpress, though I still have no idea what caused it. # Out of rebellion, or laziness, I didn't change my clocks. My brother just left an hour early because of it. Oops. # I think this is one of my fav posts [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-05

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  Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople. # Trying to get the kids occupied so I can focus on work–prob is so much of our un/homeschooling is conversation based and they LOVE to talk. # My brain is going two opposite directions and I think a thunderstorm is brewing within. # Fighting [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-04

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  I think my head is exploding. # Kids making homemade tortillas while I make fried beans and rice. #

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-03

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  Working, working, working. # FYI: When doing watercolor, masking out a thousand polka dots is exactly as interesting as it sounds. # Day no longer going quite as horribly as it was. Maybe. We'll see. # Why do my kids refuse to do the simple task I ask of them [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-03

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  Working, working, working. # FYI: When doing watercolor, masking out a thousand polka dots is exactly as interesting as it sounds. # Day no longer going quite as horribly as it was. Maybe. We'll see. # Why do my kids refuse to do the simple task I ask of them [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-02

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  It's all drowsy in here this morning. # Brain is full this morning. # Next painting begun but now I have to leave for the rest of the day. Hate when I get in the groove then have to go. # visiting grandma. # May I just say that I [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-11-01

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  Apparently Saturday is my day to work on the server. # Spent day helping my brother with his high school English & visiting with sis and bro in-law. Meanwhile the kids put on a puppet show. #

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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-31

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  My spellchecker is telling me explanative is not a word. My spellchecker is stupid. # Started writing a post but fizzled out. # Just spent the morning watching "The Good Life" aka "Good Neighbors" with my oldest. # Kids working for the 4th day on a huge puzzle of the [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-30

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  Took kids trick or treating with my brother. He went as the grim reaper so the kids insisted I dress up too–so I got to be Rogue. # And now I have white acrylic paint in my hair. That should be interesting. #

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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-29

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  I think, that maybe, possibly, I may be finished with this painting, maybe. #

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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-28

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  Our new phones should be coming in the next few days. Free new phones. I am too excited. # Kids making homemade paper Halloween decorations. I am not big into Halloween but if they want to make decorations who am I to complain. # New phones are HERE!!! ordered them [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Fall our way

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  Fall here in Western PA easily matches that of New England (which we heard all about when we moved to Massachusetts and then were shocked to realize looked EXACTLY the same as here). Here is a short 360 degrees that I took while helping James and Esther working at the [...]

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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 11:00am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-27

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  Day 3 of sites down. Moving all sites to other server as soon as able–can't access ftp at the moment and hostmonster help is unhelpful. # My 8 year old boy just came over and gave me a huge kiss. Love that boy. # Dealing with high stress, praying for [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-26

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  Took a rather long nap. I guess I am finally catching the sleep I lost the last few nights. # Apparently when my husband went to bed he forgot we weren't home–he locked the doors on us and I forgot my key. PTL he forgot one. # Used the coupons [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-25

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  Spent the day moving just one website to a different server. hostmonster has been down all day AGAIN. Too much is enough. # Have four more to move. So sick of this. Hostmonster FAIL. # Drinking lavender chamomile tea in the hopes of maybe, just maybe, going to sleep prior [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Issac’s 8th Birthday

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  Issac’s 8th Birthday: Blowing out the candles from Heather Young on Vimeo.

  Took this using my camera–the audio is awful and due to the type I am unable to edit it on my computer.  Oh well, I love his smile at the end.  What a great kid.

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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 1:05am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-24

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  Hands still bad–spent the day watching anime in Japanese with Essie who wants to learn Japanese. # Printer just randomly started printing somethign I #

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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-23

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  Looks like I am working this afternoon. # Please check all "feels like a hoax" emails on Snopes prior to passing it on EVEN IF it SAYS it has been checked on Snopes. # Keep coming in to check the weather so I can find appropriate attire for the day, [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-22

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  HAve been gone all day. Wiped out. Going to bed. Night. #

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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-21

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  Have decided to rearrange the office. # Office partially rearranged, and now thoroughly a mess. My husband is so thrilled. # Esther is going as a lilac colored cat for Halloween–she is acting out and wearing the costume now. Apparently cats don't use spoons. # Just managed to knock our [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-20

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  Rach is up and about with a cane–looks like it is just a broken blood vessel on the arch of her foot. # I need to get these crazy kids out of the house–to the pond we go. # Joined a new art project: [inspirationallaroundus.blogspot.com] # Sites finally back [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-19

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  Daughter made off with a wipe off marker. Stopped her to find out what she was doing. "Turning our basement into a haunted house." # That takes no stretch of the imagination. The marker? To make a sign on the wipeoff board on the basement door. # Down side of [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-18

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  at old bedford village brrr # Home. Totally and completely exhausted, AND had to file help ticker because apparently one of the servers is HOSED . # And the wonderful thing? It has been down all day and they didn't notice till just now!!!! # Also noting that they DIDN'T [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-17

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  Went to a local glass blowing center for demonstration–Taking my brother over at another time–turns out their neighbor is a blacksmith. # Red lentil and scallop curry with rice AND chapatti (for my son who hates tumeric but must taste it anyway.) Very satisfying on a cold day. #

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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-16

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  Visited grandma today as the next few days are packed full. # My brain is mush these last few days. Hates it. # Oue forge shop on Etsy is now up and running. I think I prefer it to Artfire. [bit.ly] # Son went missing–then we realized that all [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-15

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  Managed to finish a few things that had to be done and were gnawing at my brain. # Oldest now writing a comic using the original comic software hubby started with. # Working outside in the cold took everything out of me–proceeding to bed. # Began a necklace worked from [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-14

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  This is bad: [bit.ly] # Bad news for us: RT OrganicSister Draconian Swine Flu Bill Introduced in PA [bit.ly] #H1N1 # Just realized I have a dvd to review which was a blessing but I really hate writing reviews. # Realized the lawn really needed one more [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Guitar Class DVD review

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  May I say that I am awful at writing reviews.  I hate hurting someones feelings when I don’t like something and so I usually avoid doing them in the first place.  However when Around Zine asked for reviewers of a Worship Guitar Dvd right after my middle child [...]

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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 6:25pm EDT
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• Today’s Tweets 2009-10-08

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  Was up rathe rlate last night for no apparent reason except I could not sleep. This should be interesting. # I wnet in to make coffee, its a coffee sort of day, but forgot the coffee among all the other stuff I encountered on my way. # Had some work [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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• Cravings

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  I get this a lot, the craving for something new, for change just for the sake of change–and no, this is not a political post, as it is I am up to here with this odd new meaning for change in political arenas. No I am talking about real change.

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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 1:19pm EDT
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