sweet pie

She usually runs from the camera probably because I'm always trying to take her picture, she does so many cute things. This time though she just looked up at me with this goofy grin that she no doubt got from her daddy. Gosh I love this kid, more than I ever thought I could.

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cute find

So I was walking through the bargain bin section at Target and I saw this super cute rubber duck vinyl bin for $2.50! I scooped it up and decided to make a baby bath gift basket out of it. It looked fuller in the store but once I got everything out of boxes it needs a few more things I think. I put the blue crinkled paper shreds in the bottom because it looks like water and its perfect for the bath theme. I like the idea of using a bin or tote as opposed to a bag which can't/won't be repurposed.

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tip-toed out

We tip-toed through the tulips today and that just plain wore her out.

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My First Book Review

So, I was fortunate enough to get to read Semper Cool: One Marine's Fond Memories of Vietnam by Barry Fixler.  I am pretty naive about Vietnam and what happened there.  I knew that it was brutal, but I didn't have any idea how brutal and I probably still don't even know the half of it.

I really like the way the book was written, kind of little stories within a story.  It really kept my interest peaked.  I went through a whole range of emotions too. I was laughing, crying and at times very scared for all military personnel involved.

I found the author to be a great storyteller.  He doesn't sensor, he tells it like it happened.  There is a lot of swearing and it can be pretty graphic, that said, it would not have been the same book had he censored. 
I would recommend this book to just about anyone (certain people may not be able to handle the swearing.) 

Barry Fixler has done some amazing things since he served in Vietnam.  He raised money for a soldiers family when that soldier was essentially dropped by the VA when recovering.  He fought off armed robbers at his jewelery store (see the video here.)  Now he is pledging to raise $1 million for wounded combat vets from Iraq and Afghanistan, amazing!

So, please go buy this book to help support a great cause and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

more fraud that the state allows!

This infuriates me!



or you can read the story here.

I know I usually don't post stuff like this but I just had to!  Is this really how we want our money spent?!

foot loose and facebook free!

So today I decided to put myself into detox. For Facebook that is.  I am so tired of the drama and moaning and groaning that I am putting a stop to it the only way I know how.  I liked the aspect of keeping up with friends because we all are so busy but I really noticed it was changing my mood every time I logged on and somebody else had some "trauma" going on.  Please don't take this the wrong way friends, I am here for you if you need support but right now that support will not be offered via the wide world of Facebook. So, until further notice you can reach me by phone. (I can't deprive grandparents of pics of Addy so those will still be posted through photoshop and probably blog post links since I will have more time to do this instead of surfing Facebook :)

the park

we went to the park tonight before dinner and all addy wanted to do was watch the big kids play tag. i just love her.

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and its only just begun...

The snow shouldn't even be falling yet according to the weather experts! Maybe we'll actually get a lot. We never do when they say we will, my fingers are crossed!

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race day!

Today marks the beginning of race season...so excited to root for Jimmie again!

(This is my first mobile blog post, sorry if it turns out weird)

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mothers day

I know it's not even close to Mothers Day but something got me thinking about it.  So, in our department mostly because of the union I think they encourage us to submit our vacation requests for the year during "open bidding" at the beginning of the year.  Management then goes through them and either grants or denies them based on whether someone on the same shift wants the same time off and who has seniority.  I was talking to one of my coworkers about how she got denied for her request for Mothers Day, she was so bummed.  She has three kids and wanted to spend the day with her family (we know we are scheduled to work it.)  She asked if I had asked for it off and I said no I hadn't even thought about it.  It's true I didn't think about it, but then I asked myself, why had you not thought about it?  I came to one conclusion: every day is Mothers Day here.  I have the best (most days) little girl in the world and a husband who is so understanding, thoughtful, amazing and helpful in my life around me every day.  I don't need to take one day a year to celebrate that.  They love me every day as if it's Mothers Day and I love them so much for that.  Although, I wouldn't mind an extra Sunday off though!