tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49282291720982829612023-11-16T01:11:08.358-05:00who matters?~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-17818405025424812502012-07-27T12:36:00.004-04:002012-07-27T12:37:11.654-04:00~this moment... five years ago~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><strong>five years ago today</strong>. </em>
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<em>A moment I want to pause, savor and
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</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-45847822968027943742012-07-25T23:29:00.000-04:002012-07-25T23:29:04.261-04:00~summer fun~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, reading, sight-seeing, visiting family, croquet, swimming, painting, fishing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">You name it, we're doing it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And trust me... it's not all fun and games. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We <em>are</em> talking about two boys who love to bicker and fight over </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">just about everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And I mean <em>everything</em>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">But between the arguments and brotherly love we are keeping busy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Yeah, you might be able to write a message in the dust on our TV.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Junk mail accumulates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The closets need a good sorting through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">But guess what?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Emails don't need an immediate reply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The laundry will be there when we return.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The dishes don't have to be washed the minute we are done eating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We're enjoying each other and our time together!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">People always say how fast your children grow up and you can't get these years back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I'm seeing it first hand and want to savor every minute of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Don't get me wrong...typically it's</span><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> "Work Hard, Play Hard." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">But if you know me well enough you know I like to change things up a bit... do things backwards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">So for us, it is "Play Hard, Work Hard." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">If you don't see me around the web as much as usual, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I haven't forgotten about you and I'm still peeking in at your blogs. Even though I might not be commenting as much, I'm still checking in to see what you are up to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> And it looks as though we are all filling our days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Summer is going by so fast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">School will begin before we know it and we'll fall back into that routine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I hope you are enjoying your days with the ones you love most, whatever you might be doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I'm taking full advantage of enjoying life with our boys!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Fingerprints on the windows, and all!</span></div>
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</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-28509426055518803922012-07-23T19:45:00.000-04:002012-07-23T19:45:05.933-04:00~S'mores Cookies~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I've taken these <a href="http://sweetpeaskitchen.com/2011/05/12/graham-cracker-smores-cookies/">Graham Cracker S'mores Cookies</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">(with my own short-cut)to two parties in the last month and they have been devoured within minutes of putting them on the dessert table. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I used four mini marshmallows per cookie and just smashed them into the dough and dropped them onto a graham cracker. Two dozen cookies fit perfect on my pizza stone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I bought the XL Hershey's bars the first go round and had to break them in half they were so big. So the second bunch I purchased the mini (snack size) bars and they were just right. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The marshmallows really poofed up in the oven. Make sure and watch the Hershey's bars when you put them back into the oven. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The cookies might all melt into one another but it's nothing that a little spatula can't fix by cutting them apart easily after they cool for a bit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Perfect for a cook-out, rainy day, or movie night with the family! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Or just because.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">You'll want more than one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Trust me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I'm more of a "salty" girl and I could have eaten a second. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Happy S'mores making!</span></div>
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</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-65225597159239900212012-07-20T13:45:00.001-04:002012-07-20T13:45:31.194-04:00~this moment~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em>A simple, special, extraordinary
moment.</em></div>
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<em>A moment I want to pause, savor and
remember.</em></div>
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</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-58591580707547339252012-07-17T18:20:00.001-04:002012-07-17T18:24:44.239-04:00~on lessons and putting~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So, I never told you what went down when we went <a href="http://www.whomatterskelly.blogspot.com/2012/07/this-moment_13.html">putt-putting</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The day was beautiful, the sun was shining, and we were with family. What more can one ask for? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The boys had free coupons to use that they had gotten from the library. It was part of their summer reading program prize and it included these putt-putt tickets. Luckily they had dropped an extra one in and we though we'd ask their cousin, Kory, if he wanted to join. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We headed down south to grandma's house and picked her and Kory up. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The five of us were headed to the Miniature Golf Course to have some fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Austin: "Who's winning mom?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mom: "I'm not sure, Austin. Let me count."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mom: *begins to count up the scores and looks up.... confused*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mom: "Oh shoot! Is this the last hole?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Austin: "Yep. Why?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mom: "Well, from the scorecard it looks as though we are only on hole 14. Hmmm???"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Austin: "You've got to be kidding me! That's because you're too busy taking pictures instead of writing our scores down! Mom!!!!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mom: "Here... I'll fix it. I <em>think</em></span><em> </em><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I remember what holes I forgot to write down. I'll just erase and move over these holes and you can replay the ones I missed."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mom: *frantically erasing and rewriting and guessing and sweating* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Austin: "This is ridiculous. I can't believe you did this."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Austin: "What's the point of playing if we don't know who won?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And that's when it hit me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Like a ton of bricks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">How could I have forgotten? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">In the midst of snapping away photos of the beauty around us, enjoying the company of my mom and seeing my nephew, loving the excitement and joy in my boys eyes at each hole... I forgot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">This is Austin we are talking about. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mr. Competitive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Right then and there I looked down at the boys. All three of them were standing there in front of me, eyes looking up for answers, fixated on me. Waiting for me to FIX this mess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I looked straight into the depths of my son Austin's eyes and answered his question. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mom: "The fun of it. That's the point, Austin."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">As I voiced those words I shredded that messed up scorecard into as many pieces as I possibly could. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I walked over to him, no words spoken, put my arms around him, embraced him into a huge hug and kissed the top of his head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">He learned an important lesson this day. One that I hope stays with him forever. It's not always about winning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I learned one as well. I need to put the camera down and just live in the moment instead of having to always try and capture it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-21868959948998436732012-07-16T22:06:00.004-04:002012-07-16T22:10:27.804-04:00~diary of a birthday kid~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Somehow he managed to find room for the ice cream the whole staff brought out to him while singing 'Happy Birthday'. He got a kick out of that! But he immediately told me to get the red cherries off the top. He's not a fan of those maraschino ones! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">What's that? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You want to go ride the escalator at the sporting goods store?? Um....OK! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(<em>It really is the simple things, isn't it??)</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I don't typically take pictures including me, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">or the inside of a bathroom,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">or of me and my kid inside a bathroom, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">a really yellow bathroom...</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">First off, I hope I'm not the only mama out there who still makes her kid go into the woman's restroom with them if need be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">If dad is along or big brother, by all means... head to the men's. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">But there are some pretty weird people out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And you just never know who's inside!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And I can't go in to peek. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">So guess what? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">But we thoroughly enjoyed the huge mirror and took advantage of making funny faces and weird poses and I just had to get the camera out and take a few. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">(<em>Just glad nobody walked in on us being silly!)</em></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Off to Chuck-E-Cheese to use his 20 Free Birthday tokens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Yep... I'm that kind of mama. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Some of my favorite photos are the sketches from this place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We have ones of both the kids through the years but this was the first time I jumped in with him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I'm glad I did. I mention on my <a href="http://www.whomatterskelly.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html">ABOUT ME</a> page trying to get more pictures including me since I'm always behind the camera. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Mama got a Grande Carmel Frappaccino, but she shared. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Derek got his free birthday treat for being part of the <a href="https://kids.barnesandnoble.com/kidsclub/">Kids Club</a> at the store. He picked the chocolate brownie with chunks. More than half came home with him for later!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">(<em>And yes.. if you are keeping track so far we have donuts, pancakes, ice cream, frap, and brownie. Oh my!!)</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It "works" really good! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">What would you like for your birthday dinner Derek? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Red Baron pizza (<em>don't ask!!)</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Red <a href="http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,176,155183-235193,00.html">Cherry Dump Cake</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;"><em>Happy 8th Birthday, Derek!</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;"><em>We are so proud of the young man you are becoming.</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">Wishing you a day of happiness and a year of excitement and fun! </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">We love you!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">Mom, Dad, and Austin</span></em></div>
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</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-45040745321498256962012-07-06T10:49:00.002-04:002012-07-06T10:49:23.793-04:00~this moment~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em>{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single
photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. </em></div>
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<em>A simple,
special, extraordinary moment.</em></div>
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<em>A moment I want
to pause, savor and remember.</em></div>
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<em>Inspired by </em><a href="http://www.soulemama.com/"><em>SouleMama</em></a></div>
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</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-88478940683602977722012-07-03T11:21:00.001-04:002012-07-03T11:23:13.907-04:00~165 miles for a Coca-Cola~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It wasn't the hotel, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">or the pool, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">or the Jacuzzi that got his attention. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Not the breakfast buffet, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> or 3 days of playing against the toughest elite baseball teams. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It wasn't the lunch out with just mom, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">or the big comfy beds with 4 pillows each, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">or the pizza party after a victory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It wasn't downloading new songs for an </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">"Indiana Playlist" on his iPod, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">or hearing his mom sing '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0O0nzkESTI">Pontoon</a>' over and over in the car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It wasn't the 104 degree temperatures, or hail storms, or rain delays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The look on Austin's face when he saw this touch screen </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Coca-Cola machine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">He thought it was the bees-knees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And when his little brother and dad drove in the next day, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">we had to go back to show them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It was just <em>that</em> cool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Any drink you can imagine in any flavor you can think of.</span><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Austin went nuts about the Vanilla Coke. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Derek tried the Raspberry Sprite. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Dad went for the Orange Coke. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I opted for the Indiana Water... I wasn't disappointed.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Have you seen one of these new dispensers?</span><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span> </em></div>
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</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-81123625840115038752012-06-29T09:30:00.000-04:002012-06-29T09:30:35.260-04:00~this moment~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week.
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<em>A simple, special, extraordinary
moment.</em></div>
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<em>A moment I want to pause, savor and
remember.</em></div>
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<em>Inspired by <a href="http://www.soulemama.com/">SouleMama</a></em></div>
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<br /></div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-35284448217334228702012-06-27T16:21:00.000-04:002012-06-27T16:26:23.882-04:00~visualize~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Right before every game, my son's baseball team is called into a huddle to visualize. No talking, no listening, no words spoken. In this brief moment, thoughts of hitting, running, catching, batting, fielding, fly balls, singles, doubles, triples, home runs, outs, pitches, and *who knows what* are all racing through their minds. For all I know, one of them is thinking that he needs to double knot his shoe lace or he'll trip, or that he should have picked a grape Gatorade instead of orange. Reguardless, I often wonder about what each person thinks about for his own mental game. Do they have confidence in themselves or are they scared? Can they see themselves succeeding or do they see failure? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Austin commented after a game that something during the game happened that he had visualized before the game and that it works. Does it work? Can we visualize something and actually make it happen? Is it luck or coincidence or will power? If we want something bad enough can we achieve it? Of course we can!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then I think of my own life. My family and friends. Are we taking enough time in our own busy lives to really sit, think, not talk or listen, just visualize? We should. We can. We can learn from our children. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">All of us are capable of hitting a home run...in life... or on the field. </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We just have to see it. And then take a chance and swing. </span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Courier New;">(*On a side note, I visualized my house being cool again and guess what?? It is! Mr. Air Conditioner Man came through and this mama is a bit happier, and cooler!)</span></em></div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-52507692162111240152012-06-25T15:28:00.001-04:002012-06-25T15:28:11.869-04:00~500 water balloons and one hot mama~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">What do you do when your air conditioner breaks down over the weekend and you have the smart idea (maybe it'll be cheaper??) to wait until Monday to call for service? You head to the store, of course, for a bottle of 500 water balloons! Trust me... takes your mind off of the 90 degree temps in one toss and burst. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We came home Saturday from a travel baseball game to find the house at 86 degrees and the a/c running constant, just not cooling the house. Needless to say, this mama has been a bit grouchy for a few days. As I sit here now, we are still waiting on our local service guy to be here "later this afternoon" to fix it. We're finding comfort in eating lots of salads, watermelon, grilling out instead of using the stove or oven, and running 5 fans constant to get the air flowing. Only problem is, the air that is flowing is really, really hot air! I'm trying hard to think back to times before people had this luxury and not complain too much. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">But lets be honest here... it's just not working. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">If you happen to live local and you've seen me and the boys wondering around stores, without a cart, for hours at a time, just browsing, making small talk with whoever wants to chat, now you'll know why.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">If you see me driving around the block with the windows up and the a/c blaring, and around, and around, and around the block once more, now you'll know why. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We're not bored.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We're not lonely.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We're not weird. (Although some may beg to differ.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We're just hot. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And we'll take relief in any form we can find.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Can't wait to see you, Mr. Air Conditioner Man. Just be careful not to get soaked by a water balloon when you pull in our driveway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's been five years since we took Austin to Indianapolis to see the Miami Heat play at the Conseco Fieldhouse against the Indiana Pacers. My husband has been a loyal fan since 1988 when the team was formed. Needless to say, we are all Heat fans to this day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Tonight we will be watching and cheering on our team to a victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder. I'd typically pick thunder over heat any day. Especially with the hot temperatures we've been having... a nice rain with a storm would surely be welcome. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">But not tonight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Go Miami!! </span></div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-40588344777110137592012-06-19T12:26:00.000-04:002012-06-19T12:26:13.580-04:00~seven things~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to my Dad, Ken</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">to my mother's husband, Chuck</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">to my husband's Dad, Rick</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">to all Dads...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">enjoy today, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">enjoy the ride every day to come, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">enjoy your children, </span></div>
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</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-11918154464314591582012-06-15T09:53:00.001-04:002012-06-15T09:53:53.682-04:00~this moment~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When the kids were old enough to talk, we had a huge decision to make. This decision would last a lifetime, so it had to be made with great care and lots of thought. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Was it going to be Grandma and Grandpa? Mamaw and Papaw? Nana and Papa? Nanna, mimi, granna, pa-pa, paw-paw, granny, grandad...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We settled on "Just Grandma" and "Grandpa". I always called both sets of my grandparents Grandma and Grandpa and my husband did as well. If the children started calling them something on their own, we would have gladly allowed whatever term they came up with. But, they did not and we have always just used these simple traditional names. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">My mom had joked once that she didn't want a slang nickname, she wanted to be called "Just Grandma." So, every now and then we'll sign a card or address a letter to, "Just Grandma."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Thank you, "Just Grandma", for</span><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> taking the boys home to stay with you and Grandpa for a couple of days of fun. It's a much needed little vacation for them (and us) and I know you'll have a blast together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And the best part of this little stay:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Guess what the hubby and I just did for an exciting date without the kids?? This is big time.... fun stuff, I tell ya! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We headed to the library and turned in our Adult Summer Reading Forms. We filled out some trivia papers and author searches to try to win a Kindle. Then we looked at newspapers and browsed the shelves, kid free. Ten years ago this might not have sufficed as a good date in my book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">IT...... </span><span style="font-family: Courier New;">WAS....... AWESOME!! </span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Courier New;">What do your children call your parents??</span></em></div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-79356294749292811272012-06-12T10:31:00.001-04:002012-06-12T15:04:04.094-04:00~how to feed 19 fish in the sea~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Gift giving is one of my favorite times to be creative. It seems as though we have numerous birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, teachers gifts, and coaches to appreciate through the year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The end of this past school year I wanted to make something extra special for Derek's teacher. His teacher has been absolutely awesome and has made learning more fun than any other teacher either of my kids have ever had. To say she is amazing is an understatement. We felt so blessed that each day Derek wanted to go to school because he was excited for the next day or project or lesson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">After putting some thought into what we wanted to make, we headed for the store to pick up a frame (2 opening 5x7 frame, mat removed, turned horizontal) and some stickers. That's the fun part... picking up inexpensive supplies ($5.00 total!!) that you turn into something beautiful, unique and personal. We went with a fish theme because Mrs. Carpenter loved fishing and I knew we could play on the "school" theme. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Derek picked out each fish for every kid and placed them right where he wanted them to "swim". Mrs. Carpenter was the biggest fish and he put her right up top in the middle with all of her "school" around her. (Notice how Derek put himself right next to her... loved it!!) Then we added bubbles, pearls, waves, shells, and starfish. I wanted to have him write all the names, but he wanted me to because the names had to be so small to fit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My favorite part was adding the "School" Year 2011-2012 to the bottom left corner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We made sure to include the students that "swam" away through the year and the new students that joined the "school" mid-year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Derek was so excited to take the package to his teacher the next day. All of her "school" came "swimming" over to watch her open her gift. She loved it! The kids enjoyed seeing their own fish/name and remembering the few who "swam" away through the year. Lots of tears and hugs and thank yous and laughs were shared. </span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Thank you, Mrs. "Carp"enter, for feeding our little fish and encouraging him to flap his fins daily. You've taught him so much, made learning fun, and he truly knows that there is no limit to how far he can swim in life. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Oceans of love to you, </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mama Fish</span></em><br />
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A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week.
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</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-65880037193472644652012-06-07T12:05:00.000-04:002012-06-07T12:30:24.431-04:00~pick your own strawberries~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The weather yesterday was too good not to go out for an adventure. I decided we'd stay local since we had plans for the evening and didn't want to be gone all day. Our town librarian told us about a field that was only 11 miles from our house that we could go pick our own strawberries. We've always traveled farther to another place years prior. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We headed out on our big adventure and stopped along the way to look at the clouds and admire some of our favorite farms. I decided to surprise the boys and we stopped at an old gas station/pizza place/post office/ice cream parlor in a nearby town. Yep.... one of "those" places. Where you can find just about anything and you can get your gas from a vintage pump where the numbers turn like an old clock and you have to go inside and pay. Love these!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The boys thought it was pretty cool to be eating in the middle of a gas station, grabbing pizza right out of the box, picking out a pop from the cooler to drink with it, and admiring the racks of candy and chips surrounding them. You would have thought they were in junk food city!! And no.... this mom didn't give in to any requests. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The produce farm we arrived at was full of busy workers and friendly faces. We were told we could pick right there or head down the road a bit to some more fields. Back in the car and down a lane we continued on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The boys had a fun time pulling the buckets apart. We each got a bucket to carry and then we dumped them all together before we checked out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Austin seemed to enjoy this adventure more than Derek, surprisingly. He got right into the picking and found "the perfect spot". Derek was more interested in walking up and down the rows, checking out the watering system, and playing with the Wiener dog another couple brought with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Derek did find what he called the "Big Daddy Strawberry" just laying on the ground that someone else had probably dropped from their bucket. This was the first one we washed and ate when we arrived home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A while later, we found our buckets were getting full and we needed to go back to the farm and pay for our sweet gems. Austin questioned this system and how the owners kept track of the other fields and of who payed and who didn't. It was a nice opportunity to talk about the 'Honor System' and how it's hard to find places around like this anymore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">One of these beautiful hanging baskets came home with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And of course a little bear of local honey that Derek just loved. He asked if he could keep the bottle when it was gone to put our other honey in. It's the simple things in life, isn't it!?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The ride home was just as nice and beautiful as the ride there. The clouds looked like, "stairs to heaven." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">One more stop at the Dairy Bar in our town for some <a href="http://www.whomatterskelly.blogspot.com/2012/04/ice-cream.html">ice cream</a> and then we'd be home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Back at home we poured the strawberries into the sink to give them a good wash and put them out to air dry on towels on the counter. Needless to say, there were a few dozen missing from the group within a short period of time. It was so nice to have freshly picked, warm, sun-kissed, delicious strawberries to enjoy!! We just might make some <a href="http://www.whomatterskelly.blogspot.com/2012/02/strawberries.html">freezer jam</a> today. (If there are enough left by then. Otherwise, it's back to the fields tomorrow for some more!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">That evening we all loaded up into the car to meet some friends at a Minor League baseball game. We had a fun time, even though our home team lost. Austin was lucky enough to catch a ball that one of the outfielders threw into the crowd after a third out in the inning. And guess where the camera was?? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">My earliest memories are from when I was 5 years old. The airplanes circling in the sky and a park you could see off the highway gave me a sign we were close.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">When we lived in California, I remember seeing the mountains far off through the front window, then the check in station at the Air Force Base where my parents had to show their military I.D. to enter, then the long row of palm trees that lined the entrance down to our neighborhood. We were almost there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Back in Ohio, we stayed at my great-grandmother's cottage on a lake when we first moved back. There was a pizza place about 5 minutes away that had a white sign out front with a black top hat on it. My brothers and I would race to see it first and we'd say, "I see the top hat!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">When we moved to another house, I remember a Burger King a ways down the road that sat on an intersection. When I saw that place, I knew it was only a matter of time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Another house, there was a pond that we passed and we were close. There was a high school that sat right off the highway at another house that was a clue. There was a movie theatre near an exit ramp at another house. A college close to another... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">You get the point. I could go on and on, considering that I moved more than anyone I knew growing up. The city was always changing, the weather was different, the bedrooms were always arranged just a bit different, my age was different, the neighbors were new, the schools changed, and the friends were different. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It's been almost 11 years since we moved into our current home. This is the home that my husband and I bought together after we were married. </span><span style="font-family: Courier New;">The home that our children are being raised in. </span><span style="font-family: Courier New;">The home that we can't wait to get back to after being away from. And now, that blue water tower standing high above our town serves as a symbol to our family that we are not far. <em>We are home</em>. </span></div>
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</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-71356812678898186412012-06-04T15:47:00.000-04:002012-06-04T15:47:46.668-04:00~easy, crispy, powdery~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Yum! We added strawberries to our Powdered Sugar Crisps but they were good plain, also. The recipe can be found <a href="http://www.elliekrieger.com/powdered-sugar-crisps">here</a> if you are interested. This was a great recipe to use to help teach Derek fractions earlier this school year. Enjoy!</span></div>
</div>~Kelly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11246237478029913535noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928229172098282961.post-57350962247574519022012-06-01T11:01:00.000-04:002012-06-01T11:03:54.455-04:00~this moment~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em>Thank you, <a href="http://clover-seven.blogspot.com/">Tracey,</a> for these lovely bowls and seeds! </em><br />
<em>Your work is beautiful and I feel honored to have them in our home. </em><br />
<em>Before we opened the box:</em><br />
<em>I guessed blue.</em><br />
<em>Derek picked red. </em><br />
<em>Austin chose yellow. </em><br />
<em>Much to our surprise, there were TWO in the box.... Derek and I were both right!</em><br />
<em> (*Austin was happy he got the tissue paper color right!* )</em></div>
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