Dear Max, You are well into your fourth month of life at this time.  You are growing and growing and growing and changing every day.  I count my blessings that you are a healthy thriving young boy.  Time is starting to speed up and go by too quickly.  But thankfully, you make sure I live in the moment.  Thank you sweet boy. You have been going to the day care...

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This has been my inspiration this week. It is the start of the new school year.  And with that usually means big comfy sweaters.  I am in no hurry for the cold weather to come roaring in, but cooler days are definitely more than welcomed.  *sweater can be found here.And speaking of cooler weather, this has been on my mind lately.  Two words.  Pumpkin. Spice.  Yum....

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(A new weekly series telling the previous weekend in photos.  I am sure with each weekend, I will get better at taking better photos!)       ...

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You've probably noticed the new banner.  Yep.  Working on some changes here.  And not just on the ol'blog.  This week and last were a couple of trying weeks for me both personally and professionally.  Today during my lunch hour as I sat across from my lunch mate, as I do practically every day, I heard myself be an optimist.  Then it happened again...

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Feeling very overwhelmed today.  I think its a combination of working full-time, caring for Max, caring for my mom while she is healing (which by the way she is doing awesome), maintaining the family budget, finding time to prepare meals, catch up on my reading and writing (ie, the lack of posts here).  Throw in a couple of phone calls with friends and...

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Its been a busy week and I wasnt able to spend my Saturday morning surfing the 'net like I usually do.  This is when I find all sorts of goodies to download and share.  This past weekend I was helping my mom who is on the mend from knee replacement surgery.  (If you recall, my dad had the same surgery, on both knees...

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This week Max started school (technically day care).  They were very excited for him to join the class.  Max did exceptionally well adjusting.  No real fusses.  He was so interested in everything he barely napped which made for a good thing for me, as he slept thru the night.  But I am sure it made for a handful for the teachers.   He is in a class of...

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  Sending our love to everyone, hoping you are enjoying your weekend!  ...

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Obviously since having Max one my goals was to get back into tip top shape.  I wasnt able to exercise while pregnant for various reasons, one being (the biggest one) Max's head was consuming the space where my bladder normally resided.  Once I was up and moving around without pain after delivery and was able to keep my eyes open for longer than ten minutes, I took to the...

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To continue the theme of being organized and food planning, I found a 'whimsical' (as my friend Rich says everything in my house is whimsical, guess this would just add to that!), yet functional menu planner.  What I've done, just as the artist recommended, was print out the planner, put it in a frame (cause i have like 12 of them laying around not...

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