What a Life!

Yes, Christmas is over, and we got some really nice gifts. A quick disclaimer: we appreciated all of our gifts, and just because something you gave us isn’t mentioned on this list doesn’t mean we didn’t like it. Steve got a nice Christmas bonus from work, which we used part of to buy him a […]

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Steve has both today and Monday off for Christmas. When I told him some of the things I wanted to do this weekend – while he was watching Ben – his comment was “You just want to get away from Ben.” Okay, so maybe so. I mean, I love Ben, but do you blame me […]

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When you’re a toddler, sometimes you just need to have your own opinion. The only way to actually do that is by saying “No.” If you say yes, you might be simply obeying instead of doing what you want to do. But if you say no, it’s definitely your own opinion…and everyone knows you have […]

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I wanted to take a picture of our tree, and of course Ben had to pose in front of the tree…so here is our Christmas tree. It really doesn’t look as bare in real life as it seems to in this picture. Last year when we bought the tree, rather than spending another wad of […]

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I set up the Christmas tree yesterday afternoon. Steve isn’t big on decorating for Christmas. In fact, we didn’t own a tree or even put one up until last year (meaning that the first two years were married we did not have a tree). Steve has always drug his feet and wanted to wait until […]

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Did you know that people are going to be saving lots of money on heating bills this winter? Steve said he hear Rush Limbaugh talking about this yesterday. It seems people will be saving money on heating bills just like the Democrats structure their spending cuts in Congress. Instead of heating bills being 40% higher […]

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