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Sit Down and Stay Awhile
My mother-in-law asked if I would keep my eye out for a small chair to go in her bedroom. Could I? Could I be her personal second-hand chair shopper? The answer to that question is always, always...
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The Heart
I am part of a really fantastic MOPS group. I made this video to show at one of our meetings. It features a few of our ladies and their kiddos. The Heart from SugarSugarHouse on Vimeo.
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What We’ve Been Up To (besides ending sentences with prepositions)
The children are growing at a staggering rate. They both look so big to me lately. We got them stocked up on shoes for the summer- sizes 2 and 12.5. I’ve been doing free-lance work here and there but...
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Bye Bye, I mean, Hello Birdie
Well, another bird flew into our house. Apparently she was building a nest on the light fixture on our front porch. One of the boys left the door open a bit and she just flew on in and proceeded to...
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Gallery Wall
What do you give the Mom/Nana that has everything? A wall full of her beloved grandbabies. This is what I made for my Mom this Mother’s Day. There are currently some guests on a prolonged visit at...
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Signs Your Mother is a Chemist
1. She packed up her mother’s crystal and delivered it to you like this: I’m afraid to open it. 2. You’ve never heard her say, “fingernail polish remover”, only “acetone.” 3. In her cleaning supplies...
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Our Summer- Month 1
Brief recap of the first month of summer break: Pool pass! (That’s Levi in the bright orange swim shirt) Lemonade stand! Cherry picking! Fun with cousins! Girls weekend! (I spent a weekend in Chicago...
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Article 1
Here is the current state of affairs in the great room: This summer I finished the couch slip cover! Let me guess- you are thinking, “Amber! You started that slip cover 20 months ago. Why are you in...
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Silly Mama, Silly Kiddos
My MOPS group started up again this morning. I made this little video as part of the first meeting. One of the tough parts of mothering is that just as I figure out one stage, the kids race along to...
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Music, Lately
These songs have been pretty heavily represented in my playlists lately: I Bet My Life, by Imagine Dragons I’m a fan of this band and this song is very Imagine Dragonish. However, it was just released...
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Happy Holidays!
(Here’s the end of my little blog sabbatical. I don’t want to miss documenting too much of our family life as now even the kids like looking back at posts and remembering. Blogger has been increasingly...
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Christmas, the Second
My parents along with my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew flew in from Boston on the day after Christmas. It was so nice to be together for the holiday and also to celebrate my Mom’s retirement. She...
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