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Last month - upstairs heat pump dies. $200 for temp fix,  $6,000 for new unit Kitchen faucet springs a leak and fills lower cabinet - new faucet at 11 p.m. (also not cheap!) Truck mirror and door handle break. $200 (thank GOODNESS for the extended warranty) Last week: downstairs furnace breaks.  $200 for a temporary fix, HVAC guy suggests $3,200 for a new unit (also, thank goodness we have an

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They both want Clone Wars rooms - so we're doing away with the shades of baby blue and off while and going with: Clone blue, black and white.  Also moving beds and furniture!  SHOULD BE FUN!

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it's been a while eh?  Let's start with updating the about me!

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So...today I started an Android training class.  I have my MacBook Pro (from work) for programming, but I'm a Windows programmer because that's all the customer lets us use.  So I haven't developed on my Mac in 2 years.  So to do the training, which requires switching from PDF to Eclipse, to the Android Emulator, to the error catcher, to Firefox and coding, it is a PAIN to use the touchpad when

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In the email I rec'd for my DEC 17 order it says "Most items ship from our warehouse the next business day after your order is submitted. Orders containing back ordered items may be consolidated and ship on the back ordered date indicated." I purchased these items for a CHRISTMAS PROMOTION on Dec. 17, for FREE SHIPPING DAY.  NO WHERE was it indicated that the items would NOT be delivered for

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They can deliver on Dec. 27.  WHEE.  Only 2 days late.  NOT.  But they're giving me a gift card.  That totally makes up for it. NOT.  If we thought it would fit in our truck, we'd go get it.  Too bad they don't deliver....oh wait!  hahahahahaha

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Mr. Dunn - we ordered a 50 inch tv for my mother, to be delivered TODAY.  We did not receive a phone call yesterday to scheduled delivery so I called your customer service line. After holding for 15 MINUTES, the customer service rep informed me: 1.  the tv is NOT scheduled for delivery.  Will probably NOT BE delivered in time for Christmas. 2.  they have no idea why the delivery department is

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Please please please tip the people that help take care of you all year: hairdressers, teachers, nail techs, etc.  These people DEPEND on their Christmas tips usually for December bills (my mom uses hers for her real estate tax).  She is noticing a GIANT down tick in tips this year - and I know things are tight all around, but please, remember that these people count on your generosity.

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I am cursing you today.  HOW DARE you move the diet coke label to the bottom, and the Diet Coke with Lime POISON to the top?  Everyone has picked the wrong soda today because you SWAPPED THE LABELS FOR NO REASON.

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to learn how ornaments shatter when hit at a high rate of speed.  OF COURSE.

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Of my tree has 3,433,223 ornaments hung on it.  The upper 10 rings, 4 ornaments total.  I LOVE IT.

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It is raining sideways! And I've got 5 preschoolers on a field trip! Yay!Sent from my iPhone

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Hubby left 3 weeks ago for a work trip.  He'll be back first week of December.  I am a bit busy.  Here is what my day (on a Wednesday, the day I have "off" from work) is like.... 5:15 a.m.: Jessie sneaks into my bed. 5:45 am: oldest wakes me for my shower.  I hit snooze. 5:55 am: shower 6:20 am:head downstairs. Make breakfast for the oldest. Pack his lunch. 6:45 am: Tyler comes down, insists on

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Homemade cinnamon bread LUNCH! sweet tea!

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Hello out there!! How's it going? Wow, being thrust back into real life is an adjustment, yes? Today is the 1st day of school for elementary kids - so my Son started 3rd grade. He loved it so far, but is still ANNOYED, with a capital A, at having to goto bed on time. He decided he wanted to go swimming right before bedtime and is ANNOYED that we said no. How DARE we???

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Back soonest!!

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There are 4 TVs and 3 computers in this house. WHY OH WHY when I put Pandora on in the kitchen to cook do the kids want to WATCH MOVIES on the kitchen computer? Seriously, we have 4 PLASMA TVs and they want the 21 inch monitor in the kitchen. What. The. Hell.

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with Chick-Fil-A for lunch!!!!  Going to eat some of that stress away!!

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This is what their website says: Dermatologist-developed to be safe, comfortable. Yet in clinical trials our serum was comparable to a leading prescription ingredient in creating a more even skin tone. A verified 53% improvement in skin tone. For all ethnicities: See results starting in as little as 4 weeks. At 12 weeks, see a visible reduction in dark spots, age spots, and traces of acne past.My

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6 a.m. 50 minutes run on treadmill7-8 shower and do hair8-9 a.m. feed kids10 a.m. - at pool store w/sample, get more chemicals.10:30 Benjamin Moore store for three gallons of HEAVY ASS PAINT11:00 head home - put first batch (6 buckets, heavy buckets) into pool. Brush pool. Feed kids lunch, dress them for party. Wrap presents. Eat leftover pasta.1-4 p.m. chase kids around birthday party for

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4:45 a.m. Turn off alarm.5:45 a.m. Turn off alarm.6:10 a.m. Get up, too late for my shower. Get Son up and ready for school. Sneak in fastest shower ever.7:15 a.m. Son leaves - prep other 2 for preschool.Today we have 2 Mother's Day Teas. Which are the highlight of my day. BUT I've missed the LAST 2 days of work dealing w/the stomach bug, now I'm missing most of today.1 p.m. Arrive at work2:30

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Almost all brands except Heinz contain hydrolized oils and corn syrup. Funny, when I make gravy from scratch it takes 3 ingredients: meat drippings, meat broth, and flour. So - corn syrup?

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UGH!!! You cannot escape the HCFS and the hydrogenated oils. Not all the flavors but a good number of them. DARN IT ALL.

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UGH!  Does it never end??  Partially Hydrogenated Palm oil AND Corn Syrup. 

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Partially Hydrogenated Soy Bean Oil. Now WHY???

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Corn Syrup powder. WHY? The ingredients should say: Peanuts, salt. RIGHT? Why corn syrup too?No more purchasing these peanuts for us, they are off the healthy list. The shame is that I bought them when I was trying to find some more protein, healthy snacks for myself, and ended up with EXACTLY THE SUGAR I WAS TRYING TO AVOID. SHEEEESH Planter's - Shame on you.

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Ok - the stuff we feed our kids is crap. Well - I AM trying and I didn't KNOW chicken nuggets you get in the store were that NASTY. So - stay tuned! Big changes are afoot! Can I get my kids to change?I will not purchase McDonalds for my kids anymore.I will try very hard not to buy items w/high fructose corn syrup - I already TRY to do this, but it's hard - I am going to make more of an effort

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Ok - Thursdays around here SUCK.I get off work at 3:30. Drive from Reston to Ashburn to get my son from school. 3:35 - leave Ashburn to drive to TYSONS to get the little kids.4:10 - head back to Dulles (which is near Ashburn), getting there around 4:50. WELL - now soccer practice will be on the FAR side of Ashburn at 6. Exactly when are we supposed to EAT, HANG OUT, get anything done (like

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5:15 a.m. - wake up and get ready for work.6 a.m. - wake up older son and get him showered and fed for school.6:30 a.m. - wake up other 2 kids and change their clothes.6:50 a.m. - Tyler has HUGE meltdown that I bought shoes for the older child but none for him because HIS STILL FIT.7:10 a.m. bus comes7:15 am. - we leave late - see: tyler throwing fit about shoes STILL.7:40 a.m. drive BY my office

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I want to apologize for my harsh generalization in my last post - I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound like that or even say that.  I just don't want to pay for insurance for people who flat out refuse to buy it for themselves.  I'm not talking about people working their way to a better life and need a hand - I'm talking about people who just don't want to use their money for it (until of course,

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what a neglected place this is!! We've been swamped - we went on a vacation to Snomass, CO where the kids skied their hearts out (the oldest got the fastest time on the race course OUT OF ALL THE KIDS!) and the other two made great strides. As did I - this is the FIRST year I got a full week of skiing in! And it did cost us a pretty penny, but a week on vacation w/our kids and the grandparents

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Hello? Anyone out there? Doubt it! I'm west coasting it this week! I had a Hibernate training class in San Fran and then one of my bestest friends picked me up for 4 days of fun with her in San Jose. Look for some crazy upcoming pictures - y'all have been warned! We were up until 4:45 this morning, chatting, goofing, drinking and re-watching Twilight (yes, we apparently are quite fascinating

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OK, so I'm early on this one - but I've missed SO MUCH! I've got a ton to do (hence skipping out on work today) Son turns EIGHT tomorrow!! Do you believe it? I need to recap Nov and Dec.I've got a plan, I really do for a weekly feature to have here starting next week (well, the first entry will be about something I did THIS week)...but I'm trying!Happy New Year to you and yours and no matter

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Now, I do not expect this to be a healthy food product... but why does it have HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP in it?  Shoudn't it be only ears, lips and toes of some animal? 

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instead of going to the Homecoming Parade today and the Harvest Festival tomorrow, we are STUCK inside. Wandering thru a parking lot w/a double stroller and Son in the pouring rain IS NOT going to happen. I was going to venture out when it was a drizzle, but as soon as I got done w/my shower this morning, it was pouring. Sucky.So now T is sleeping and BabyJ is protesting STILL in her crib that

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Setting: 1991. I had arrived at VA Tech only a few weeks earlier and LOVED EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF MY EXISTENCE. College life, with out parents, was FOR ME! I loved it. I did not, however, love the food. In the first 3 weeks of school, I LOST 15 pounds. The food at the dining hall sucked - so I had cheerios for breakfast and a ham&cheese for lunch and a ham&cheese for dinner. No snacks and

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Morons!!

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and i've found the most ridiculous tops EVER.there are rufflesthere are mid-driffs still showingthere are shoulders showing (this isn't so bad, just not anything I have anywhere to wear something like this)THEY ARE SEE THROUGH!No wonder I can't find anything I like - all the vendors are busy creating CRAP.

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11:36 p.m. - Still Thursday!!Today was weird. I work for a govt. agency. Our office is in a general office park, but there is no way the landlord doesn't know there is a govt customer there, as well as Raytheon and SAIC offices.So - today they had a BBQ to "thank" us for being tenants. Well - they had a guy sneaking around taking pictures. Uh-oh. Just because we are paranoid doesn't mean

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Although I am cutting myself some slack - I had to work the past 2 days and then take care of three kids once I got home! And with the PILE of homework second graders get, and the fact that they aren't quite able to do it unsupervised yet, we are BUSY.My work laptop (a mac) won't connect to the internet, only the network. It will connect to internet if I hardwire it to the router. So the blue

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Today was a CRAZY busy day!! ArizonaPal came into town last night so I had the girls over for dinner/beer/wine and a ROCKBAND rockout! It was awesome until we lost track of time and it was POOF 4 a.m. Remember, hubby is away so guess who gets to get up w/the kids at 7? It wasn't ArizonaPal, that's for sure!Then I had to drive ArizonaPal to Reagan airport, which is NOT the one near my house.

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this is HILARIOUS!!!  http://thatwillbuffout.com/

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It'd be better if the cabbie didn't park and go inside

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If Akeeyu can do it, so can I! A post every day for the month of October!! I'm sure you were on pins and needles waiting for my return, weren't you?! ;-)

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Dear Kanye - you are an Ass.  Also - you are short and she should have flicked on you on top of your short man little head.That is all.  Oh and you shall hereto be referred to as K-Pest.  Do you THINK Beyonce needs YOU to stand up for her?  If she needs anyone to stand up for her (WHICH SHE DOES NOT) she'd pick someone better (like someone that can sing and has talent.  Also, height) than you.

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I remember vividly (like we all do).I was driving to work - in my super large SUV gas guzzler. I was 6 mos pregnant. I heard on the news a plane hit a building and thought "wow, that sucks. What an accident". And changed the station.When I got to work, about 5 minutes later, a co-worker told me again. Yeah, I heard, that is terrible! And sat down - goodness I was ALREADY tired from having

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WOW! It's been that long eh? We went to the beach (did I tell you that?) then I switched jobs.I went from 25 hours w/some from home in a swanky cushy office to back to "customer" space in a gross office where we have no control over our machines and space. And a 30 hour work week with no hours from home - a big change. So I've been a bit swamped. And hubby is on a business trip for the next

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Here is an article, from CNN no less - about how Obama-care is going to seriously hurt the middle class, and they have no idea it's coming.The main example is a family w/a 85K income and good insurance. Here is how they are going to be totally screwed...http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/20/news/economy/health_care_reform_middle_class.fortune/index.htm?section=money_topstoriesdo we need "change" in

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why did no one tell me of this magic radio app??!!  I LOVE IT - I have several playlists that I set up and added artists to and give thumbs up and down and VOILA!!!  A radio station fit for a princess!  ;-)  It is perfect - it plays EXACTLY the music I like!  I cannot stress that you have to try it if you have not -it is free and all your favorite music!  Why buy music?  I can take it and turn it

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http://emailsfromcrazypeople.com/

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I called in search of a pool basketball backboard...First call: put on hold INDEFINITELY for pool departmentSecond call: called main line, Golf pro picked up and yelled at me for calling the wrong dept. HELLO Jackass, I dialed the main number and YOU picked it up. He said I had to call the main line to get transferred to pool dept. I said I DID CALL THE MAIN NUMBER AND HUNG UPThird Call:

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Click for pic

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Well - last weekend Hubby was in VA Beach for work. Saturday was rainy and gross here so I threw the kids in the car and we went down to see him! In order to be able to get the bathing suits quickly, I put them in a separate bag so we didn't have to open the suitcase in order to hit the beach. I'm sure you can see where this is going!So we check into the Sheraton and ! NO BEACH BAG! Yikes!

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Click for pic - who buys these???

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Click for pic!!!

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remember we talked about bad parking? On level 2, this person is parked in the turn area between aisles where you are supposed to drive.

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this website where people submit their oddball texts....MAN! makes me both wish we had texting when I was in college and REALLY glad we didn't!! Although, some of the texts I went back and read from when I was in Vegas make me lean towards the "good thing we didn't have this" side! Also - camera phones and digital cameras! WHEW! No one needs to see some of those nights!

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Check out the water level in the pic of the pool

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A Williams sonoma sifter!!!

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a local church just sent a link out asking for donation for Helping Hungry Kids.  Many kids don't have enough food to eat on the weekends (they get reduced/free lunch and breakfast at school) - so they are asking for donations of food for the kids to have placed in their backpacks on Friday afternoons to ensure that the children have something to eat over the 2 day weekend.  I don't know why, but

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I found this link - he works at the South Pole and is a photographer! Amazing pictures of what goes on there when it is -80 degress F!http://pcully.blogspot.com/(hahaha I almost posted this without the link!)

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What do you get when you let a 7 year old loose at a farm w/a digital camera?- pics of the cool cobwebs- pics of dirt- 3 different shots of pig butts- 2 different cow butts- 1 horse butt- 1 peacock butt- 1 turkey butt- one pig SNOUT, up close- a couple of closeups of a farm truck - the emblems- a dog butt- several sheep buttslovely photographs.

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Well...I have ALWAYS had nice legs. And when one has an asset (and a few NON-ASSETS) one flaunts that asset! I went to the salon today in my Daisy Dukes (the only kind of shorts I OWN) and they FLIPPED out. Apparently, they think my legs are awesome. SERIOUSLY -for 10 minutes they inquired -natural? YES! No lipo there! Just 3 miles 3 times a week for OMG 20 years now (fuck! 20 years?? damn

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holy moly - have you seen this???http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

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Hi! I started my new job yesterday (which I love) and promptly ran into a neighbor (she works in the next office) and an old classmate!  WEIRD.  And then found out an old coworker ALSO works here.  Small world, eh? When they were showing me the office, the conference room fridge contains Sam Adams!  Now if that isn't a sign I'm in the right place, I don't know what is!Anyway, I'm loving it and

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people are paving their front yards in Mont. County to get more parking spaces:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/05/AR2009050503739.html

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http://www.morenewmath.com/

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Click for pic

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Hubby let me sleep in! At 8:30 I came downstairs just in time to see ToddlerT throw up all over the floor! Damn neighbors waking me up w/their early morning lawn mowing!!

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SWINE FLU! .00003% of the population has it. You have a higher chance of winning the lottery (though I guess if you get swine flu, you've just used up your lifetime of unlikely things happening). We just got BabyJ her first pair of big girl sandals. I could die of the cuteness. boo hiss! Unexpected May expenses (it's only May 1, how can we have unexpected expenses already!) - $200 for pool

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2 stores out of the strip mall by my house went out of business this month - I am trying to save the salon!!

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UGH! We apparently really suck at this money saving thing.Day 3 - WednesdayGroceries. $97, which puts us at $50 over grocery budget for the week ($150 is budget, spent $100 on Sunday).Hubby takes ToddlerT to swim lessons and Son wants to swim too - $9 entrance fee.Day 4 - Thursday$12 lunch - team lunch. Had to go.$30 Gift for friend.$10 Hubby had lunch at Pei Wei because he forgot his lunch.Day

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$40 for Urologist visit.$10 for pain meds for son.$11 at McDonalds for special Mommy & Me lunch.$70 at Target - $7 new toothbrush for son (you have to throw them out after having strep), $3 for one for ToddlerT, $27 for sunscreen, $9 for diet coke 12packs, $15 car cleaners/wax, etc)Hubby indicates that we need mulch. If we decide to forego this expense, all our plants and shrubs will die in the

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Michele is a blogger I LOVE. She is also a writer. So when I stumbled on her review of Twilight (which I also LOVED), I had to read it. And then she made me think.Read it here: http://www.hereticalideas.com/2008/10/book-review-twilight/

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And...work just made it so I can't get extra hours in each week. #@$@%@%@

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Hmmph. We finally sat down and looked at our recent spending...starting w/the trip to Vegas, we've been BLOWING our budgeted spending out of the water. And we haven't stopped - of course, there's not much we could do about it. We had already paid for and scheduled a vacation in March w/Hubby's Dad. And that cost almost TWICE what we had budgeted - not including the broken collarbone that we

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DAMMIT.In our mail yesterday was a tax notice for $944. And I am really irritated by this on MANY MANY LEVELS.1. There are TONS of people (most of them were picked by Mr. President to serve in his administration) that DO NOT PAY TAXES and aren't being chased down by the IRS. And yet they come after little old ME who pays a metric ton I assure you, in taxes.2. My #@$@^% company changed it's

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Watch for exciting pics!!!Sent from my iPhone

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Please say a prayer for Maddie and her family. This is so sad, what a beautiful little girl.

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http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/08/23/netflix/

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http://www.therepressedpastrychef.com/home/2009/3/30/sugar-cookie-bars.html

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Click for pic!!

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** They are still hard as #@$%@ to take out. I have to use spoon handles to PRY THEM OUT. nice. ** they don't hurt NEARLY as bad as I thought they were - my teeth were just sensitive at first, now they're ok** NO ONE has noticed! SWEET!** I broke the bottom tray today - see the first bullet. I use the handles of metal baby spoons to get under the back edges and pry them out (I use 1 spoon on

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that you are too tired to get up for the gym:  I was dreaming of having dinner in a restaurant and my phone alarm music went off.  In my dream, I remember thinking - that's odd they play the same music as my phone alarm in the restaurant.  The alarm didn't wake ME AT ALL it just provided odd background music for my dream.

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http://belgianwaffling.blogspot.com/

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Well....this year the dentist pointed out to me that my teeth were shifting from the lovely position my orthodontist did when I was an early teenager.  DAMN.  Not only was it a cosmetic issue, but my bite was being ruined by the changes.  So - invisalign it is for me!And I got them yesterday.  MAN THEY HURT.  And they have these little hooks that they glue to your teeth to hold the trays in

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Click for pic!!

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5004431/Family-who-are-too-fat-to-work-say-22000-worth-of-benefits-is-not-enough.html#

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OMG - that is an amazing story - that they WOULD EVEN COMPLAIN is astounding - and that taxpayers aren't complaining about them!  THERE ARE PLENY OF JOBS THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING, they just don't WANT to.  And 3,000 calories a day??!!  THAT IS TWICE WHAT WOMEN ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT!!  TWICE!! My diet: 1. stop eating so much2. exerciseSimple.  And I don't eat ANY of those overly expensive fruits

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Click for pic!

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WTF? http://lileks.com/screed/?p=90

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