Progress on the room

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Oh look, it’s not a tweet!!!

This is the room, halfway done. You won’t be seeing pictures of the before because…

eew. eew eew eew eew eew. because I didn’t TAKE any pictures of a fifteen-year old CARPET for pete’s sake what is WRONG with you people??!!??

But tonight, my friends…tonight I have [...]

I just wanted to go out…

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The plan was for me to leave work early enough to get home and have a bite before taking the boys to the 7pm movie.

They didn’t want to go. The Spongebob Sponge Bash is coming on and WE CAN’T MISS IT MOMMY!!!

The plan became: get the boys in bed, slip out [...]

First Grade Timeline – Part 2

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I finished going through our photo collection at about 3:30pm today. I realized a few things, as I went through seven years worth of digital photography:

I need to start snapping pics again. The difference between the sheer volume of pictures from 2001 and today is startling. Saving the pictures in dated file [...]

Maintenance creep is killing me.

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Never heard of it? I’m quite sure you’ve done it. Veeeehickle stuff that gets ignored until you can’t ignore it anymore.

New tires, but you don’t have the money so you set it aside and wait. An oil change, but the kids are hungry and cranky when you think of it so you [...]

On the 11th day of Christmas my children gave to me…

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laundry and some vomit to clean….

The boys have spent the last two days on the futon mattress in the floor in front of the TV. It’s both unnerving (they’re both laying!!! and not fighting!!! OHMYGOODNESS IT’S THE SEVENTH SIGN!) and a relief (no fights to break up? SCORE!). On one hand I’d [...]

Another Friday

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I’m at home with my SPD kid today. He’s getting big-kid molars and that has wreaked havoc on his digestive system. Which of course, means that he’s completely forsaken pants and needs a shower every 20-30 minutes or so.

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My Notes From The Universe for today says:

Emily… you’re not using [...]

Abundant Spending: A few days later…

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I did indeed fall behind in my 30-days of abundance spending. Work and the story I’m working on have been distracting me. But never fear! Today I get to spend $102,400 – and I’m going to invest in a friend with that money.

My friend owns a defunct bakery, and wants to [...]

Twenty Five Thousand Dollars

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Oh how to spend today’s $25,600? I’ve debated and written and deleted several things. And we can’t forget the constant interruptions of The Progeny as I try to write. Today’s method of attention grabbing is to take a flying leap, landing across my chest (because they know landing on the laptop will land [...]

The Abundance Concept, personalized

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When I first read MMND’s post about abundance I felt a ring of WOOHOO! through my soul. The original post had her spending a dollar amount (that multiplies exponentially until by day 30 we’re spending 50 *billion*) and combining her spree with gratitude for three things.

And then she kicked it up [...]

Abundance on my Birthday!

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Today I get to spend $6400! That’s a whole set of new appliances, my lovelies.

Kenmore front load washer (king size capacity plus) $1599 Kenmore king capacity dryer $630 Whirlpool 24 in. Built-In Dishwasher $400 26 cu ft. Fridge – $2650 Convection Microwave – $550 Dyson Vacuum (All Floors)- $500

And delivery charges [...]