My Life in Pictures...

Eddie got glasses today!

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We had a great time in DC :)

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Jan 12,2012

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View outside my studio this morning. Beautiful :)

3 iPads + monopoly app= geek family game night

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Lol

Our new baby

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Meg named her Oreo and she's fitting in nicely, Ginger loves her to pieces already and popcorned as soon as they were in the cage together :) awesome!

We went to the Rosetta Stone Xmas party tonight

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We had a good time and I actually found some awesome people to converse with :) and megpie was asleep on the couch when we got home even though she was trying to wait up for us :)

Ginger is getting big!

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Last mowing of the year

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The weather was great for trick or treating

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And we had fun :)

Meg got a haircut yesterday!

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Meg leaving for 4-H camp!

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She's excited she got in rifle range and archery!!! There was a waiting list :) she might be a survivalist when she gets home lol!

Holy crap there's a million people on the national mall in DC!

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Happy 4th!!!!!

Fun at Busch Gardens!

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We woke up in time!!! Yay

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That's meg's teacher (Meg is almost taller than her!) 5:15am comes early but they'll have fun at Jamestown!

Happy birthday gg!!!!

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This wasn't as easy as it looks ;)

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Map pendants

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Circuit boards are pretty

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Meg & Eddie going to the father daughter dance

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She is soooo excited for her first dance!

Tea party!!!

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We're having a good day :)

Nightnight snuggles

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First real snow of the year!!!!

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Even gma loves the piggies :)

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So cute!

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Meg making TINY smores :)

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Tri-tip

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Yummy!!!! Were having smoked turkey and tritip!!! Yum!

Omg!!! Meg made a haul tonight!!!!!

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Yummy! Lots of candy for my to steal ;)

Copper leaves!

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Meg couldn't wait to dress up!

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View out my studio door

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It's pretty today!!! We were on tornado watch last night, but nothing
exciting happened!

We're in New York making our way home

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> The folliage is beautiful!!! It's a nice drive back after a
> wonderful weekend :)
>

It's a beautiful day for a wedding

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Roller coasters!!!!!!

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Wacky hair day at school!!!

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Her hair matches her shirt!!! :)

These kids are too happy in the morning

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Almost ready to go in :)

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Now that I'm almost 4 weeks post op, thought it was time for an update on an adult tonsillectomy. It was as bad as I had read it would be. No exaggeration. It took a FULL 2 weeks before I was functional. Some advice~ Popsicle are your friend, water and pain killers are your friend... EVERYTHING else is the enemy. You would think I lost weight from not eating for 2 weeks~ sorry to disappoint, 8 pounds! that's IT?! sad. anyhow, I'm all better now! and we're hoping this helps with the constant strep in this house.

I gave Ben a shnazzy mohawk :)

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Pretty new windows!!!

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First day of school!

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1st, 2nd & 3rd!!!

Awwwww its only 2 months old!

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Mmmmmm i made mango salsa!

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Polly got a bath

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She's all clean now :)

Meghan getting ready to get her tonsils out

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I've decided that most my posts are only pictures with small comments since I upload directly from my iphone, but I'm going to change that from now on.... It's been almost 2 weeks since this picture was taken and I don't want to forget anything. And one day years from now, Meg might want to catch up on what my view of what her world was like. She is recovering well and to be honest, I'm sure I'll be a much bigger whiner when I get my tonsils out in a couple weeks. She hasn't bled (yet! fingers crossed) and she's eating normal food (or as normal as a picky 8 year old eats) and I'm so proud of my little trooper. Right after this picture was taken, I dressed in a gown cover and shoe booties and since only one person could go back g'ma stayed behind. They gave her watermelon scented anesthesia gas and when they put the mask on she says 'ahhh it smells so sweet' then took a couple deep breaths.. in the meantime I'm holding her hand and they're strapping her down... and all the sudden~ she screams "MOMMA! PLEASE HELP ME!!!! MOMMA!!!!" tears streaming down her face and sheer TERROR in her eyes... omg.. my knees turned to jello and I sobbed and said 'don't be scared baby.. just relax.... close your eyes' as if the sight of your scared mother bawling over you is soothing.... Then she went under. The nurses said ah she'll be ok- she won't even remember that... but I do, and it was awful. I have never felt so helpless in my whole life. My heart hammering in my chest, my legs shaky, I walk back out to g'ma and she says 'What the hell are you crying about?!' So I tell her what happened and she said 'well the nurse said she won't remember so quit crying already' Gotta love g'ma to put it into perspective :)

Meg's getting a filling and she's being so good

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She was scared but she's a trooper!

Nom nom nom

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Renewal of vow reception dinner :)

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Ahhhhh the pool feels great!

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My shiny new toy!!!!!!!

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I love Apple!!!!! Yay!

Omg Seth & Jen's baby girl is soooo cute!

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The boys are sporting their summer hair do's :)

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Eddie bought me an ecodrive watch today!

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He's so sweet!

Meg sporting her papertowel flower

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She got her hair cut yesterday- i was tired of her shaggy dog look!

We're sick .... For the second time this month :(

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Meg and I both tested positive today at urgent care : / I hate strep.

Zack lost a front tooth today!

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What a cutie

OMG!!!!! I am SO happy to meet my idol!

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He's everything I thought he'd be!!!! So talented and funny and
personable!

The cave of the wind tour!

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By far the best part of the day- we got SOAKED! The ponchoes they give
you do not keep you dry! Had to turn off internet access by this point
because international data charges apply! Thats Zack on the right and
Meg n Ben are in there too!

American falls park

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Lake Erie New York!

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We're on our way to New York!!!!

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You see that big black cloud!

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I love these kids

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Ahhhh, the weather is beautiful, the grass is green and the sun is out. And these munchkins are wonderful.

Ahhhh I FINALLY finished cryptonomicon

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Amazing book, I'm gonna be tired tomorrow but so worth it!

Meg dressed up Hugh!!!!

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He's such a good sport

Its pretty up here!

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She placed 3rd!!!! She got a trophy!

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Megs getting ready to spar!!!!

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Another bike detailed!

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Pretty!

Eddie got his bike detailed!!!

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The doggies waiting for me to go to work :)

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spring is here

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It was 90 yesterday and the same expected today! I think we went from cold to hot in a hurry this year :) but we're just glad to be able to wear flip flops again! yay!

My pooped out baby girl

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There wasnt enough seats for us to stay together so I get to watch these guys :)

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We're on the train going to New York!

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And we're off to New Jersey! As you can see, us girls pack light :)

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We're in Williamsburg!!!

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What a cute boy :)

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Cody sure is glad to be hanging out with us

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Jon has me eating some weird shit

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Mopsy got a bath!

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Meg on her way to her first sleepover :)

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Something on my mind....

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As I was taking this pic this morning to remind myself to grab some fiber the next time I'm at the store, it occurred to me how strange this is. My iphone is my notebook, my memory jogger. If I were to lose my phone (God forbid!!!) The pics someone would see would seem strange and disjointed. When I need to remember something I snap a pic, when I want to look for something similar~ I snap a pic. I remember the days of scraps of paper all over the place and me not remembering exactly what it was I was going to pick up or send off or do. Technology~ you gotta love it.

We found a stray cat!!!!

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He is so cute but he'll have to stay outside, our cats hissed when
they smelled him on us. Jealous lil things :) and YES! Thats Meg's
bare legs! It's a balmy 40!!!! We must be getting used to the weather
here. Yay! Its 40!

We are having a good day today :)

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America's test kitchen crispy pork chop recipe

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Mmmmm we'll be having this again, it was very delicious :)

Eddie pullin apart a big smoky butt!!!

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Mmmmmmmmm yummy ... Smoked Boston Butt is Eddie's specialty since he got the smoker!

Almost all hooked up!

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Here's Meghan at the sleep study clinic at uVa Hospital. Depending on what the results were will decide if she gets her tonsils removed or not. Why they didn't take them when they took her adenoids is still beyond me- they had her knocked out already! but we shall see. On the bright side she was *SO* excited to be hooked up while she was sleeping.Not to mention she loved the little tv that was movable above her bed! My little trooper. I love this girl.

This is where Meghan and I are spending the night

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UVA sleep lab

Finally.... It stopped snowing

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And now the shoveling begins again... At least it's good exercise!

See the little girl at the top?

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Cool snow fort!

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Snow!

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More snow!

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So I've heard anywhere from 2 to 4 feet this weekend- we shall c.

More snow!!!!!

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We made 3 snowmen ;)

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How i spent my lunch hour :)

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How Ray spent his day!

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He earned his keep today :)

Snow!!!!!

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