Inexpensive Fall Decor

 

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I’d be lying if…

I’d be lying if I told you that this has been a good week. I have looked forward to this week since the day Keith left for his deployment. This is my last week without him. I thought that I would be spending it preparing for his arrival, finishing up last minute projects, and being just [...]

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Everyday Display- Fall

This Everyday display from Creative Memories hangs above the desk in our living room (or I could be fancy and say “great room” as our living room and dining room are one in the same ) Anyway, I like to change it out every few months. This is the “fall” look for the [...]

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Saying Goodbye

On Saturday I made probably the hardest decision of recent. I took my two labs Maggie and Sugar to the shelter. It was something we had been discussing during Keith’s entire deployment. Saturday, I finally decided that that was the day. We needed to give them up for a number of reasons. I plan to [...]

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Great Post

This is a really great post http://simplemom.net/the-daily-balance-of-parenting-housework-four-useful-reminders/ 
I enjoyed reading it and I think you will too It had some great reminders for me, the perfectionist in me that wants everything to be perfectly clean/and or organzied….which is really hard with a toddler (no she is actually almost a “preschooler” now…) and two large [...]

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Rubbing Elbows with a Presidential Candidate…

This was taken a few years ago at my brother-in law’s commissioning into the Air Force. John McCain was the speaker. After the ceremony we asked if we could have him take his picture with Keith and Kevin. We had no idea at the time we would have a picture of the two of them [...]

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Best Campaign Commercial

I’ve been honest here at Journey Home about how much I disagree with President Bush. I will be honest again, I have never thought that we needed to have carried on this war as long as we have. I believe we were lied to concerning weapons of mass destruction. I feel that the lack of [...]

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Home-Coming

I’ve heard this song several times over the time Keith has been gone and it always made me think of him. I watched this video on you tube and someone else had the same idea We are very much looking forward to our own home-coming. There are several things that make the sacrifices [...]

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Home Management Notebook

 
Alright…go ahead and laugh, it is ok, I try not to take myself too seriously anyway…but, yes I have an entire three ring binder devoted to “home management”… I’ve only within the last year developed such a binder, so I spent the first 4 years of my married life without one. I can say that [...]

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Orange Square

 
Kate and I are working on the color orange, and various shapes this week. We cut out an orange square to practice cutting skills, then painted the square orange.

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