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the priceless collection

November 30, 2010

It all started when I declared early November that I was pulling all things Christmas from the attic and going through each and everything with the goal to decrease my Christmas crap by 75%. I have 20+ years of Christmas collecting, 7 moves including a 3 year storage unit, and the uncanny ability to block [...]

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where holly starts planning an arranged marriage

October 20, 2010

4 year old boy on swing talking about marriage

Today was one of those rare and treasured family outing days. The boys didn’t have school due to parent/teacher conferences and I sped through those meetings and was back home by 9. Blog-Stedman had the day off so the stars were properly aligned and we packed up the SUV and went to the children’s museum [...]

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my butt is burning: the story

May 25, 2010

A few years ago in celebration of our 15th wedding anniversary, I took blog-Stedman to Las Vegas. I made all the arrangements as a surprise. He really doesn’t like to travel and he hates surprises so I obviously wasn’t paying attention in our marriage at that point, but that is not this story. I had [...]

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chirp. chirp.

May 19, 2010

All through the house not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse. No one should be stirring! It was 2:30 am. Chirp. Chirp? I don’t hear anything. *pause* *silence* *keep listening* *nothing* Chirp. Chirp? CRAP. Where is it coming from? *pause* *silence* *keep listening* *nothing* Chirp. Chirp. CRAP. Where is it coming from? *turn [...]

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Some things should just stay in Vegas

September 28, 2009

Blog-Stedman and I went to Las Vegas last week. It was a planned trip that we agonized over for a few weeks to assure that we could afford to go. It is no shock to those who know us that our approach to gambling is a bit different. Blog-Stedman is a low risk taker and [...]

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How the Tooth Fairy amuses herself

June 2, 2009

Ryan(8) has only lost a few teeth. He is not wild about having a loose tooth, but even less wild about the actual loss process. So the tooth hangs by a thread for weeks… It isn’t pretty. Last Friday, blog-Stedman had an out of town appointment in Shreveport which is a 3 1/2 hour drive [...]

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A quick trip to the grocery store

February 17, 2009

My grocery list: Oh, are you going to the store? Can you pick up a few things? Let me just add a few details to my list for you. Hmmmm…let me be a little bit more specific. Wait. I thought of a few more things. It is kinda confusing. Let me have that list! Maybe [...]

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My baggage

January 30, 2009

One of my all time favorite TV episodes was the Baggage episode of Everybody Loves Raymond. It portrays the pinnacle of a couple’s passive-aggressive fighting with perfection. They share a suitcase on a weekend trip. When they return it gets placed on the stair landing. Where it sits for days, and then weeks. Clothes that [...]

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First came pride, and then…

January 23, 2009

I ski pretty well for a girl. I have gotten to the point that I know I can make it to the bottom of any hill. It just might not be pretty. We started skiing regularly enough about 4 years ago that I bought my own skis. off the internet. on a discount. I love [...]

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Free to a good home

January 16, 2009

We are an at-home family. I am a stay-at-home mom. Blog-Stedman now works from home. My two youngest are not in school. My oldest is partially home-schooled. At home. At home. At home. At home. When blog-Stedman was considering making a change to work entirely from home we had quite a few discussions as to [...]

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He loves me.

December 30, 2008

December is a crazy month here at the Nirvana. Rhett’s birthday is the 15th. Christmas comes 10 days later. Our wedding anniversary is the 29th. New Year’s Eve. And then the craziness moves into the new year with New Year’s Day, my birthday and blog-Stedman’s birthday within the next month and 1/2 and we haven’t [...]

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