tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39788786379342753282024-03-13T15:57:34.352-05:00brook.etcthoughts. stories. life. babies.brooketchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217690981573269032noreply@blogger.comBlogger880125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978878637934275328.post-60193319522889956822019-07-31T10:53:00.000-05:002019-09-13T10:54:27.943-05:00photo journey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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this year a big 6 year old and 4 year old.</div>
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summer has been chugging along.</div>
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we've been spending our weekends at local fairs. </div>
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i think we've been to THREE this month.</div>
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we signed brette up for t-ball and she kind of likes it.</div>
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it's hot, so she doesn't love that and she's not good. </div>
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not sure if i'll talk her into it next year though.</div>
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in BIG house news - we started on the exterior!<br />
we hired cale to reside it.</div>
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no more vinyl siding and hello to a craftsman style.</div>
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i'm SOOO glad we decided to rip everything down. </div>
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you would not believe what we found underneath. </div>
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totally gross.<br />
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i love the new pergola we added over the garage, our new</div>
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garage doors, thicker trim and shutters. </div>
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our painter fell through so now ronnie has decided we're</div>
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going to paint and caulk ourselves. </div>
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we're done caulking and up next is paint!</div>
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i think we should have everything done in july. wahoo!<br />
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also this month, a little party for B and a few friends.</div>
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i'm throwing a family party for all 4 girls in july, but </div>
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i wanted brette to be able to celebrate on her own too. </div>
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she wanted an outdoor slide and rice crispy treats. easy peasy.<br />
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and lastly, we had a little adults weekend at the lake for </div>
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it was so nice to go out to dinner, stay up late, take the </div>
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boat out to the bars and not worry about the kiddos. </div>
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may was crazy. </div>
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lots of plans and lots of rain.</div>
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i started off the month with a little </div>
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it was heinous and i think i'm too young to enjoy them, </div>
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but we had a ton of fun on the party bus and going out </div>
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to dinner so i'm glad i went...</div>
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getting up the next morning for work. </div>
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the following week, we went actual camping (not campering)</div>
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with the turnbow's (it's kind of an annual trip.)</div>
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the girls had lots of fun playing in the tents and roasting </div>
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brats and smores over the fire. </div>
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unfortunately, it started raining in the middle of the night, so</div>
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we couldn't stay around for our campfire breakfast and fishing.</div>
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we're going to try again next year. </div>
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and can i just say, that knob noster state park is beautiful and i</div>
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can't believe its only 15 minutes away. </div>
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i kind of wish our camper was parked there. </div>
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it was such a pretty day and i loved that i was able to be there. </div>
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she actually caught a fish (her first ever!) so i consider this a success.</div>
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and finally, today was the last day of school. </div>
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brette made it through kindergarten and i</div>
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feel like it went super fast.</div>
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i'm so proud of how well she can read and</div>
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its my goal to keep it up all summer long. </div>
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ronnie and i took the girls out for donuts to celebrate and</div>
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reid had her first water play day at school, so </div>
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everyone is in a great mood. </div>
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tonight there is a fair in knob, so we plan on meeting up with</div>
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some friends and taking the girls on the carnival rides.</div>
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gotta start summer out right!</div>
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first - we (and by we, i mean my dad) planted an actual</div>
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all things vegetable. </div>
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the girls are really into it and ronnie loves the idea, but</div>
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also - we can't forget about easter!</div>
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the girls and i had matching dresses that i ordered</div>
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last year but it was snowing so we couldn't wear them.</div>
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thank goodness they still fit, although we do not have a great </div>
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we went to church with my parents and aunts and then</div>
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we did three different easter egg hunts and everyone got the girls</div>
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(which i'm totally down with)<br />
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since we've had our camper we normally go</div>
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memorial day, 4th of july, labor day and maybe one more time in august.</div>
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this year, since we're at a permanent site, we've been going a lot more.</div>
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we've already been twice in april and we're going twice in may. </div>
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it takes a lot of work to pack everything up and get all the food, </div>
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but it's such a nice time to get away and the girls absolutely love it.</div>
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i think they're going to want to go all time once the pool opens up.</div>
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also, since this is a permanent site, we want to buy some actual patio</div>
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furniture and hang some lights. </div>
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i'm excited to set it all up and spend our summer there. <br />
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the last week of april i went to austin for work.</div>
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i was gone 4 days, which is one too many, but i </div>
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we road on a private plane (because that's my life)</div>
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we have a lot going on in may and it's all fun!</div>
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it was amazing.</div>
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it was the best massage i've ever had.</div>
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ps- my parents kept the girls for 5 days so obviously, we owe them big time. </div>
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march was good, but with one exception.</div>
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still a little cold, but definitely starting to get a few good days.</div>
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downtown warrensburg does a charitable </div>
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ladies night event and this year was luau theme. </div>
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it was fun because kassie came down for it and it's </div>
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always nice to get out of the house for a night and </div>
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hang with the girls. </div>
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(i might have had toooooooooo much... fun)</div>
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brette finished up her basketball season and she loved it.</div>
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i know she'll want to play again next year.</div>
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ronnie hooked her up with a basketball goal down at the </div>
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shop, so she can play around anytime she wants.</div>
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(still unable to get the ball to the basket though, lol)</div>
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margie came down for a visit, which is always amazing. </div>
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she brought her kiddos and i took off </div>
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work so we could hang at shannon's.</div>
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reid ended up being SUPER sick - like more sick</div>
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than i've ever seen.</div>
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she was throwing up all. the. time. </div>
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i still managed to see margie, but i spent the rest of the</div>
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weekend taking care of poor reid.</div>
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we've met some new friends too.</div>
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ronnie started hanging out with a new friend,</div>
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and he has boys around our girls age.</div>
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they've hit it off big time and they've liked playing together.</div>
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and now for the bad news. </div>
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we lost little louie this month.</div>
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he was having such a hard time breathing and </div>
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it got really bad.</div>
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it was constant and i felt by keeping him alive,</div>
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we were actually slowly letting him suffocate. </div>
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ronnie couldn't do it. </div>
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i took him to the vet and the vet told me that i really</div>
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obviously not.</div>
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i took him back home and got ronnie and the girls.</div>
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we fed him eggs and bacon and then went back to the vet.</div>
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it was very peaceful and we loved on him and talk to him the whole time.</div>
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it's still very sad - i loved our little tater hog and </div>
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i feel guilty for being the one to push us to do this, </div>
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but i do think it was for the best.</div>
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the girls are brutal because they don't really get it</div>
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so they just talk about it all the time. </div>
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plus, they get confused about him being in heaven, </div>
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when they helped us bury him in the back yard, so</div>
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we have to explain it over and over. </div>
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ronnie and i had him for 10 years.</div>
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he was grumpy at night, slept all the time, did </div>
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spin moves when you were getting out his food. </div>
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he loved car rides and a licking ronnie's nose. </div>
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he slept with us every night above our heads and never </div>
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here's to you, bubba. 2008-2019</div>
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here's a couple pics of my gorgeous girls. </div>
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<br />brooketchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217690981573269032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978878637934275328.post-39258787854604541642019-03-04T20:58:00.000-06:002019-03-04T20:58:02.739-06:00february<div style="text-align: center;">
we spent most of our weekends in february</div>
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FINALLY finishing the master shower.</div>
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it took longer than i thought it would,</div>
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which is no surprise because ronnie takes longer</div>
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than i think doing almost everything. </div>
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the glass company came today and put the door on.</div>
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i LOVE the look of a frame-less shower door. </div>
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it looks so clean.</div>
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i have to wait one more day and i can shower in it.</div>
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ronnie did some final paint touch-ups and caulking, but</div>
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in 24 hours, you better believe, that's where i'll be.</div>
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and can i just remind you what this piece of shit used to look like?</div>
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i know. i love it too.</div>
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we also spent most of february fighting snow and sickness.</div>
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the s n o w .</div>
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i hate it so much and it won't stop.</div>
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i don't think the kids have had school on a wednesday</div>
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in four week and i haven't worked a full</div>
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week in a month.</div>
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we keep getting ice and snow to where i can't drive to work</div>
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or the kids don't have school.</div>
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thank god my work is understanding, but i feel super bad</div>
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to be working from home so much.</div>
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and then last weekend a bug hit our house.</div>
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brette went down first.</div>
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then reid.</div>
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and finally ronnie.</div>
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he's still fighting it, but the girls are finally feeling better.</div>
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i had to take brette in and get antibiotics because she</div>
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we did manage to get out and have some fun too.</div>
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my parents were watching madeline and eden so </div>
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they don't even have to ask.</div>
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OF COURSE they can take the girls for the night.</div>
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then we went to a little country bar - which i loved - and </div>
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it was a fun night. </div>
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then this weekend we had tickets to eric church.</div>
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i had seen him before and loved him so </div>
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i was excited to go.</div>
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we both agreed he puts on an amazing concert and</div>
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if you're a country music fan - i would recommend him. </div>
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and that's basically february. </div>
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i'm hoping for a warm front to come through</div>
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and heat things up around here. </div>
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i think its 3 degrees outside right now.</div>
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maybe by the end of march we'll have some</div>
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green grass and budding trees. </div>
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sooo, i accidentally went all month without blogging.</div>
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we spent new years even in bed.</div>
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it sucked and i hated it.</div>
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there's something about sending nye at home that's</div>
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a bit depressing and made me feel old. </div>
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on january 2nd, i started the 21 day fix diet</div>
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with a group of girls.</div>
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it turned out to be a great start to a healthy year.</div>
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if you haven't heard of it, i'd totally recommend it.</div>
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my biggest suggestion: download the app. </div>
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you can buy the containers at walmart and </div>
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i google searched the work outs on you tube.</div>
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i also had a fun night out with my girlfriends at</div>
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a fundraiser for the local hospital. </div>
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it's was a vegas theme: fire and ice.</div>
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there was lots of sparkle and it was fun to dress up.</div>
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brette started basketball. </div>
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i know.</div>
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i was shocked too when she agreed to play.</div>
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she is LOVING it and she sucks.</div>
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lol.</div>
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i realized after watching her first practice that she</div>
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dribbling it around the house.</div>
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she doesn't have enough strength to get the ball</div>
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ronnie is tiling the master shower.</div>
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FINALLY.</div>
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he's taking forever. literally forever.</div>
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i told him i'd like to take a shower in my own</div>
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bathroom for valentine's day, but i know</div>
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he's never going to make that deadline.</div>
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i think a more realistic goal would be march.</div>
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it's annoying but i'm trying not to complain. </div>
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reid is crazy.</div>
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she screams a lot and cries over everything.</div>
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she also has a flair for the dramatics because</div>
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she'll run down the hallway screaming and slam her door.</div>
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i think its a good glimpse of our life in 10 years. </div>
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she most happy when i promise her she'll see mimi and papa</div>
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and literlly hit me one day at her school when i picked her up</div>
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instead of papa. </div>
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it's a bit ridiculous and i'm hoping the closer we get to 4 years </div>
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old the further apart her melt downs will be.</div>
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right now, i'd love to just go one day.</div>
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that's basically all that's going on.</div>
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lots of snow and lots of football watch parties.</div>
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i think all of KC is still a little heartbroken about the chiefs.</div>
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but here we go into february!</div>
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christmas celebrations have been going on for 6 weeks.</div>
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lets just say, this christmas season feels like eternity. </div>
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it's good, because i love this time of year, but i also</div>
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feel like i've been going and going and going.</div>
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my company has THREE different holidays parties.</div>
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the first for our trades, the second for our team and </div>
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the third for our department. </div>
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i also had our annual christmas breakfast with my besties.</div>
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it was switched to my house but ended</div>
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up being really low key and fun.</div>
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i'm so glad we do it.</div>
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any excuse to see my friends, is fine by me. </div>
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i drove to st. louis for a one-nighter to see my sorority sisters.</div>
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its been a long time and miss hanging out with them.</div>
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we miss out on a lot. </div>
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it's one of my resolutions to make the time more often.</div>
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my family had our famous christmas cookie day,</div>
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can i just say that reid is the best thing that's ever</div>
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happened to christmas.</div>
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she jumps around and is so excited over literally everything.</div>
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you could give her socks and she would be like,</div>
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oh my god, i got the cutest socks. </div>
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plus she's just super sweet and gave everyone hugs. </div>
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christmas day was very low key this year.</div>
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just ronnie and i with the girls.</div>
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my parent's were in texas with the turner side, </div>
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brian was with kristine's family</div>
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and my aunt's and grandma went to marceline. </div>
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ronnie's sister decided against celebrating this year and </div>
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we actually leave tomorrow to see his mom. </div>
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we're doing christmas with my parent's and brian on new year's day.</div>
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so like i said... christmas is lasting an eternity. </div>
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it was weird to be by ourselves on christmas. </div>
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it was ok, but not my favorite. </div>
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i can't wait for big family christmas next year. </div>
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just call me clark griswald. </div>
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i will say that we made the most of it.</div>
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we made sugar cookies with marra.</div>
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we went to see santa and visit the magic tree.</div>
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we also made it to christmas eve mass. </div>
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ronnie and i were up to 11 wrapping gifts and </div>
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the girls slept together in brette's room.</div>
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they were up at least three times and checking on noises.</div>
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it was very cute.</div>
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reid woke up at 4:15 (not kidding) but i threw her in bed</div>
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with ronnie and i went and slept with brette.</div>
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it worked because they both slept in until a little after 7. </div>
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a huge christmas morning win.</div>
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they had so much fun opening gifts. </div>
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santa brought them a barbie dream house and a kindle.</div>
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(which brette calls an ipad - i let her think that. lol)</div>
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they spent the day playing, watching christmas movies and eating </div>
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popcorn and hot chocolate. </div>
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i was pretty proud of myself for dinner.</div>
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since it was just us and lets be honest, the girls</div>
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eat less than a mouse, i went ahead and tried to make a better meal. </div>
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rotisserie chicken, twice baked potatoes, broccoli & cauliflower casserole with rolls. </div>
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i made a pie the day before, but i gave it to ronnie's sisters family.</div>
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we settled for christmas candy and left over sugar cookies we made for santa. </div>
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i hope you and yours had a very merry christmas too.</div>
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think of me in a week when i'm STILL celebrating. </div>
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every few years we go to our professional photographer</div>
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let's be real:</div>
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this shit is expensive.</div>
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like, i don't even tell ronnie until after it's over.</div>
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thank god, i have my own job now, because</div>
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i can just say - don't worry, i paid for it. </div>
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but i keep going back because i always,</div>
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always L O V E them, so to me, it's worth it. </div>
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take a look. </div>
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can we talk about clothes for one second.</div>
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i ordered us new outfits FOUR weeks in advance.</div>
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unfortunately, the girls stuff was coming from china and </div>
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didn't show up in time. </div>
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(please see my <a href="http://brooketc.blogspot.com/2018/12/november-recap.html" target="_blank">thanksgiving post</a> to see reid's adorable dress that she didn't get to wear.)</div>
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so i borrowed reid's outfit from shan, ronnie borrowed my dad's sweater, </div>
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my freaking outfit was chosen in the last 20 minutes.</div>
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it's not my favorite, but i try not to dwell on it.</div>
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it's just, when you're paying for these pictures, it would</div>
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and can i just say, the clothes i ordered would have been amazing.</div>
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well that went fast.</div>
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bye <strike>felicia</strike>. november</div>
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kassie had henry. (insert heart eyes)</div>
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i was gone on a work trip so i met him 3 days later.</div>
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ronald and i went to our first gay wedding.</div>
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our dear camper friends, matt and josh.</div>
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it was a blast and ronnie and i managed to take zero pictures together.</div>
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it was eveything i ever wanted and </div>
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and then thanksgiving with my side of the family.</div>
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we met at my parent's house for a big turkey dinner.</div>
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i love that we're only 10 minutes away. </div>
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it makes it so easy.</div>
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and there you have it. </div>
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our novermber.</div>
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<br />brooketchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217690981573269032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978878637934275328.post-80772386223537591812018-11-23T19:39:00.001-06:002018-11-23T20:41:39.986-06:00finally, the before and after<div style="text-align: center;">
we moved in this house in july.</div>
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J U L Y</div>
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but we still had a few things left to complete</div>
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before i wanted to do "before and after" photos. </div>
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well, it's november and VERY close to being </div>
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december, and we still don't have a master shower.</div>
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so what the hell. </div>
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here's our photos, minus a master shower. </div>
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and it's also void of decorating. </div>
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this is my house right after i took down fall decor and </div>
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before i put up christmas. </div>
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but you get the idea. </div>
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i had cale trim it out and put up a new light.</div>
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i love it.</div>
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new floors, we wood planked the walls,</div>
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added wood to the tray ceiling and centered the fireplace.</div>
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a huge deal breaker with this house was the wall that </div>
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i told ronnie, if we couldn't open it up, then we couldn't buy the house.</div>
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cale added a huge beam in the attic to support taking out the wall</div>
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and it was so worth it. </div>
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you can tell from this angle that we removed the door into the front bedroom.</div>
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we relocated it to the hallway instead of the entry way.</div>
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it ended up being brette's room and i'm so glad her bedroom door isn't right</div>
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by the front door. that would have made me nervous.</div>
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we relocated the oven and the microwave and had <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Pats-Wood-Works-597454703932718/" target="_blank">paco</a></div>
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we added hats to all the doors and again,</div>
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another angle of the wall we removed.</div>
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i freaking love it. </div>
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but we added wood.</div>
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to brette's bedroom from the entry way.</div>
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brette's room.</div>
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our goal is to have it done before christmas.</div>
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i am now standing where her door is located.</div>
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extra space in the hallway, made the laundry space into </div>
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her bedroom closet and closed off the door to the entry. </div>
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reid's room.</div>
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nothing crazy done except for new paint and carpet.</div>
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you can tell the hallway was long and narrow.</div>
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i love how removing brette's closet allowed us to open it up.</div>
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this was jason's brilliant idea and a huge game changer. </div>
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we even had enough room to add a little broom closet.</div>
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this bathroom was gutted. </div>
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everything felt very USED.</div>
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gross. </div>
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new floors, new tub, new toilet, paco built us a cabinets,</div>
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we put granite in for a countertop,</div>
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added wainscoting and paint.</div>
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mostly this was just new carpet and paint in the master, but i </div>
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did have them add wood to the tray ceiling again.</div>
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its a little thing i picked up from working at summit homes </div>
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and i just love what it does to a room.</div>
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there used to be a little fireplace in the master, </div>
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but we removed it to have extra space in our closet. </div>
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plus, i couldn't figure out a good layout with the fireplace taking up </div>
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one of the only free walls. </div>
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again, we gutted this bathroom.</div>
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we removed the tub and this is where our new </div>
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walk-in shower will eventually be.</div>
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paco built us new cabinets and i love the big</div>
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stacked linen shelf. its not crazy organized right now,</div>
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but the space is amazing. </div>
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you can see here that the tub is now the shower and </div>
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the shower is now ronnie's closet. </div>
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here's our incomplete shower.</div>
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it's only been sitting like this since july. :(</div>
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and the new closet that used to be the shower. </div>
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the old closet is still my closet. perfect size.</div>
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we added all custom built-in's instead of the wire rack, but </div>
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and we used the extra space from where the fireplace used to be</div>
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for a huge wall of shoes. </div>
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wahoooo!</div>
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which is now our mud room.</div>
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and the closed up basement step that felt like a dungeon.</div>
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new carpet, new paint, new back door and new tile by the door.</div>
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this little remodel ended up taking over half of the year and</div>
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he spent most nights and evening working on it, to the point where</div>
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new siding, new paint, new deck!</div>
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holy shit. </div>
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a whole decade. </div>
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sometimes i hate him and sometimes i feel like we</div>
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but i never stop loving our life together. </div>
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we had always planned to be in hawaii for our 10 year, but </div>
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with madeline and eden.</div>
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we went to dinner, out for drinks, saw "a star is born" </div>
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it was fun.</div>
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i drank way too much, but we celebrated like we were 25 again. </div>
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<br />brooketchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217690981573269032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978878637934275328.post-73084352164895136162018-10-31T19:23:00.000-05:002018-12-26T19:24:03.883-06:00all hallow's eve<div style="text-align: center;">
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so that's what i thought we'd do for the night.</div>
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especially since we don't live in a neighborhood and </div>
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my parent's neighborhood is full of older adults that no longer</div>
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shannon and lindsay have the same problem i do (no neighborhood).</div>
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lindsay said downtown wasn't that fun - just a bunch of </div>
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it's full of kids and they do halloween right. </div>
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lindsay opted out to hang with her parent's. </div>
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my parents and drew's parents all met us and the kids</div>
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it was the best idea ever. </div>
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the kids had an amazing time.</div>
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brette and graham ran around the neighborhood like crazy people. </div>
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reid, paige and haddie did their best to keep up and it was adorable. </div>
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we've decided to make it an annual tradition. </div>
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i can't wait until next year already.</div>
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we've been having a lot of fun over here.</div>
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we took a trip to the pumpkin patch,</div>
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except instead of traveling to the city, we went to the local </div>
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one in warrensburg and it was wonderful.</div>
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a lot cheaper and a lot closer to home. </div>
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the girls had fun and made us ride the hayride twice</div>
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just so we could stay on a bit longer. </div>
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we bought pumpkins, kettle corn and found</div>
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our way through the corn maze. </div>
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it was a good day.</div>
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we followed that up with a visit from margie</div>
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and her three kids.</div>
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we met her for dinner at shan's and kass came down too.</div>
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nights like these are my favorite. </div>
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sometimes its nice to do nothing with your favorite people. </div>
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the next day everyone came to my house and we let the kids run wild.</div>
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it was a short trip, but i love having marge in town, </div>
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so even if it's just for 24 hours, i'll take it. </div>
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and then last, our annual family fall day.</div>
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we didn't make applebutter this year, so it was a chill</div>
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day with a shit ton of food, some outdoor games and </div>
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a sunset hayride.</div>
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the four girls got to spend the afternoon together so they</div>
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of course think its the best day ever. </div>
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i personally like family fall day without the applebutter -</div>
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everyone's more relaxed and there's not a lot involved. </div>
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i'm already looking forward to next year.</div>
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next up?</div>
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wearing gearing up for halloween, our </div>
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TEN YEAR anniversary, a wedding and </div>
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then thanksgiving. </div>
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it's going fast. </div>
<br />brooketchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217690981573269032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978878637934275328.post-18754855700270987572018-10-09T20:44:00.002-05:002018-10-09T20:44:36.672-05:00nothing exciting over here<div style="text-align: center;">
so i think about blogging all the time but</div>
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right now i'm working a lot from home. </div>
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my manager quit in june and for the last four</div>
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months, i've been a one person team.</div>
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since i only work in the office from </div>
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9:00 to 3:00, i come home and </div>
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do more during the evenings. </div>
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add that on top of making dinner and </div>
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taking care of two kids - - i don't have</div>
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much to blog about.</div>
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i definitely feel like work, dinner, bath and repeat. </div>
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also, apparently its monsoon season so</div>
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we haven't even gotten to go to the </div>
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apple orchard or pumpkin patch this year.</div>
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i'm crossing my fingers this weekend is nicer</div>
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so we can go do something fun as a family.</div>
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we have family photos scheduled in two weeks</div>
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and i'm super excited for that.</div>
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we're going back to the lady who did our newborn pics</div>
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and she always does an amazing job.</div>
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(now i just have to come up with what we will all wear, </div>
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which stresses me out.)</div>
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i should also note, that ronnie completed the fireplace.</div>
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say whaaaa!</div>
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i'm very excited. </div>
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it looks SO FREAKING GOOD and this</div>
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means we are only one project away </div>
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(tile master shower) from being done with the house...</div>
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for this year.</div>
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keep in mind we still have to build a new deck and</div>
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get new siding.</div>
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so basically, we still have the exterior to do, </div>
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but all in good time.</div>
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i'm just excited to have our living room done. </div>
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feels like home.</div>
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i'll post before and after shots next.</div>
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this is one of my favorite posts every year. </div>
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i just love going back to look a little baby brette</div>
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and then seeing reid added.</div>
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i love seeing how much they've changed and grown - - </div>
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and how long their hair has gotten. </div>
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i can stare at the pictures forever.</div>
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take a look back with me.</div>
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my big girls - 5 and 3.</div>
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monday will be our second full week of school.</div>
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so far, brette says she likes kindergarten better</div>
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mrs. munterman, is nice. </div>
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we don't get much else out of her. </div>
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i try to ask her about her day but she's not</div>
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telling me a whole lot. </div>
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i'm so excited for everything she'll learn this year.</div>
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i'm especially interested to see her begin to read. </div>
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i hope she loves it as much as i do.</div>
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i look forward to the days when we can both sit down</div>
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with a good book before bed and read together. </div>
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#bookwormdreams</div>
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ronnie or i have been making her lunch everyday and</div>
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i get to take her and pick her up from school.</div>
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there was a small mishap on the second day when they </div>
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put her on a bus to go to an after-school program and then</div>
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there i am waiting forever in the car rider line, just</div>
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to have them tell me she wasn't there.</div>
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it freaked me out a little and it freaked brette out a lot.</div>
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she told me she cried on the bus because she </div>
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thought i would never find her again.</div>
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poor thing. </div>
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don't worry. </div>
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i made sure both the school and the after-school program</div>
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knew that she was a car rider ONLY kid.</div>
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meanwhile, reid started at her new preschool in warrensburg too.</div>
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i was more nervous for this than for brette.</div>
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i obviously trust the school district and know </div>
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brette is in a good safe place.</div>
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there's little unease about a new preschool because until you've </div>
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been going there for awhile, you're can't be certain what goes on.</div>
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the best thing?</div>
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reid has not cried once.</div>
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when brette started school at three there were lots of tears. </div>
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i was shocked when reid was like - peace out, mom and </div>
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went off with complete strangers. </div>
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and she seems to like it. </div>
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she never complains about going or cries during drop off.</div>
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it makes leaving her somewhere new a little easier. </div>
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i think both the girls have good starts to the year. </div>
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i'll keep you posted. </div>
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can you spot reid in her new class?</div>
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the girls had their last day of school at our lady of the presentation. </div>
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i was super sad to say goodbye to such a wonderful school and</div>
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their amazing teachers, ms. kay and ms. susie.<br />
look at them at the beginning of this year:<br />
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literally, i'm still not over it.</div>
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presentation closes down for a week before they start their fall semester and</div>
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since the girls weren't starting in warrensburg until the middle of august,</div>
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we scheduled a little family vacation down in gulf shores, alabama. </div>
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i had never been but i know the destin/pensicola area enough to</div>
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know that the sand would be white and the ocean would be pretty.</div>
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good enough for me. </div>
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(plus its wildly cheaper than <a href="https://brooketc.blogspot.com/2014/09/beach-day-one.html" target="_blank">the 30A area</a>)</div>
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at first, ronnie and i thought we would fly down there... </div>
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14 hours in a car with a 5 yr old and a 3 yr old is a special kind of torture.</div>
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BUT after realizing that we would have to buy 4 plane tickets because</div>
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both girls are now old enough for their own seat, we rethought driving.</div>
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hello $1700! </div>
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plus, we would have needed to rent a car anyway, so why not take our</div>
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own and forget the hassel of packing car seats. </div>
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blah. driving.</div>
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i'm happy to report that although the drive was loooooong, </div>
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(so long that i think my hip is broken. yes, i'm that old.)</div>
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the girls did a wonderful job.</div>
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yes, there was fighting and screaming, but for the most part,</div>
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they would eat snacks, color, watch movies or sleep. </div>
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ronnie and i made sure to stop at a chick-fila on the way there </div>
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and back to give the girls the opportunity to run and play during our break.</div>
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in fact, we didn't even have them eat. </div>
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we ordered their food to-go and let them run wild the whole time we were there.</div>
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i figured they could eat in the car and i would rather have them</div>
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burn some energy while they could. </div>
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once we got to golf shores i was pleasantly surprised by our condo.</div>
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i booked this back in the spring and kind of forgot what i rented. </div>
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we were basically in the penthouse of a condominium. </div>
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both sides overlooked water and there was a pool and tennis court.</div>
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we had a full kitchen, living room, two bedrooms and two-n-half baths. </div>
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it was perfect.</div>
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we went grocery shopping the first day there so we could</div>
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eat some meals at home. </div>
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we only ate out once a day, which made it easy to swim or play at the beach</div>
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as long as possible because you didn't have to worry about </div>
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changing clothes or getting ready for lunch. </div>
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i loved it. </div>
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the girls loved swimming. </div>
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we went to both the pool and the beach everyday. </div>
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gulf shores is also a nice little town with lots of </div>
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restaurants, ice cream shops, a cute little park on the beach and shops.</div>
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i tried to read reviews before we went out so we</div>
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could just do the best things, since we weren't in town that much.</div>
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we loved a place called The Hangout and i would suggest </div>
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going if you're down that way.</div>
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live music, beer, foam machine, good food, and a play place for kids.</div>
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it backs to the beach so we spent a whole afternoon here and then </div>
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it's nice to get away and it makes ronnie and i both want to go </div>
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and do more and more. </div>
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i hope since the kids are out of that baby stage, we will.</div>
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(i can't imagine vacation life when you don't have to worry about naps either)</div>
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we made it back yesterday and tomorrow the girls both start school in warrensburg. </div>
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i cannot believe i have a kindergartner. </div>
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she told me yesterday that she's scared and happy.</div>
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i'm excited for her. </div>
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we went to meet her teacher yesterday and she seems sweet.</div>
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she's a great combo of 15 years experience but still young.</div>
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i think brette is going to like her.</div>
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i hope they both have great experiences this year. </div>
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i've been skeptical that pulling them out of Presentation is the best </div>
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decision, so i have my fingers crossed that this will prove</div>
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to be the best place for my kids.</div>
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first day of school pics to follow.</div>
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i'm just praying Brette lets me pick out her outfit.</div>
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<br />brooketchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217690981573269032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978878637934275328.post-38391508843135190692018-07-22T20:50:00.000-05:002018-07-29T21:15:21.279-05:00reid is three<div style="text-align: center;">
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i've been waiting for this day.</div>
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i'm pretty sure i've been telling people that </div>
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three and five.</div>
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and here we are. </div>
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i DO think i was right in a way.</div>
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brette and reid are very independent and i'm</div>
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asking them to do more and more, which</div>
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means i get to do less and less.</div>
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pick out your clothes.</div>
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load your dishes.</div>
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get your own drink. </div>
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get yourself in the car.</div>
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its soo nice. </div>
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but reid is just now three and she's </div>
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also developing a little bit of a demanding attitude. </div>
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i literally posted on facebook that she was pure sugar,</div>
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because she WAS. </div>
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and then, she turned on me.</div>
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screeeeaming at me.</div>
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yelling at me to do what she wants. </div>
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i guess i should have knocked on wood. </div>
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she's still so sweet but she's very opinionated too. </div>
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she's also very smart. </div>
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she can spell her name, tell you her shapes, colors, counting.</div>
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i can't take the credit though, she learns SO MUCH at school.</div>
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during the fall/winter she went five days a week, but </div>
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i wanted them to feel like they got a summer break, so </div>
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she's only going three days a week right now. </div>
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summer school is over next week and then she'll move to</div>
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her new school in warrensburg. </div>
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i'm super sad to pull her out.</div>
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i can't tell you how much relief it is once you find somewhere you</div>
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are completely comfortable sending your kids.</div>
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i have that with our school in lee's summit.</div>
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i'm worried about starting over at this new school and </div>
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part of me wishes i could just leave her in </div>
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lee's summit for the next two years. </div>
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we'll see how warrensburg goes and if i'm not happy (or reid)</div>
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then i might re-enroll her in lee's summit and just take</div>
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her with me everyday. </div>
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we shall see. </div>
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what else can i share about reid...</div>
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-she LOVES purple. </div>
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everything has to be purple.</div>
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her room, her cup, her clothes. </div>
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-she also loves skirts and dresses.</div>
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if you ever see reid out in a pair of shorts,</div>
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it was most likely because i forced her to wear them.</div>
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she always wants a dress on and she will probably end up </div>
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wearing two to three a day, just because she likes clothes so much.</div>
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-she doesn't wear a diaper anymore at night and we</div>
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took the front railing off her crib so she can crawl in and out of it.</div>
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she's been doing really well and still sleeping through the night, </div>
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but she's not sleeping late anymore.</div>
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brette was always my early riser but reid is even beating brette up.</div>
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she's up somewhere between 5:45 and 6:15.</div>
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it's brutal. </div>
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- she loves snacks. </div>
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we can eat dinner and five minutes later she'll ask for a snack.</div>
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most of the time she wants crackers, granola bars, cereal or fruit,</div>
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but she eats most anything and literally she's eating all. the. time.</div>
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- she won't let me do her hair. </div>
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it's not cute and i hate sending her off for the day looking</div>
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like a scragglemuff, but i also hate fighting her to get her hair up.</div>
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i've been taking extra hair ties to school to see if her teacher</div>
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can talk her into putting it up. </div>
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it's annoying and i hope she grows out of it fast. </div>
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-she loves my parents and our dogs more than anything.</div>
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literally if you wanted reid to live her best life you </div>
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would just give her mimi and papa with louie and leia. </div>
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nothing makes her happier. </div>
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i'm pretty sure when we moved into our house reid would</div>
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have chosen to stay at my parent's instead. </div>
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her and my parents have a special bond. </div>
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those are some basics about reid.</div>
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she's such a funny, sweet little thing and i </div>
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can't tell you how much fun it is to see her grow and</div>
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turn into this little person. </div>
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i think this year is going to be so much fun and</div>
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i'm excited for it all. </div>
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love you reid! i hope you had an amazing 3rd birthday!<br />
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***so i wrote this on friday and never posted it.***</div>
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it's moving weekend!</div>
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wahoooooooooooo!</div>
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our house is not completely done, but</div>
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it's close enough that we can live there.</div>
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we still need to stone the fireplace and</div>
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tile the master bathroom floor and shower,</div>
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if you recall we moved to warrensburg over</div>
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easter weekend - - the first of april and</div>
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here we are, mid-july and just now actually getting to</div>
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live in our house.</div>
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i plan to sleep there sunday night.</div>
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here's a little peek inside.</div>
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before we load our crap in.</div>
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before our dogs poop the floor.</div>
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before the juice gets spilled.</div>
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here's our house before life happens.<br />
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and her birthday, but her festivities lasted all month, </div>
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we started off her birthday with a family dinner.</div>
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we met my brother and his girls, with my parents in </div>
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lee's summit at brette's favorite pizza place. </div>
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her actual birthday fell on a tuesday so she had school,</div>
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but her teacher invited me to come join the class for a</div>
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special presentation on brette's life and then i read her </div>
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class a story because they don't allow parents to bring in treats anymore.</div>
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wah wah.</div>
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i did make her some rice crispy treats though for that evening, </div>
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just as she requested instead of birthday cake. </div>
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the week after her birthday, as a gift, we took her to a royals game.</div>
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reid had never been and i thought brette would like that as a gift.</div>
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it was blazing hot, but our seats were in the shade and as long</div>
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somewhere in here, brette had a doctors appointment for her</div>
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five year well-check.</div>
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we changed doctor's offices now that we've moved to the burg and</div>
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we're going to one of my best friends in warrensburg.</div>
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i've known him since i was a toddler and it's so funny</div>
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that he's now our family doctor. </div>
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brette knows him so she wasn't as nervous and he said</div>
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she seems happy and healthy and right on track.</div>
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she's 40 lbs and 41 inches tall. </div>
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my baby has gotten so big. </div>
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but she wrote our names for him and drew shapes,</div>
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hopped on one foot and answered his questions.</div>
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basically, i was only there to watch and it was crazy to see just</div>
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how grown up she seems.</div>
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(insert cry emoji)</div>
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and then finally two weeks after her actual birthday, we found</div>
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the time to have a little party with her friends from school.</div>
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her class has like 9 kids in it, so its the perfect little size for a party.</div>
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we invited everyone to the splash pad for pizza and cake.</div>
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such an easy party and brette loved life. </div>
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so here we are, entering july and we can finally call brette's</div>
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birthday over, but no worries, i get to start celebrating ronnie </div>
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next week and reid two weeks after that. </div>
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my family was literally all born within a few weeks of each other.</div>
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makes for an eventful summer. </div>
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ps- still not living in the house,</div>
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but flooring starts tomorrow.</div>
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i. can't. wait.</div>
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<br />brooketchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217690981573269032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978878637934275328.post-64361321668071388782018-06-04T21:11:00.003-05:002018-06-04T21:11:32.078-05:00heading into summer<div style="text-align: center;">
we've been pretty busy recently.</div>
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mother's day with family</div>
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campering for memorial day weekend</div>
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brette graduated from pre-k</div>
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lots of fun stuff and in between, ronnie is still</div>
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trying to get stuff done.</div>
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i honestly don't even know what all he's doing,</div>
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but as long as i get to move in soon, i don't even care.</div>
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our painter started and he is close the having the basement done.</div>
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meanwhile, ronnie will need to tile the bathrooms and </div>
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redo the fireplace and mantle. </div>
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then the last step, flooring!</div>
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it looks SO GOOD with the white trim.</div>
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i'm getting really excited to decorate and buy some new furniture too.</div>
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i've been busy looking online, but it's so hard to actually</div>
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purchase something without the space being done.</div>
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so a lot has happened in three weeks!</div>
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are we moved in?</div>
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um, no.</div>
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are we close?</div>
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still a no.</div>
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BUT i feel like i can see light at the end of the tunnel.</div>
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sheet rock is done and cabinets are installed.</div>
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cale and ronnie have been working everyday on</div>
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getting all the trim in and the wood planking on the walls.</div>
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i made a (long) list for cale and slowly but surely </div>
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he is working his way through.</div>
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they have to be completely done by monday, (memorial day)</div>
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because tuesday the house is getting a deep clean and</div>
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we are handing it over to the PAINTERS!</div>
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say whaaaa?!!</div>
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paint!</div>
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paint makes me feel VERY CLOSE.</div>
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ronnie still tells me we won't move in until july,</div>
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but i have high hopes for june 23rd as move in day.</div>
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which hello, IS ONE MONTH FROM TODAY.</div>
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we do have a bunch of little stuff to do, but</div>
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i'm hoping ronnie can get those done after work in the </div>
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few weeks its being painted and floors go in. </div>
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here's a few pictures of the progress.</div>
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mostly this is just proof that we have things like walls,</div>
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it was super painful - - only to be</div>
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so yeah, both my left foot and left arm were</div>
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this house better be sweet. </div>
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meanwhile - - did i tell you i put the girls in </div>
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swim lessons this spring?</div>
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both kids are scared to put their face under water and </div>
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i thought the sooner i get them in, the better.</div>
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i don't want a 7 year old scaredy cat. </div>
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both girls LOVED it.</div>
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they asked to go all the time and loved telling</div>
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start feeling super comfortable in the water.)</div>
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but i need to add, i totally should have put reid in the next level</div>
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up where parents don't have to get in the pool with their kid.</div>
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turns out, a couple i went to high school with was there </div>
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with their kid so every week, i'm like "oh hey, haven't seen you</div>
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in 15 years, don't mind me in my freaking swim suit!"</div>
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it was humiliating. </div>
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i have lots to catch up on like</div>
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pre-k graduation, mother's day,</div>
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<br />brooketchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217690981573269032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978878637934275328.post-50002747357686816482018-05-02T19:54:00.000-05:002018-05-02T19:55:41.205-05:00rock drop, music city<div style="text-align: center;">
so a lot has happened since my last post.</div>
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the house is still in shambles, but ronnie and </div>
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i stayed up until almost 3am last tuesday to </div>
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the house to our sheet rock guy the next day.</div>
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since then, all the sheet rock is hung and he is </div>
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working hard on all the mudding and taping. </div>
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meanwhile, we are removing wallpaper from the </div>
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basement and ripping up that carpet. </div>
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cale is busy moving a couple windows and relocating</div>
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our fireplace in the living room.</div>
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it wasn't until much later in the demo process that we </div>
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i was hoping to disguise it with curtains, but it was </div>
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driving ronald crazy, so it's all coming down.</div>
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BUT can you see how the fireplace does not line up with the center of the ceiling?</div>
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that's all getting aligned. </div>
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so the room you are looking into with the window, is brette's room.</div>
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feels more open. you can also see at the bottom of the stairs how the </div>
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open the stairs to the basement rec room.</div>
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this is the master bedroom looking into the bath and closet.</div>
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we removed the fireplace (the hole in the wall) and everything</div>
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out of the bathroom so we could relocate the shower and add an extra closet.</div>
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this is looking into the garage from the family room.</div>
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you can see the floor that was laid for our new </div>
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laundry/mud room.</div>
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this is an old pic, because we actually have walls up now.</div>
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so lots to do and finish up. </div>
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let's just say, this house project is HUGE. </div>
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after our rock guy is done, we move into trimming all</div>
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the doors and windows, install cabinetry and start </div>
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tiling all the bathroom floors and showers. </div>
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then paint.</div>
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and flooring.</div>
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AND THEN WE MOVE IN.</div>
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i know we're so far away, but i like when i can list things like that.</div>
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it makes it feel doable. </div>
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once we handed over the house to our rock guy, ronnie and i left </div>
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for a long weekend away to nashville. </div>
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a friend of ours turned 30 and we headed out of town to celebrate. </div>
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it was good timing because there wasn't a lot we could do at the house </div>
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and ronnie was getting a bit burned out spending every evening there</div>
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after putting in a full day at work. </div>
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there were 7 of us that went and we rented a house, which</div>
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ended up being the perfect choice.</div>
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it was a great house and it let us all hang out together after</div>
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coming home from downtown nashville and gave us the option</div>
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to have a few meals at home.</div>
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i totally recommend traveling this way if you're going in a group. </div>
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we spent our days on the pedal tavern, checking out the country</div>
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music hall of fame, the ryman and lots of bars filled with live music.</div>
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i swear, everyone is so talented. </div>
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and now we're back. </div>
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i've spend two nights already at our new house,</div>
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just mowing the yard and i'm going back tonight. </div>
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i can't wait to move in and be done with this. </div>
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