Alice and Wonderland Part 2....

OKay, camera battery died on me so I'll be posting these backwards but here are some pics of my girl's big day, she was the Lead FaceCard Soldier in Alice and Wonderland..... sniff sniff She prances well, she gets that from me. Along with her hair color, bone structure and pouty lips. Yep, all from me.......the attitude, all from The Man oh and the big feet too. Blurry but you can see her behind the tall chick, such good form. I love to watch her dance. She just takes right to it. But man you should...

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Fore!

This morning, for the second time ever, I golfed. Not just at the driving range. We played the back nine at our local course. I'm hooked.Attendees: One Cajun, One Yankee and One Canadian# of lost balls total: 8# of times we nearly tipped the cart: 3# of times I swung and missed: 7# of pars: 0# of times, people played around us: 7# of bathroom breaks: 3# of ciggies: 4# of times I cursed: countless# of times I threw my club: 2# of cats that stole my ball: 1 - don't ask, weird story about cat that lives on hole 13# of holes we walked till we realized that you could drive cart on rough grass: 3Final...

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Baptist at the BBQ

(**** my happy stupid self has internet people.......at my house......woohoo.....)So two nights ago we got a knock on the door at 9 p.m., since I was surfing the big ole tub in my bathroom, The Man graciously went to the door. He came back with a cute, scrapbooked invite to the neighborhood BBQ.....the next afternoon.There went my plan to photo copy it and get it out to all the uninvited neighbors......dang....they must have seen the evil smile on my face....So I got home yesterday and got busy making stuff to take. Then my boss had a travel emergancy in Midland Texas. Then since I had no internet...

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Brace Yourself......

Supreme Court: There is a right to own gunsI personally try really hard to not censure myself on my blog. That is so not why I have a blog. I like to write, I like to throw it out there and then dust my hands off and say, well...take that. However, lately I've found myself really censuring what I write.I do not write about my job or work -1. Because I'm pretty sure that someone or someones (plural) have found my blog and now read it. If they have, that is cool and dandy with me, I really could care less. However, as much material as I could have for my blog from work.......I refuse to put it out...

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This is funny to me....why?

I did have a dream once that there was this great 'Eureka!' press conference about how we've discovered life on Mars, and it was actually the dead skin of one of our employees.STEPHEN GOREVAN,co-founder of Honeybee Robotics, whose scoop helped the Phoenix Mars Lander collect what scientists believe is ...

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True Story (Raising my Right Hand)

Overheard.....yesterday.....The Man on the phone: "yeah so just swing by.....we're on the corner, yeah......oh and it's the yard that looks so good it should have BAD MOTHER----ER written on it"Name that movie.....

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Still NOT unpacking

This past weekend we managed to get alot of NOT unpacking done. Between last minute ballet rehersals, play dates with friends from the old neighborhood at the new house so the kids wouldn't be sad.....and The Man's new fetish with our yard, we managed to unpack ZERO boxes. It started Saturday when he realized that our yard was a tiny bit too tall......so he ran to the store and bought a mower. Then lectured me about it for 30 minutes explaining the difference between a bagger and a mulcher, like...

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There ARE others like me in this world.....

Sorry, had to share this email I got...When you occasionally have a really bad day, and you just need to take it out on someone, don't take it out on someone you know, take it out on someone you don't know.I was sitting at my desk when I remembered a phone call I'd forgotten to make. I found the number and dialed it.A man answered, saying "Hello."I politely said, "This is Chris. Could I please speak with Robyn Carter?"Suddenly a manic voice yelled out in my ear "Get the right f***ing number!" and the phone was slammed down on me. I couldn't believe that anyone could be so rude ....When I tracked...

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Unpacking.......Still

Well the mighty unpack job is underway......still.........we're now days into this, but we're coming together quite well, except I was tired so I needed me some beauty sleep, so then I wasn't unpacking......and I had to work, so I wasn't unpacking, and then the people I live with wanted to eat dinner every night (the nerve?) so I wasn't unpacking......are you picking up what I'm putting down? So here is where we left off, the livingroom........hmmm not impressive at this point..... Kitchen, yeah...

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Square Peg......Round Hole

I just don't fit in all the time. And you know what, I'm totally okay with that. Even though since moving to Utah, it's becoming glaringly obvious that I'm the square peg. Don't get me wrong, I'm not melancholy about it, I'm not gloating in it either, just stating an obvious.I'm different.Before moving here, I can easily say that I'm the most conservative person I know, this counting the f-bombs and smoking......my two greatest faults. Yep, ask most, I'm a prude. But I'm a fun prude.Nope, here I'm the "one who shall be spoke about in quiet whispers". And again, strangely I get a kick out of it....

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Move Day

Move day started early.......real early. Especially since The Man insisted on sleeping at the new place, on pallets.....awww isn't he cute? My back was killing me! I'm too old for that crap. But while awaiting the troops, he spent his breakfast time calling people to set up new house stuff.Whereas my baby, Duchess slept in.........then wandered around in her jammies until I made her go to kid camp for the day. Moving with kids underfoot is NOT cool......The calvary finally arrived. We started with...

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Blank Canvas.....

Welcome to our new home.......come on inside. This is the view from my front door.......so if I kick you out of my house, this is what you will see. Beautiful green grass......they love them some stucco here.....but the mountains in the background. Worth it. I do miss my morning lake views but I own this view. It rocks. The house across from me is for sale too, anyone want to be my neighbor......oh won't you be my neighbor.... Duchess is introducing the brand new kitchen........ohhhhhhhh.....pretty....

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Anti-Climatic

Well we have the house....now what. We need a deck, back yard sprinklers, grass and a fence. We will eventually finish the basement into more bedrooms and a den. We also have to plan a real family vacation.....Life didn't stop.Very strange, but for so long, I was so focused on getting the house that everything else just kinda seems details. Now that we have the house and have lived there for under one week, I'm sitting and looking around going, wow.......what next.......I guess I'm that kind of pers...

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Back in the Saddle.....Briefly

Since we are in the new house, slowly unpacking, and living without wireless till next week, I'm stuck blogging on my lunch.....bare with me....Before we get deep into house crapola.....I had to finish up the whole county fair thang..... This was Duchess' first real ride. The Man took her on the ferris wheel and I could hear her screaming over by the corndog stand. Poor thing, she was excited and scared to death at the same time, which is kinda the point. I was so impressed with her. Could she be...

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Our New Home

Forgive me, as I'll not be blogging till I have new wireless service, in my new house. (Unless I can mooch off a neighbor's....)Today we bought our home, we closed. Tomorrow we get the key and we're moving. Tomorrow morning, we're going to be buying blinds, curtain rods, and then we're rolling naked through the deep beautiful green grass........hello, new neighbors.....We left the military dreaming of settling somewhere to do just this......thank you Lord, a year and a half later, here we are!...

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The Silver Lining

This beautiful shot was taken off my back porch. I just love it, the beauty of God's work. Plus, it's the perfect representation of my silver lining........We are scheduled to close on our house at 4 p.m.Cross your fingers.........

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My Princess

I dearly love being a mom. Now that we are past the burping, diapers, bottle feeding, nursing, nighttime bed wetting, and such stage, parenting has just gotten cool. Oh well besides the attitudes, fighting and inability to share a bathroom. But I must say, I'll all aboard the "active kid" train. Once I was told by another parent that keeping my kids busy would be better than paying therapy later in life, that was funny then, now I take that crap to heart. Hello after school activities.........you...

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