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books

Now I’m going to tell you…

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Ya’ll gave me some really good recs earlier with regards to my book list and I wouldn’t be doing you justice if I didn’t share as well.

Possible Side Effects
Wolf Across the Table
Dry
Running with Scissors
Magical Thinking

So I got ROPED into these books and this author the instant that someone recommended I pick up Dry.  I don’t [...]

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You Tell Me

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Which of these should I be reading next.

Ak and I often read together so that we talk and rant about the books at the same time. This became a favorite passtime with the Twilight Saga books, but I am looking for our next high.

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
A Reliable Wife
The Same River [...]

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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

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As you know, Court and I are Twi-hards.  I wouldn’t necessarily call us fanatics or anything, we are just fans.  Der is too, although she hasn’t read any of the series, her sister has just told her all the details from the book and then she watched the movies.  Court and I have tried to [...]

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My First Library

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On a whim, while I was browsing Barnes & Noble* a few weeks back, I ran across these Sesame Street board books as a set called My First Library.  They were a HIT at my household.  Somebody who will remain nameless ran around our house yelling COOKIE! COOKIE! EGGO! OSSER!  So the other day I [...]

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Baby Name Game

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Trying to decide on baby names with my husband goes a little something like this:

Me: Oh, I like (insert cute name here)! How about that?
Husband: Hell no.
Me: But, why? Why don’t you like it?
Husband: I don’t know, I just don’t. I’ll know it when I hear it.
Me: Ok, well, are there any names that you [...]

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The Cookbooks That Keep Those Last 10lbs On Me

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I was blessed with a husband that LOVES to cook.  Which works out perfectly for me because I really only ENJOY doing party food….you know Guac, Appetizers, Texas Caviar, any Desserts…  Our cookbook collection varies quite a bit because he loves to cook all sorts of stuff and I like to cook pretty specific stuff.  [...]

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I <3 Plasticland.com Because It’s Nuts (like me).

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I found your mercury glass AK.  One slight detail–they are mushrooms.  But why not?  Also, why not have salt and peppa shakers shaped liked ninjas?  Here are some of my favorite picks from Plasticland.com.

Creepy Cute Crochet DIY Craft Book – when I do learn how to crochet, it will most certainly be these little zombies.
Day [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions: AK Edition

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I never make New Year’s Resolutions. Ever.  But I thought, you know, we are going into this year a little different than any year before and I thought, why not.  I think it’ll be fun to look back and see if I could pull any of this off in a year.  So here goes:

Try and [...]

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BAM! Gifted*

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I thought I would share with all of you some of the presents my little family procured on Jesus’ Birthday.  I’ll let you guess who got what.  We are all absolutely in love with our presents but only one of us (my son, Jack) goes and kisses their present (the monkey) multiple times a day.

Little [...]

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