Meaningless rantings of a cabin fevered Mom.

So, um yeah,this weekend we got alot done, put up the new flag bright and crisp. We had our van repaired, installed the AC, set up grants room for summer, and oh yeah, I put in a new screen door by myself!. Well, i replaced the screen on my sliding patio doors :) Somehow though, i could not handle the fruit salad. :P I had a Grandiose plan to make a cute pinked edged watermelon fruit basket and fill it with a lovely salad. I was two minutes into my project, slicing a bit off the bottom to level it, and i kept thinking, I'm gonna loose this other hand if i don;t move.......DOH! OWIEEEEEEEEEEEEE ....... yuh i stabbed my thumb with the gigantic carving knife :( not a long cut but DEEP, hit the bone, I nearly puked, fainted, went spazzy, then broke into a cold sweat. My boy scout hubby said it was shock, huh, I guess im the sibling who has never felt that. LOL NOW i get it! so, we wrapped it up, i chopped at fruit with one hand, Mikey carved the watermelon, very well i might add ... an...

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11 , and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May And HERE is some very cool history!! In 1915 , inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," Moina Michael replied with ...

Their drastically different mothering skills are seen at a young age Girls..... annnnd BOYS ..... More Wordless Wednesdays HERE

Amazing song,NOT fluffy :)

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AMY has interviewed me with the following questions, so here goes! If you would like to be interviewed, just read the information that follows. 1)If you were on Survivor and could bring 5 items, what would they be and why? Oh my! I DO LOVE survivor, and i I WANT to be on it!! so i would bring ... family pic , (ALL my family!) then i could at least look into their faces since i PLAN to be there all 39 days!!, journal + pen (to record my thoughts, i have to be able to write!) Heart Necklace .. (my hubby gave it to me on our first valentines day, and it's my 'go-to' for nervous fiddling Munch! .. my teddy bear, if i can't have hubby, ill take the next best thing :) 2)Has there been a movie or commerical that has made your cry? Your kidding right? LOL im a sap since pregnancy. The movie that gets me every time is, "Steel Magnolias" and of course "Last of the Mohican's" 3)What do you dream of? Literally? Well in that case, you know the comercia...

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Okay, i know its a terrible Pun, but Alas, I am stricken with the most demented birds imaginable. My son ... is afraid to go outside because of "The bug's!"but I'm starting to think we should avoid the outdoors due to the Birds! All week long, every time the van is in the driveway, a bird sits on the rear veiw mirrors, and attacks the windows. ALL DAY LONG Saturday and Sunday. Now i have Beak marks and birdie doo doo on my lovely van. :P This morning, there is a bird trying to get in my house ...... every few minutes it attacks my dining room window ... then the back door window, around the house, looking for the van, then back to my window ...... so you see where i may start to get concerned . :P "The Birds" as told by the little people of Grant's room. :) go HERE to see the whole thing :)

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i saw this on Amy's Blog No, not my sister Amy a lady who has commented on my blog frequently, and i am enjoying catching up on hers! You should try this what a flash back! OI! Just go HERE and type the year you graduated in the Search box Top 100 Songs of 1995 ** I put my personal Faves of the time in BOLD ** 1. Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio 2. Waterfalls, TLC 3. Creep, TLC 4. Kiss From A Rose, Seal 5. On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men 6. Another Night, Real McCoy 7. Fantasy, Mariah Carey 8. Take A Bow, Madonna 9. Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days), Monica 10. This Is How We Do It, Montell Jordan 11. I Know, Dionne Farris 12. Water Runs Dry, Boyz II Men 13. Freak Like Me, Adina Howard 14. Run-Around, Blues Traveler 15. I Can Love You Like That, All-4-One 16. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?, Bryan Adams 17. Always, Bon Jovi 18. Boombastic / In The Summertime, Shaggy 19. Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Nicki French 20. You Gotta Be, Des'ree 21. You Are Not Alone, Mi...

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We went shopping on Saturday to replace all the food i threw out due to no power in my fridge and freezer form sunday night to Wednesday morning :P What better place to restock than BJ's? ahh yes, the home of 5 gallon pails of Mustard ... vats of salad dressing ...and of course BIG GiANT bags of frozen Honey BBQ wings for dinner :) Also, with this new found FED-ness, Warm air was brought into Vermont. WARM AIR!! And SUNSHINE. Yup, 70 degrees and better for 3 days so far, glorious weather ..... awww .... aren't the offspring so cute? :)

The term "paradigm shift" has found uses in other contexts, representing the notion of a major change in a certain thought-pattern — a radical change in personal beliefs, complex systems or organizations, replacing the former way of thinking or organizing with a radically different way of thinking or organizing: Pre-Columbine ... School violence was a couple of punches thrown in the h allways over a girl or a game. Pre-911...... Airplanes in the sky were white noise Pre-Parenthood ..... Multi-tasking was a fun trick Pre-April 16th 2007..... Wind was neat, and wind was white noise, and wind meant the storm was near over ...... Around 730am in the morning my best friend called me in a panic, asking if we were ok , if we had seen any funnel clouds. Funnel Clouds?!?! Let me set this up for you. Sunday night the forecast was calling for 20" of w et heavy snow, and most likely widespread power outages. So i filled up pots of water, dug out the candles and flashlights, made su...

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Yes this weekend was a whirlwind, with Easter, being such a huge holiday for me ... and the fact that sunday was full of food and family all congregating on my house all day long. :) But it was more than that .... this weekend has sent me into this train of thought that is most cool, so i hope i can share it without muddling it all up. This time of year my mind tends to drift back several years to a spring i dont much talk about or address. Not that i have it crammed down inside of me and it hasn't been dealt with, i just don't like to "play that card" unless it's really necessary. I am pretty sure that whole thing is in the 2nd or 3rd post of my blog. This weekend, i have dealt with the death of a friend i met online, a saint in every aspect really. An innocent child, who loved her Jesus so intently she knew her angels name, and would tell us about it, and about how excited she was to go meet her Saviour, and how she hoped we wouldn't cry too long, but know...

no really! If Not for this particular Friday, we'd all be doomed! All minor calendar details and such aside, Christians of our century as a whole agree that today is Good Friday, the day we celebrate Death. I'm making Easter bread today, as is tradition in the Doenges Family, and as Mom D. pointed out, she always makes it on Good Friday, as a reminder of the day, since the bread must rise once, get beaten down, then RISE AGAIN. =D cool huh? Thank God for this day! Happy Easter to you all!

Welcome to Vermont .... as soon as you think it's safe to put up the cute spring sign ....... you wake up to THIS kind of madness. It all comes with the terrain .... some of you may be shocked, but me ... im just laughing ... Thank goodness i made sure to buy WARM spring outfits for Easter ... o.- i know how spring works up here! LOL

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What does it take to be a REAL superhero? Well, ask this young man, he seems to have it all together. Every young girls dream .... except, he still lives with his Mom, and he has terrible table manners ...... o.- here is a picture of him in action ...... Look at the eyes! XD