tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723188182255652072024-02-21T07:17:13.772-05:00always wear your tiaraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger343125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-25143311483716500092019-05-15T16:18:00.001-04:002019-05-15T16:30:18.867-04:00dragonboat racingSince the girls were super duper little, actually this goes back to when I only had one daughter, I have always wanted them to find a pastime that they love to do that had ties to their heritage. We have studied Mandarin, both oral and written but the only other thing I have found is Chinese dancing and can we say that that isn't their cup of tea. I inquired about dragon boat racing but was always told, they are too small and we don't have junior teams.<br />
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A couple of months ago we were at an Asian festival and we met some members of a dragon boat team and were told to come down and see if we like it and in Rosies case, if she was tall enough, otherwise she could drum. Rosie vehemently said NO to the drumming idea, and I didn't blame her.<br />
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One little 2 hour practice and Rosie magically conjures up her inner ancestors and shows what she's got. The very next week she is moved the the very front of the boat as stroker and the Coach is all about competitions and blah blah blah. This kid is a natural. Lily and I remain in the very last row and I expect at any moment to be thrown overboard and used as a permanent anchor.<br />
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Fast forward 7 weeks and we are headed to Sarasota for our first dragon boat race, well I was required to go as the parent of the athlete and Lily came too cos we had to support our girl. Rosie wasn't up to par as a paddler in a race where qualifying time secured your place in Paris next year but she sure as hell could be the drummer and get the feel of a big race.<br />
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My child was amazeballs. truly.<br />
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She wanted it, she worked for it and through her blood and sweat bought home 2 golds and a bronze. Hearing this tiny little person screaming, they're coming to a team of adults and pounding on that drum whilst getting bruised battered and a nice case of whiplash, made me so proud.<br />
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Coach said she would get a feel for it and she did. She loved it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was also a very tiny Asian festival. I was walking back to our tents and noticed a familiar face learning to do a dragon dance. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">winner winner, chicken dinner. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coach Dennis and all the ladies eligible to drum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little drummer girl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">that smile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">didn't hurt that the boat she was on a lot was orange.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">warm ups</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bringing them home to a gold in the 500m <br />
Holding on for dear life</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A high 5 from all the teams, it was neat hearing them tell her she was awesome.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">that one there, she's mine!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this team came form all over the USA the members are all part of the National team. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Alice, she gave her heart to Ro in the form of a lesson on drumming. Her and her hubby flew down from NY to help Coach Dennis. Billy was steerer and a nicer couple can't be found.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A huge event</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim and Alice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the team of Alice and Billy </td></tr>
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I don't think it is possible to meet a more fun, and kind group of people. Every walk of like, every age. Its fun..
If you are local and you want to try it, let me know especially if you have little people that would like to have a go.
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We practice, all of us, on a Sunday morning for 2-3 hours. We love it. The workout is intense.<br />
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~~The photos for this post are all over the place but if I try and work out what the heck I have done it could be another year before a blogpost appears. You're welcome. ~~Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-53687938028255204882019-05-15T15:37:00.000-04:002019-05-15T15:37:16.350-04:00national junior honor societyLast week Rosie was inducted into the NJHS. It was a really great evening filled with just the right amount of pomp and a splattering of fun. I love her school and consider both girls extremely lucky to attend or as is Lily's case, attended<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Never have worked out how she never set anyone or thing on fire </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">look at the candle angle </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love this photo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my smart girl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a little levity</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this man is the bomb. Truly the best assistant principal there is. He deserves his own school but I hope not quite yet. </td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-58317437841586663142019-02-15T19:55:00.001-05:002019-02-15T19:55:36.331-05:0012. t.w.e.l.v.e.Twelve.<br />
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Seems a little rude to me how my baby girl is just charging through life and tearing it up and getting older and bigger and shockingly independent.<br />
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Rose, if nothing else, is a creature of habit, you just need to look back on her birthday posts and you'll see her, year after year at Miami Childrens Museum, then with a little coaxing she tried Lion Country Safari and that then became her go to. I asked if she would like something else this year and she did, Dave and Busters in Boca so she could drive a Go-Kart. But then a friend suggested a place up in Deerfield and Rose thought it sounded fantastical so we signed our liability wavers online and drove North.<br />
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Fun. Fun. Fun.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roses birthday, Chinese New year and Valentines Day all collided this year so the decorating was way way way over the top.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes that is a valentines day tree, your point? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so much jumping, it was fabulous</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of about 12 Rock walls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This crazy child decided to do the hardest one first.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ding ding ding, we have a winner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">without a shadow of a doubt the ropes course was the best part...for them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">True grit got her around it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this one was a ninja on it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You get by with a little help from a friend</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh.My.God. How did you get that tangled up?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">big sis to the rescue. </td></tr>
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It was a fantastic day. 5 hours flew by. We will be going back for sure.
The birthday girl had a wonderful day and that is all that matters.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-13040940454176322892019-01-03T14:22:00.000-05:002019-01-03T14:22:28.722-05:00hasta la vista 2018 I am tardy with this post but that's ok, you just need to look at my history of blogging and you'll realize that a post of any sort is borderline miraculous.<br />
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This year, like all of them contained highs and lows, positives and negatives and a sprinkling of family shite. C'est la vie<br />
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<u><b>January</b></u><br />
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we headed to colder climes with a road trip to Tennessee and had fantastic time.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">little cabin in the woods</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nashville</td></tr>
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February</u></b><br />
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my baby turned 11. That's just wrong. She was also not quite herself and her celebrations had to be muted as partying with bronchitis and walking pneumonia isn't a priority.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a b-ball hoop is right up her alley</td></tr>
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Houndish also celebrates her birthday in February and she turned FIVE and kicked up her paws<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfW6s4LhXOCxyRo4fST3jSPUBc_qdvnwDhbVqvz2XMdIH9XMaepTrLUKObxdS8Z3JlxzEiojcMgjs64YX5mpltAcCz4Q6OLHC383R3xJD06niAegek7EXiGyjyZX-6bYbBdWlf08n-4DU/s1600/IMG_5830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfW6s4LhXOCxyRo4fST3jSPUBc_qdvnwDhbVqvz2XMdIH9XMaepTrLUKObxdS8Z3JlxzEiojcMgjs64YX5mpltAcCz4Q6OLHC383R3xJD06niAegek7EXiGyjyZX-6bYbBdWlf08n-4DU/s640/IMG_5830.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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<b><u>March </u></b><br />
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March bought us a hound that had been with us for a year and lots of little day trips.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">love those smiles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of my all time favorite photos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">houndy fits right in, she shares our love of water<br />
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<b>April</b></u><br />
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April was a tough month as one of Lily's friends mum was diagnosed with widespread cancer and a poor prognosis and our lives were about to take a huge detour.<br />
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Easter bought a sense of normalcy and the 3 kids baked some amazing cookies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there was flour EVERYWHERE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">impressive</td></tr>
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<b><u>May</u></b><br />
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Lily's friend moved in with us and we got used to being a family of 3 kids not 2. I decided it was time to change things up and I went back to school. And my little pickle made the principals honor roll for the first time. She worked her tush off and was so proud. Me too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Food in this country is harmful and basically unregulated. I decided it was time to attend The Institute for Integrative Nutrition. IIN</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So damn proud of this one, she worked so hard.</td></tr>
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<b><u>June
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Lily turned 16, I turned 54 and we headed across the ocean, stopping in Canada, to route to the UK.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A day late with the celebrations as I ended up in the hospital on the day. But cake is cake and birthdays are always celebrated.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another country to cross off our list.</td></tr>
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<b><u>July
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my father turned 80 on July 4th. We surprised him and it was one of the best things we could have done.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upon arrival Lily and Milly became great friends.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the finer things in life and an old car. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some outlandishly fun times with my sister</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">80 requires a different approach to celebrating</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a quite day spent on the river in the beautiful British countryside</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The birthday boy, the legend, my daddio</td></tr>
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<u><b>August</b></u><br />
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so much fun was had in August with the girls cousins coming to stay and then on a more sobering note the beginning of school at the end of the month.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our worst weather is in august and september but I couldn't let that stop us from having fun. Kayaking in a freakish somewhat rogue storm. Ooopsie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily got her hand bitten by a tarpon at Robbies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More rain </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">big arse lobster attack</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pickle started Middle school but in the same school she has always gone to. She entered the upper academy as it is a K8</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily reentered regular school after homeschooling for 2 years. She is attending SAS and goes to college int he mornings and high school in the afternoons. She is so happy and has a circle of like minded friends</td></tr>
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<b><u>September</u></b><br />
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I found this month to be one of introspection, I pulled away from social media and tried to focus only on positive things. I took up yoga and meditation and found my self etching out my future plans and the future of my little family. Life has been so much better since not allowing my reactions to situations that I can't control, get the better of me.<br />
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<b><u>October </u></b><br />
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a day spent alone with my big and halloween<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my beautiful girl #icouldhavemissedthis</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perez art museum</td></tr>
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my sister and brother in law came for a visit.<br />
my girls were over the moon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crazy Auntie Sally and Mad Uncle Andy took the girls go Karting, Rosie was allowed to drive for the first time.</td></tr>
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<b><u>December
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Christmas, Cirque Du Soleil on ice and Luna finally makes a friend.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luna and her running buddy and all round bestie, Dusty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">backstage with @acrojames at Cirque Crystal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a family photo..yes, I'm shocked too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silly Lunes, that is not yours</td></tr>
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And so we move onwards and upwards into 2019.<br />
Many plans for all of us.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-11899104591975903482018-10-14T10:02:00.004-04:002018-10-14T10:02:58.426-04:00nopety nope nopeI don't like halloween at all.<br />
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Not one little bit in fact.<br />
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But I do love to decorate.<br />
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And I do love to craft and make stuff.<br />
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So in that mindset, Halloween isn't so bad and it does kick off the decorating frenzy that is the holidays.<br />
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A couple of years ago I bought some little rectangular blocks of wood at a craft shop and some people-ish shaped pieces and after a few hours the girls and I, mainly Rosie and I had sawed, sanded and painted a spooky halloween town. I store all the little pieces in a tin and it has become a favourite moment that I just love when I take off the lid each year and look at all the designs within.<br />
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Yesterday I decided we were lacking in the decor department so I ran to Joanns and picked up some cheesecloth and little polystyrene balls and voila, some ghosts were born.
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You can keep your scary Halloween and I'll celebrate with a cute hallo-weenie
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-79766002040939462572018-10-06T19:46:00.000-04:002018-10-06T19:47:45.987-04:00a day with my bigLily has an assignment due for art class in college and in order to be able to do it she needed to visit an art museum. Today we checked that of of her list and her and I had a really lovely day together.<br />
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I didn't take my camera as I assumed that no photos would be the order of the day. I was wrong, the only exhibit that was camera restricted was the Picasso gallery.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First you must goof around in the car wash display.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I ♥️♥️♥️this shot of my big. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">crazy right?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so many tiny details. Must have been one helluva night before. hah</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could have spent hours just looking</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is off to the left </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">genius</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and this just as you walk into the collection</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this looks curved from this angle but its a flat piece on a wall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this look Holocaust-ish and very grim. Yet at the same time a certain whimsy came from it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">because why not?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">eye catching</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I looked at this from across the room and said to Lily, hah, welcome to the 80's. She went and looked and said, mum you were right. Well hell yes, every Coconut Grove art show back them had this stuff. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My absolute favourite installment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there were so many people traipsing through that I laid my phone in the floor and took whatever was above.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hew Locke is the artist and it's time for me to find more of his work.</td></tr>
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Truly a fun and giggly afternoon with Lily.
Tomorrow I turn myself over to the Little as she has a science fair project due...gag gag gag. I need to drive her all over town gathering her samples.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-68290240965942955622018-08-26T09:32:00.000-04:002018-08-26T09:32:24.658-04:00lifes most significant momentWhen I close my eyes I can transport my mind back 15 years, with perfect clarity.
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Every last detail is as alive and raw as it was, 15 years ago today. The nerves, jitters, guarded excitement, and the love. The love has grown exponentially.<br />
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I didn't sleep much the night before, partly because of the time difference but mainly because I was a hot mess of what if's. I got up and went downstairs for coffee, who the hell could eat with a day ahead as gargantuan as mine? Many of the families were still arriving and our room turned into operation baby day and was a hub of activity. Families we had been in touch with through conference calls from our agency and through emails. Some we had got to know quite well and others we knew nothing about but here we were all gathering in a hotel room in Wuhan China and all with one thing on our mind, 2 o'clock and being downstairs and waiting for the bus.</div>
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And just like that it happened, it was time. I have never been so nervous and excited at the same time, there really does need to be one word for this emotion. As the bus drew closer the the Civil Affairs Office you could have heard a pin drop. 12 families that were so lively just an hour before were all feeling the magnitude of the moment</div>
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The bus stopped and we walked towards a building. A modern high rise, which seemed like a weird place to me, so very un-Chinese. We couldn't all fit in one lift so we took two and as soon as we stepped out 2 things struck me, the oppressive heat and the sound of babies. I must have chanted in my head, please let her be here, please let her be here, over and over. I had been trying to prepare for the moment when the Chinese officials called my name and said, no baby for you, we changed our minds. That room was hot. Wuhan is known as one of the 4 furnaces of China and it wasn't about to disappoint. We had had daily temperatures well over the hundreds, one day it was 111 degrees and the top was 116. No A/C and a bag of nerves made things HOT.</div>
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No time to focus on that, the room was suddenly bustling and our guide told us the babies were being brought in. I wanted to puke I was absolutely terrified I would leave with empty arms. </div>
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An official started to talk and then Kathy, our guide, would translate to English. The lady didn't stop talking and I couldn't concentrate. I remember trying so hard to listen but I would hear 2 words and check out over and over. Please stop talking please just tell me, is there a baby for us, for me?</div>
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And then in they came, being carried by their Ayi's. I scanned the crowd for her face, some many little ones, so many nannies, where was she? And then I saw her face.</div>
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JacobDawnCope, one word. We were called to the front and handed Li Yu Ni. She was mine. My heart was complete in that one moment, she was mine forever. This child that was born in my heart and had taken so many years to appear in front of me was right there. She was handed to the unhusband and I wanted to grab her but I knew I would scare her even more. </div>
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As my world pivoted to the right way up, hers went crashing to the ground. Handed to a complete stranger who looked so different, smelled so different and sounded so different she panicked and started to cry and the cry turned to sobs as she whipped her head from right to left to find out where her people had gone. But we were her people now and she had no idea what to do. I kissed my finger and ran it down her cheek, I wanted to smother her in kisses but knew it would just upset her more. She was in my arms and I could feel her tiny heart beating out of her chest in fear, I could smell her for the first time and feel her. It was without a doubt the best moment of my entire life up to that point. Time stood still and baby after baby was handed over but I knew nothing. I wanted to run up to the roof and scream, I have a daughter, I am a MUMMY, do you hear me? </div>
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And just like that we were going back down in the lift and back to the bus. </div>
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I was a parent to one hot sticky little girl who was terrified and crying but still the most amazing perfect child in the world. She fell asleep on the bus and didn't wake up until long after she was in the hotel room. She looked around, appeared to think, oh no, this isn't a dream it is really happening and burst into tears. This time she was consolable and at the moment my girl started to emerge, show her personality and her likes and dislikes. </div>
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I found a pay phone and called my father and said, Daddy, we have her and she is absolutely beautiful and he said, of course she is she is one of us. ( just writing that makes me cry)</div>
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I walked on air, nervously but on air for hours. </div>
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Lily Yu Ni Cope, I love you more that you will ever know, I admire you, the person you have become. You are tenacious and vocal, those traits never changed. You are fiercely loyal to those you love and an incredibly open minded caring individual. You know what you want and how to get it, you have no time for small minded and petty. Discrimination of any kind sends you spinning. You are so amazingly bright and so absolutely gorgeous. You push my buttons like no one else and you make me laugh until my cheeks hurt. You are the most uncoordinated kid I know and every time you say, but I'm getting so much better we both laugh. Your role as big sister is one that you cherish and take great pride in. You show compassion as if its a fashion trend, don't ever stop. The adjectives attached to you are endless but the description of you I like the most is, you are my daughter. </div>
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I love you kid, thank you for allowing me to be your mum.</div>
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To all the other families of the White Rose Club, happy family/gotcha/love Day. It is an honour to share this day with you and an even bigger honour to have you in our lives. The bond is truly like no other.<br />
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And so, in no particular order I share with you my heart.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guangzhou China, her last day of being an only child</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a random shot from Buttefly World.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family has always been very important to Lily and she adores my brother and his late partner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandpa. No words needed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snow...oh the squeals. Boston</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grand Cayman.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fort Myers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lighthouse at Bill Baggs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7th grade</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tuanfeng SWI. ( her orphanage ) It's rare to get photos, I am so lucky</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her empty eyes sadden me also at the SWI</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">her crib.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">England this summer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">her 13th birthday</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">grand Cayman</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harvard Square 2 years ago</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my all time favourite shots. We had been home for 3 months and were starting to venture out. Nicolas is the son of one of my closest friends. These 2 were quite a pair. </td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-90407709730271695942018-08-24T07:37:00.000-04:002018-08-26T07:37:59.595-04:00first week downHoly mother of god, this has been one long arsed first week of school but we made it.<br />
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Rosie is fine, loving it. She realises that middle school offers some independence and the opportunity to make some of your own decisions. It also allows for a tiny bit of freedom before classes start and also at dismissal. She, so far, likes her classes and her teachers so is giving everything an A+ rating. I'm proud of her and how she has taken it all on the chin, once it got started. I also am not surprised as she truly has come so far.<br />
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Lily has taken the return to school on the chin but the changes for her have been harder. For almost 2 years she worked at home, worked at her speed ( which was always on track and most often accelerated) and did things when she wanted to too. For example, Mum, where are you going? I'm going to work and then to run errands and I'll be home. Oh, can I come, of course. And she would and sometimes school work would happen en route to these things and sometimes it would happen when she got home. I always kept her on a strictish schedule but always allowed her some freedom.<br />
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Well now she has HAS to be on the bus by 8.10, in this class and that meeting, at particular times she doesn't have an entire curriculum to work through at her speed she has the teachers curriculum and homework schedule in their time. It took a few days for the perfectionist to find her groove and she still is a little way to go but all in all it's coming together.<br />
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Some first week hiccups:<br />
* no school bus at all for Lily on the first day.<br />
* AP BC Calculus was giving her a fit but she spoke to someone and sorted it all out<br />
* the little arsehole that has taken to calling Rosie, Chink.<br />
* my work schedule was pure insanity and I wasn't around for them as much as normal.<br />
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Some first week highs:<br />
* Both are loving the independence<br />
* Both are making friends....even Lily!!!<br />
* Both are extremely happy<br />
* they are happy so I am elated.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok we are ready lets do this</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm ready Mumma</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cool as a cucumber...externally</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And so part of my heart was ready to take on the 2018-2019 school year.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-71417912760617228632018-08-19T19:04:00.001-04:002018-08-19T19:04:19.561-04:00every damn yearEvery single year since Lily started school something is inevitable and that inevitable thing is that summer is over way too fast.<br />
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I love travelling with the kids, I love seeking out the next adventure and more than anything I just love being with them. I am not the mum who says, OMG summer is going to be so long, I cannot wait for them to go back to school. I will say that it will be nice to have Lily in school again as she has homeschooled for the last 2 and I have never been alone as she was always there. I truly loved it but sometimes if it was a long day and I just needed a quiet place to hide, I couldn't cos the kiddo was there and she needed someone to talk to.<br />
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Tonight the lunches are made, the book bags filled and the uniform and clothes set out. We have been sticking to a school schedule for the last week so that tonight doesn't come as a shock, or worse, tomorrow morning doesn't kill them.<br />
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I loved this summer, every single day.<br />
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I don't want it to end but growth is part of life and they need to grow. This time tomorrow I will be regaled by the first day stories and school will once again be the norm.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-47150536587791491832018-07-29T17:32:00.000-04:002018-08-19T19:05:23.102-04:00cousinsWe came back from England and 3 days later the girls went on their annual Boston Maine trip with the unhusband. They were gone for 10 days and 2 days after they got back my cousin Stephens 2 daughters arrived. To say it has been a brilliant summer would be an understatement.<br />
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If you aren't from here it's possible that you don't know that the summer in Florida is our rainy season. Its hot and humid, the sun doesn't always shine and the thunderstorms are of epic proportion.<br />
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The girls got into the swing of things pretty darned quick and realised if they wanted to do things, waiting for the rain to stop was not an option. So we did all kinds of crazy stuff in the pouring rain and once, accidentally during a storm. Since they have been here many times their bucket list was short and concise and I was pretty damned sure I could make it all happen plus plus. And I did.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">jealous of the fabulous fashion statements huh?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so many big giggles and smiles for miles </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">better you than me pally</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and just like that the rain stopped and the sun came out.<br />
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High on the bucket list was Pennekamp. It was raining a steady non Florida sort of rain at home so I said lets just head south, it's always nicer in the Keys. Hah. Not so much
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we headed out, 2 kayaks and a paddleboard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">when out of nowhere this massive thunder freaking storm blows in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">visibility, well there was no visibility</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the rain pummelled and it hurt and we all laughed so much</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peace again</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the photos are blurry cos the rain and my phone was in a wet bag but it was messy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rain doesn't stop fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sophie and Rose two man boarding...who knew there was such a thing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily attempting to get on too<br />
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Next day was bowling. Funny how that happened as there was no rain at all that day.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved this bowling alley, really flash<br />
Sophie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lils</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">these 2 are hilarious together</td></tr>
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It's so easy to get to the Keys from where we live and I find life down there is quieter and I love that so we headed south frequently.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this was such a fun day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">that's a big lobster</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">run!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robbies is famous for it's tarpon feeding, but if you look closely at these next few you will see that Lily fed herself to the tarpon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nom nom nom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">at this moment Katie turned to offer her fish to Rosie as she was D.O.N.E.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">those monster fish have teeny teeth.....luckily</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">always the over achiever.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love Robbies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the sister is missing, she was having a moment</td></tr>
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I'm not actually sure how many trips we made to Pennekamp and how many things we did that I failed to photograph. I do know that we did some heavy duty shopping, well the girls did and we ate at lots of restaurants. I would facebook with my cousin almost daily and we would remind of things they wanted to do. Half the time they did and half the time they didn't. All I know is it was great fun, great fun. We laughed a lot and the girls really got to know each other.
Next time Stevie O Im sending mine to youUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-25333188249628036462018-07-04T09:21:00.000-04:002018-08-19T19:05:00.356-04:00eightyThe daddio turned 80. and so we, my brother seester and I decided WE wanted to do something with him, something that he would enjoy but convincing the Daddio he will like something is easier said than done. Seester put on her thinking cap and came up with this.
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We are hiring a longboat for the day and going out on the canal. And we did . Unfortunately there were a couple of situations that arose and Auntie Ann couldn't come and so it really did end up being us. At firs the daddio was prickly and anything but relaxed but after a very short time he was loving it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting sorted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hello</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not looking relaxed or chill</td></tr>
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But after a few minutes of these views and the cool breeze coming off of the water the daddio soon looked like this and it was wonderful.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">green</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">old things</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">young things hah</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">goosey goosey gander</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mad uncle Andy looking uncharacteristically serious</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OMG I need this</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of those</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lived on vibe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">your majesty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bridges, swoon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hello Petunia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they flew with us for a while</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nutter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sweet kiddo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and just like that she is all grown up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seester</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dude is looking chill. HAH.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">awesome</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">time for stories</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">captive audience</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beautiful bridges</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">first mate</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it must have been a peaceful and good day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after the boat ride we all met for dinner and it was lovely<br /></td></tr>
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Happy 80th Daddio. Remember, age is but a number and 80 is the new 70.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-74051275653145154772018-06-28T07:33:00.000-04:002018-08-19T08:33:36.200-04:00SurpriseThe Daddio turned 80 this year. I knew we weren't going to miss it and booked tickets ages ago. It was not easy keeping it quiet but we wanted it to be a surprise so only my Seester knew.<br />
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We flew via Canada as we wanted to add check another destination off of the list and then on too England. Now I know why I never do connections as it makes for long days and long airport layovers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting to board in MIA. I love flying on different airlines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toronto hey.</td></tr>
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It isn't easy to surprise the Daddio but we did it. We arrived in the UK very early so went to the seesters house for a shower and a nap and then we drove to his house. Seester went in and said to him that she had his birthday present in the car and and neeed some help getting it out. HAH! How'd ya like that!<br />
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Some highlight photos of the trip, my seester truly made it amazing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chicken whisperer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The names Bond</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cousins came up from Newbury</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they all went on a Paddalo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and had giggly fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where my heart lives</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The daddios b-day cake made by the seester the girls and I</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily had a request...PLEASE can I see sheep</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yes you can cos you Uncle Andy's brother is a sheep farmer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">seester, Daddio and I</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this photo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">happy almost birthday celebration</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my favourite park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">what are you doing nutter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the worst boat captain EVER!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wicksteed Park is so much fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">flying high</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh seester, your face is priceless</td></tr>
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That was some of the highlightsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-87177593573391197552018-06-06T07:21:00.000-04:002018-08-19T07:31:03.475-04:0016I might be tryin to catch up and I think it might be time to put this old blog to bed.<br />
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My girl turned 16. That seems like such a milestone birthday from where I am standing.<br />
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There was little fanfare, in fact it was a bust. Not one relative called and I was in the hospital but my girl took it all in her stride, she always does.<br />
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She received concert tickets to the final Van's Warped Tour....me either<br />
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She recieved a ring from Paris..oo la la<br />
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and there was cake, the following day.<br />
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The cake on her actualy birthday was nasty so we binned it and tried again the following day.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-35049731628950261482018-06-04T08:58:00.002-04:002018-06-04T08:58:34.606-04:00get er doneAges ago I went back to school to study nursing. I loved it until things got smelly. I have a heightened sense of smell which when I have a migraine basically becomes a bionic smeller, add to this my fabulous gag reflex and the fact that I CAN NOT tolerate the smell of poop at all, and you have a recipe for disaster. I received a ton of advise, you'll get used to it, use Vicks, essential oils etc under your nose etc. But it didn't and I know myself, quite well actually, and I am not going to be getting past this. Oncology nursing is filled with glamorous odours so I have had to reevaluate my decisions.<br />
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I'm back in the saddle and hell bent on getting the job done as fast as possible. I'm hitting the books full time now and won't stop until I graduate. It's hard but I want it behind me. I'm studying integrative health and nutrition and when all is said and done I will have a BA in nutrition. I have always had issues with the American diet, always had issues with the FDA, especially the FDA. The food allowed over here and the additives in it make people ill and it is all backed by a government agency. And worse, in my opinion, all the people promoting health are subsidizing big sugar, corn, dairy and the meat industries...so rest assured they aren't biased. Snort.<br />
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So I delve and learn, and I educate. I've always been a bit of weirdo by US standards with what I will and won't allow the kids to eat. Rosie has NEVER had a McDonalds and I am treated like a freak for this. Lily had 2 and both times suffered projectile vomiting. We don't and won't eat fast food. They get plenty of crap but now that too is changing.<br />
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My brother has walked this walk for years, and now I proudly follow.
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There is so much more to nutrition than the old adage, you are what you eat.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-74257311697292131192018-05-28T20:04:00.000-04:002018-05-28T20:04:01.326-04:00plus oneDuring Spring break, the week before Easter for us, Lily received a text from her bestie that went something like this: I'm with my mum at work and one side of her face has gone all droopy and she can't move one side of her body, what should I do. Thankfully Lily knew what to tell her to do and after quite a production the woman went to hospital.<br />
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Since the stroke righted itself they decided to run a whole lot of tests since the mum had been suffering severe back pain for a while which was why K was with her at work, to help. Tests revealed advanced stage, aggressive metastatic breast cancer. The pain in her back was caused by the cancer there.<br />
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Oh my.<br />
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This is where the story gets very long and complicated. Choices had to be made and the mother decided to move to South Carolina so that she could live with her other much much older daughter and receive treatment there. But what about K? K is 16, just and in a veterinary program at a magnet school and starting SAS with Lily in August. Her family has nothing, NOTHING, its very sad. They aren't close either and the more the story unfolded the worse it got and the madder I got.<br />
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So we made a decision to allow K to move in with us but that had to be done somewhat legally without me becoming a legal guardian. Papers were drawn up and her mother signed her over...literally. She never came into my house to see where she would be living and she never spoke to me, she only speaks Spanish. I can natter in Spanish but cannot hold legal conversations in it. K arrived the next day, April 24th with a small duffel and a cardboard box, her worldly possessions inside the 2. Everything else was donated, or throw away.<br />
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When the mum was in hospital here no other family members came, NONE. This 16 yr old would leave school, go to visit her mum, leave at 10.30 at night and go to her house and sleep. I wasn't happy but I didn't know the whole story, now I do and I am furious.<br />
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K has 4 siblings and they all can't be bothered and K is a burden to the family. That was the word used by her aunt. When it came time for K to say goodbye to her mum everyone fought so as not to have to pay her fare. They asked her to find her own transportation and that's when I stepped in and told them NO. A 16 yr old female is NOT travelling for 16 hours alone on a train and forget about the bus it just wasn't going to happen. She left last Monday, I withdrew her from school as it was my understanding her mum was nearing the end. Now I fear that the older sister basically wanted her very own Cinderella.<br />
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It wasn't easy having her here, she was raised by people very different than those who raised me and it was challenging. When I asked her if she wanted me in her corner with regard to her family she said she did so I took a stand and they gave her so much grief and I was so disgusted that I decided to speak up. She wants to come back after her mum dies but I am not sure if the sister will permit it. She certainly won't pay for it.<br />
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So things here are busy, complicated and nutty. Oh and I am in school fulltime, Im not taking any time off.<br />
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Each day I text her and each day the text starts like this: Hi Cinderelly, you ok?<br />
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I fialed to mention her father died of cancer when she was 7. Basically her life sucks donkey balls.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-38657311163907120912018-05-27T21:22:00.000-04:002018-05-27T21:22:19.597-04:00bye bye elementary school<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She did it. I cannot begin to tell you how hard she worked for it. Frankly I hope she doesn't go that mad for it again as the pressure she put on herself was madness. But now she knows she can.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 awards, one for PE that should come as a shock to no one and the other for Academic Excellence . that is for always working hard and and always doing her best</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is beaming. The teacher behind was Lily's gifted teacher and was slightly surprised to see her.</td></tr>
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And just like that, in the blink of an eye, the Pickle has graduated from Elementary school to Middle school. School would be fine in her eyes if she could do math and science all morning and the afternoon were dedicated to art and PE.<br />
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This year her teacher was Mrs Jackson. I had never ever encountered her with Lily and had no idea what to expect. OHMYGOD, possibly the greatest teacher that could ever walk the planet. In the afternoons she had math and science with Mrs Mastrapa also phenomenal. I love this school and 99% of the teachers, this year Mrs Jackson raised the bar.<br />
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Every semester Rosie gets Honor Roll, without fail but she has never had an A in reading and the elusive Principals Honor Roll has remained out of her grasp...... until this year.<br />
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On Friday they had their promotion ceremony.<br />
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Embossed invitations were sent home to the parents, Unhusbands were harshly informed that they HAD to be there and that it didn't matter if they didn't sleep the night before and they lost the use of both legs, somehow they would show up on time!!! And that was Lily telling him, not me. The dress code strongly suggested, Sunday best for the girls or pant suits. We tried that and to say it made her miserable was an understatement. I decided she needed to be comfortable so that she could hold her head up high. I changed the rules and she was able to march onto that stage like a boss. She went to the orthodontist the day before and even had her bands changed to match the colours in her outfit.<br />
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I am so proud of her. She worked so hard, her teacher is amazing and I am extremely grateful for everything she did.<br />
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Onwards and upwards little one, only good things lay ahead.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-72496743882794739042018-05-13T22:15:00.003-04:002018-05-13T22:15:59.531-04:00mothers dayIt never gets old, this mothering thing. Sometimes a little trying or challenging but never old. I swear that if our destiny is written before we are even born, this would be mine.<br />
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I truly hope I don't take it for granted, them for granted. I try to remain in the moment and enjoy the small moments the times when it is just us doing very ordinary things with a tonne of love and a lot of giggles. I'm know sometimes I fail and I always own those times.<br />
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Sometimes it feels like it's just us, the 3 musketeers (and a dog), taking on the world and we manage to rock it.<br />
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My idea for mothers day was to head out in a kayak into the peace and quiet of the Atlantic but the weather man said it was a foolish idea due to thunderstorms. Due to aforementioned storms we decided to head to the beach instead, with Houndish in tow.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">how they love having a dog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the girls weere throwing stones into the ocean and the hound just couldn't figure it all out. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little weirdo loves to lie down in the water. Look at the tip of her tail poking up. Makes me laugh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I sees dat....but I don't know what it is. Saw her first squirrel and was not at all interested in chasing it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She loves to drink from the stream of water rather than the bowl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her impression of a seal. Where are your ears houndish?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loves Lily and loves the ocean.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls love to run with her</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">proof that we were there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Key Biscayne</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was lashing rain and the wind picked up...so much fun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One exhausted hound.</td></tr>
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I love being outdoors away from the crowds. It is hard here to get away from people but today the weather was so crummy that I knew the beaches would be empty. Many people here believe that getting wet in the rain causes you to get a cold so with the lashing rain ( but 83 degree temps) I knew it would be perfect and it was.<br />
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First we walked around a park and then headed to the ocean.<br />
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We had a simply wonderful time. The dog gets crazy in water and that in turn makes the girls hysterical. Fun was had by all.<br />
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I love these 2 girls ferociously, I enjoy their company so so much and am thankful that they like to spend time with me just doing the mundane stuff and sometimes adventuring.<br />
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Their kindness baffles me and I am always amazed out how thoughtful they are.<br />
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We recently added another member to the household and I am learning just how lucky I am with the dynamic that we 3 have.<br />
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Thank you for loving me and allowing me to love and nurture you both. xxxx<br />
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( oh Lunes was running through a huge puddle and failed to notice the massive storm drain and her skinny legs went straight down it rendering them cut and bloodied hence the bandages. She will be fine but they need to heal a bit so she cant lick them into oblivion. )Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-1157106701672074232018-04-30T22:10:00.001-04:002018-04-30T22:10:17.604-04:00lifeguard on dutyThe girls love nothing more than visiting our friends and taking Lunes along for the ride. Shara and her hubby are big dog lovers and big lovers of life and whatever they do their dogs do too. Whenever we go over to visit, we take the dog too.<br />
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We stopped by the other day and went for a dip. Luna loves water but she is clueless in a pool. In the ocean where the depth increases slowly she does great but in a pool where you have a sudden drop off she is clueless and almost kills herself so she has to wear a life jacket. She will literally jump in to the deep end and due to the nature of this beast when she leaps she leaps far and will end up in the middle of the pool going glug, glug, glug.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">such a brave hound on the first step....oy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">everybody knows that you needs to shower after a swim and that includes one very unimpressed Lunes!<br /></td></tr>
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I had to get one more post in before the end of the month.
So much going on and I have no time. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-12426886492366288932018-04-04T16:39:00.000-04:002018-04-04T16:40:13.354-04:00not that kind of mumOn Saturday, seconds after I walked into the house from work, Lily bebopped up to me with an idea that she thought was, "just fabulous". Mum, can Kathy come over and we can bake cookies together? Frankly that's a no brainer and the answer was yes. I told Lily we would go to the store and pick Kathy up on our way home.<br />
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As we were walking through Publix Lily asked my what we needed to make sugar cookies and I looked at the very blankly and said, I have no freaking idea, I wish I was a baking kind of mum but I am not. And so out came my phone and google to the rescue.<br />
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We got all her necessary requirements and checked out and went and picked up Kathy.<br />
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Oh Easter why the F@#$ do you insist on being such a messy occasion?<br />
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I used to have cookie cutters for EVERY SINGLE OCCASION but we never bake cookies so I ditched them all. The girls actually molded the dough into the shapes they needed
The girls had a blast and I was really happy that Lily allowed her little seester to be involved.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chef extaordinaire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make sure you use a lot of flour wasn't wasted on this one</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cute little shapes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then Kathy started the painstaking process of making her cookies perfect. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the delightful blue one is Ro's, the really crafty ones, Kathys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top ones her are Rosies. I love her tiny chickie.</td></tr>
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So that ends the messy decorating until the holidays roll around, thank god.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-3433430294311127522018-04-02T13:33:00.000-04:002018-04-02T13:33:19.995-04:00easter messI love decorating for any occasion but I like to keep it simple, too much of anything gets me a little overwhelmed, almost as if I cannot breathe.<br />
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Since we had a rather hectic week with the pooch being in hospital Easter got a bit sidetracked and by the time I thought about decorating eggs it was already Friday.<br />
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Decorating eggs is the work of Satan, I am convinced. It is the messiest, most disgusting craft out there. So much mess. We have tried all sorts of ways, silk ties, shaving foam, post it notes, plain old dye, colouring, blowing, hard boiling, it's all the freaking same, it's hell on earth.<br />
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I was surprised when Rosie wanted to do it because she isn't into messy things and crafting isn't exactly her thing but she did, so we did and Lily even joined us. This year <strike>we</strike> they decided upon the whipped cream method.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My camera was acting up so I took a few shots after giving it a fiddle. These are just so gorgeous in colour and taste</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">drip drip drip all over the whipped cream</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">swirl it about with a tooth pick</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">attempt 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yuck. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosies second attempt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sort of dyed eggs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yuck, that is just ugly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">broken and all.</td></tr>
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so there we have it, another eggcellent, or not so much, eggstravaganza in the books. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-58616441050519983262018-03-30T21:46:00.002-04:002018-03-30T21:46:57.026-04:00Camp OBWhen we took the archery class the instructor told us that if we wanted to sign up for a more advanced class to head to Camp OB. I had no idea what he was saying or where it was so after class I inquired. He said, Camp OB is 30 minutes from here, it's the park with the caves.<br />
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Say what? Caves, here in SoFl. I have lived here for over 30 years and had never heard of them, The unhusband was born here and when I asked him he looked at me with his, you aren't too swift, face and then when I asked Jenny she too was clueless. I knew we had to go.<br />
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On Wednesday we made it our adventure de jour.<br />
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The weather was fabulous the location close by and the park itself was absolutely deserted and just gorgeous. We checked in with the park office and were handed a map....which if anyone cares we failed to read properly and missed the caves completely and walked and walked and walked. I, who has no sense of direction, took said map and figured it out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ready and raring to go</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">termites</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Its so gorgeous....but thankful it's not my house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hurricane Irma really hit hard here</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's quite amazing how mother nature manages to survive if she has just a small chance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A heart.....cool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">weird peeling tree</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so many cut down trees still waiting to be cleared but this one was gorgeous</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She cannot stop laughing, the sole fell off of my shoe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">berries</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cave entrance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was surprisingly cold and smelly down there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Florida is virtually at sea level so it is quite surprising to have these here</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">amazing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">trees growing right through them</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">which one gets thrown in first</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">good luck getting out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">no water but she tried</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosie in a hole</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hmmm, note to self focus the camera.</td></tr>
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We had the best time, really we did.
We were giddy from it all but our joy was short lived. we got home to a seriously sick pup.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-53335404321600222162018-03-28T08:17:00.001-04:002018-03-28T08:18:47.306-04:00archeryI recently found out that our local park systems offers all sorts of great classes and adventures and since this is the time of year to be outside I started to follow all their offerings closely. The girls have vastly different interests so I typically try and find something that appeals to each of them individually and when I saw archery lessons I knew it would appeal to Ro. I was correct in my assumption and also wrong as Lily was quite excited by the idea also. I signed us up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday morning was cool and breezy and the park we went to was just lovely</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You know how serious Rosie is about everything</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just knew she was going to be great at this</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First time and pretty amazing aim</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The child with NO coordination</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">me</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a small class so we have loads of arrow time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shooting dinner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">her hand next to her face with fingers out stretched is perfect form<br />
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Remember the comment about the child with NO coordination? She somehow managed to shoot her arrow sideways and smack one of the instructors in the head. Thankfully it was broadside and not the tip!<br />
I took a lot of slo-mo videos which are amazing to watch.
Today we are off to a nearby park that has caves, CAVES!!!
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I have lived here for 30 something years and I had no idea we had caves. This should be a lot of fun unless.....bats! Shudder<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-21451239766395827892018-03-27T07:04:00.000-04:002018-03-28T08:18:29.451-04:00one year laterOne year ago, last Friday, the hound had been with us for an entire year. In many ways it seems like for EVER ago that we got her and in others, just a couple of months. But it is what it is and the not so little pooch has wrangled her way front and centre.<br />
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Spring break just happened to start on Friday so we packed a picnic, hopped into the car and headed south....way south, Key West south. We stopped whenever anyone wanted to see something, stopped for lunch and and stopped a couple of times to walk the hound on the beach.<br />
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For an impromptu trip it was fabulous. No time constraints, and just us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosie decided selfies with Houndish were in order</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick stop in Islamorada to dip their toes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nothing but sea for miles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little chap caught a fish and was so proud but his dad said he had to throw it back.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old 7 Mile Bridge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bahia Honda State Park......Irma was not kind to the Keys and this park was hit very hard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at the colour of the water.....sadly we couldn't get to the beach. Blame Hurricane Irma</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swoon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By chance she wore a blue/green collar...it made for gorgy photos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favourite snaps of the day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">better get swimming girls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and I repeat, Blame the Hurricane</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a celebration, you need to have some ice cream</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh looky, a secluded beach area</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">what do you think?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alrighty then, you approve</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and with that she went completely kittiwompas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosie was the target of her fun and games</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ready or not, here I come</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">good fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not sure who had more fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our favourite kayaking spot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">out of control doggy on the bench</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">peek a boo I see you too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it was starting to get buggy so we called it a day.</td></tr>
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I think she will always be nervous but as long as all of us are together she is really good at trying new things and going into the unknown.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-10648394413492553022018-03-25T08:45:00.001-04:002018-03-28T08:18:21.820-04:00a happy placeIt should come as no surprise that the girls and I were down in the Keys again.<br />
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The weather was fabulous, which means of course that it was way too cold for water activities (for me) but we had a lovely time at Pennekamp and all around the local attractions there.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have no idea who these people are....surely they can't be mine, mine are little, no?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laughing whilst waiting for the branch to break. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">eeewww, that water looks disgusting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think it might have been a bit cold for someone as she far behind her sister</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they swam back to the beach whilst I walked back staying warmish and dry</td></tr>
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Love Pennekamp, cannot wait to return.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772318818225565207.post-78492436692744588892018-02-19T08:09:00.002-05:002018-03-28T08:18:08.919-04:00and that's what love isTen years ago today a tiny, somewhat fragile, little baby girl joined our family.<br />
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It had been a long wait and after 2 years we switched to the special needs list. Our agency had called and suggested it and we knew it was time to take a second look. As I listened to Elizabeth Rose talk I knew she wasnt waiting for the list of children but that she had the babies information right in front of her. She rattled, off a few conditions, cleft palate, thalassemia....no and nope and then she said, how about heart conditions and I said yes.<br />
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We have a little girl, she is 9 months old and she has PDA, she said. No sooner were the words out of her mouth I was on google. As I was reading about it she said, from what I can see it isn't a really serious heart condition as heart conditions go. I just said send her and she did and today is the day that, that conversation became a reality.<br />
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I could still tell you every moment of that day with glaring clarity. It was one of the best days of my life.<br />
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We took the bus from our hotel to the Civil Affairs Office. It was cold and I was nervous. Lily was so excited and Andie was as nervous as I. Hah.<br />
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There was no time to be nervous as the babies were being brought into the room. One by one the babies were handed to their families. Just. Like. That. Their worlds went topsy turvy and Rosie made it perfectly clear she wasn't happy about it. But I was happy, over the moon happy I knew it would be ok, I knew we would work it all out and this little family would get it all on track.<br />
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Later, much MUCH later, that day Rosie calmed down a little. She did not however allow for the removal of the eleventy billion layers of clothes she was wearing. I managed to get her undressed eventually but she clung to all her clothes as if her life depended on it. When she finally went to sleep she was still clutching them. So sad. Once she was fast asleep I removed them from her crib and carefully packed them away, they are after all the only remnants that she has of her life in China, one tiny little outfit was the sum total of her wordly possessions.<br />
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Ten years later she has left the little scared person in the shadows. She is one of the most loving children I know and the most loyal friend a person can have. She is an athlete, a great student, she is spirited and has a fabulous sense of humour. She ALWAYS roots for the under dog and wants nothing more than the love of her family.
Kidlet, the first time I saw your face, I knew you were mine and I was ready to fight to make it happen. I will always be in your corner and fight with you and for you. Never forget, I love you more.
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