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2008-09-26T02:36:17Z

Your Autumn Test Results

You are a dynamic, vibrant person. You aren't afraid to pursue your passions.

When you are happiest, you are calm. You appreciate tradition and family. You enjoy feeling cozy.

You embrace change. You love change. You see change as a rebirth.

You find solitude to be the most comforting thing in the world. Being alone with your thoughts feels very peaceful.

Your ideal day is active and full. You like to keep busy with your favorite things, and you appreciate a routine.

You tend to live in the moment. You enjoy whatever is going on, and you don't obsess over the past or future.

wait...
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I dont obsess?
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I dont obsess???
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what a load.

heeeee heeeeee

2008-05-14T01:34:36Z

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mornings

2008-03-25T15:05:06Z

Mackenzie is watching Sesame Street.
She is actually sitting down this morning with her juice and cheerios and a book WATCHING big bird tell nursery rhymes....
Im feeling a bit ... like a mom of a toddler I suppose.

Yesterday morning was a little more exciting. I was cleaning up the kitchen and Mac was "helping".
I saved the bag of cheerios (I stupidly left open) from spilling just in time but the next time I turned around Mac had dumped my full cup of coffee off the computer desk onto her head to toe! Not to worry! It was cold, and it set long enough that I had forgotten about it- not little miss eagle eye of course. She got a wipes "bath" and I think the Mavs outfit is done.
The rest of the day our precious smelled like a cappicino.... which I thought was great.
Yeah, I need help.

Anyway, havent posted and she's being still for a bit.
-and with that were under the coffee table.
Cheers!

news

2007-11-11T16:41:30Z

Well, its official.
We have a crawler.
"Baby Mackenzie Mac" is off and FAST!
She can now swing her car walker onto the carpet and is a superior explorer.
She heads the fastest on arms and legs when its something we've said that word "no" too.
She has 2 bottom teeth and two top... only the top are a tooth space apart?
(More on that as it develops- our sweet little redneck baby!)
This morning she was going 90 to nothing and fell swiftly to sleep as we listened to Puff the magic Dragon.
(That song till makes me CRY, but neil diamond cheered me up.)
I heard Keith say "Mackenzie Elizabeth!" this morning.....

We are well.
We are getting old.
We are having parent moments and a little offset occationaly.

All is well.

well this will be new..

2007-10-10T15:27:44Z

I had a cough yesterday.
Mac coughed this morning....
it was a brand new cough. (cute)

As much as I cant wait to hear her voice -
the talking one not the yelling one -
Im not looking foward to this weekend.

We are getting sick.
Keith is freaked out more than me.
(Im not happy about the immenent lack of energy.)

Tips for baby colds?
Im giving her tylonol today.

sigh...............

thought this was great!

2007-10-09T15:46:42Z

Mean Moms

Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that
motivates a parent, I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:

I loved you enough to ask where you were going, with whom, and what
time you would be home.

I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that your new best
friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned
your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes.

I loved you enough to let you see anger,
disappointment, and tears in my eyes. Children
must learn that their parents aren't perfect.

I loved you enough to let you assume the
responsibility for your actions even when the
penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you enough to say
NO when I knew you would hate me for it.

Those were the most difficult battles of all.
I'm glad I won them, because in the end you won, too.
And someday when your children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates parents, you will tell them.

Was your Mom mean?

I know mine was.
We had the meanest mother in the whole world!
While other kids ate candy for breakfast,
we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.

When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch,
we had to eat sandwiches.

And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was
different from what other kids had, too.

Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times.
You'd think we were convicts in a prison.

She had to know who our friends were
and what we were doing with them.
She insisted that if we said we
would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.

We were ashamed to admit it,
but she had the nerve to break
the Child Labor Laws by making us work.

We had to wash the dishes, make the beds,
learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry,
empty the trash and all sorts of cruel jobs.
I think she would lie awake at night
thinking of more things for us to do.

She always insisted on us telling the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

By the time we were teenagers,
she could read our minds
and had eyes in the back of her head.
Then, life was really tough!

Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk
the horn when they drove up
They had to come up to the door
so she could meet them.

While everyone else could date
when they were 12 or 13,
we had to wait until we were 16.

Because of our mother we missed out
on lots of things other kids experienced.

None of us have ever
been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other's
property or ever arrested for any crime.
It was all her fault.

Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults.
We are doing our best to be mean parents just like Mom was.

I think that is what's wrong with the world today.
It just doesn't have enough mean moms!

I had to post this...

2007-09-20T20:10:28Z

All together now:

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"HUH???"
Another brilliant idea spotlighting Texas - y e a.

Update 2!

2007-04-11T23:22:17Z

The swing!
She is finally into the swing!
Oh do I dare dream of a day of productive activity?
Lets not jinx things.