tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57963564119466165682011-11-27T16:03:22.048-08:00A little about this, a little about that, alot about nothing....DJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02365649545206674555noreply@blogger.comBlogger641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796356411946616568.post-21841062879542051702009-12-03T15:10:00.000-08:002009-12-03T15:20:35.240-08:00

I'm sure that many of you have seen the new Tide laundry detergent commercials, where you can boost your detergent, and stain releasing power with new Tide Stain Release thingies.Pop em in the washer along with your detergent, and voila, you laundry never looked better.REALLY? So, what Tide is really saying, is "our detergent doesn't work that great, so you better get this if you want clean

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My youngest son finally got his first car! He will be 22 in January, so you can see how much this thrills me that I don't have to take him everywhere he needs to go.So this was our adventure on picking up the new ride.First, Google Maps lies.I knew pretty much where we were going, but then the road ended without being at the correct address. This is a problem. A ten minute trip took us about 30,

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Well here we are again on highway 58. If you've looked at my other "Traveling in Oregon" blogs, you might notice a pattern here. I seem to only travel to the coast, or up/down highway 58.That being said, Salt Creek. This river winds it's way down from Salt Creek Falls, which is waaaaaaaaaay up on top of highway 58, and meanders its way down until it turns into the Willamette river.This was one of

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We've been having quite the heat blast for the past week here in Oregon. Temps in the 90's, and more to come. In the triple digits by Tuesday! Now I like summer, but I feel like I'm standing on the sun. My kitties are not so happy either. Or I should say Petunia (top pic) and Sheba (bottom pic) are not happy. They lounge around staring at me with daggers. "It's hot woman! Do something about it!"

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Pronounced Ha-See-TaThese pictures are actually from last October, that's why they seem a bit on the dark side. The day started out sunny, (unusual for Oregon) and proceeded to fall into a dusky mist by the time I hit the top of the trail where you can visit the lighthouse. Heceta Head is the most photographed light house on the west coast, was built in 1894, and is still active. They have also

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Ah Summer. The hubby and I finally made a trip to the cabin just the two of us. Sweet blessed silence for a weekend. Just me, him, and the mosquito's. It was great. It was 94 degrees when we left the valley, with a two hour road trip to Eastern Oregon, and no air conditioning. I was marveling how green everything still is. It has been a particularly wet summer, with the temperatures just finally

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From Left to Right: Mischief, Sheba, and PetuniaWe love to look outside..just don't open the door! It's scary out there in the wide wide world.

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I saw this the other day when I was perusing the web, and I am in LOVE.It's called a Slow Loris. (love love love love)And thanks to YouTube, I found MORE videos of the Slow Loris.At the very least, click on the first one,cuz gee, nobody should have to go through life without seeing one of these. They are so CUTE.What is a Slow Loris? You can scroll down to the bottom where I've put some

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UGH. What in the world is this thing? (more pics at the bottom)I don't have a great fear of spiders, but this one about made me faint. My family and I were camping last weekend, and I was taking a break from stacking wood, when this THING comes walking out from underneath the rocks surrounding our fire barrel and is ALMOST on top of my foot before my husband saw it.(Was that a run-on sentence, or

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For my entertainment...erm...I mean yours of course.I love cat videos! You love cat videos! We all love cat videos!And another one:

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Do you ever have days like these?My laptop computer had been running at a snails pace, so I knew after 2-1/2 years of clutter, it was time to reinstall windows. I had diligently backed up everything that was important onto my jump drive, except my pictures (not enough room) and my food blogs. (not enough room) Yes! I am going to be running a recipe blog here when I have the time. I'm so excited!

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It's been forever since I've written anything, so I've promised myself (and you dear readers) I would make an attempt to put out a few things this week.So! Today I'm going to blog about my new patio. The hubby and I had been discussing this for ages, and now that he is layed off one week a month (damn this economy) he really needs something to do. I mean something besides leaving me here to go

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Does anyone remember those magazines you used to get in the mail from "Carol Wright Gifts?" They always had such neat stuff in them. Even if it wasn't anything you were going to actually purchase, it was fun to look at. For some reason I got one in the mail today. ( I didn't even know they were still in business.) My how things have changed. Do not give this to your kids while your in the car

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I know it might be a little late for you to try this out, but I just had to share it...maybe next year?"Dying" Easter eggs, without all that messy dye! Aren't they pretty? (Yes, I snitched the photo, but since I'm directing you over to the original website, I thought it would be ok) I found this over at GoodyBlog, and while I haven't tried it, I'm sure there are alot of moms out there that would

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I was thinking the other day, that if anyone who visits me here and happens to check out my profile will see my old webpage under contacts. Well, if you click to go there, you might be a little confused, because it says The Home Of Secret Smile. Well, who the hell is Secret Smile? I thought you were DJ?! Well, I am, and I am also Secret Smile.Let me explain. For 14? years.. (I can't remember

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An experiment with alcohol. My what we can learn on the internet!Skittle flavored Vodka.Well, why not?My youngest was perusing the web, and found a recipe for infusing vodka with skittles. While yes, this sounds fun and fruity, I didn't expect that 4 hours later, he and 2 of his guy buddies to come flying through the front door with 12 bottles of water, a 2 pound bag of skittles, and a half

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My Stockpile--->With our economy going down the toilet, half of America layed off, or about to be, I thought i would share "How To Get Alcohol For Less Than Half Of What You're Paying In Your Local Grocery Store" Yes, seriously. I am The Goddess, you may worship me.You know all those beverage distributors in your town/city? Yeah, the ones that actually get all that delicious booze, and send

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I have been suffering a horrible itchy disgusting rash for the past three weeks, that has spread from a little patch on my wrist, to both insides of my elbows and my eyelids. (and now....*whispers* my butt crack) The only thing I could think of was that these pesky little sugar ants that have invaded my house were sneaking in my bed at night and using me as the all you can eat buffet. No one else

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Are you a recycling fanatic? Are you one of those people who look at something and go hmMm, I wonder what I should do with this? Or are you one of those people who throw absolutely everything in the trash with no regard to mounting land fills full of reusable crap? (Shame on you.)I found this great site on recycling, that showed me things I didn't even know could be recycled, and I recycle

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So you say you like sterling silver jewelry? You say you like FREE sterling silver jewelry? Have I found a site for you! I was perusing blogs the other day, and stumbled upon one that was talking about this site that offers free jewelry, and all you have to pay for is shipping. I love silver jewelry! I was immediately intrigued.Of course my first thought was, why would someone give you jewelry

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Since I haven't blogged in quite some time, I thought I would start out my new year (a little late) writing about the Oregon Coast. If you haven't been, are thinking about going, feel like someday you might like to visit, don't know where to go...I'm going to show you a few places. Hang onto your seats, and let's explore.My husband and I were fortunate enough to get away from it all this weekend,

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I'm sure everyone has by now heard about the 111 year old rare Tuatara lizard, named Henry that surprised everyone by becoming a father at his ripe old age.I happened to be sitting on the couch watching the news in a half bored coma with the family when the story aired. I immeditely popped off with "Well he obviously doesn't suffer from E-reptile-Dysfunction!" "Bwah hahahahahahhaha!" My son

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa, and Happy/Merry to any others that I'm not familiar with! May it be a time of love and family.

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Our giant snow storm finally hit last night. There might be two inches out there. Supposedly, all this was supposed to happen on Friday and Saturday, with the worst being last night. Nothing happened Friday or Saturday night other than a raging party, and a little bit of rain.This morning on the other hand was a tad bit sketchy. Not much snow, but underneath is a sheet of ice, which was terribly

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Today was spent getting the outside of the house ready for winter. Geraniums trimmed and in the shed, hoses disconnected, leaves raked up, yada yada yada. Supposedly this weekend we are having our first snow storm of the season. It's to rival the storm of 2003, which must of been a doozie, because I don't remember it at all. But then again, being at 700 feet above sea level here in the

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Pepsi always comes out with the greatest ads, and I prefer coke...*lol*var sid=285;var vid=17963;

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Yep, the hubby and I are at it again. Today we experiment with pork loin.Ingredients:4-1/2 pound pork loincumincorriandergarlic powdercurryblack pepperand sea saltsprinkled over the top of pork loinDon't forget to put the foil in your drip tray so you can use up all those yummy juices for gravy.The instruction book says that pork cooks at 35 minutes per pound, so in theory this puppy should take

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Before the Thanksgiving festivities:About 8 hours later:

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My mom surprised my husband a few days before Thanksgiving with one of those new Infrared Turkey Cookers from Char-Broil. I'd never even heard of such a thing, so as soon as she brought it over I was yanking it out of the box like a 6 year old on Christmas morning. I still didn't know what I was looking at. The instructions told me that instead of using oil, like those scary deep fat fryers I

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I haven't been home much for the past week or so, and then I went camping for the weekend, so Monday was going to be the big day to get my house cleaned up and ready for the Thanksgiving holiday.Silly me, what was I thinking?I did manage to take back a bazillion beer/pop cans to the grocery store for my deposits while it was a chilly 30 degree's this morning. (I hate those can machines. I

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The Culprits, Petunia and Sheba--------->For those of you familiar with my blog about my 3 year old kitty girls who have a thing for peeing on my kitchen counters, and my experiment with Feliway, I have an update. For those of you unfamiliar with said kitties, and their fetish for peeing on my kitchen counters, please feel free to back up a bit and check out Counter Attack!Or if your too lazy to

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My family has been following a low sodium diet for about 2 years now, due to some high blood pressure problems. Plus, it seems to be all over the news about how we need very little salt in our diets, blah blah blah. My hubby and I have learned to re-cook just about everything. It hasn't been easy, or in the beginning tasty. I have had to spend numerous hours in the grocery stores looking at

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Continuing on with my ear reflexology experiences. At my first visit, the therapist that did my ears mentioned that if you couldn't continue with your therapy, you really shouldn't have it done until you could come back on a regular basis. Her recommendation was every week. If you didn't, you could go through what she called a "crash." I got the basic concept; you would go back to your

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Titanium Beads-------->Today I started my training in Auricular Therapy. I just had to use that big word because it makes me sound important. In other words I'm training to work in ear reflexology. I'm so excited!What is ear reflexology? To put it into base terms, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, your outer ears are a map of your entire body.Everything in your body, is represented by a point on

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Tipsy Gypsy----->What a hectic October. Not that I'm happy it's over, but sheesh, my food budget just can't handle all these get togethers. First my birthday, a week later a pumpkin carving party, and the best part of all Halloween! My favorite holiday! I've spent many a day shopping, decorating, planning and cooking for the festivities. And as you can see by the picture, I even had time to dress

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I had grand plans of pumping out a few sentences today about my Halloween weekend, but like the best laid of plans, that crumbled at about 8am this morning.One of "my" boys who lived with me for 4 months not too long ago, then went back to his girlfriend, landed on my front porch bright and early after leaving (in his words) "that psycho bitch" for the last time. Bravo kiddo, bravo! We shall see

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My eldest son gave me a Salad Fingers t-shirt for my birthday this year, and I almost peed myself I was so excited. I love Salad Fingers! My son was the one that actually introduced me to this quaint character on the Internet, and I was hooked after the first episode. If your not familiar with Salad Fingers, he's this nutzoid human like green creature with really long fingers. He likes to caress

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Stumble It!I've never been one to gossip, i'm more of a secret keeper. You tell me something in confidence, it doesn't leave my mouth. Usually I end up forgetting about it, and no one is the wiser that you even had a secret. "My Herd" on the other hand. Boy howdie. Today was like watching fire run rampant through the streets of San Fransisco.(If your unfamiliar with My Herd, you can read

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My youngest son sent me this picture the other day on MySpace, and I almost cried. Frank! I didn't know that you had passed on to cheezburger heaven. (The original LOLcat) You were such an adorable kitten, you grew up, had a wonderful life, and now you are gone. But not without leaving the world a legacy. And for that, I thank you.I Can Has Cheezburger? is one of my favorite sites on the internet

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I had a really great weekend for my birthday (October 10th). If you've been following along from my Pinky Swears blog, you will know that I made the *shudder* pinky swear to get my nose pierced. I did it! I was so brave!4 of "my" kids went with me to High Priestess Piercing, where I was treated like a princess while I chose my jewel, then ushered into a room that reminded me of a doctors office.

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Last night I was perusing the internet when I came across a site full of trivia that I found entertaining. I was especially impressed with one tidbit, and thought I'd share it with my family.Me: "Did you know that If you hook Jell-O up to an EEG, it registers movements almost identical to a human adult's brain waves?"Husband: "I know that, you're living proof."Always the comedian, aren't you?

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I was taking my usual route on the freeway today to pick up the eldest son from work when I saw warning signs that there was a wreck up ahead.When I came up to the top of the overpass, a small car was half in and half out of the median. On it's top. By the look of it, I would have to say it rolled more than once. My heart did a flip flop as I asked the Powers That Be to give comfort to loved

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The youngest has been texting all morning trying to convince me that a little puppy he has found at a work site needs a new home. With us.Someone out there mentioned that this area is well known for people throwing out animals they don't want. Great.I would like to stress (and heavily) that people who abandon pets should be shot. If you don't want your animal to have babies....then get them

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Spectacular even. I have been nail biting worried about my eldest sonsjob being cut with a company merger that has been in the works formonths now.He found out today that his employment is secure, even if he doesn'tcontinue in the department he is in now. WHEW. (others were not solucky I'm sad to say)I cannot even begin to express how relieved this makes me feel. It isso difficult to find

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The youngest son and I were sitting around last night watching music videos on the internet, since we have no life, and I threw out Rusted Root "Send Me On My Way" for next play. I have loved that song since it came out. It was in the movie "Ice Age," when was that?It's one of those songs that once it gets started, you can NOT be in a bad mood. I hadn't seen the video for it before, and it was

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My birthday is coming up soon (October 10th) and I'll be turning the big 45. Which is grand, I don't mind getting older, it's the face wrinkles and creaking bones I can do without.My youngest son has been torturing me for a week with something that he has planned. He's terrible at keeping secrets, so I really didn't think he'd last this long without spilling the beans. I've gotten some scary

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Yes folks, you heard me right. Anal Bleaching.I would like to back up here a bit, and say that I was not specifically on the internet looking for an anal bleaching kit. I had no idea there was such a thing. Heck, I didn't even know what a brazilian wax was until a couple weeks ago. (I really need to get out more.)I was actually looking for party ideas for an upcoming Halloween bash that I'm going

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If you've been keeping up with me here, my last post was about the Royce Butte Wildfire that erupted on September 16, near Crescent Lake Junction. It's ferocity forced the evacuation of over 100 homes and businesses, and is about 12 miles from property that my family owns.I'm happy to report that it is now 80% contained according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center. I originally

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Wildfire.And as of last night when I was glued to the internet and television looking for information, it was only about 12 miles from our cabin where my husband and I have 5 acres of land. The picture I have posted today is in Crescent Lake Junction, at a little store called The Odell Sportsman where we always stop at to get ice and munchies when we go camping. If you read my blog called Labor

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It's only 7:30am and all ready I am completely discontent with the day.I had my alarm set for 6:45am knowing that the eldest's phlebotomist would be by at 7:15 to draw his blood. (He has a blood draw once a month to check on his white blood count for a medication he takes)when BoiNG the doorbell goes off at 6:46. Crap. I like to be completely dressed, coiffed, teeth fresh before she gets here,

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Today is day 3 of my Campaign to Make Me Feel Better.This entails taking my multi-vitamins everyday. My calcium chewie, (which tastes like ass) my echinacea and vitamin C to build up my immune system, and my ignatia for prolonged grief, emotional upset, and sleeplessness.(I would also like to add that it does not entail giving up my cigarettes or alcohol. A girl can only do so many things at once

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Sheba looking inncocent---> Sometimes I hate being a cat owner. Days like yesterday make me want to get a sling shot and a cork. Sheba my adorable little monster has taken it upon herself to piss on the kitchen counter AGAIN. Now my husband always blames Petunia because we have never caught either one of them in the act. Sheba is his cat, and she would never do anything like that. MMhmmm. She

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What kind of fun can you have camping at the cabin in Eastern Oregon with your husband and 10 kids ranging in ages from 18 to 23? The excitement never ends!Neither does the frustration.Friday:Hubby forgot to leave me the keys to the gate at the cabin, and since I'm leaving earlier than everyone else, he had to drive home on his lunch break to drop them off.Did I say I was leaving early?I had

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But I'm so tired. I was so excited last night because I was going to have the house allllllll to myself till I picked up the eldest from work at 12:30pm. The thrill of it all! I never have the house to myself! Then I spent most of the night tossing and turning because of course...my restless leg syndrome decided to make an appearance. There is no possible way to sleep when your legs are jerking

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I had grand plans of getting alot of much needed yard work done this weekend, since it rained all week, and got stuck painting the bathroom instead. Not that I wasn't happy about it finally getting done, I've wanted to do it forever. The youngest and I had been talking eons ago about when he moved out (as if) how he would like to do his bathroom in shades of brown. I got all excited, and brought

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I hate making cookies. I don't know why I even try. I only did today because the youngest son's girlfriend batted those beautiful brown eyes at me this morning before she left for work, and said "cookies?" I am such a sucker!I don't make them because I possess no talent whatsoever when it comes to throwing something so simple together. It takes 5 minutes. And that's all it takes for me to screw

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Two posts in one day. Well, I needed something to take my mind off reality for awhile, and what better way to do that then spend some quality time with Jon Lajoie.If you haven't seen any of this guys video's your really missing out. Not only is he cute, but takes the inane to a higher level...*lol*I do have to warn you, that the video I have uploaded today does have the word Mother F*cker in it,

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I'm feeling so depressed today I just want to crawl in a hole and die. There are too many things going on around here that require me to have patience and be a soundboard for other people. I don't think anyone realizes that eventually I get overwhelmed and can't handle all the emotions that get dumped on me. I try, I really do, and then I end up having days like this.The hubby went off last night

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This morning started out splendidly. I personally don't believe in mornings, so this one was especially nice. I always take the eldest to work in the mornings at 8am, and today was no different. What was different was the annoying beeeeeep beeeeeeeeep beeeeeeeep coming from the dash. It was telling me that the back hatch was open on my Kia Sorento. Being the extraordinary perceptive person I am,

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The hubby and I were sitting out on the back porch last night groaning about how big our food bill has become since the kids have moved back home. He informed me that chicken is on sale at our local supermarket, and we should go pick up a few. "How can you go wrong when chicken is that cheap cheap" he says. Me: "CHEAP CHEAP"...bwah hahahahhaha! as I slapped him on the knee, get it? "CHEEP CHEEP!

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So, the job thing finally came to a head last night. I suppose I knew it was coming...it just seems so final now, and it scares me. Yesterday when the hubby came home he asked if he should just suck it up and get his CDL to conform with the chaos, or quit. I told him if he was unhappy and it wasn't something he wanted to do (which he doesn't) then he should quit. He then retorted with

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Wasting time this morning until I feel awake enough to hit Walmart for the rest of the camping stuff I need for this weekend. I don't know why I always get stuck doing all the shopping. Already hit the stores once this week, then last night another list has to be made because we just haaaaaaaaaaaave to have all this other stuff.Really.All I need is a case of beer and some Cheez-Its.I only need

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I really think so...Last night the youngest went for his first japanese lesson from our cousin by marriage who lives around the corner. Who better to learn from than someone who is Japanese!I find it odd that she has two young boys that don't speak it. She says they aren't interested in learning. I would think being bi-lingual that as soon as they were born she would of spoke in both her native

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Time for introductions, as this is my first blog here at blogger.com. I'll go by DJ, (which really are my initials) because I'm not comfortable using my real name. Why? I've only met one other person in my whole life that has the same name, and OMG what if you recognized me??? And I talked about you??? or *whispers* I talked about sex? Okay, I think that about covers that intrepid thought

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