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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Crazy Potato, Running Rampant

This post is just a few pics of Potato on a weekend that her siblings are away. She's a bit of a trouble maker, and acts like an only child when the others go off to see their father.

Where does Daddy work? That's right! Lowe's! Smothering children, one hat at a time. And we have about six ball caps with the Lowe's logo on them.
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She is just so plucky!
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Potato is obsessed with the kitchen. Why not? Her nickname is a food staple in our household. We also used to set her in her bouncy seat and on the table to watch her while we cooked.
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Well, what do we have here? (She loves shutting the fridge door.)
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Why, hullo, daddy!
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Mommy! No Pictures!
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Oh, yes. Earlier that day, while I was preparing her lunch, she was not harassing me in the kitchen as usual. Then I found out why.
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Notice the 'Uh-oh' look. She found mommy's markers. Thankfully, she only drew on herself. She is much more washable than most things she could have drawn on. :P

One of these days, I'm going to video how she just moves moves moves all day long. Oh, and how she is just about constantly making noise. She is pretty phenomenol at mimicking all sorts of sounds. Much like her daddy.

Cake and Cousins

A couple of weeks ago Jeremy's nephew "Bubbs" turned 19. To celebrate, Jeremy's sister Brenda invited some folks out to a relative's water front home for dinner. Bug, Pix, and Bear were at their father's. So it was just the man, the Potato, and myself traveling on down.
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Bubbs' bday present to himself was a 3-wheeler. A 200X, I think. Maybe. It was heavily covered in mud, and the stickers were coming off when I saw it. He however, had yet to spring for a helmet. Thankfully, he has family that loves him and wishes for him to keep his brains within his skull. Yay for Aunt Dottie!
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The blue one matches his truck... which actually looked taupe that night after a day of off roading.

Potato spent the evening playing with her new foster cousin. The little dear is 5 months younger than Potato, and very sweet. I swear that Dottie and I did NOT plan to coordinate the girls. It just happened that way.
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Of course, Potato's favorite thing about her new cousins (Dottie has 2 right now) are the accessories they come with.... just like her baby dolls.
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After dinner, and cake, the adults sat around chatting about various things.
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While the adults just sat and lounged, Potato was busy 'helping' her Aunt Dani clean up. Helping was Aunt Dani's word, not mine. I was busy telling Potato to stop trying to hide in the cabinets.
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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Fantasies of Frivolity

It's been over a month since I posted a new blog. To be quite honest, it's been just as long since I've done anything with blogger. With so much going on, along with my laptop feeling a bit ill, blogger got set on the back burner for a long simmer. It's still here, and has not bubbled away into oblivion.

Sometime this next week I hope to produce a catch up post. For tonight, however, I will be doing a rather frivolous post about the frivolous things I fantasize about buying with the tax return if not for that whole disgusting matter of being.... an adult. I was going to attempt html coding for the picture to link to each item's page, but blogger keeps disagreeing with fanciful idea. Instead, it's name shall link up!

The first item of my list was to be this absolutely lovely 1940s gray peplum skirt suit I have been coveting for some time. However, somebody else has swept that darling number out of Vanity's inventory. Wonderful for Melanie, the shop owner. Boo for me.

Since I mentioned that part of my blogger laziness has been due to my laptop being as old as my first grader, I will start with... a new laptop! From the Best Buy website, an Acer Aspire.
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No, it's not anything spectacular. Yes, it only has 160GB. But, it's what I need, when paired with item number two. The next step up is 250GB, for $50 more. So, why not go for $100 more than the Acer, and get a 1TB HP external hard drive. It just makes sense.
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If you ask me, those items are actually pretty necessary, and not truly all that frivolous. Jeremy says he's never even had a laptop. Ok... but he has a desk top, that he just bought a new power supply for. :P So, the rest of my list will be purely frivolous.

These boots. I neeeeed these boots. I don't know why, but I do. Plus, they are in my size! I've been looking for boots similar to these for years. I just can never find them in my size, and under $100. I love these boots.
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I've begun harboring a new obsession with train cases. This can be attributed to Miss Twila Jean. This particular little Cream colored case makes me feel giddy.
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I can't help my love of shoes. Nor, do I want to. Especially when it comes to custom Converse Hi-tops in my favorite colors.
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One of my favorite online playgrounds is Pinupgirlclothing.com. I am currently coveting the sweetly simplistic little Dorothy Dress.
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I had a few more pairs of shoes to list, but I think I'm going to forego that at the moment. Instead, I'm going to move on to a few coats I'm loving. Yes, I also have a desire to horde outerwear. Of course, here in the dreary Pacific Northwest, why wouldn't I want a spot of delight beneath the overcast?
I love this coat. I know there are people who say I shouldn't. A teensy part of me says I shouldn't. But the rest of me is screaming out... 'Buy the Rust Colored Suede!
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Who could blame me on this next darling? It's so perfect for brightening up a gray filled day. Every girl needs a bright Wool Red Coat.
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Finally, with the bit of drizzle we get up here, a girl is going to need a variety of hats.
The Plaid Newsboy cap. I think this one will go well with the Suede.
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The 1940s Wide Brim hat. This one could go quite well with the Suede, or the Wool. Don't you think so?
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I'd really like this one for those trips out to the beach. It's Enormous Purple Brim is just perfect for the sun.
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The clock has officially surpassed midnight. I've been fighting with HTML codes to try and get this post up for about the last week. I have done so, and now bid you all a good night, and a pleasant week.