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My furry loves all getting along is a rare treat. Maisy is having issues with not attacking Addy. But right now everyone is happy.

58/365 grandma

Today is the 18th anniversary of my grandma passing away. She is the only one I ever called just grandma. Every other grandma was grandma and their name. Ermol was a beautiful person inside and out. She fought cancer three times over the years before loading the battle. I can't believe it's been 18 years. So much has happened in those years that I wish she could have been a part of. I treasure all my memories of her. This is a gift I bought in Kindergarten at my school for her Christmas gift. It stays on my dresser and I think of her everything I see it.

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Dogs are so fast I barely got this picture.

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Today was the last day of volleyball camp. She had a blast and learned so much. Next up is softball. Then we will look into more volleyball opportunities.

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This is still my favorite part of the day. I treasure these moments because I know that all too soon she'll be over reading together. But not yet!

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This is my current favorite from BBW. I hate to admit it is my favorite. Every time I fall in love with a kind they stop making it.

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Isn't it amazing how a phone call can change everything, bad or good?  I took a call today that is the first step in a reconciliation.  Everything is not repaired magically by that one phone call but it is a step in the right direction.  It just got me to thinking about how we put off making those calls or even accepting those calls.  We  just get so worked up about the actual call and what could happen that we avoid it.  So I started mine as a letter.  I sent a letter which was a baby step.  Saying hey if you want to try to heal this relationship call me.  I waited over a week on pins and needles.  Today I gave it over to God and said I am not going to stress about it anymore.  This afternoon came the phone call.  If I can do it, you can do it.  Send a letter if you are like me and can't get the nerve to pick up the phone.  Even if it doesn't work out, I can still say I gave it another chance. 

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My new obsession!!

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So what do you do on a no school day? We play spy. We pretended our cat was the evil Kitty Kitty Purr Purr. We were rescuing stuffed animals from her. We darted through our laser wall, which our cat loved. We had a blast. My back told me that crawling isn't meant for me but we still had fun. We also went to the church to practice volleyball, lunch withMike and I'm sure we'll have more fun today.

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Today the library had Elephant and Piggie day. We had a blast.

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This is what I wake up to.

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My lovely roses from my love

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I can't believe it has been six years! Six years ago I became engaged to my true love. I would never lie and say these years have been perfect and every minute wonderful. Our relationship has been tested many times over. We've been through some really rough things, some were our own doing, some out of our hands. But our vows have stated intact. I vowed that "it would not always be rainbows and butterflies but we'd get through anything life threw at us as long as we had each other and our faith in God." That's exactly what has happened. I'm so thankful for every minute with my love even the hard ones. As he said to me today here's to 6 more decades!

Valentine'sDay

I love this day. I love the sweetness of today. Yes I get it is a Hallmark Holiday. Yes I get that we shouldn't wait for a magical day to tell our loved ones that we love them. But I love that today is set aside for that. I got to have an awesome lunch date with my love, who gave me flowers and candy. I got to attend Gabrielle's class party. This is her card box. It's been a great day.

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This melted my heart today. Some days you struggle trying to be a perfect mom. It's impossible. No one is perfect but you keep trying to be perfect anyway. This made me realize I'll never be perfect but my daughter loves me just as I am.

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My lunch date!

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Gabrielle made this the first day of kindergarten. The teacher read The Kissing Hand and had them do this craft. I still have it hanging up on Gabrielle's artwork.

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Puppet Sunday! Live Wisely is the big idea of the day!

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Dallas hates sirens. He howls to say he hates them.

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My great grandma made this. I'm unsure if she made it in a pottery class or at home. I don't know the story behind it. I've always loved it because it reminds me of true love, a married couple in love.

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It warms my heart to see Gabrielle marking her favorite Bible verses. She and I went through my Bible yesterday looking at passages I marked through the years. I looked in her Bible today and saw all the verses she marked. I'm glad she is finding verses that are special to her. This one is John 3:16-17, one of my favorites as well.

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Gabrielle made this to swipe to get into her room aka her classroom. I love seeing her creativity. I love when she unplugs and using her imagination.

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This is what I help with twice a week in my daughter's classroom.

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My favorite Girl Scout Cookie

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I love ISU! I spent great years here. This is also where I first met my hubby. We love coming to games to cheer on our Redbirds!

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Dog tired
Couch potato
Remote hog