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I am Victorious!

March 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Taxes are done! The damage… minimal. We’ve finally got things as balanced as is possible. Helps to have a very straight-forward tax situation. No free loans to the federal government here!
Federal taxes = owe $19
State taxes = refund of $164
And in case anyone is interested… I always file online with H&R Block and this year [...]

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Growing Up

February 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Growing up… but not out!

(Lilly at 4 months old)

(Lilly at 38 months old… wearing the same dress.)

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Tags: Baby

3 Year Old Eating Habits

February 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments

Maybe food tastes better upside down?

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Tags: Baby

Wooden Baby Blocks

April 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

Here is my latest artistic experiment for a friend’s baby shower.

This was a fun project, but of course it took much longer than I expected it would and there were a lot of tedious/repetitive steps.

Finding suitable images - thank you Google images and all the wonderful coloring book pages out there.
Tracing these images in [...]

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Tags: Projects

New Hair Cut

April 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

I’m catching up on recent bloggable moments… it’s been a few weeks now, but I’ve got a new shorter style. Fun, but now I’ve got to maintain it. What!? I need a haircut more than once a year?

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