February 2007

Oprah’s Secret

February 20, 2007 Jesus

I Tivo Oprah but don’t watch it every day. Last night I finally watched the episode about “The Secret”. I’ve been writing this post in my head since I finished the show. In case you didn’t see it, The Secret is a book/dvd about getting the life you’ve always wanted. Oprah had 4 leaders/teachers who [...]

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Baby Signing Time

February 19, 2007 lydia

I’ve been teaching Lydia sign language since she was about 3 months old. She’s been really soaking it up this week. And today she signed (drumroll, please) a SENTENCE! She was in her saucer (which is the most random thing, because I usually keep it on the porch. anyway.) and was eating raisins. When she [...]

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Grandmama & Grandma

February 17, 2007 family

Last year was definitely the hardest year I’ve ever had. January my daughter was born. In March, my dad had emergency surgery on a cancerous tumor in his colon. He went through 9 months of chemo and radiation. In August, my husband and I quit our job. In December we moved to Atlanta. But in [...]

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The Map Quest

February 15, 2007 lydia

I have no one else I want to tell this story to, but I have to get it off my chest. Today I went to eat lunch with my dad. I got directions off mapquest because I didn’t know the best way from my new house. Well, it was a cinch–only 2 turns and 20 [...]

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It’s Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2007 lydia

There is something about being a sahm. It’s a completley new culture I didn’t know existed. Lydia had a playdate today with one of my best friend’s son, Evan. I said PLAYdate. Not playDATE. Just because it’s Valentine’s Day doesn’t mean that my one year old is dating a grown up 17month old! I got [...]

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The Old College Try

February 13, 2007 me

I am an avid notetaker. In college, I loved taking notes. Mainly because I wouldn’t have to look at the teacher and I could daydream and/or doodle to my heart’s content. A few years ago, I got all my old notebooks together, took out the notes and filed them in a filing cabinet. I just [...]

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my first one

February 10, 2007 blogging

I’ve been dying to be a blogger for a while now. I just wanted to make a real start of it. You know how dieters say, “I’ll start on Monday.”? Well, that’s me. I wanted to start when we moved from Birmingham to Atlanta. Then we had to stay with family for a few weeks. [...]

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