tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302585412024-02-19T02:16:56.149-08:00MushBellyBlogmushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-16665898386708700832012-01-05T18:57:00.000-08:002012-01-05T18:57:53.795-08:00Catch ya LaterI don't really have any desire to blog lately. Maybe its just this crazy busy time of year, or maybe I'm over it. I don't know. But for now, I'm signing off. Maybe I'll catch ya later.<br />
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XOXO<br />
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Mushmushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-78355464937045214312011-11-02T08:16:00.000-07:002011-11-02T08:16:09.532-07:00Dingos and Dalmations and White Queens and Punk Rock Chicks<div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes it seems like my kids are growing up too fast - changing too quickly. It breaks my heart. But then I took our Halloween pictures this year and realized, a year later - Violet is still the crazy little doggy she was last year, and Lucy is still a fierce beauty. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">These two are my very favorite part of each and every day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2010 Dingo</span> <span style="font-size: large;">& White Queen</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2011 Dalmatian & Punk Rock Chick</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUBYjQAAzmtBqpmlOAycGciLiPreJJtL8Z3Da7s86tlEjHgTYt1HoOCdG5jhxK0mIc06oDeqP8pu5YWNxP80ipVIayP_WAZASjyEWKCuyXN2yPpmgjFbBDsJL22RusGHT4Rkw/s1600/dingo2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUBYjQAAzmtBqpmlOAycGciLiPreJJtL8Z3Da7s86tlEjHgTYt1HoOCdG5jhxK0mIc06oDeqP8pu5YWNxP80ipVIayP_WAZASjyEWKCuyXN2yPpmgjFbBDsJL22RusGHT4Rkw/s400/dingo2011.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="color: magenta; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I love these girls!</span></div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-10717661019945126212011-10-10T08:09:00.000-07:002011-10-10T08:09:00.367-07:00Bats, BBQs and Boobs<div style="text-align: center;">So I don't have anything to blog about, but that frozen image of me that Youtube has decided to use for my duet with Lucy is embarrassing and I need to move that post on down to the next page. So that means I need to start blogging.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Its October and we have bats:</div><div style="text-align: center;">I used the Instagram app to make this picture look creepy. It totally worked, no? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoKqZhajMptf2I_Qet3FmJzLwNz1JHQEXCDf-lONUzU6ypgYpFXPA1U9sI1xeGt8Ei9gOG8iazOcH1sraQZ-Kpvpla0stU_4SqOQO51yCqBf2WYP6bgtaYfQA-sBzQ3WY5htY/s1600/bats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoKqZhajMptf2I_Qet3FmJzLwNz1JHQEXCDf-lONUzU6ypgYpFXPA1U9sI1xeGt8Ei9gOG8iazOcH1sraQZ-Kpvpla0stU_4SqOQO51yCqBf2WYP6bgtaYfQA-sBzQ3WY5htY/s400/bats.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Last weekend we had our very first BBQ of the year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(actually our very first BBQ on Lucy Ave....which we have lived here for 4 years)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Turns out, if you wait long enough - someone will just give you a grill. Boo-Yah! We just saved $500! </div><div style="text-align: center;">(is that even how you spell Boo-Yah?)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRS1oB6tbYafmxi58jgHDWGPDIaG4jnngBHAONEB6KzI71MYICoGaTxU75upv3i149O_Mi2hykTt7G0ZlNq7IUD4Evo8cioT-isCao_98E248t1sHYhHJPAPaZJBgJsuYhXXqn/s1600/1stbbq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRS1oB6tbYafmxi58jgHDWGPDIaG4jnngBHAONEB6KzI71MYICoGaTxU75upv3i149O_Mi2hykTt7G0ZlNq7IUD4Evo8cioT-isCao_98E248t1sHYhHJPAPaZJBgJsuYhXXqn/s400/1stbbq.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We made chicken and steak kabobs and rice and opened a can of baked beans.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was beautiful and delicious.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have you noticed in the two videos of me and Lucy singing how my face is a completely different shape now than it was 3 years ago? Its weird. That's what losing 40 lbs will do I guess.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also, the other thing that losing 40 lbs will do:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob used to tell me "Your boobs are Amazing"</div><div style="text-align: center;">and now he says:</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Your boobs are cute"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh well. I like cute.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-71318022550373696512011-10-04T10:44:00.000-07:002011-10-04T10:45:01.925-07:00Lucy LandI'm obviously having a hard time blogging lately. But Lucy isn't! She started a blog yesterday and so far, this is what she's written.<br />
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I love that she calls them Back Round Dancers instead of Background Dancers. I don't think I'll correct her. Its too cute. Also, Pump Rock! Hahahaha. This is going to be fun!<br />
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<a href="http://lucyhasablog.blogspot.com/">Check it out! </a><br />
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And leave her a comment. She'll love that!mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-51416803217170095302011-08-26T10:17:00.000-07:002011-08-26T10:22:41.504-07:00Duet #2 - 3 years later<div style="text-align: center;">Remember this?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lucy was 5 when we did this video. She has been asking me for a couple of years now if we could do it again since now she can actually sing all the words. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> We finally did it this morning. She had been up for about 20 minutes getting ready for school. I had been up for about 5 and still had my morning frog voice.<br />
(Plus, I'm really trying hard not to steal the spotlight this time. Its hard for me to not sing loudly...but I wanted Lucy to be able to be heard this time!)<br />
I can't believe how big and mature and grown up Lucy is. The difference in her in these two videos is huge, and it makes me just a little bit sad. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love this girl!</span></div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-59872339447260995432011-08-15T14:34:00.000-07:002011-08-15T14:35:48.674-07:00The rules are - there are no rules!<div style="text-align: center;">I'm talking about fashion rules. We've all heard the rule about no white pants after Labor day, but I'm not listening. I have been on the hunt for a good pair of white jeans all summer and whaddya know - I found some! Who cares if you're not supposed to wear white pants after Labor day. Labor day is just around the corner but I plan to be wearing these sweet pants all winter long.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I actually got two pairs of sweet white pants. But I can only wear one at a time so for now you just get to see one pair. And you can't really tell in this picture, but these pants are really bell-bottomy. I love them.<br />
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(oh, and both pants were on super clearance at Gap. These were like $7, and my other sweet pair were like $12) That's how I could afford two pairs. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Also, I haven't been blogging because my computer is on the caputs and I can't download any pictures from my camera to my computer and I can't write a blog post without pictures. Tammy saved the day today and took a picture of me with my iphone so that I could blog. Thank God! (and thank Tammy)</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-66802969260335316982011-07-28T07:34:00.000-07:002011-07-28T08:04:33.895-07:00I'm fresh than a mu-what?<div style="text-align: center;">A friend of mine posted this on facebook a couple of weeks ago - and I've watched it a million times since. Its so great. This girl, Amy, is so entertaining. I could watch her all day. I'm smiling just thinking about watching this video.<br />
(as well as all of their other youtube videos - but this one is definitely the best) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Ladies and Gentlemen: Karmin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">You know how you see someone wearing something cute and you think to yourself</div><div style="text-align: center;">"she looks cute, but I could never pull that off" </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I just decided that I wanted to be the kind of person who could pull it off, so I bought one, and I've been pulling it off all day. I haven't left the house in it yet, but I bet I will tomorrow.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I just got back from a week long trip to San Clemente. I have lots of fun pictures to share from my trip, but I'm too busy taking more pictures of myself in my new Fedora. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and in case you are wondering about my very cute shirt, it is one of my new purchases from H&M</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-30566115201467758372011-06-22T09:59:00.000-07:002011-06-22T09:59:05.668-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">Marie is here!! She arrived last night and will be here for a week before we head out to her house in San Clemente for a week! So basically I'm on vacation already since Marie is here. This morning Lucy made her breakfast in bed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">lemonade, fresh fruit, cinnamon toast crunch, and a note that says:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Breakfast in Bed</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy your first day staying here</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love, Lucy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="400" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a115/mushbelly/264114_2117903348519_1273800439_2463258_2382527_n-1.jpg" width="298" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Turns out I didn't need to go to San Clemente to get a striped maxi dress from H&M. Marie brought one with her for me! Thank you Marie! </div><div style="text-align: center;">(this dress was only $9.97. I can't wait until we get an H&M here!) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We headed out to Target first thing this morning to get a few things for a chocolate coconut cake that Marie is making. (Its in the oven right now and my house smells amazing!) While we were there we found a new dress for Marie too. Oh how I love summer dresses! And I also love Marie's boobs - and you can plainly see why.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And since we're talking dress prices - Marie's dress was on clearance for $12. And it has pockets. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I need to go back to Target and find one in my size. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="300" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a115/mushbelly/Photoon2011-06-22at1008.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is going to be a fun couple of weeks! </div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-31758867560234445162011-06-17T11:56:00.000-07:002011-06-17T11:57:53.570-07:00Summer is off to a good start<div style="text-align: center;">School is over and this week has been our first full week of summer. So far we've had 2 playdates, gone to the pool twice, and the park once. I am going to be tired come September!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">My little Kindergarten graduate </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7NIjtwehoc5f3Ub7rax_sDjH7Pxhs25QZ4wiRXNwKcmMaPkXJDOYSnNoCA1mcgjVVc2Fymj3vixIK9LZM9H-KvBiYex0Dta0i_2H6YdWSkbsP-bCnhVaFgZGpPU0NulomtVk/s1600/-2188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7NIjtwehoc5f3Ub7rax_sDjH7Pxhs25QZ4wiRXNwKcmMaPkXJDOYSnNoCA1mcgjVVc2Fymj3vixIK9LZM9H-KvBiYex0Dta0i_2H6YdWSkbsP-bCnhVaFgZGpPU0NulomtVk/s400/-2188.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The pool wiped Violet out. After about an hour she crawled up into my lap and slept for about 20 minutes. It was the greatest. Even though she's totally a kindergarten grad, she's still not too cool to snuggle with her mama at the pool. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89P8apiXYnMS5-jGhCm2VeY8M5TX9VXwv5DMQ8snnDzo-xfEdRZ5IoPp26UhtsogS7PcZaVuNrm5QZHKWpi4ILo6RQKV30aY3l3cscCUXvynir1xJQwmmPfnlTLdoVUvSDE0m/s1600/-2205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89P8apiXYnMS5-jGhCm2VeY8M5TX9VXwv5DMQ8snnDzo-xfEdRZ5IoPp26UhtsogS7PcZaVuNrm5QZHKWpi4ILo6RQKV30aY3l3cscCUXvynir1xJQwmmPfnlTLdoVUvSDE0m/s400/-2205.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Lucy, looking effortlessly cool while eating a Tootsie Pop at the pool </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9DqodhP0r_OaPTX0PmHQ19dPB4d4XL5EFgJNSJ0pyhEVPwuegAIh9xYjuIWzqihypdEU_PeROZP7QpxLbSizkGpeHAdqmCEQLvBSKmziu3qFb2MNJz2VqtPHqxmhTeWPEkk4/s1600/-2224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9DqodhP0r_OaPTX0PmHQ19dPB4d4XL5EFgJNSJ0pyhEVPwuegAIh9xYjuIWzqihypdEU_PeROZP7QpxLbSizkGpeHAdqmCEQLvBSKmziu3qFb2MNJz2VqtPHqxmhTeWPEkk4/s400/-2224.jpg" width="223" /></a></div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-71705869568565715392011-06-10T13:10:00.000-07:002011-06-10T13:10:17.445-07:00Dear Taylor Swift,Today while cleaning out Lucy's backpack I found an note she had written. It said:<br />
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Dear Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez and Bridget Mendler,<br />
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I am having an Arts and Music party at my house and I would like to invite you! I hope you can come!<br />
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Love, Lucy <br />
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P.S. Please bring Rootbeermushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-51101010294628465472011-06-07T15:18:00.000-07:002011-06-07T15:20:58.387-07:00San Clemente - Round 10 (or so)<div style="text-align: center;">I'm making plans to go visit my sister Marie in San Clemente later this month. Marie's house is the ideal vacation destination. She makes us chocolate croissants and takes us to the beach. And there are rumors that a striped maxi dress in my size is waiting there for me. We have to put up with her grumpy husband, but he usually buys us dinner at least once, and Marie's amazingness totally makes up for the rest. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(I'm totally kidding - Phil is amazing too and is so nice to let us come invade his house and take over his family a few times every summer. I just like to give him a hard time - we love you too Phil! Violet is looking forward to hugging you again)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This time my <a href="http://teresamindspring.blogspot.com/">all time most best BFF</a>, Teresa, is going to come with us, which is going to make it all that much <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">funner!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Things I am looking forward to:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chocolate Croissants</div><div style="text-align: center;">The rumored maxi dress</div><div style="text-align: center;">Trader Joes</div><div style="text-align: center;">H&M</div><div style="text-align: center;">Reading on Marie's front porch</div><div style="text-align: center;">Phil buying us dinner <span style="font-size: x-small;">(at least once)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wearing a bikini and a sun hat while sipping lemonade that may or may not be spiked </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(it will be spiked)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sewing something with my sister</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cooking delicious meals with my sister</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with my sister</div><div style="text-align: center;">Listening to Violet and Belen play<br />
The San Clemente Pier<br />
Sharing all of these amazing things with Teresa</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm so lucky. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-33944466795344308742011-06-01T07:46:00.000-07:002011-06-01T07:46:53.187-07:00That about sums it up<div style="text-align: center;">This is beautiful. I think something like these same thoughts when my children crawl into my bed in the morning. I would write about it if I could write like <a href="http://blog.cjanerun.com/">she</a> can. But since I can't, I'll just share with you what she wrote. Thanks <a href="http://blog.cjanerun.com/">C Jane</a>, for a beautiful post.</div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The morning was yet pink and cool </span>when a little body showed up in my bed. His head tucked into my stretched shoulder, his arms wrapped around my torso in a snug fit. My early-rising son had out done himself this morning. He was up even before the singing birds congregating in the fir tree just outside the window.<br />
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I kissed his furry head and the smooth spot between his earlobe and cheek. The gods blessed this boy with enviable skin, more like satin than human, a new compulsion to my fingertips. His eyes closed and mouth opened, I watched him return back to the realm of rocket-infused dreams.<br />
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Here was the point of no return. A temporary place in the human existence tucked in between mother and father and away from worries. I wanted to tell my son's spirit to remember this moment, a safe spot anxiety-free. This is where we want to be when our hearts our broken, our dreams are slashed and reality settles in. To return to the luxury life of mornings enfolded in your parents arms and safety blankets when college exams beat at your will, taxes come due with no way to pay and the roof of your new little house begins to leak.These rapture-less moments are nothing like <i>this</i>.<br />
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Isn't heaven a replica of morning's burrowed between two relaxed parents?<br />
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And then my spirit says to me the same.<br />
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Remember this moment, a safe spot anxiety-free. It is the point you will want to return to when he gets too busy for you. Cursed with the speed of time, his mornings will soon be filled with the beeping of waking alarms and swift breakfasts on his way out into a world you can't share. This is where you will want to return when he's tiptoeing past a curfew or moving out to save souls or heaven forbid, falling in love with another woman. There is a finite time, the spirit says, when you occupy so much of his consciousness. This moment is for you.<br />
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And I decide: this <i>is</i> heaven. mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-70954287177134837692011-05-26T08:58:00.000-07:002011-05-26T09:21:32.875-07:00Bamboozeled<div style="text-align: center;">I am a mom to sticks to her guns. I don't feel like my kids can talk me into most things. Once I pull out my serious mom voice, they know I am not kidding around. I am the boss and I mean what I say. I don't make threats that I can't follow through on. At least that's the way its been...until yesterday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday we went to Target to get each of the girls some new sandals. And some ice cream sandwiches. But this story is about the shoes.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Violet saw <i>the</i> shoes within the first 2 minutes of entering the shoe department. She immediately put them on and fell in love. They were ridiculous and totally impractical. Sparkly and gaudy, and they had a little heel. Right off I told her in my very serious mom voice:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Violet, those shoes are ridiculous. There is<b> no way in the world</b> I am going to buy you those shoes"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Those are the words I used. But somehow, over the course of the next 40 minutes and trying on every other pair of shoes in the store, I lost my resolve. At some point, my mind must have shifted from "NO" to "maybe". And eventually that lead to "yes." She wasn't throwing a fit or demanding them (that would have been a no-brainer - she wouldn't have gotten any shoes were that the case) No, she was smarter than that. Her manipulation tactics are much more sophisticated. She put these shoes on between trying on every other pair. She put them on and sashayed up and down the isle, and looked at me and said "Mama, <i>Please</i>. These are the most beautiful shoes I have ever seen!" Then she sauntered over to the mirror to admire herself in the shoes. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So we bought the shoes. When we got in the car she said, bewildered:<br />
"I can't believe you bought me these shoes. You said there was <b>no way in the world</b> you would buy them for me. But you did." </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">S<i>hit</i>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I just lost all credibility. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've totally been bamboozled. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3kkIsmA9lT91XNH_RP8BpSmLouajBYN8PPFgPxFkNrAaNLWHDb6w6CkLdoSIffdiJzKn2BlLSQf2nJlNZvi3rZaCtqr7R9zeJu9tjLtdT_nxrvBgrazFIKqtgZd7EBcijh-K/s1600/shoes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3kkIsmA9lT91XNH_RP8BpSmLouajBYN8PPFgPxFkNrAaNLWHDb6w6CkLdoSIffdiJzKn2BlLSQf2nJlNZvi3rZaCtqr7R9zeJu9tjLtdT_nxrvBgrazFIKqtgZd7EBcijh-K/s400/shoes2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> They are a size too big and she can barely walk in them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As soon as we got home she put on her fanciest dress, laid down a "red carpet" (ie: a pink towel) and walked up and down the hall. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-24940447690732510502011-05-24T15:21:00.000-07:002011-05-24T19:35:53.121-07:00Do you see a resemblance?<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">A few weeks ago, I walked into the kitchen and found this picture on the table. Violet drew it. What do you think? Future artist?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-88244219967890586012011-05-22T16:28:00.000-07:002011-05-23T06:58:37.469-07:00Where I've been<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C3IHG2SZIsZxTJGe5MmnjaUA0FDkt8lxLwinVJmChYADybxEpEECMetTX8tbDHDs7J9eiEIoNeL9v00I8n9Fs4qLdh0BJvz-_Q91Ans8aEV1P0Hj46e658fYy6ByTxM3iAzy/s1600/article-0-08BFE980000005DC-942_468x664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This past week my family took a road trip to Hood River, Oregon</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You might remember that just over a year ago <a href="http://mushbellyblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/this-is-kinda-personal-and-so-im-not.html">I met my biological mother.</a> She lives in Hood River and invited us out to visit. (Thank you Sharree!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was sunny and beautiful the whole time we were there - then last night we rolled into Salt Lake at about midnight - and it was raining.</div><div style="text-align: center;">( I think Alanis Morissette would call that ironic) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Highlights of the trip:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kids barely whined or complained the whole 24 hours we were in the car (Wow!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Seeing Amanda Seyfried and her dog at Multnomah Falls. We actually talked to her and pet her dog. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(I didn't take a picture, but if I did, it would have looked like this)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C3IHG2SZIsZxTJGe5MmnjaUA0FDkt8lxLwinVJmChYADybxEpEECMetTX8tbDHDs7J9eiEIoNeL9v00I8n9Fs4qLdh0BJvz-_Q91Ans8aEV1P0Hj46e658fYy6ByTxM3iAzy/s1600/article-0-08BFE980000005DC-942_468x664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C3IHG2SZIsZxTJGe5MmnjaUA0FDkt8lxLwinVJmChYADybxEpEECMetTX8tbDHDs7J9eiEIoNeL9v00I8n9Fs4qLdh0BJvz-_Q91Ans8aEV1P0Hj46e658fYy6ByTxM3iAzy/s320/article-0-08BFE980000005DC-942_468x664.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seeing Multnomah Falls</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mike's Ice cream</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(we went here three times)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dKSmpxW-5cmjvioljS5ZeE8FQfscApmD-bqiqGPFnR6Cuy95oyPVcvDEwg0IxwLNE6HS0ZeKlYdPsNncOKfSofSCxRraD7g5PY8vbjPD1ALKYIPezwjM3wWVqhxlF7uldrBn/s1600/IMG_1937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dKSmpxW-5cmjvioljS5ZeE8FQfscApmD-bqiqGPFnR6Cuy95oyPVcvDEwg0IxwLNE6HS0ZeKlYdPsNncOKfSofSCxRraD7g5PY8vbjPD1ALKYIPezwjM3wWVqhxlF7uldrBn/s400/IMG_1937.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">My Bio sister Candice and her boyfriend Nic enjoying their ice cream. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> And Lucy in the background, awaiting her next patient.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkMtSePZUbd-dmtVf8L6jN_qJhWVvUJ0JfsSx_jI0KFVj7tpUQVOodVuF75ZqLgm5FnvvOz1P1XgcKLbPfZokgDSk6xG8QDgYAG-jXH94XBFzV0SqN6uCz20iquJuaTdO1OXu/s1600/IMG_2108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkMtSePZUbd-dmtVf8L6jN_qJhWVvUJ0JfsSx_jI0KFVj7tpUQVOodVuF75ZqLgm5FnvvOz1P1XgcKLbPfZokgDSk6xG8QDgYAG-jXH94XBFzV0SqN6uCz20iquJuaTdO1OXu/s400/IMG_2108.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I went for a 2 mile run</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and I enjoyed it! I haven't run since last summer - so I was proud of myself.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(It was actually 1.9 miles but that doesn't sound as good) </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Bio sister <span style="font-size: large;">Karrie turned 18</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMk1jGqmj7T7z8yDiQcJ7Ib9Zgb_Bi9YPo-bTJOVg-avtmvP4TktfUK9tnF54mOuHFEr4qImKbPZWhyphenhyphen07hi81xaoMN6sX-UVkb-mI5AinA6S-430GQISyRAohk2WO4jm0SfIj/s1600/IMG_2046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMk1jGqmj7T7z8yDiQcJ7Ib9Zgb_Bi9YPo-bTJOVg-avtmvP4TktfUK9tnF54mOuHFEr4qImKbPZWhyphenhyphen07hi81xaoMN6sX-UVkb-mI5AinA6S-430GQISyRAohk2WO4jm0SfIj/s400/IMG_2046.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-79244966957250253132011-05-09T20:19:00.000-07:002011-05-09T20:19:35.675-07:00She still fits!<div style="text-align: center;">After pulling out my old sling for my niece Scarlett <a href="http://mushbellyblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/babysitting.html">the other day</a>, I decided to see if Violet could still fit in it. And she can. And so it turns out I don't need to have another baby because I can just keep right on pretending that Violet is my baby.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-67351884849295575962011-05-05T21:01:00.000-07:002011-05-05T21:18:54.563-07:00When Teresa babysits<div style="text-align: center;">My friend Teresa (and her big white dog, Indy) came over and babysat my girls for me the other night so Jacob and I could go out for his birthday. I found this on my computer the next day. My girls obviously had fun while in her care. Thanks Teresa!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-70164830995270963132011-05-02T08:10:00.000-07:002011-05-02T08:12:10.240-07:00Jump for Joy!<div style="text-align: center;">Jacob took some pictures of me and my girls yesterday. It was warm outside and we were jumping for joy about the sunshine.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">If Tyra and the Jays were critiquing these photos they would say:</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You totally forgot about your face! HTT!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then we tried our best modeling poses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Lucy obviously has this down)</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">If I were graduating from something soon, these would be my graduation pictures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And then we snuggled</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZUoGIZa5i6OTzBWBSWacD_n3dtOec-fI3QhQbv58ozsvn0T5lLkqmQH9m3VJ5J1YaC5QuL_qLPDnL3qXmzAZ2wsmd2dfmj3_AhMw4yW56kHfGWFkJoMge1x_ueL_OaZs2HyB/s1600/spring12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZUoGIZa5i6OTzBWBSWacD_n3dtOec-fI3QhQbv58ozsvn0T5lLkqmQH9m3VJ5J1YaC5QuL_qLPDnL3qXmzAZ2wsmd2dfmj3_AhMw4yW56kHfGWFkJoMge1x_ueL_OaZs2HyB/s320/spring12.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then we came inside and Jacob made us cheeseburgers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWQaeg6BUeOQKRCh7T5wuSAOm45-rkXKL3j8lmSeS37CGXr1VKjfcQpfNe_iKl-1B_s2uqdMNcwPCKgwdA8PwDXdQdE-cW32zjMomIht-bPt97x1y269QmRNaFZXzzBZeMqF5/s1600/spring15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWQaeg6BUeOQKRCh7T5wuSAOm45-rkXKL3j8lmSeS37CGXr1VKjfcQpfNe_iKl-1B_s2uqdMNcwPCKgwdA8PwDXdQdE-cW32zjMomIht-bPt97x1y269QmRNaFZXzzBZeMqF5/s400/spring15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-33835193694293429902011-04-27T16:07:00.000-07:002011-04-27T16:11:23.770-07:00Babysitting<div style="text-align: center;">I am babysitting my two sweet nieces this afternoon. I tried Scarlett out in the sling today for the first time. I wore Violet in a sling constantly for months and months. We both loved it. It looks like Scarlett loves it too!<br />
Am I a lucky auntie or what??</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">In my experience, a baby can not stay awake in a sling for more than 5 minutes. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">At night after the kids went to bed, we ate sugary treats and watched movies. We watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1174730/">City Island</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278500/">The Importance of Being Earnest</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/">Black Swan</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/">127 Hours</a>, and the very first episode of the very first season of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118254/">Ally McBeal</a>. (Holy crap that show is so outdated. I remember it being so cutting edge. Seeing the fashion and hair on that show now makes me feel so old.) </div><div style="text-align: center;">And remember that dancing baby? That dancing baby was so creepy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was the first adult to go to bed every night and the last one to wake up every morning. And that was with me going to bed after midnight and waking up before 9 am. Apparently, Tammy and Kimi are robots who don't sleep. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Good to know she approves of my choices. Hopefully I will be able to say the same about her choices in 10 years when she is a teenager. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(Crap, actually she will be a teenager in 5 years. Yikes!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The other day in the car Violet said to me:</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Mom, you should have another baby so that I'll know what its like to be a big sister"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then she looked at Lucy and said:</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Is it hard to be a big sister and have to yell at me all the time? It seems hard"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Those girls crack me up every day. Crack me up as in make me feel like I'm going crazy. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And Crack me up as in make me laugh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like when I came home from getting my hair cut last week. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I asked Violet if she recognized me. She said yes. I said "but how - I have a totally different hair cut! How do you even know its me?"</div><div style="text-align: center;">and she said:</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Its not <i>that</i> radical mom."</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30258541.post-5813665902361796112011-03-17T09:16:00.000-07:002011-03-17T09:16:45.382-07:00In a Rut. No More Gut. Hair Cut.<div style="text-align: center;">If I wasn't in such a blogging rut, you would all know that I:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Totally rocked my goal to get in the best shape of my life by my 34th birthday. I did the math the other day and was totally SHOCKED when I realized that I have lost 45 pounds. Yes, you read that right. I am surprised that I even had 45 extra pounds on me - but apparently, I did. When I made the goal to achieve my best body I weighed 150 or so....that has been a pretty consistent weight for me the past few years. But, somehow I gained about 15 lbs between February (when I made my goal) and April - and achieved my all time high of 165. (not counting pregnancies, in which I topped out at 200 - seriously). Just this morning I was 119. (you are all interested in the numbers right?) Its incredible really. I have not weighed less than 130 since I was in my early twenties. I hardly recognize my body. I have to admit though - I'm not actually in that great of shape. Thin does not = healthy. I am soft. I am excited for the spring weather to get here so I can start running again - because I really just don't exercise much in the winter. And I'm interested and excited to see how much easier it is to run with 45 less pounds to carry. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know if I have any good before / after pictures - but I'll check and try to post them later.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Oh, and the second part of my goal was to get off zoloft. Which I totally did. Well, except for about 6 days of the month to combat PMS. Totally helps. And I'm fine with taking it that way vs every day of the month) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">If I wasn't in such a blogging rut, you would also know that I:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chopped my hair! I love LOVE it. I had been growing my hair out for about 5 years - and it was finally at the point where I would call it long. I had been wanting to cut it for about a year, but couldn't bring myself to since it had been such a long road to growing it out. But then I saw this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And I decided to go for it. And it just might be my favorite hair I've ever had.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks Ashton!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Ashton is my niece, and also my stylist. She is amazing and just started a blog, which you can <a href="http://project737.blogspot.com/2011/03/our-home-addition-whole-story.html">see here</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKdAVofOe7tSeUlUfd_s-25OaqcTs18QYR86LITRoU-gxteXA4AYkjD4JRhUGcKsCBeHVOE7FbFSFBckkyRVbAfCYOVc-OYXHpsBJmJn7R8lzFADp40MlijExs277FQ02NgFV/s1600/meshort2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKdAVofOe7tSeUlUfd_s-25OaqcTs18QYR86LITRoU-gxteXA4AYkjD4JRhUGcKsCBeHVOE7FbFSFBckkyRVbAfCYOVc-OYXHpsBJmJn7R8lzFADp40MlijExs277FQ02NgFV/s320/meshort2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So that's what's up with me lately. </div><div style="text-align: center;">What's up with you?</div>mushbellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130606141750807898noreply@blogger.com5