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Veggie Tales Drives Me Nuts

6. February 2012

Any of you parents suffer through Veggie Tales? They were a big hit with my kids when they were little. I thought Veggie Tales was *OK* but sometimes it was REEELLY annoying. Like Larry’s “silly songs.” Those songs drove me out of the living room every time. If I even caught a whisper of the [...]

They Grow Up So Fast

4. February 2012

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She insists on squeezing into this thing. How she manages to sleep in it, I’ll never know. Other Stuff You Might Like:Livvy and the Spaghetti MonsterAnd I Thought Only Livvy Did This!It Smells Like Fall TodayTen Reasons Why Cats Are Better Than DogsHow To Drive Your Cat Crazy – Bird Radio!

Livvy and the Spaghetti Monster

24. January 2012

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The other day, I prepared spaghetti for dinner. As I was waiting for the big stockpot of water to boil, I wrested open the box of “Thin Spaghetti” and placed it on the counter. Being a mom, I then rushed off to accomplish a billion other jobs in the meantime. A minute or two later, [...]

Whole Bunch of Turkeys Will Be There

22. October 2011

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Spotted at my local Walmart: Stuffed behind a HUGE display and assortment of stupid Halloween crap (I hate Halloween), the Thanksgiving stuff barely gets any notice. But I saw these turkey hats and nearly keeled over with laughter. The hats play “Turkey in the Straw.” WHAT KIND of looney family would wear a TURKEY HAT?!?!? [...]

Funny, Not Obscene!

17. October 2011

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of American Family Insurance for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Remember when comedy was, uh…. FAMILY FRIENDLY? What the heck ever happened? My online pal Chuck was recently lamenting the state of the entertainment culture, and how heartily I agree. It does seem that [...]

And I Thought Only Livvy Did This!

4. September 2011

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We Went to Olana!

17. August 2011

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After weeks of empty promises, I finally made good on my word and took the kids out for a day trip. We endured 2 hours in crazy freeway traffic through our capitol city (Albany, NY) to visit the Olana Historic Site in Hudson, NY, and have a nice lunch along the banks of the Hudson [...]

Back From Virginia

16. May 2011

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I’m back! I told you I needed a vacation. On very short notice (but in the works for the past ten years), I finally got to visit my brother in Virginia. It was WONDERFUL!!! Oh, it is so good to be back home again (especially after a 10 hour drive, ugh), but we were so [...]

Flood Buddy

29. April 2011

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Look what we discovered crawling around our yard after the flood. It was a nice surprise. Today’s local news stories are loaded with stories about the yesterday’s flooding. Some folks even found a fish in their yard. I guess the 9 inches of rain we’ve received for the month of April was too much for [...]

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I’m Rebecca

:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York in a soon-to-be-renovated 1855 house with our five pets (yes, five, *sigh*). Life is never dull, and exciting things just seem to always happen to me... why me... when I'm not running around the house fixing things, I do freelance writing and blogging. My work and opinions have appeared in Salon.com, eHow.com, iMedia.com, the Associated Press and I've even been interviewed by TIME and The Wall Street Journal about blogging. Can you believe it?!

Here is where I express my zany, creative, motherly side. I love saving money, spending money, gadgets, funny stories, and coffee- lots and lotsofcoffee!! I'm a Christian and I love the good life God has given me! :D You can read all the juicy details about me here. Thanks for visiting!