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    • Sick - Again
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      Whatever hit us, hit us hard and fast. Both Kadie and I seem to have some sort of cold or upper respiratory infection. I started feeling all clogged up with a sore throat yesterday morning and Kadie started coughing and breathing like a 50-year-old smoker about the same time. We're both feeling pretty miserable today after a night of little to no sleep, and there's nothing worse than dealing with a 6-year-old who's bored and feeling badly (wow - can we say crabby and just a little...

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    • Cramps - but Not Those Kind
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      I've been suffering from leg cramps at night - the kind that wake you up and make you feel sore the next day (like I need any more physical issues to make me limp around right now). I know pregnancy increases my odds for getting these, but there's more to this story...For quite some time, I've been taking magnesium at night to help keep migraines at bay as it has purported muscle relaxant properties. About one week ago, I ran out of the pills and haven't gotten around to getting more. It's been...

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    • Thought for the Day...
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      “Life is just a chance to grow a soul.”"A. Powell Davies(1902-1957); minister

    • Butt Woes
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      I took my first pregnancy (from either one) spill yesterday. I took Diego out for a potty break and slipped on the slope down to the trees where we take him, which still has some snow and ice on it. I landed squarely on my butt. I sat for a few minutes, trying to gauge any pains, but the only ones I found were coming from the rear. There hasn't been any bleeding, cramping, nausea, etc. and baby is still as active as ever, so we're good to go. I'm going to be extra diligent with assessing any...

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    • New Puppy

      Diego arrived late Monday night and was absolutely terrified. He refused to even look at us, much less respond to us the first night. I gave him a quick, warm bath and wrapped him in a towel (he'd been in the same crate for about 10 hours) and he fell asleep in my arms. We cleaned up the crate and put him back in and he didn't make a peep all night. The next day, he was still cowing a bit, but he did start romping around like a puppy and Kadie got some good play time in, but she was having a...

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    • Pets
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      We finally came to an agreement and are expecting a 3-1/2 month old male miniature schnauzer puppy on the 14th. I've posted a picture of him that the seller sent me in the Images section. He's considered a dark salt-and-pepper (note the silver around her nose and on his legs) and should grow to be about 14 or 15 pounds. Kadie seems to prefer Diego as a name, and I'm not against it, so unless she or I comes up with something better, that will probably be what we call him. We're having to wait a...

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    • Tooth #3
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      Kadie lost her third tooth this afternoon. She lost her first tooth the day before we all came back west for a visit in September, and her second tooth the Wednesday we were there. They were the bottom front two - the third tooth is the bottom one to her left of those two (the permanent ones still being only about half to two-thirds in). I have put"find a children's orthodontist" on my to-do list as the first two are coming in very crooked (not quite sideways, but nowhere near straight) and...

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    • Global Warming, My Butt!

      It was a balmy 16 degrees this morning as Kadie and I headed out to church - the same as it has been the past two days. Yesterday and today, due to the 40 to 50 mph gusts of wind, I'm sure it spent the majority of the day"feeling like" single digits. I'm dreading our electric bill this month. They're calling for possible snow showers tomorrow and Friday and temps right around 30 all week.btw...for anyone looking for a good kids' movie, I highly recommend both Alvin and the Chipmunks: the...

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