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Meaningful Mornings with Florida Orange Juice

I try to make our mornings as relaxing as possible around our home, but sometimes we are in a rush to beat the 8:00 A.M. school bell. Our routine starts each morning with me waking up at 6 A.M. and getting myself completely ready before I wake up the View Post

A Little Pregnant

A few years ago when we were trying to conceive, there was a commercial that came on television for a home pregnancy test that said something along the lines of ..."it is possible to be a little pregnant...". I hated that commercial. I hated it for View Post

The Prodigal Cat Returns

  Looks like we’ve been punked.  Last night at 11 PM there was a sad little meow at our front door.  As soon as I opened up the door, LJ ran in and went immediately to his food bowl.  I’m guessing after 4 days on the run (4 View Post

Missing Cat

Tuesday evening, our cat L.J. slipped out of the apartment and we haven’t seen him since.  I’ve checked our local animal shelter and alerted our neighbors and keep anxiously awaiting to see him on our doorstep each time I come home from View Post

Broken Windows

E.B. and I were on the way home from the grocery store this afternoon when he dissolved into a puddle of tears in the backseat and confessed that he broke a window in the library at school last Friday.  I don't know what brought the conversation on, View Post

Decorating With Artifical Plants & Flowers

Since moving into our new apartment I've been slowly accomplishing decorating projects one by one.  I love the look of greenery, plants, and flowers, but I definitely wasn't born with a green thumb.  I've managed to neglect every live plant or flower View Post

Memphis Zoo

The very first time we took E.B. to the zoo he was 2 years old.  We had a heck of a time maneuvering his stroller and keeping up with him when we did let him out of the stroller to walk a bit.  We've been anxiously awaiting the time to take View Post

Wordless Wednesday-Pink Flamingos

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