tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49761894456883656522012-02-16T05:57:49.035-06:00An amusing distraction for the inquisitive mind. A little slice of my very own world wide web pie. Intermittent musings about my life, love, family, friends and anything else that comes to mind.TalesFromEwehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436514403706164222noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976189445688365652.post-38203312472068017632011-10-16T11:11:00.005-05:002011-10-16T18:11:28.871-05:00

I'm thinking about my best friend Tari today. That's one of my favorite pictures of her on the left. Her Aunt Jill passed away at the hospice house late yesterday as Tari held her hand and prayed for to be delivered peacefully right into God's hands. My heart is heavy knowing how sad she is today. She has been Jill's power of attorney for a couple years now I believe it was. I'm not the best with

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We added a new addition to our family this week. And no it's not another dog! LOL Jeremiah finally got his Prius and its a beauty. It was kind of weird how I just felt like after thinking about it on Sunday that on Monday I felt compelled to do the leg work to get Mi his Prius. And by Monday night after 9pm he was driving it home! We didn't really anticipate it going so well and not intending to

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In honor of my Mother this evenings blog will be in black and red. Her favorite colors :)Enjoyed some time alone with her and Molly 4 last night after Chase went with Mark. Got to give her the update on my workplace antics. Jeremiah was doing his usual Friday night with Brett playing Frisbee golf and Dad was at my sister Cathy's eating scallops I was told so it was just the two of us. I mean 3

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Life currently for our family is about living with adjustments. Chase is adjusting to a new school, new curriculum, new friends and routine. Riding the bus every morning and afternoon now rather then me driving him. Feeling a bit overwhelmed at the numbers of kids and how much he has to work to get more of the teacher's attention and the ability to be chosen to participate when in group settings.

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It's been an exhausting day. Working in a toxic environment of pessimism and negativity takes every ounce of my energy to deflect. Thankfully tomorrow is Friday and I'll get a short time away from a place I more and more grow to hate. If only I were able to live without it. But my budget disagrees. So for now at least, I stay. Selling my soul for the sake of my family and our materialistic needs.

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Wednesday's at our house are compiled of easy suppers and gathering in front of our tv watching my favorite show Survivor! Tonight was create your own bobolli mini pizzas with choices of grilled chicken, veggies, garlic alfredo sauce, bacon, pepperoni and LOTS of cheese! This way everyone gets pizza exactly like they like it. Jeremiah's not a big fan of Survivor but even he watched it with Chase

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When I saw this sign at a rest stop over the summer on our 'Oregon Whirlwind Adventure' it didn't occur to me that it's not only rattlesnakes I should be concerned about. I obviously should have realized how dangerous my job is! I didn't see it coming but late today I became the dazed and confused owner of an entirely new job. No more accounts receivable for me. I'm now going to be the sole

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So much has happened since last I blogged over a year ago. I wish I had the dedication it takes to blog on a more consistent basis but realistically it's not going to happen. For Today though I feel like doing it sooooo...here we go.This past year has brought so many, many changes and challenges to my life. To my families lives. One of the biggest and most difficult was my Mother Carol being

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It's been a very dreary Sunday here in M'town. The light rain just seems to keep soaking everything and the lack of sunshine seriously puts in the mood to do nothing! Alas that's not on the agenda though so it was quite busy on the homefront. I've in the last few months begun baking my own breakfast muffins which are made with things like whole wheat flour, flax seed, applesauce and craisins.

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It's late April. Rain threatens to spill from the skies at any moment. Our yellow & red tulips are in full bloom. Our initial Earthtainer was finished and planted with our 2 Roma tomato plants. The temperature is comfortable and we visited the plant nursery earlier today. Mi's now enjoying a vodka, pomegrante and OJ and we'll pop in one of our Netflix movies soon. Saturdays are my favorite day of

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Where do I begin? So much is happening. We'll start with all of the fun things happening in my quest to improve my frugaliciousness! Tomorrow I'll update some other happenings lately with the family on the home front. So let's get started...Mi & I went shopping last weekend in Des Moines for some additions to my wardrobe for my new job. I was looking for some casual tops and jeans since that is

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Tomorrow I will be accepting a job I've been offered this week. I must admit the insurance rates are incredibly high, the commute and hour each way and the pay is slightly less then what I had figured was my 'bottom line' I could accept. These things aside the positives are it appears like a good work environment with a small staff in a large building of other contractor's cubicles but where I

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Yesterday Mi, Raven & I went for a 2 mile walk on the bike trail towards Grant's Farm. It was SO good to get out of the house, see the sun shine, barely see any snow laying around and being able to walk on clear sidewalks again! The sky was blue, small critters and birds were peeking out from the trees and Linn creek was babbling along at a pretty good clip with all the melting going on this past

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March definitely came in like a lion for me at least. It came in the form of a 1" diameter gallstone embedded in my 'pretty beat up' gallbladder as the surgeon told me today. It's been exactly 1 week today since the surgery and I had my staples removed. All in all it's gone very well. It came with pain and was uncomfortable but I've been through worse. There were a lot of positives that came out

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Valentine's Day is right around the corner and we've been trying to figure out the best way to celebrate but not buy into the buying frenzy in our new life of frugality. Jeremiah and I have vowed to enjoy a date night. We'll be using a gift card for a restaurant we'd gotten last month for it! We should be able to have a romantic dinner without much cost to us and still enjoy a night out. If I can

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It's Monday morning in Iowa and yes it's snowing again. The weather man this morning said that after this two day snow-a-thon we're in the midst of, we'll have gotten twice as much snow as normal! Not surprised but it does make me feel better knowing I'm not just imagining it. I deserve to be sick of snow and winter because it's REALLY been the winter from hell. The irony is that even though I

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Found a new website last night I wanted to share with you all. It's called Money Saving Madness and they're holding a great giveaway for a beautiful coupon clutch to organize all of your new frugal living tools! Click their button at the very bottom of this blog and it'll take you to their site with all the details.A couple other fantastic freebies I found will get you nearly a free breakfast!

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I finished another book from the library today. It's a great way to satisfy my craving for reading but without the cost. I've saved a lot since utilizing the library rather then buying books off of ITUNES for my IPOD or going to Barnes and Noble. The book was called Half Broke Horses written by Jeannette Walls. I'd read her first book an autobiography called Glass Castles last year and was eager

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 These days, besides looking for a job, my number one passion is finding ways to live more frugally. I have found an entire community of bloggers who have TONS of useful information on making our budgets less bloated, practical ideas for stretching our stressed incomes but still successfully living happily. They are also offering opportunities for freebies and letting you know where the hottest

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Money Saving MomEven more links have been updated on Money Saving Mom's blog for Haiti! Please check it out and comment, click and link as much as you can! Thank you and God Bless.

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Link to numerous sites where you can leave comments to earn donations for Haiti!This is a great way for ALL of us to help Haiti! All you have to do is leave a comment on their blog sites and they'll donate varying denominations to the Haiti relief effort! The link I've provided will point you to numerous social networking blogs that are donating just for leaving a comment on their blog! The

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The Witching hour is approaching. The little goblins are preparing for their night of begging. Mi & I are dreading the constant door knocking! And Raven has no idea what is about to transpire but it should be interesting. Especially with her new full glass view storm doors she adores looking out of. Maybe we'll get some nice pics to post to Facebook. Though it's not like Mi & I are going to dress

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Where did the summer go? Another birthday gone by, another winter approaches and another halloween is right around the corner. My 46th birthday cake is pictured at left with 3 little lambs atop riding bikes to commemorate my present. Mi & Chase bought me a new wonderful bicycle that hopefully we'll be able to ride more still before the snow flies.The summer has been so busy with baseball then

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The last couple of months have been busy filled with little league baseball games, my job duties being doubled due to downsizing, surviving GERD, delving deeper into technology and getting in touch with Mother Nature through our garden, herbs & flowers.Chase has been having a lot of fun playing for the Rockies in our local little league Rookie division. Other then rain and the swine flu scare

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Well we haven't gotten the swine flu yet even though we apparently live in the hot bed for confirmed cases here in our county! With luck, hand washing and other preventative measures I hope we continue to stay that way. I read today that testing supplies are in short supply and the local hospital is limiting the amount they send out for confirmation. They also report that people who contract it

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It's been a whirlwind last couple of weeks with Lisa. First an MRI of her back determined a definite herniated disk with a bulging excrusion I believe they call it. Then the decision to have the laminectomy/discectomy a week later. That was this past Wednesday. We checked in at 7am. She went into the operating room at 9am. Was back in her room around 111am but we had to continue waiting til after

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First I'd like to give a shout out to Mother Nature. What the HECK is this about today?? I believe that someone (perhaps Father Winter) has provided you with the wrong calendar and is playing a belated April's Fool prank upon you! Or perhaps the jokes on us? Either way I am NOT amused! Bring on the sunshine and spring weather!!!Recent Happenings:This past week my sister Lisa had yet another

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Well we made it! It's Friday evening and I have a lovely relaxing weekend planned with Mi. Chase had his spring pictures taken this morning at school and I am hoping the photo's come out good wearing his new bright spring colored shirt. They've changed to using a complete white background this time instead of the nature theme so I'm curious to see if it's as boring as I expect!Long day working

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Things we've been up too.....Mousehunt! A Facebook Application game we've been playing. Mi & I now have Facebook pages mainly because of Mousehunt but it's also good to keep up with family, friends and former classmates we've not see in forever! If you too have Facebook and you're interested in becoming one of our 'friends' you may use the following links.L's Facebook Friend Request PageMi's

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This morning I'm reading the paper like I do most mornings. Online of course because actual paper just makes me sneeze! Lately I've found it rather difficult to swallow all of the negative headlines, the ever growing unemployment numbers, and the constant forecast of continued economic downturn and why everything the government is doing will only make things worse in the coming years! Therefore I

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February is going by so fast. It's nice to see the sun and even though the air is brisk the thought that spring gets closer and closer every day leaves me with hope. I also am feeling better then the last blog even if none of the things I was stressing has really changed. My mother wrote me an email the next morning that really was what I needed. It's not as though she said anything that I

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Some days I think I got 'most' things under control. Other days I wonder if I have anything under control or understand anything anyone is saying or doing. I guess life's supposed to be like that. The ebb and flow with it's ups and downs and unknowns. Today I don't seem to be making much sense at all though. My thoughts, feelings and words come out all disjointed. Which does not make it any

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Lots of things have been happening already and we are barely into the new year 2009. Some things of course include the inauguration of President Obama, the recession is in full swing and jobless rates continue to sore daily. My own job situation remains in limbo still. It sounds like June will now be 'D-Day' so if all doesn't go well I too could be amongst the many jobless . Which would really

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I've uploaded a few pictures of our young'un in his St. Sebastian costume like I promised below!

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Congratulations President Elect Barack Obama! Shown here on a glorious and historical autumn election 2008 evening in Chicago. His acceptance speech coupled with the magnitude of the miracle happening before my eyes moved me to tears last night. I have not felt such hope and pride in my government and the American people in such a long time. It is no less then miraculous that large numbers of the

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What a busy week it was! With work, Halloween, Red Ribbon Week AND school's Saint's Day Mass it was a whirlwhind. My friend Tari a week ago yesterday had surgery too for an obstructed bowel so we've been short handed at work. Things there are still stressful and I highly doubt that will change. Thankfully she's scheduled to return to us on Tuesday so that will be something pleasant to look

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Today has been challenging for me. Reality really seems to suck and in order to distance myself from it I've decided to blog about some pop culture. Some people like knitting or photography or raquetball. Me, I like pop culture, television, music and other forms of that type entertainment! So sue me! I'll warn ya now that even if that 2nd stimulus packet becomes a reality, you can't get blood

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I wonder if were the only ones feeling this way. My husband and I were talking about how we've been feeling the last few weeks. I said I felt like I was going through the motions day to day. I did'nt look forward to morning breaking and by evening I am exhausted mentally and emotionally. I was unsure of it's cause and I'd been trying to figure out why. Why am I feeling like this. Just not quite

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There are constant burdens we as individuals must bare privately. Most days we quietly carry them deep within ourselves while silently coping. The hustle and bustle of our days make it easier to keep them locked away as current responsibilities beckon our immediate attention. From the stresses of our jobs, to the constant organizing of our minor children's schedules, or in the daily chores of

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It's been a gorgeous weekend weather wise! Indian Summer they call it. Temperatures in the mid 70's bring a perfect opportunity to explore Mother Nature's beauty before fall overtakes us. And considering the weather man predicts Monday morning will be much more brisk and overcast, this unexpected gift becomes all the more sweet. Mi & I on Saturday decided to take a short hike through Grammer

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It's been a long week and a short weekend but I'm pretty sure everyone can understand that feeling! Wouldn't it be great if America became more like other countries and we had A LOT more vacation time and weren't encouraged to work ourselves into the dirt?? Wishful thinking I know!Fall weather for me brings about an impending feeling of depression and increased anxiety. I get these whelming

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September is coming to a close and fall has begun but thankfully we've been given a reprieve albeit temporarily from cooler temperatures and precipitation. The weekend has been a beautifully warm and sunny one and has given us a chance to bring our vegetable garden to a close. We're not one of those families that enjoys 'working' on the weekends tinkering around the house with chores or fix it

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Welcome to our home away from home. My name is Lorinda and I live in the Midwest. I live with my husband Jeremiah and my youngest son Chase in Iowa. We are your average middle America, mid-income, net loving, free thinking, strong willed but down to earth family that feels the need to connect with others through freedom of expression.Jeremiah and I have been talking about creating a website of

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