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Entries from October 31st, 2008

More costumes…

October 31st, 2008 · 14 Comments · a day in the life, bridget, dave, domestic attempts, family, random, tina

UPDATE: I entered a costume contest online. PLEASE click on the link and vote for us! Thanks!! http://www.sugarloot.com/entry/953760721 Please also pass on the link. The more the merrier! We need all the votes we can get. Voting ends November 4th. THANKS!! Well, the costumes are finished. Or at least mostly finished. Dave and I were […]

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Report: This weekend’s costume progress

October 27th, 2008 · 12 Comments · a day in the life, bridget, dave, domestic attempts, random, tina

Just thought I’d share what I got done on the costumes this weekend… Sulley… Cutting and pinning the tail. Just prior to sewing time. Bridget helping me stuff the sewn tail with batting. The tail. All done and ready to attach to the body. Dave trying things on. We also measured him for shoulder padding […]

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Costumes

October 24th, 2008 · 14 Comments · a day in the life, bridget, dave, domestic attempts, family, random, tina

As some of you may know, we decided to be Monsters Inc. characters for Halloween this year. For more than a year now people have told us that Bridget looks like Boo from Monsters Inc., so we thought it would be a fun thing to do. You may remember my previous post, and the call […]

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Caramel Apples

October 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments · a day in the life, bridget, food, tina

Last week Bridget and I made caramel apples. She helped me melt the caramel in the pan, and we dipped them in and drizzled some chocolate, or rolled them in nuts. And after we finished… We dipped our fingers in the leftover melted chocolate and then in the nuts. And we licked the caramel spoon […]

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10,000 Words

October 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments · a day in the life, bridget, family, random

I haven’t done a post like this for awhile. Since I have far more pictures than I have time to write about them, I thought it would be a great opportunity. They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. Here are ten. I added captions… but what do they say to you??? “I can do […]

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Thanksgiving

October 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments · a day in the life, domestic attempts, family, food, random

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Everyone!! In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October (today). Since my husband served his mission in British Columbia we decided it would be a fun tradition to celebrate the holiday. Dave’s parents came up last night and we had a mini Thanksgiving feast! I spent the morning making […]

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High School Tag & Quirky Tag

October 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · high school, random, tina

High School Tag I saw this on Amber’s blog and thought it might be fun. If any of the rest of you feel like remembering a bit of your High School days, feel free to do this too! 1. Did you date someone from your High School? I dated a boy from my High School […]

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Princess and the… pea?

October 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · bridget, random

I was awaken to the sound of Bridget calling “Mom. Mom. Help” at 2:30 a.m. the other day. When I went in to investigate the cause of her outcry she informed me that she was “squishing” something. I was a little confused, but upon further investigation I found that she was laying on top of […]

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Conference, through a toddlers eyes…

October 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments · a day in the life, bridget

You may remember my last post about Conference and toddlers, it came 6 months ago just after the last General Conference. I went back and read that post as I was preparing for this one, and I have to say that I was able to listen to the talks significantly better this time around. Amazing […]

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