tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86868532409895083892024-02-19T09:14:59.148-08:00Spinning a Yarn.susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-43934061857567092432012-09-19T05:00:00.000-07:002012-09-19T05:00:03.452-07:00Wordless Wednesday - The Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-48342046886589540812012-09-17T05:00:00.000-07:002012-09-17T05:00:12.603-07:00A Lesson in Life.1991: I am ten. I was in 5th grade and we had all just come back from after lunch recess. My 5th grade teacher was standing in front of the class with one of my schoolmates Lainey Thompson. Mrs. Galbreath said she needs a volunteer and we will probably miss social studies and possibly math. I hate math. My hand shoots up!<br />
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"Ok, Susan, you can help." She picked me! I was so happy. For two seconds and then the doom set in. <br />
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She informs me that Lainey has left her retainer on her lunch tray and threw the whole lot away. I had just volunteered to help her dig through the dumpster to look for it. I don't remember a lot of things from 5th grade. I remember Mrs. Galbreath showing us a tampon during sex ed (horrified!) the principal making me cry (douche) Mom making the principal very sorry for making me cry (Supermom!) and looking for that retainer.<br />
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We went down to the cafeteria and the lunch ladies gave us plastic aprons and gloves and then opened the front of the dumpster so we could start digging through the trash bags. I don't remember what lunch was, but I do remember it was chocolate milk day. I could tell Lainey felt bad, but she was getting no sympathy from me. This was disgusting.<br />
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We both just stood there outside the dumpster waiting for the other one to climb in. She kept saying things like "This isn't so bad. We will find it in no time!" I wasn't convinced. Finally she gingerly climbed in there and started to open the bags. I was mortified. What if someone sees me? I thought about just swinging that door closed with her in it and walking home. But she looked so sad and pathetic in there I finally caved in and started to help look.<br />
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It was an effort in futility though because everything was drenched in thick, mucusy chocolate milk. I thought I found it every 30 seconds. Nope, orange peel. Nope, yogurt top. Nope, something unidentifiable.<br />
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After an hour of digging in 95 degree heat with the chocolate milk starting to turn, I had had enough. There is only so much dry heaving one can do before you think "I didn't throw <i>my </i>retainer away. Why am I here?" I told Lainey I was done. And here's the kicker. She gave up then as well, so we never even found that stupid retainer.<br />
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Lesson: Never volunteer for anything. Ever.susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-71266894749785304402012-09-12T05:00:00.001-07:002012-09-12T05:00:00.474-07:00Wordless Wednesday - Crafts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-70736181658720982232012-09-10T05:00:00.000-07:002012-09-10T16:48:41.876-07:00Homemade dishwasher detergent.I have slowly been starting to make my own household cleaning supplies. It is quite a bit cheaper and is much safer and healthier to have in your house.<br />
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I'm not going to preach to you about the dangers of having commercial products, that are filled with chemicals and toxins, in your home. I am just going to show how easy and inexpensive it is to make your own cleaning supplies. It only takes a few minutes to do most of them and once you assemble the dream team (my name for the staples needed to make almost any of them) it is quite cost effective.<br />
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Today is dishwaster detergent. This is my favorite because it takes three minutes to make and does a fantastic job. I got the recipe <a href="http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/diy-eco-dishwasher-detergent.htm">here</a>. I did modify it a little as citric acid can be a little spendy and half the amount still works great.<br />
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1 cup Borax.<br />
1 cup Washing Soda.<br />
1/2 cup salt.<br />
1/4 cup citric acid.<br />
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The recipe called for kosher salt and I used canning salt, but I don't think it really makes a difference. Use the salt you have.<br />
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Borax you can find anywhere. I have found it at Target, Bimart, Walmart and even my local Lamb's Thriftway. The Washing Soda was a little harder. The only place I can find it locally is Walmart, but I haven't really tried <i>that </i>hard. It just wasn't at Target, Bimart or Thriftway. You can also find it online, obviously. The citric acid will be in the canning aisle. It comes in a container that holds a little more than a cup and is about 4 bucks. You can also use <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Fruit-Fresh-Produce-Protector-5-oz/10818561">Fruit Fresh</a> if you can't find citric acid. I have also found it in bulk (pay by ounce/pound) so check your health food store section and see if they have it.<br />
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The first rule is: You need to keep everything completely dry. It's not really the first rule, it's the only rule. I store my detergent in a large mason jar, but I wash it a few days before and let it dry <i>completely</i>. The first batch I made clumped up really bad. It was like one solid mass which I had to chip away every time I ran the dishwasher. It made me mad inside my head. But... My second batch is loose and wonderful. <br />
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All you really have to do is dump everything into a large mixing bowl and stir it together. I break up any clumps from the borax and washing soda with my potato masher.<br />
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You use one tablespoon in the inner door and if the dishes are super dirty I use 1-2 teaspoons in the outer door. I use an old coffee scoop which is one tablespoon.<br />
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It works really well and smells like nothing. No chlorine or perfumes which is kinda gross when you think that you actually eat off those dishes and ingest that garbage. <br />
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Another great tip is using white vinegar instead of a rinse agent if your machine has a spot for it. I never used a rinse agent before because I'm cheap and didn't see the purpose. But vinegar is cheap so give it a try.<br />
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If you don't have mason jars, just store in an airtight container. Just make sure it is clean and <b>dry</b>. Let me know if you make it and what you think.susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-38764740990528595832011-01-07T07:00:00.000-08:002011-01-07T07:00:03.122-08:00My Plate.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>So I joined <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/myplate/">My Plate</a> last year in an effort to lose some weight. I joined it again this year for the same reason. I got my sister Christy to join with me and we are "friends" on it and can see each others profile. I saw that Christy had actually written something in her diary. It was something cute like "I'm tired, but I'm still going" and I thought "I want to write in my diary!"<br />
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I went to my profile to edit it and I saw that something was already in the "about me" section. I figured I had written it last year when I joined. "Oh," I thought, "what a delight to look upon myself in 1/2010."<br />
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Here's what it said:<br />
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<b>About Me:</b><br />
<i>I'm a LiveStrong.com member who has not yet written anything for my 'About Me.'</i><br />
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Ha! That's hilarious.<i> </i> <br />
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Anyway, I don't really have anything to talk about, but I found a photo of the cherry pie I made at Christmas and I thought it turned out really cute so I will share that with you. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have a great day and wonderful weekend!</div>susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-84918665358947995332011-01-05T07:00:00.000-08:002011-01-05T07:00:10.466-08:00Wordless Wednesday: Gimli. 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text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Happy New Year! I thought for the new year I would try and blog more. Yeah, I said <i>try</i>. I hope everybody had a nice new year weekend. I sure did. I drove up to the snow with my sister's family this weekend and it was really fun.<br />
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The snow was too dry to make a snowman, but we did have fun throwing rock hard ice balls at each other.<br />
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Then we went to another hatchery! Who knew there were so many so close together? This one wasn't very fun. It was completely fenced off. I took a nice photo of Christy's family though:<br />
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My birthday is on Thursday. I'm turning 30!! I have the day off from work and Christy and I are going to hang out and go shopping. I'm also going to see Black Swan this weekend which I'm really looking forward to seeing. And of course... The first of the year diet. Which I will immediately go off for my birthday. Ugh! It's so inconveniently located.<br />
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Anyway, I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas and here's wishing for a wonderful 2011.susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-21187397344519619952010-09-15T07:13:00.000-07:002010-09-15T07:13:00.145-07:00Wordless Wednesday: My sister's baby.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-GELZBoiASXCiHwtCZC6mDfsgQ8SGfoLRrRA1D11TCbqTkCzOZI8FKeMFp6jMic9BBMP8FK632wOr3XCmjjT6pOLKlORk4eAheE8vCMTkTAYmRup7AQl2UK7vu3yeUOMNQhojEQLug1i/s1600/from+old+computer+128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-GELZBoiASXCiHwtCZC6mDfsgQ8SGfoLRrRA1D11TCbqTkCzOZI8FKeMFp6jMic9BBMP8FK632wOr3XCmjjT6pOLKlORk4eAheE8vCMTkTAYmRup7AQl2UK7vu3yeUOMNQhojEQLug1i/s400/from+old+computer+128.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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I wanted to start working on my embroidery so I decided to jazz up the canvas bags. I decided to do a small design as well as the word baby in blue and pink. Be kind, as this is my first real needlepoint project.<br />
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I got the designs from a small starter packet I bought at a cute craft store in NE Portland. They are created by Tigerpup Embroidery which is a business located here in Portland. It comes with the designs on large sheets of paper you can cut out as well as a large sheet of carbon paper. It costs about $4.50 and the designs were super cute. I had intended to get some Jenny Hart "Sublime Stitching" patterns as I saw her on <a href="http://www.wendyrussell.com/">She's Crafty</a> and fell in love, but I thought Tigerpup designs were way cuter and were actually a little cheaper.<br />
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I think my favorite so far is the rocket and I will probably end up doing another one of those. I have to admit, the boy designs I got are a little bit cuter than the girl ones. I have some cute girl ones, but they are either really large or really detailed and I don't know if I can pull that off.<br />
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I am also still working on those apple hats. I actually decided to make red apples for the girls and green apples for the boys.<br />
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As you can see I haven't quite finished any of the boys hats yet. But I am working on them!! I'm making slow progress, but progress none the less. I think I am going to take a couple days off from work in October to finish up this project and also finish the kids Halloween costumes. They want to go as Garfield and Odie this year and I'm a little afraid I'm going to have the some problem as last year with keeping the ears standing straight up.<br />
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The lady at Joann's asked if I had a coupon and I told her I forgot them and she said she would throw a couple extra in my bag. I just went through my bag to take this photo and boy howdy. She sure did throw in a couple extra.<br />
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Oh that would be funny if it weren't so darn true. I don't know how many Thanksgivings I have ended up in the back bedroom taking a nap. I have no self-control. I'm already stuffed to the gills on snacks before we even sit down to dinner. It really is a nightmare. But really, I can't wait until Thanksgiving.<br />
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Wait. One celebration at a time!! We had a BBQ. I didn't get any photos of the food because... well... I seem to have lots of photos of food. And I don't want to be one of those people. Well I guess I already am one of those people, but I don't really want other people to know I am one of those people.<br />
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I was going to post some photos of food I had, but as I was scrolling through my archives I came across this photo I took of my belly a while ago. I took this photo with my belly completely sticking out (no sucking in!!) as some sort of motivational tool to lose weight. Now every time I see it, it just makes me sad. I remember this one time my friend Forrest said that every time we wanted to eat we should just go look at ourselves in the mirror naked. Theoretically that sounds good, but put into practice it is just a giant hassle. Who wants to take their pants off every time they want a sandwich?<br />
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BBQ, right... It was fun.<br />
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I wasn't actually going to post this photo because I took it so I had to run over and crouch down in what little room was available so I didn't have time to make myself thin (yes, it can be done, look how thin Christy looks, hiding completely behind Mikey.) But I emailed the photo to the family and <a href="http://twelvedaysold.blogspot.com/">Katie </a>posted it on facebook, so I figure the jig is up. Is it jig or gig? Well, whatever.<br />
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I made the kids take photos with me. Mikey couldn't stop looking at the game being played on the tv screen.<br />
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Now onto other news. I went garage saling at the coast a few weeks ago and found this vanity for ten bucks. I have been looking for a vanity ever since I moved into my new place in March.<br />
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Years ago when I was living in a studio apartment, my mom was giving away her vanity. It was kind of large, solid wood and beautiful. She asked me if I wanted it and I said no, that I didn't have the room for it. I've been thinking about that vanity a lot lately.<br />
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Here are the before shots. You can't really tell from this picture, but the fabric covering the stool was stained.<br />
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It doesn't really look right though, much too neat and tidy. This is better:<br />
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Sometimes I do this. To make popular music more accessible to myself. I mean seriously, I don't care how great of a body you have, what do you wear more of, bikini tops or sweat pants... 'Nuff said.<br />
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The first time I saw someone write 'Nuff said, I thought "Nuff said what?"<br />
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I have a special spoon exclusively for eating pudding. It's a Gerber baby food spoon I found in my keepsake box. I has a little imprint of the Gerber Baby on the handle and it's great for eating tapioca.<br />
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My favorite pudding is Tapioca. I love those little cloudy nubblets. I don't know what they are but they kind of look like the gross things you sometimes find in pepperoni, but they aren't gross, they are delicious.<br />
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When I first saw "The Departed" I had to keep calling my dad to ask what the derogatory words meant. I had never heard half of them and the half I had heard I didn't know if it was derogatory toward the Irish or the Italians. How's that for good parenting?<br />
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My nephew Andy plays the piano.<br />
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Please don't forget about my <a href="http://susieoregon.blogspot.com/2010/08/giveaway-yay.html">giveaway</a>! Deadline doesn't end until Sunday!susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-77859672668296360362010-08-16T09:25:00.000-07:002010-08-16T09:25:00.089-07:00Revenge of the weeds.Ok, so I'm trying to clean out the backyard of all those pesky weeds, but it is just too hard!! I cut down a bunch (chopped down would be more adequate, I've never seen stalks like that on a weed before) and laid them out to bag and throw away. They are all thorny and spiky though and would just rip the bags to shreds and I couldn't even really get them in there in first place. So I just took the giant stack of weeds and threw it on the other side of the yard. And I'm sitting here sweaty and itchy because I'm convinced THERE ARE SPIDERS CRAWLING ALL OVER ME.<br />
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I didn't take any photos because well, it looks the same as last time except the weeds are mostly brown now and half of them are hacked off and laying on top of the other half.<br />
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Oh golly. I really thought it looked the same as it did in June, but I am really wrong. Here is what it looked like in June:<br />
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I've been working on the spare room this weekend too (see? I said that like I worked in the yard when we all know I really didn't.) The spare room for me is such a blessing and a curse. I love the extra space, but then I just dumping crap in there all the time.<br />
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Alright, I gotta go set my yard on fire. Don't forget to check out my <a href="http://susieoregon.blogspot.com/2010/08/giveaway-yay.html">giveaway</a>!susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-5117438786151812922010-08-15T18:31:00.000-07:002010-08-15T22:20:27.459-07:00Giveaway! Yay!Ok so I have decided to do a giveaway. The prize? Pac-man magnets made by moi.<br />
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The deadline to win is Sunday 8/22/2010 at 11pm Pacific Standard Time.<br />
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There are a few rules. Only one entry per person. The winner will be drawn at random. <br />
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To win just leave a comment.**See below for more rules.<br />
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How long do you think is too long for installing a printer/scanner? I didn't have the installation cd so bear that in mind. And please don't say something like "15 minutes" because that would make me sad.<br />
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I did finally install my printer/scanner and I got to scan one of my favorite photos of Jasmine and Mikey.<br />
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**Also in order to win I will need some way to contact you. If you have a blogger account just go into your blogger profile ("edit profile" on your dashboard) and click the "show my email address" box.<br />
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That way I will be able to email you if you have won. If not, just check back on Monday 8/23/2010 and I will announce the winner and tell you how to contact me. Please make sure you leave your name as anonymous comments will not have a chance to win. As soon as I am able to contact you and obtain your mailing address I will ship your "major award."susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-82429339331675203132010-08-13T07:23:00.000-07:002010-08-13T07:23:29.901-07:00Unsafe at any speed.<a href="http://twelvedaysold.blogspot.com/">Katie </a>was in a car accident. She is fine and the lady who she pulled out in front of is fine too. I feel really bad for her because I know exactly how she feels. I took a left turn right in front of somebody too when I was 17. It is the worst feeling ever.<br />
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Luckily for Katie she has a very sympathetic family. As of yesterday every member of my family has been in a car accident that was our fault and totaled at least one car (in my case it was two.) It's weird because I wouldn't consider anybody in my family a bad driver (although the people we got into accidents with might disagree.)<br />
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After my first accident every adult child had already been in an accident and my mom made each of us a framed certificate and gave them to us for Christmas (my accident was on 12/3/1998.) There is a picture of a tow truck on it and it says "The Williams Family. Established 1973. Our Motto: Unsafe at any Speed."<br />
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My <a href="http://www.notesfromgardenhome.com/">mother </a>was really hoping her baby would avoid the Williams family fate. Unfortunately my <a href="http://arewenotmenmw.blogspot.com/">father</a>'s bad luck with cars was genetically engineered into his children. And so here it is the day after the accident. A family made whole with mangled cars in our wake.<br />
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So here is a warning to the good people of Portland, Vancouver and Wilsonville. We are out there. We are driving in your neighbors, on your streets, in your school zones. I suggest you drive defensively because heaven knows, we aren't. <br />
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You have been warned.susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-21980017551229171872010-08-10T18:26:00.000-07:002010-08-10T18:26:00.704-07:00Thrift Store FindsI went thrift storing a few days ago with my folks and found this:<br />
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It's crazy old and never been used. It was six bucks which is really expensive for me, especially for something like this, but my clos-i is not tidy and I couldn't resist. My clos-i is actually like this:<br />
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Until... Wait for it.<br />
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The CLOS-I-TIDY!<br />
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My spare room is driving me crazy right now. With the exception of my desk, there is no order in this room and I basically have it laid out the same as the day I moved the furniture in. I did buy a new table for the tv I'm putting in there.<br />
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I also got this cool hamper.<br />
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The television is calling to me so... you know. Smell ya later.susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-43746390835664579362010-08-09T20:06:00.000-07:002010-08-09T20:06:57.396-07:00Clark County Fair 2010Annual trip to the Clark County Fair was yesterday. I always have a good time and then a miserable time and then a good time again there. It's the three stages of fair. You know, like the stages of grief, only not so depressing and nobody has to die.<br />
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The theme this year was Aliens and it was pretty cute. We went to the alien haunted house which was a lot like last year except there were aliens instead of like skeletons and stuff. Right near the end of the house there was an EXIT and instead of continuing through the complete blackness we decided to just hop out there. One of the alien workers said in a creepy (and I'm assuming alien tongue) "Thaaat's an exiiiit." It was hilarious. Not only are aliens scary, they are very helpful. And they let you take photos with them.<br />
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Last year I took a picture of the kids with a cow. I did the same thing this year. Last years photo:<br />
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And here is the one photo I am in.<br />
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Stay tuned for tomorrow's post. "Thrift store finds." It's sure to be riveting.<br />
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Kim and Jacquie said I can't use any photos of them that don't look good. So there will be no photos of them. Ha! Just joking!!<br />
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I'm looking at a weather report and it says the high temperature on Sunday was 90 degrees (I just typed digress, huh) and that is probably about what it was. But it seemed a little hotter when you are sitting in the sun for two hours waiting for the concert to start. Luckily none of us got any sun burns.<br />
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It was a surprisingly small lawn. With a surprisingly large amount of people sprawled across it.<br />
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And then Jamie played. That's who we went to see Jamie Cullum. I'm not a very big fan. Especially since I never heard any of his music until about a month ago, but there are a few songs that I really like. One of them being "If I Ruled the World." And he played it! Woot!<br />
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It was a really fun time.<br />
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And I almost didn't go because I had lost my original ticket. Oh gosh, I hate talking about this. And then I had to buy a brand new ticket because Ticketmaster is a service brought to you by the devil himself. But I'm so glad I sucked it up and bought a new ticket because it was super fun.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgn_5ZYluFvHZaKGp1bK7SGmnyhYyHfYp6VGlkAdJYNn3EWKxrk0K16e-QBUva0uzLZt4Cr6MM2PuKVAXfffrZfTg5m7VWVdFsHlluS-9IhntxQ2CiiZc8Ss5_ln6sCi8lIlQA_v8cMXE/s1600/from+old+computer+250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgn_5ZYluFvHZaKGp1bK7SGmnyhYyHfYp6VGlkAdJYNn3EWKxrk0K16e-QBUva0uzLZt4Cr6MM2PuKVAXfffrZfTg5m7VWVdFsHlluS-9IhntxQ2CiiZc8Ss5_ln6sCi8lIlQA_v8cMXE/s400/from+old+computer+250.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Here I am at the zoo concert. They just put in an ocean! Can you believe it?!!susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-80202076490444639822010-07-12T12:23:00.000-07:002010-07-12T12:23:00.740-07:00Samson your hair, glistening like sun, oh would that it were mine...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I got a haircut! I know it was about time. My hair was getting really long and annoying. I had started just always wearing it up or braided so I figured it was time for a change. I usually go to a hairdresser that is really close to my house. I always have the same lady and she isn't very nice and the cut costs forty bucks. I don't know why I kept going there. Wait, yes I do. It was close to home. And I would have gone there again except they are closed on Sundays and Mondays and those are my days off.<br />
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<a href="http://twelvedaysold.blogspot.com/">Katie </a>always goes to this other place with my sister Christy. It's called <a href="http://www.bishopsbarbershop.com/">Bishops </a>and she really likes them. And now so do I. Here are some unflattering before shots:<br />
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We walk in and sign our names on a board and one minute later my hairdresser walks over and says, "Susan?" I stand up and he holds out his hand and says, "Hi, my name is Blah." Yeah, I don't remember what his name was. Not because my hands were sweaty, but because I'm really bad about people introducing themselves to me.<br />
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I loved Blah. We talked the whole time about Project Runway and ANTP. I think he expected me to be afraid about cutting my hair, but I never am. Maybe it's because the Williams women grow hair really fast. Maybe it's because I hacked all my hair off when I was sixteen and I didn't die. Maybe it's because I watch ANTP and every time they do the make-overs some snotty girl cries and it makes me mad inside my head.<br />
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Blah said his favorite thing was cutting off lots of hair. Yay for him, I guess. It took forever though and Katie came over after her haircut and we all chatted about Katie going to ComicCon and craft festivals and bodysuits. So yeah, go see Blah at Bishops, he's cool. Here's some after shots:<br />
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Anyway, we get in the car after our hair cut on the way to Sushi and Katie asks, "Did you have to shake hands with Blah?" Apparently she shook hands with her lady hairdresser too. Told you. It's the curse of sweaty hands.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">If you hands are wet</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can surely bet</div><div style="text-align: center;">you'll be shaking hands</div><div style="text-align: center;">with Blah and Yvette.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Actually Katie's hairdresser's name was Annie. I remember because Katie wrote her name down when she signed in as her preferred hairdresser. I left mine blank because I didn't care. If I see the name written down I will remember because I will have a visual memory to look back on. Verbal doesn't do the trick.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Look who came to visit yesterday morning:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJ7qN3k5HEb5Q1M3YASXYH-WnunUqI6myMwtqcEXAdyR0z_gu6RmaVqBZapZ3r5RzA1pN3qNzSa2RwsmuNSiZg33K9472OEdYsDLDb6ng_dzsDWw4DO-Bt2PkFDWOiUod-w74KSf32LKe/s1600/blog+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJ7qN3k5HEb5Q1M3YASXYH-WnunUqI6myMwtqcEXAdyR0z_gu6RmaVqBZapZ3r5RzA1pN3qNzSa2RwsmuNSiZg33K9472OEdYsDLDb6ng_dzsDWw4DO-Bt2PkFDWOiUod-w74KSf32LKe/s400/blog+003.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">He looks scary in that photo like he is hissing, but he is just meowing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5Ca04xMvvQKM1veuZKG9dvFg5ltGCETFOEmSKMdZd9UZRaSg2bPTGBy9njfi56ptjejFTq-yNMeb7CoSweVPPNrLA5-I1q6cEoEqJ0y-Ilt2dNAYvbTdAvX6rv_7AvjEsZ3SfLYaEU9h/s1600/blog+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5Ca04xMvvQKM1veuZKG9dvFg5ltGCETFOEmSKMdZd9UZRaSg2bPTGBy9njfi56ptjejFTq-yNMeb7CoSweVPPNrLA5-I1q6cEoEqJ0y-Ilt2dNAYvbTdAvX6rv_7AvjEsZ3SfLYaEU9h/s400/blog+005.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Gosh, as if you don't get enough photos of Cinnamon on Katie's blog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopYgZgANddQ9p1iJKpOFjVaOmwkwpP5P96B89wNoGt1HBTUW9LHzZiRHfGU1DFcF2MsPfAHpO6-81jzKy3gTcT4LX8e1rujmvkfV3CVoBQGML0-C1BzoERGXCGkIm9IJ2sY-c_HI6MGko/s1600/blog+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopYgZgANddQ9p1iJKpOFjVaOmwkwpP5P96B89wNoGt1HBTUW9LHzZiRHfGU1DFcF2MsPfAHpO6-81jzKy3gTcT4LX8e1rujmvkfV3CVoBQGML0-C1BzoERGXCGkIm9IJ2sY-c_HI6MGko/s400/blog+007.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-41379996785871324432010-07-09T20:44:00.000-07:002010-07-09T20:44:33.141-07:00Burn the land and boil the sea.Will someone turn the heat down? My hands are sweaty and it's hard to write my blog.<br />
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I haven't figured out a way to get the cool air from the air conditioned room into my spare room where my computer is. I was going to take a photo of the current system, but my bedroom looks like a bomb exploded in there. IT'S TOO HOT TO CLEAN!<br />
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Great! Now the backs of my knees are getting sweaty. We better make this quick.<br />
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It's July. My favorite picture is on the calender. It's shows a piglet diving into a lake while a duck wrapped in a towel watches from the shore.<br />
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I started a new craft project. I wanted to start making some more things for <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MonaWms">mom's shop</a> so they would be ready for Christmas shoppers. They are potholders. I know! Potholders? Sheesh. Haven't I made enough of those yet? But these are different and cool and I'm hoping they sell.<br />
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Alright, I'm off. I'll leave you with this so you don't think I've gone mad.<br />
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The duck:<br />
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So are you ready? <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_6ULCyZ4j0vD0_Im5Z_-uMQBgaAyeLh9bQXDkxVIkJAwz6LtnzZ0E3bLtJ6CfuIbw6Fv5XZzxCEDCvpgEimqwFsqKzU8qFuf2Ya7FYjJjllZMLX6kbzmh5fsSWA_PDCpa1-Uw9y_rVIY/s1600/4th+of+july+2010+086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_6ULCyZ4j0vD0_Im5Z_-uMQBgaAyeLh9bQXDkxVIkJAwz6LtnzZ0E3bLtJ6CfuIbw6Fv5XZzxCEDCvpgEimqwFsqKzU8qFuf2Ya7FYjJjllZMLX6kbzmh5fsSWA_PDCpa1-Uw9y_rVIY/s320/4th+of+july+2010+086.JPG" /></a></div>I love quading. It's really fun. I know it sounds silly and dangerous, but it is really loads of fun and we don't go very fast so it's really not that dangerous. Unless you are trying to take photos while driving. Then it might be a little dangerous. Trust me kids, don't try this at home. I am a trained professional. Ok, no I'm not, but it was really scary at some points so I really wouldn't recommend it.<br />
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Oh that was fun. And a little scary. Mostly because I had to keep my right hand on the gas and take photos with my left. It would have been much easier if it were the other way around.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9OusCKrfoY6RF6xiTu5_pGWkxla_nwoh2-arT744Lb-1XQJSJcdEFz4rSV_JVZSGlMbt9LzBRCsoo0mRukBYrnf2I0gsZSv_-zOale0ltoaMt0lxmVtAWn_vDNUCszCbsOhKDm6eICZm/s1600/4th+of+july+2010+178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9OusCKrfoY6RF6xiTu5_pGWkxla_nwoh2-arT744Lb-1XQJSJcdEFz4rSV_JVZSGlMbt9LzBRCsoo0mRukBYrnf2I0gsZSv_-zOale0ltoaMt0lxmVtAWn_vDNUCszCbsOhKDm6eICZm/s640/4th+of+july+2010+178.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>We designed our own shirts. Yeah, we're cool like that.susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-9630254151424641162010-07-05T15:15:00.000-07:002010-07-05T15:15:23.142-07:00Towering Inferno or Arms on Fire.I'm back! I hope everybody had a safe and awesome 4th of July weekend! I did! Except for the fact that I burned my forearms to a crisp. They hurt. They hurt real bad. They are all swollen and hot. But they probably don't hurt nearly as much as Christy's back. Yikes!<br />
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I had a super fun weekend and I have tons of photos. I just don't know where to start. Most of the photos of me are really unflattering. Let's start there!:<br />
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On Saturday we drove into Eugene and went to the mall. I rode in the back seat with the kids. I love riding back there because they love interacting with me. They tell me cute stories, we sing songs, we play road games. It's so much fun! Ok, that's not true. They do this:<br />
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Oh wait, we didn't go to the mall first. We went to Home Depot to do their building craft. Ken helped Jasmine while I helped Mikey. Christy took photos.<br />
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Would you like to see more DDR photos? Of course you would. This one I call Concentration, Consternation. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXKR8sM55BrDgr6h1V0UOid92nM6cxvFsES89PRVRI3s20XILVHDELdRs7RRIhoupVfvx1nSGCuaLqZqjFhKBFgp8hUJZmK4nIxLadI9qI2WLtQrESlgdUUCPO2EAAWmbyN9sOr3vdGOx/s1600/4th+of+july+2010+033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXKR8sM55BrDgr6h1V0UOid92nM6cxvFsES89PRVRI3s20XILVHDELdRs7RRIhoupVfvx1nSGCuaLqZqjFhKBFgp8hUJZmK4nIxLadI9qI2WLtQrESlgdUUCPO2EAAWmbyN9sOr3vdGOx/s640/4th+of+july+2010+033.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Alright. I have to go take a cool shower and I still have lots of photos, so I'll post again tomorrow. Here's a teaser of the quads (I have a lot of quad shots.) Wait. That doesn't sound right.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadKkWFEbd6hcKxuIjZB6j2-yzsH9OeFchxBNblAYzfHrEraHQdonP4ttbsmAr4hg2i10u70UT2f2cmZQJFzwtHPthGiUebm6L85MOwn5vYDwsu0leeTQvyuoe6WHzhey4XIKzF2TGxn0g/s1600/4th+of+july+2010+081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadKkWFEbd6hcKxuIjZB6j2-yzsH9OeFchxBNblAYzfHrEraHQdonP4ttbsmAr4hg2i10u70UT2f2cmZQJFzwtHPthGiUebm6L85MOwn5vYDwsu0leeTQvyuoe6WHzhey4XIKzF2TGxn0g/s640/4th+of+july+2010+081.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I'm ridiculous.susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686853240989508389.post-16198740709903989312010-07-01T21:27:00.000-07:002010-07-01T21:27:34.191-07:00I am the maker of my destiny: I am the captain of my soul.Hey! If you are enjoying this blog, please follow me. It's super easy if you have a gmail account, just log in using your google password. If you don't have a gmail account, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? It's the wave of the future. I think google sells your searching info to the government, but other than that it is totally awesome. So get a gmail account and then sign up to follow my blog. It's the right thing to do.<br />
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I just ate four otter pops.<br />
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A girl I work with said she didn't think she would have enough to blog about if she had a blog. I told her she didn't really need anything to blog about. Boy howdy, was I right.<br />
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I laid in bed for about ten minutes last night with the light on and admired my curtains. It's amazing how some curtains can really make a room look so much better. It's so nice having that pop of red on the walls. I wish I were a homeowner and could paint my walls. That would be so nice.<br />
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I really have nothing to write about. I'm packing for my trip right now and I'll be gone all weekend. Yay!! Hopefully I will come back and have photos and things to talk about.<br />
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I watched Invictus tonight. Is it bad to say that I found it really boring? And long? And for some reason I thought it was about a soccer team when it is actually about a rugby team. Did you know that? I'm sure you did, but I didn't. How do they play that game? It looks so bizarre. I really should read up about it on wikipedia. That thing where they all lock arms and push into each other, what was that about? Or they climb all over each other and make a pyramid and then throw the ball. It was so weird. It's like cricket. I have no idea how that is played either and I probably never will. I just don't care enough.<br />
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Alright, I'm off. Have a great weekend and a Happy 4th of July!!susieoregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408452029485095836noreply@blogger.com4