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TCM 31 Days of Oscar

TCM 31 Days of Oscar

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will go full circle with its annual 31 DAYS OF OSCAR® festival in February.  The 2010 edition of the month-long event will feature 360 Academy Award®-nominated and winning movies, all presented uncut and commercial-free.  The month’s schedule is designed so that each movie is linked to the next movie in the lineup through a shared actor or actress. 31 DAYS OF OSCAR will begin Monday, Feb. 1, at 6 a.m. (ET) with … Read entire article »

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Aiden’s First Snow Play

Aiden’s First Snow Play

I finally got Aiden out in the snow to play for the first time. He couldn’t move he was literally like Randy, Ralphie’s brother from A Christmas Story: Hopefully he gets used to it and has more fun next time! … Read entire article »

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No More Bottles…But Why Am I Sad?

No More Bottles…But Why Am I Sad?

I decided a couple nights ago, to get Aiden off bottles. He is sixteen months old. Which is about 4 months older than I ever wanted him to be still drinking out of a bottle. It was always his go to item after a naps and first thing in the morning. He’d have a bottle and a snuggle with his Daddy. But he really needed to move on. He was a very picky baby and … Read entire article »

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Home Made Frosting – EPIC FAIL

Home Made Frosting – EPIC FAIL

Ok I am no newbie to cooking and baking but I needed frosting and didn’t want to go to the store. I looked up a buttercream frosting recipe on allrecipes.com. I had the ingredients but I don’t have a Kitchen-Aid stand mixer. I don’t have a hand mixer either that has 2 blades. I pretty much think I cooked the eggs and then melted instead of softening the butter. The whole thing was runny as … Read entire article »

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Who Is Your Blog Influence?

Who Is Your Blog Influence?

I opened this blog in December 2008. When I first started it was a blogspot.com free blog. I ignored it for MONTHS. I opened it at first to just have a place to vent. I’d been a part of a mom type message board that was private/paid and at the time I was going through PPD and emotional and financial hell. I was attacked in that place. I started the blog to have my own … Read entire article »

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