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LOOONG Day. I almost missed the photo!!! But no here it is, cell phone pic yes, but a pic none the less. Madi passed out after our late dinner with good friends:

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Photographer in training

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With this rotten cold its been a long bath every afternoon for Madilyn Just to get through the day. It clears out her sinuses and allows her to relax for a nap. Thank goodness for a bathtub. ;)

13/ 365 The many faces of Madilyn

What an animated Little girl I have. :)

12 / 365 Carrie is my Prophet

"Thats the thing about needs, sometimes when they are met you find that you dont need them anymore"..... Carrie

Mke has been wonderful this week. He's been doing chores without me asking, doing things just to be nice and generally being wonderful. When he is this great it makes me want to be great too. Its all around wonderful. Having someone to share the load with gives me time to meet some of my mama needs. I have been working out, cooking, reading for FUN!!??? (I know right??) taking photos, lots of good things. This inspired me to write out a list of needs, or things that keep me sane:

* Girl time
* mama vent time
* A Caloric late enjoyed s l o w l y
* A Nap
* A L o n g Bath
* A Nice Haircut
* A Good Workout
* Clean Space
* MUSIC
* Time to write
* Unpurposeful art/ photo taking
* A meal cooked FOR me
* Help without asking

I do Believe, that everything I need to know about life can be answered with the right episode of sex and the city. Ok Maybe not EVERYTHING, but mostly. I have been watching it for years. I own the box set. Every time I have a freak out I find the appropriate season and I begin making mistakes with Carrie. Her voice as she types out her quandaries is so very comforting to me. Maybe its silly. But its my silly thing and I love it.

11/365 Feet

10/ 365 Sick day

The kidlet has a cold. She cant breathe out of her nose and wakes up constantly at night. I feel so bad for her. She keeps getting frustrated. Its so hard being sick when you don't know whats going on. I hope she sleeps better tonight!

9/ 365 My puppy girl

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I missed Yesterday so here is 2 for today.

Madi snuggled with Grampa on his visit today. She used to be scared of any man with facial hair so today was a real win. I could see how happy it made my dad that Madiln gave him a hug and snuggled.

Today was also a good day for cleaning sorting and donating old stuff. Its the third time in 2 months. I'm feeling really good downsizing what we don't need. I also did about 4 loads of laundry WHEW! Madilyn "helped" by unloading the basket.

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I WISH that I would have had my camera ready many times today. The above image doesn't describe today at all. In all honestly its from yesterday but its all I had for right now. Sigh. Long school day. I will do better tomorrow.

5/365 Vintage

4 / 365 Lunchtime Grin

3/365 "The Strain"

I think it was my Brother Greg who taught her this. But if you do "the strain" she will copy it back, as she does most things. Its pretty funny in person. :)

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We have had a couple of really good nights and days. Sleeping well and all smiles. The sun streaming through the window only added to our joy as we folded laundry and cleaned the house.

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The owl ornament is by far my favorite ornament for this year. It stood out amongst the pack : a blazer ball, VW ball, peacock (pretty awesome itself), an elf with small springs for arms and legs (Which Madi broke) and a few others. We always collect alot of ornaments. We are trying to replace all the glass balls that I bought at goodwill when I was single.

This year has kinda been the year of the owl for me. I did a big poster at school with one, my friend Michelle decorated her new baby's room with them, I started to see them everywhere, and POOF. I was in love. ;) Although I'm starting to fall for peacocks too now. I'm So fickle. Heehee.

We totally stripped the Christmas out of the living room and kitchen the past few days. The tree is hanging out on the front deck still but other than that I have my living room Back. Hallelujah!! We re-arranged the furniture a bit and MAN is it awesome! Madi can reach all of her toys because we put the bookshelf on its side.

A fresh start to the new year!