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I don't like this recipe very much. I am going to keep making it whenever yams come in our product box and I am going to keep eating a few bites of it. Mr. OCD and Monkey were pretty much fighting over the bowl of mashed yams though and they are nutrient rich.Peel yams. Dice, the smaller the less cooking time on the stoveBoil in water approx. 20 minutes or until tenderDrainBeat or Mash like you

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Oh my what a weekend and we still have so much to do. Does your dog love to play with balloons? Mine does and she also loves bubble wrap (I'll that video up later). Please if you think this is funny and want to share feel free to click the easy to use share buttons I recently added!

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So I went to see a pain management specialist today. I am so tired of dealing with my back and doctors and insurance I could just cry. Okay well I've cried not today but last week or something. Anyways, physical therapy has never really worked as a fix it and forget solution and that is fine. I realize whatever is wrong with me takes constant attention and exercise and machines and medicine to

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Isn't that a funny thing to have to admit. I have a good reason, I am not trying to make the worlds largest rice crispy treat or anything silly. I got a recipe for marshmallow fondant. I am going to practice making and using it before Monkey's birthday party. Also on Thanksgiving my dad is going to make his home made hot chocolate. I figure by the time I make a few batches of fondant and figure

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Monkey still isn't talking. She is however sleeping like a champ. She is sleeping so much it doesn't surprise me that we are taking her to speech therapy to be evaluated. I feel like I never have enough time trying to teach her to talk. I never have enough time because she is always ready to get back in bed for hours. I am feeling better. I guess I was taking way too much Advil. This is great and

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On Tuesday November 10th Marysville in North East Portland, Oregon burned down. The whole school was evacuated in 2 minutes flat. There were no injuries or deaths. There were only hero's. Teachers who stayed level headed and got 460 children out of the building even though it was lunch time for some of the students. However, all of those children and the teachers lost many things in the three

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So I woke up and was reading through status updates on Facebook and I couldn't help but laugh that these two happened to follow each other

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I made this a few weeks ago and I think it is one of the best pots of Chili I have ever made. I will never ever take 3+ hours to make chili I don't think it should take that long. Eggplant Chili  Saute up a large to medium eggplant, an onion a 3-4 bell peppers, 2 cloves minced garlic and some fresh green chili's (2-3 medium) in a ...so sorry I can't remember what it is called...a deep fry pan

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I sat down and totaled the cost of buying/making all the gifts we planned on getting this year for Christmas and Monkey's birthday and Mr. OCD handed it over yesterday. So I've been out and about. One thing I wanted to let all my readers know about is that Costco has a KidKraft Dream Mansion for $78.99 in store. There is one of these * on the sign which means they won't be lowering the price

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Today I am mad mad mad mad mad. My sister showed me some new commercials on her TV. They were basically justifying the consumption of High Fructose Corn Syrup. The commercials do two things. First the make it seem as though consumers are so stupid that they will just not eat something because they thought it was unhealthy but don't know why or how it is unhealthy. Dear corn refiners association-

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So my Dr. had already said that I was probably low on Vitamin D, when I went in. She also ask for blood work to be done up to see if something was amiss. I was having lower back pain, nausea, and bruises appearing for no reason. Some of my bruises appear in the middle of the day and one of them was really serious looking. She told me that the regiment of Advil I was taking, as per recommendation

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So we got a new Dr. the last one I had asked ME which pill I wanted and when I asked her what she recommended she said let me list them off and see what is familiar sounding to you. She really never engaged in the conversation with me and basically didn't seem to like me. I should have found a new Dr. sooner, but when we moved here I was quite pregnant and didn't care about my back issues. Plus I

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I was asked to post up the beauty tips widget and try out some beauty products and I agreed. For doing that I was also entered into a contest (and won WOOHOO). I was excited, I didn't know exactly what I would get in the box and that made it even more exciting...and daunting. I don't wear make-up so if they sent me some lipstick and blush that would just look silly on me without some foundation

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So, I have had bruises appearing one everyday for 5 days and am going to the Dr. on Monday. I have no clue what they are going to say, google unexplained bruises and you get everything from anemia to kidney failure. The good news is that while I have some other symptoms , I DON"T have a fever so I am probably not dying... well not today or this weekend. So with the Dr.'s appointment set I have

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Having a toddler means you have to say the words, don't, no, stop, and freeze about a million times a day. I thought I would share with you something I found that works very well for my little monkey. It is very situation specific, but if you can't make yourself utter another, "Stop" here is another option. "What is the plan here?". I say that to my monkey very often, especially on the playground

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Quite a few weeks ago I was reading Metropolitan Mama's view on spanking children. While I was quietly reading the article, my husband comes up behind me and starts stating his views. I'll be perfectly honest, I mostly got the idea she was firmly against spanking, but I didn't get to read the article. Mr. OCD says that he doesn't like the idea of spanking a child, but that it should not be taken

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Okay here is what happened. First I went to the Zoo on Zoo member apperciation day with the awesome girl upstairs. We decided to forgo the strollers and bring a wagon. So Monkey decides she hates wagons. Then the awesome girl upstairs son lets say Shy Guy, decides he hates sharing his wagon. So I end up carrying either a screaming and kicking  Monkey or just a screaming and heavy Monkey through

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Hey tonight I am participating in Ann's Virtual Girls Night Out you can head over to join in too.   I am very tired from Dancing at the Pioneer Courthouse Square to the beat of the Native American drums. We had a blast and even ate fry bread, please do not tell my waistline, butt or thighs. Today is Native American Day so we had to go and celebrate. I really enjoyed this Pow Wow much better then

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Seems like every time I bust my hump this month, get all the house cleaned, blah blah and I think to myself "WHEW, I'll take a day to get things back to normal and then I'll get back to the blogging like three times a week this week" disaster strikes. Okay not disaster, but you before I know it a few days have gone by a few loads of dishes are stinking up the house and it is Saturday again. So

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 I have a new blog that I love to visit. It is a crafting blog by a mom with two little boys. Granted the lady running My Little Gems is much more talented then me, most people who have complete control of there hands are (LOL), but she even has an itsy store. So I stole her "Foamerator" idea. It was perfect because Monkey was having bath time issues. Now we have gone through many ups and downs

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This weekend we went to a theme park with Monkey called the Enchanted Forest. It is something that both Mr. OCD and I grew up doing as young children and have great memories of. There was also a theme park next door that was for older kids that had fun rides. My parents never took us there and quite frankly, I always thought the rides looked like they were about to fall apart. Mr. OCD has

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Well Mr. OCD had quite the week leading up to labor day weekend. He had to work past Monkey's bedtime on Monday as well as the usual 2nd job on Wednesday plus overtime that day and so he decided to take off an additional day this week yesterday. To make it a four days in a row off that meant he also had to stay past Monkey's bedtime on Friday to do the usual Sunday janitorial stuff. My dad came

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 Oh I missed everyone last week. The Friday just got away from me, which often happens. I guess Ann is at the Beach so if I drive over there this weekend I'll have to keep my eye out. Before I get into the party groove I want to say my give away ends tomorrow and there are only 3 entries so far and 3 winners. So take a moment to enter (the odds are pretty good right now). Now back to partying.

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I was chosen to host a Zhu Zhu pet party. I'll post more about the actual party and a give away later today. It was a total blast but the reason I have been away is that I have been using the party as an excuse to catch up on projects. I mean I am a totally unmotivated person then you add in the muscle relaxers and I pretty much don't care about things unless they are actually important. For

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Business cards are a great way to trade information with other people. Even if you can exchange information through a bump with your Iphone handing the person your business card afterward will reinforce the reason for your exchanging information in the first place.  Perhaps when they clean our their phone contacts they won't remember the exact reason for getting your information and delete you.

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