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    The Whitest of Elephants

    Bymichelle December 11, 2009July 27, 2022

    I love white elephant parties, maybe because I have so much that’s white elephant worthy in my home. I have a tendency to keep terrible and/or useless things because they…

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  • photography | thinking out loud

    Self Portraits

    Bymichelle November 28, 2009July 27, 2022

    Getting comfortable with me in my thirties.

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  • droids | homemaking | photography | thinking out loud

    I Love My Children

    Bymichelle November 23, 2009July 27, 2022

    Spent the whole weekend loving on my children and thinking about the great people God made them to be. Thought I would share.

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  • food | homemaking | photography | thinking out loud | ttv photo

    Boiling Water

    Bymichelle November 8, 2009July 27, 2022

    My grandmommy always says that her mother did all the housework, so when she married she couldn’t boil water. Then she did the same thing to her daughter, who did…

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  • photography | thinking out loud

    Fall Stuff

    Bymichelle October 31, 2009July 27, 2022

    Festivals, soccer games, visits, costume making, started a new sweater, treat bags, more soap, marching band, practicing for tournament, my brother’s birthday, regular walks with the dogs- fascinating isn’t it?

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  • droids | homemaking | photography | shows | thinking out loud

    I Get to be C-3PO

    Bymichelle October 29, 2009July 27, 2022

    Anytime I ever played Star Wars with the kids, they’d always make me be C-3PO. I guess I’m good at accents-or maybe gloomy and fussy. I’m a Star Wars purist,…

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  • cheap stuff | food | new to me | thinking out loud

    Big Hunks of Raw Meat

    Bymichelle October 28, 2009July 27, 2022

    I’ve been cooking since I married, before that my specialty was cheese toast, but I work off a budget and lean more towards veggies, so I’ve never been a big-hunk-of-raw-meat-kind-of-person….

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  • thinking out loud | travel

    Once a Tomboy…

    Bymichelle October 16, 2009July 27, 2022

    When I was little everyone called me a tomboy. I wanted to wear my brother’s castoffs, run, play sports, and fight boys (I never did that.) I would have loved…

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  • books | places | thinking out loud

    I Love Small Towns

    Bymichelle October 12, 2009July 27, 2022

    It’s fall in Texas I love living in a small town, even if it wants to be a “bigger” deal than it is. I watch the same parades with the…

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  • linkage | shows | thinking out loud

    This Makes Me Laugh

    Bymichelle September 29, 2009

    1. The idea that someone is still opening emails from Nigeria 2. Facebook IQ tests that have misspelled words. 3. IQ tests 4. Emails with “non-spam” in the subject heading….

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