tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60097364210649064282024-03-06T02:46:24.364-05:00My Tattooed LifeTrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547255714234213184noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009736421064906428.post-25243489837969654472013-08-06T23:18:00.000-04:002013-08-06T23:18:10.879-04:00August 5, 2012I had barley heard from my husband all weekend. He had texted me Friday saying that his friends grandfather had a massive heart attach and didn't make it. They wanted him to stop over. Of course, go to your hurting friends. All I asked was don't drink too much and please come home. <br />
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I knew he wouldn't. Don't drink too much? Those guys were probably already wasted. Ok, that's fine.<br />
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Most of Saturday went by without any word from him. He wouldn't answer when I called. His phone would go straight to voicemail. Wouldn't respond to texts. What in the world is going on?<br />
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I finally heard from him via text and he said he was watching 10 kids with his friend and would be home soon. Ok.<br />
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Hours went by.<br />
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I got a two second phone call saying his friend took his keys and hid them so he wouldn't leave. Really? Are we 12? Grow up.<br />
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In the wee hours of Saturday night/Sunday morning I reached one of his friends who was wasted. They told me my husband was drunk and passed out on the couch. Fantastic.<br />
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Sunday morning he finally answered my call and said he had made it to work and he was coming home after. <br />
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I decided to make him homemade jalapeno poppers and BLTS for dinner before letting him know that I didn't appreciate how he couldn't take the effort to just call and say "Hey, I'm gonna hang with my grieving friends for the weekend, ok?" That's all I wanted.<br />
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<br />I knew when he walked in the door. I knew what was going to happen. I had known it for a while but wouldn't allow myself to acknowledge it. <br />
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He asked me to come into the living room to talk.<br />
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He had his ring off. I noticed it instantly.<br />
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"Why is your ring off?"<br />
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"This isn't working out."<br />
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"What the fuck do you mean this isn't working out?"<br />
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"I'm not happy. I'm not meant to be married."<br />
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EXCUSE ME? <br />
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I can't remember the conversation that occurred after that. I remember taking things that were displayed in our living room from our wedding and throwing them at him. Yelling and cursing at how they were useless now. I remember yelling at him that he wanted this. I never once pressured him, nagged, or even joked about when he would propose. THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED!<br />
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He had no response. Fucking asshole.<br />
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I told him to get the fuck out of my house. <br />
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He took a change of work clothes, one of our two pit bulls, and a box full of his marijuana paraphernalia (yes, I had married a pot head. Let's not talk about how stupid Trish was).<br />
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I cried. So. Hard.<br />
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I cried as he grabbed those few things. I cried as he leashed up our dog. I cried as he walked out the door. I cried harder and harder at each step he took. My world had just crumbled around me and the one person that I wanted to comfort me was walking out the door. <br />
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I couldn't breathe. I couldn't move. What just happened? Is it really happening? Am I dreaming this? For the love of God, WAKE UP!<br />
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My mom made it to my house in record time. My best friend lived seven minutes away and I swear she was at my house in less than two. <br />
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The rest of the night is a complete haze. I have no idea how I even slept. At some point I had texted the twat that I had married and made arrangements to talk and for him to pick up some things the next day around 2 p.m.<br />
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<br />I needed some answers. I wrote everything down that I wanted to say or ask. I was prepared to start talking and to mend my marriage. He told me himself that marriage was forever. And I was going to hold him to that.<br />
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When he arrived nothing was said for a short while. Finally I started asking questions.<br />
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Too much stress from the house?<br />
Money?<br />
The move back to Michigan? <br />
My weight?<br />
Was I no longer attractive to him? <br />
Not enough sex?<br />
Someone else?<br />
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All he said was no. No. No. No.<br />
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He told me I was amazing. I did so much for him even when I didn't want to. So what you're telling me is there is nothing wrong but you're not happy? WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM THEN???<br />
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No answer for that either.<br />
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He bagged up most of his clothes and loaded all of his tools into his truck. I cried. He wouldn't even look at me.<br />
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I couldn't understand how you could just ignore someone who is in so much pain. Especially someone you claimed you loved. I cried so hard I couldn't even breathe. He did nothing. I watched him back out of our driveway and watched him drive down our road and had no idea when I would see him again. <br />
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I think it's time to blog again. So many things have happened in the last how ever many months it has been. My life has changed drastically. I have changed drastically. And I will share these changes...the good and the bad.<br />
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But first I need to make some changes around here...<br />
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....it is now MY Tattooed Life.....<br />
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***also..my link has changed. I am no longer thetattooedfamily.blogspot.com. trishisarockstar.blogspot.com is the place. Dig it?*** Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547255714234213184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009736421064906428.post-16396144424706499632012-07-02T17:51:00.000-04:002012-07-02T17:51:16.813-04:00intermission?Hey all! <br />
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I'm taking a break this week. <br />
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There is just so much going on!<br />
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This is the first week of the new semester. I'll let you know about that fiasco next week.<br />
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Independence day is WEDNESDAY! Go America!<br />
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Camp David (I'll explain that next week, too) is this weekend, my youngest brother-in-laws graduation party and my 29th (yikes!) birthday are both on Saturday.<br />
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Lots of prep going on around here!<br />
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I hope all of you have a safe and happy holiday celebrating our nation! Don't forget to thank those who have fought for our right to celebrate!<br />
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It has been approximately one year (give or take a few days) since I have last owned a cell phone. </div>
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Really, it hasn't been that bad.</div>
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Only recently has it become an issue. And, to be honest, I have enjoyed the silence. </div>
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Yesterday, I broke the silence.</div>
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HELLO IPHONE! I feel like a kid. I've been messaging people and downloading apps like a crazy lady. I've also been all over Amazon looking for cute cases. </div>
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My favorite app so far is Draw Something. FANTASTIC game. I'd kiss the makers if they were here.</div>
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What's your favorite app?</div>Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547255714234213184noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009736421064906428.post-90755381852875757492012-06-20T10:28:00.000-04:002012-06-20T10:28:20.356-04:00Oh, How Pinteresting!Since renovations are in full swing here in Cheeserock (what I affectionally called my hometown as a youngin) today's pins are all things I want to do! YAY!<br />
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I noticed this a while back and thought to myself..or said out loud to the dogs..."What in the deuce bit my leg?"</div>
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And then I started calling it Leg Herpes because, frankly, that's what it started to look like. And it itched. And itched. Hubby is on itch patrol and yells at me for it. </div>
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1. I think I officially defeated the bookstore. They want 181 smacks for the microbiology book..which is a book made of SELECTED material from the original book. Read: not the whole book. I found THE WHOLE BOOK for $4.05 on <a href="http://www.chegg.com/">Chegg</a>. Take that bookstore!</div>
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2. I am a flash card nut. Everything I learn is basically put on flashcards for portable learning. My favorite are the blank note cards but I can never seem to find them when I want them. I always find the ones with lines. I DON'T WANT LINES! I found these puppies yesterday. SCORE!</div>
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3. I've been married to my best friend for four years yesterday :) Side note: do you also think it's ridiculous that four years has turned into such a milestone? We have three friends that I can think of off the bat that never made it past 3. Perhaps that's another post?! </div>
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4. Happy Anniversary to me!</div>
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5. Umm...is that a sink base cupboard scheduled to be put into my kitchen sometime today (provided we do not run into any more hiccups)? You bet your sweet bottom it is! Perhaps there is an end to all this remodeling madness? Stay tuned!</div>
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Thanks to Michelle over at <a href="http://michellesncheese.blogspot.com/">Shell Bell</a> I am no longer in pin-posting hell! If you click the embed button on the right of the pin you'd like to share, copy and paste the mumbo jumbo that it provides, and then paste in into the html version of your post, you'll no longer be in pin-posting hell, either! WOOP WOOP</div>
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Thanks Michelle, you're a doll :)</div>
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Linking up with Michelle at <a href="http://www.thevintageapple.com/">The Vintage Apple</a> :)</div>
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Danielle over at Framed Frosting held a secret blogger swap last month. SUPER FUN! I recommend joining swaps. It's so fun to get to know a new person and send them a gift...and get one in return! </div>
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I had the pleasure of stalking Stormy over at <a href="http://lifesadanceyoulearnasyougos.blogspot.com/">Life's A Dance</a>. To see what I sent her click <a href="http://lifesadanceyoulearnasyougos.blogspot.com/2012/05/secret-blogger-swap-revealed.html">here</a>!</div>
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The blogger with my name was Cat over at <a href="http://www.babystuffilove.blogspot.com/">Stuff I love</a>.</div>
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I had very good intentions of getting back into blogging on the regular. It's so hard when it so pretty outside. It's also difficult to keep up with studying for spring classes while it's so nice out.<br />
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Oh, summer, you turn me into an even worse procrastinator than I already am.</div>
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How to apply stain to cabinet via newbie who has never done it before</div>
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Fourth Anniversary Fishing Trip: We planned it but did we go??<br />
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Hubby's Obsession = Movies<br />
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Ads that drive me NUTS!<br />
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I LOVE Pinteresting Wednesdays. </div>
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This is my process...</div>
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Find the pin I want to show.</div>
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Right click: Save as...etc.</div>
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(this is why I haven't been posting on Wednesdays. Seriously, this girl doesn't have time for that nonsense right now!)</div>
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I am doing laundry...at home!</div>
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That's right, kids, we're moving up in the world! It has been a long 2 months hauling our laundry back and forth to my Dad's house. It also means that my washing machine is no longer hanging out in my living room! </div>
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Over the weekend Grandma and I bought the sink base cupboard, and counter top for the kitchen and the stand up shower for the bathroom. I'm hoping for instillation this weekend!</div>
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Slowly but surly we are getting things done on the house. My new goal is to have it all done by our anniversary in June!</div>Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547255714234213184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009736421064906428.post-87323446016141831612012-05-17T07:00:00.000-04:002012-05-17T07:00:03.738-04:00A little o this and a little o that<div style="text-align: center;">
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Dirt Road Gems...Coming Soon!</div>Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547255714234213184noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009736421064906428.post-50961449423528012872012-05-16T19:16:00.003-04:002012-05-16T19:19:05.555-04:00AH! I got to open the box!!!<br />
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Thanks, Ashley! I love it! </div>
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Check out what I sent Ashley! <br />
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Guess what it was?!?! My coffee cup swap!</div>
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How fantastical!!</div>
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And then I thought to myself...I wonder if she got mine??</div>
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I see a box sitting in my living room.</div>
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Guess what it was?</div>
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Nope, not a box of money. Shucks.</div>
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It was the box for my coffee swap. Then one <b>I</b> am suppose to mail.</div>
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Well crap. I feel like a total douchebag.</div>
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Why couldn't it have mailed itself? </div>
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Dear Post Office,</div>
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I demand that you start devising a way for your boxes to mail themselves as soon as they are packed. </div>
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Sincerely, </div>
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To my coffee mug swapee-</div>
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You're box is going straight to the post office tomorrow morning. </div>
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I have my first blog giveaway winner!!! Congratulations, Katrin @ <a href="http://landofcandycanes.blogspot.com/">Land of Candy Canes</a>! I'll get in touch with you on Monday and give you all the details. In the meantime go ahead and check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sunshineblooms">Sunshine Blooms Facebook page </a>and get some ideas for your blooms!</div>
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Earlier this week I announced that I'll be opening my very own Etsy shop this summer. I am so excited for it. I have lots of work to get done but I'm so excited about it. I hope it turns out like I imagine it will. :)</div>
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Hope you all have a FANTASTIC weekend. See you Monday!</div>Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547255714234213184noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009736421064906428.post-10211736780943053432012-05-03T18:03:00.000-04:002012-05-03T18:03:15.657-04:00Must have been a man<div style="text-align: center;">
Hey there, pretty :)</div>
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Finals week is almost over. THANK YOU, JESUS!</div>
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Research paper due and one final tomorrow and then I'm done till next semester. </div>
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Yes folks, that is correct. I have a two day break from one semester till the next. I don't count the weekend because I already have those off. </div>
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I don't know who came up with that sparkly gem of an idea. </div>
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This has been going on for about 2 weeks. At this point in the marathon I'm not sure if it's good or bad. </div>
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I'll get back to you on this in 1995.</div>
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Opera Man. Bye Bye.</div>
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I have decided to open an Etsy shop this summer!
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How fantastical! </div>
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Ok..no more exclamation points. </div>
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I've been thinking a lot about it and decided that I'm just going to go for it.
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Don't forget about the <a href="http://thetattooedfamily.blogspot.com/2012/04/its-giveaway-day.html">Sunshine Blooms giveaway</a>! </div>
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Don't forget about my giveaway! If you haven't entered, enter <a href="http://thetattooedfamily.blogspot.com/2012/04/its-giveaway-day.html">here</a>! </div>
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Perhaps it is not such a good idea to use a chainsaw in the dark. Or after a drink. Or after both. Shame on you. Practice what you preach, sir. Also, if you cut yourself with a chainsaw, no matter how insignificant you think it is, you should go to the hospital for stitches and not your bathroom for peroxide and band aids. </div>
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Thank you for becoming good friends in less than a week. I don't know how long I would have been able to tolerate the "who is going to be the dominate dog" dance you two were doing. </div>
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Bring it. </div>Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547255714234213184noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009736421064906428.post-64330549785031076822012-04-26T11:22:00.002-04:002012-04-26T11:27:11.402-04:00It's Giveaway Day!<div style="text-align: center;">
It's Giveaway Day!!</div>
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Nicole from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sunshineblooms">Sunshine Blooms</a> is giving away 1 large bloom and 1 mini bloom of your choice! How awesome is she? </div>
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She hand makes each bloom to order!</div>
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I'm going to be an auntie again! YAY! </div>
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Remember when I told you about my brother's girlfriend? The one who was in the <a href="http://thetattooedfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/you-never-know.html">bad accident</a>? She found out she was pregnant while in the hospital! God was watching over her and her baby because he's doing fantastic! </div>
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Landen Thomas will be here in September! I'm so excited!</div>
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It feels like we're getting no where fast with our little love shack. Ugh..</div>
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My fridge and washing machine are currently hanging out in the living room. So are boxes for kitchen things (because we tore out the kitchen cabinets), and bathroom things, and "I don't know what to do with this" things. The tarp is my feeble attempt to keep the renovation dust from the kitchen off of the carpet. We've been hanging out in our bedroom...a lot.</div>
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I have a great distaste for the guy that my grandparents rented this house to before us. </div>
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Hubby found a leak behind the bathtub. He says it's been leaking for a long time. </div>
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The guy that lived here before us knew about the leak and didn't say a word and now we're left with rotten floors that need replacing. Oh, and a floor that is sinking in the kitchen.</div>
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I talked to my Grandma yesterday and we're getting a new bathroom! WOO! She's taking me on Thursday to pick out a new tub :) Goodbye purple tub! </div>
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I'm going to wait to show you before pictures until after I have an after. The bathroom is CRAZY messed up right now. We're talking wood, dirt, screws, tools, and torn down wall paper EVERYWHERE!<br />
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Thursday is giveaway day! </div>Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547255714234213184noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009736421064906428.post-11502390363509885082012-04-20T21:55:00.000-04:002012-04-20T21:55:15.687-04:00Friday's Letters<div style="text-align: center;">
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Dear Bella,</div>
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I am sorry you that you had a family that didn't want you any more. I'm sorry that they would rather have you put down. I'm sorry that you've been tied up, not fed enough, and didn't have a name. I hope you enjoy the warm bed we have for you. Once we know you won't roam the house and chew things when we're sleeping, we will let you sleep on the bed with us (plus, you need a bath first!) I hope you like your new name and all the treats, love, and affection we will give you. I hope you love being a part of our family.</div>
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I'm sorry that we brought a stranger into your life. She didn't have a good home and we thought that maybe you'd like to share yours. Also, we wanted you to have a playmate. Don't worry, we still love you very much. I hope you love your new sister.</div>
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