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1. The crickets sing, the frogs croak, the horse neighs, and we all say goodnight.

2. Try to be good wherever you are.

3. I want to get far away from the hustle and bustle of the large city.

4. Having my own farm; this was a dream.


5. But as for me I still use hand sanitizer every time I leave a store.

6. A place where you see people working hard even though they don't have much to show for it, is where I come from.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to finish sewing a special order, tomorrow my plans include a church fall festival and meeting with some ladies from my Etsy team and Sunday, I want to try and sew some new items for my Etsy shop (maybe, just maybe) !

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1. So are we going to go or what?

2. Uncertainty is what's up ahead.

3. I love to spend money- the problem is, I don't have any so I can't spend it.

4. I'd love to have a way to bring in some extra money of some sort.

5. I walk a straight line full of valleys, mountains, and twisty curves (doesn't make since does it?).

6. Contentment is the true elixir of life!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to not having to cook supper because we are going to a birthday party, tomorrow my plans include trying desperately (oh, so desperately) to get a facebook fan page up for my Etsy shop, and Sunday, I want to have all of the worksheets run off for the coming week's school work!

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1. I have a history of doing too much for everyone else and not myself.

2. How to play the piano is something I wish I knew.

3. I'm eating (or recently ate) brown rice and my special ground beef mixture with some soy sauce.

4. I don't like eating on the road.

5. So that's it, that's all you have to do? (The phrase you say when you try something new that you had thought was too hard in the first place and it turned out not being difficult).

6. Five minutes of free time is better than nothing!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to the septic tank guy finally showing up (don't ask), tomorrow my plans include going to the Tram Art's festival and Sunday, I want to have school planned out for the new week!

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1. That's a heart attack to be. (when you eat hydrogenated oils)

2. Hey, Publisher's Clearing House, HGTV's Blog Cabin, and any other "big winner" contest owner; I'm over here! I guess it would help some if I actually entered some of these things in the first place :P

3. The possibilities include: giving up completely, picking up the pieces and going on, or giving in and dying the gray hairs that have showed up on my poor head.

4. Beef Stew (minus the MSG please) is one of my favorite cool day recipes. (That and a nice pumpkin pie.)

5. How will you know what to do if you have no idea what to do in the first place?.

6. Two things that can only mean that everyone will soon go "goofy" on me, is a full moon and a stormy sky.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to bedtime, tomorrow my plans include cleaning out some more from our storage container ( anyone need an extremely heavy piano?) and Sunday, I want to have some problems solved before the work week begins!

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1. I feel very sunburned on the back of my neck at this moment. (I guess that qualifies me for a being a "red neck")

2. Going somewhere new is always fun.

3. Right now, I can hear these things: a very loud truck passing by, a bird chirping in the distance (most likely a robin), the page flipping sound of Roly Poley Girl's coloring book (My Little Pony in case you were wondering), our little neighbor ringing the doorbell, and the faint hum of the computer's fan.

4. I'm a stay at home mama and I'm glad I'm here for my kiddos when they need me.

5. The last time I did anything exciting was (uhhhhh.....) so long ago that I can't remember (oooh, that's pretty sad).

6. We are not doing anything special at all this Labor day weekend. (We are very boring people in case you were wondering).

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to possibly listing some air condition units on Craig's List (anyone need a piano too?) and my hubby having finally caught up on his work for the week , tomorrow my plans include going to our storage container (yet again) to start cleaning it out and maybe finding that missing science book that my 7th grader is going to need and Sunday, I want to start laying out lesson plans for the new school year!

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1. I remember, I remember "Don't forget to wash behind your ears".

2. Dear Dusty, I want you to know that you are gonna' have to lay off of the berries and dirt if you want to survive this winter, Mr. Skin and Bones.

3. Is that my hairbrush in the mud puddle!!???

4. I'm trying to resist the temptation of making homemade brownies because they will give me a toothache and I'm just not sure if the sacrifice of the yummy goodness, justifies the extreme pain afterward. Decisions, decisions, decisions....

5. I'm saving a piece of chocolate cake just for you!

6. If I made a birthday list, David Tennant (for all of the Dr. Who fans in the house) and Spongebob Squarepants would definitely be on it!!! (I might even invite John Locke from "Lost" too (the reaction on every one's face would be priceless).

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to maybe, just maybe, finally buying a gob of those 25 cent boxes of Crayons at Walmart before they are gone, tomorrow my plans include finding out the hard way that I have to babysit at the last minute and Sunday, I want to have started sewing on a new critter- (a yellow fire breathing one to be exact)!

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1. When will I ever figure out how to squeeze more time in the day?

2. Look to the Mountain by LeGrand Cannon Jr. was the last good book I read. Ice Age 3 (3d) was the last movie I saw, and (embarassing enough..) Clifford the Big Red Dog was the last tv show I watched (ok, I have a cold, I don't feel good and it was playing on the tv- give me a break).

3. Everything has its beauty but true beauty lies within.

4. Cubed steak, mashed potatoes, and english peas is what I had for dinner.

5. I'd like your opinion (but only if it doesn't hurt my feelings- I'm weird that way).

6. Somewhere calm, relaxing, and peaceful (seriously, the beach, Europe, etc) is where I want to be right now. (I'd settle for Gatlinburg, TN too- on second thought- even Lincolnton, GA would work)

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a sound sleep and feeling better from this nasty cold, tomorrow my plans include rapairing a big pile of lizard looking mess and Sunday, I want (have to go) to North Carolina to help finish a job (I wonder if anyone has any apples yet?)!

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1. Sitting outside in the quiet shade during a slight breeze, is my favorite summertime past time.

2. My favorite John Hughes movie is Flubber (I know, I know, he didn't produce it, he just wrote it) I'll be honest here, I had no idea who in the world John Hughes was until I had to look it up to answer this question!

3. Minky fur fabric is something I love to touch.

4. The full moon makes me nervous because I know that people tend to get "goofy" during the full moon.

5. While answering these questions, I'm waiting on my husband to get home, it's really late, and I'm super sleepy right now.

6. When daylight fades my mind starts to focus on getting some sleep!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to figuring out what to do with more figs than I have room (and canning jars) for, tomorrow my plans include going to my cousin's wedding and Sunday, I want to finish sewing some trick or treat bags that I have been working on for days and days!

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1. It's time for a vacation!

2. The deep freezer; it's not a bad place for hiding M&M's.

3. I must be out of my mind babysitting so many kids at one time. (Oh yeah, I am...)

4. Running down the side of huge piles of sand that were pumped out of the river (way back when) is the best thing I have ever known.(that and galloping through the fields on my Dusty at full speed)

5. My manual pencil sharpener is simply not going to make it another school year.

6. The last time I laughed really loudly was when my sister mistakenly typed, "keybork" instead of "keyboard" when we were chatting online while doing a puzzle. From time to time I try to remember to ask her if she has been "keyborking" lately. (Hey, if you are reading this Kimiko, don't keybork too much today, ok? Excessive keyborking causes keybork-itis.)

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to bedtime (when the house will finally quiet down), tomorrow my plans include hopefully working on a new PDF project to sell in my Etsy shop (although my hubby has ideas of painting the kid's bedrooms- yeah, we'll see how that goes with a houseful of kids- ha ha) and Sunday, I want to play some kind of video game and just totally goof off for once (but please don't tell anyone- they will think of things for me to do instead)!

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1. Cheer up, it is not the end of the world.

2. Sitting here, listening to the sound of rain falling, I remember living in a house with a tin roof and the sound of rain falling on it would almost put you to sleep every time.

3. A nice, gigantic, homemade brownie tastes so good!

4. Sometimes, putting others first is the right thing to do no matter how you feel about it deep inside.

5. The sunset from Mama's front porch is breathtaking, really.

6. Well, maybe there is a Santa Claus- (I've seen him in my backyard just recently).

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to shopping for some cloth to make my cousin a quilt for her upcoming wedding, tomorrow my plans include organizing some closets, planning some meals, and steam cleaning my poor living room carpet and Sunday, I want to try and contain myself from working on that quilt for my cousin during ALL of my free time!

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1. Peanut butter and jelly make a quick and easy dinner.

2. The 2009 Farmer's Almanac (I know, it's corny) and The Bible are the book (s) I'm reading right now.


3. July brings back memories of eating watermelon on the front porch that my Daddy brought home from work. I can still picture him pulling a watermelon out of the back of his old green pick up.

4. When I saw that humongous fire ant hill near the garden, the forecast of a sting or two for some of us was obvious.

5. They say if you tell your dreams to a bird, they carry them to heaven.

6. When a situation involves something stressful, I really need time to think it over.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to shopping for a pair of shoes for one of the kiddos , tomorrow my plans include (maybe, just maybe) planning my yard sale and Sunday, I want to be more organized than I was this week!

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1. The last thing I ate was Homemade French Fries and Buttered Carrots.

2. A "Monster's Verses Aliens" Coloring Book is something I recently bought.

3. When it rains, it pours.

4. Roly Poly Girl was the first person I talked to today.

5. Hugs are greatly appreciated .

6. A chocolate fudge cake, a down comforter, and a quiet evening provide extra comfort.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to grocery shopping, tomorrow my plans include doing a few puzzles on an online game to earn someone some much needed "gold" and Sunday, I want to maybe visit some old friends !

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1. When I heard that the big jug of maple syrup at the grocery store was going up to over $30.00, I freaked out.

2. Laughter is the best medicine.

3. It's late, but Happy Birthday anyway, to those that I forgot already this year.

4. I'm Arriving late as always.

5. My eyes have seen ♫ ♫ ♫the coming of the glory of the Lord♫ ♫ ♫. (I think that's how it goes?)

6. Laziness in people gets on my nerves and I am not afraid to rant and rave that point very strongly.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to sleep, once the fireworks stop for the night (midnight is too late to shoot fireworks people), tomorrow my plans include not getting hit by rogue fireworks around my neighborhood and Sunday, I want to rest for once!

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1. She had a great urgency to run through the field of vetch and jump and "boing- boing" just as the dogs had done.

2. My honey is by my side, always.

3. I know this: Things may go wrong, things may go right, but time marches on and before long, you will forget what happened in the first place (or at least I always do).

4. We do not have a second car up and running still.

5. These words apply to me: diligent and persevering.

6. Yesterday the sun was shining.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to teasing my sister about her "keyborking" ("J", I hope you are reading this-hee hee), tomorrow my plans include (if a miracle happens) going to the lake and Sunday, doing absolutely nothing in particular- (I'm tired)!

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1. All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting the absolute worst to happen.

2. Show me a good loser and I will show you a a rare person, indeed.

3. The sickness I would feel from consuming MSG, is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs at one time. (it would be yummy at first but wouldn't be pleasant in the afterward)

4. Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy being buried in red tape and cleaning up the messes that the people, "who think they know what they are doing", actually did.

5. I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine fire fly hunting and stock market trading.

6. It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without yeast rolls with honey butter or chocolate in it.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to 10:00pm when it finally gets quiet around my house, tomorrow my plans include keeping an eye on several neighborhood teenagers that will probably be congregating at my house and Sunday, I want to be able to breathe with relief that the weekend went fairly well!

Boy, was it just me or was this one hard to finish this week?

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1. I grew up thinking that one great day, I would return to Disney World.

2. http://www.minniemaes.etsy.com was the last website I was at before coming here.

3. Why don't you leave the "world" outside the front door before you come into my house?

4. Talking to my mama helps me relax.

5. Thanks for the chocolate- I really needed it.

6. Gooey soap in the soap dish very off-putting.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to grocery shopping (seriously, this time, I am- I can get out by myself), tomorrow my plans include babysitting and Sunday, I want to have some "me" time (whatever that is, it's been so long, I kind of forgot what it was)!

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1. I wanna' go home.

2. My favorite thing for dinner lately has been anything that I don't have to cook myself ! (seriously- fried chicken strips)

3. All that our dogs, Cory and Tapanga can do, is bark! bark! bark!

4. A nice long walk soothes the soul.

5. I really hope that, soon, I'll hear some good news.

6. When all is said and done, the sun will rise, the rain will fall, and the stars will shine.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a much quieter evening than last night, tomorrow my plans include working in the garden (with massive amounts of sunscreen this time) and Sunday, I want to enjoy those steaks that hubby is going to grill out (along with the homemade ice cream)!

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1. It's cold and snowy and all grocery stores sell out of toilet paper, milk, and bread almost immediately .

2. Chicken manure killed my tomatoes.

3. My favorite health and beauty product is anything Burt's Bees.

4. A tired and cranky baby is always ready for a nice long ride.

5. Well, first of all I have plenty to say. I just worry about what people will think of me afterward.

6. My oldest sister and an airplane; those were the cast of characters in a recent dream and it was probably my brain working out my envy over her being able to go to Scotland next week and the fact that I am scared of airplanes so I'll never really get to Scotland in my lifetime. (Unless of course someone invents a way to teleport safely.)

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to uh, today is going to be crazy so I'm not looking forward to it, tomorrow my plans include some grocery shopping (hopefully) and Sunday, I want to be able to look back and realize that I survived the past week without pulling my hair out !

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1. Moving from one house to another is a complete nightmare and I've had enough of moving to last me a lifetime.

2. Born free.

3. My best quality is Patience (even though as I get older, I'm finding that I'm starting to lack in that department).

4. Stickler for details.

5. In nearly 10 years, I have managed to grow a few random gray hairs upon my head.

6. A vacation to England, Ireland, and/or Scotland is what I need right now!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to being able to get some sleep before 12:00am, tomorrow my plans include planting the garden and Sunday, I want to actually look back on Friday and Saturday and feel relieved that I accomplished what I set out to do!

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1. If we had no winter there would be no spring.

2. I remember my toddler standing straight up, leaning on a rocking chair seat, and snoozing away contentedly. It was a perpetual astonishment.

3. If I had my life to live over I think I would live the same one I am living now.

4. I can cook three meals and a "sweet", do three loads of laundry, answer the phone 16-20 times, blog, check my store online, teach two kids school while supervising one other, load and unload the dishwasher several times, make the bed, pick up the living room a gazillion times, check the email 6-8 times, babysit, and spend way too much time on my favorite message board, all inside of four and twenty hours.


5. If you've never been thrilled if you have never galloped full force through an open field while riding bareback on your favorite Arabian.

6. To be interested in the changing seasons is to be watchful of your future.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to some quiet time, tomorrow my plans include maybe planting some more in the garden and Sunday, I want to have my menu plan finally done!