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I purchased these gorgeous ranunculus' today at Trader Joes, along with some more varigated tulips. Oh, how I LOVE flowers...

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Snippet from another 7Gypsies project

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The first buds on the tree opened up this morning. They were fairly closed yesterday. LOVING spring still!

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My new 'brother', Bandit...

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Purchased tulips yesterday to replace the buttercups from a couple of weeks ago that, yes, were still in the vase. :) LOVING my springtime!

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Kaitlyn was in the Wizard of Oz play at school. She was an 'Ozian' and a 'Jitterbug'. She LOVED being a part (started an 'acting' bug) and LOVED the make-up & dress-up even more...oh, and the dancing, lol!

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A 7Gypsies project

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another day spent whining to go outside ALL DAY LONG by this little dude because the temps hit 70 today! WOOHOO - warmer weather is arriving.

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I absolutley adore this 'mossy' green rabbit I found at Pier One this year. Found a home in my flower arrangement

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The demise of the watch happened Sunday...a watch given to Kaitlyn by meme...a watch that has been a source of contention because apparently Zachary's concept of 'correct' time is a minute off of Kaitlyn's concept, which has definitely made some interesting moments the last few days. Perhaps she'll get a replacement soon? Perhaps?

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Happy 1st day of Spring! I'm BEYOND excited to see the start of spring arriving! And, yes, I've already used some of the chives that have sprouted up the last few weeks. Gotta make 'em full...so the more I use, the more I get later on! :)

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I think my last photo of Sam (our neighbor) was about this same time last year...apparently he only comes out once a year, lol!

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Kailtyn picked some buttercups while on the camping trip. Just LOVE having this little sign of Spring on my countertop.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day...took a picture of something green that I love...my succulent plants in my topiary.

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Very few pictures of Brandon ever on my blogs...because he NEVER lets me take a picture. This is what I get after threatening him...this, or pictures of his mouth moving in protest. Which is NOT a very pretty picture at all!

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Cooper LOVES driving...and sticking his head out...and letting his ears flop...and getting the windows slobbery. YEP...loves it.

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We made a chocolate cake tonight and apparently Zachary decided to clean the bowl by licking it. After getting it on his nose from the start, he decided that if we laughed at THAT we were bound to laugh at him getting it ALL OVER his face...notice B in the background?

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Here's how the story went:

Thomas got home at 9:45 after his early morning flight from Florida. We QUICKLY packed the truck up with the stuff I'd gotten together yesterday and this morning. We were on the road by 10:30. GREAT TIMING, huh?

WELL....I forgot to print off directions, so I looked it up on Thomas' phone...didn't zoom out from the map to realize that we were NOT going on the route to the PINEY campground in Land Between the Lakes (which stretches from middle Kentucky down to Dover, TN - which is where PINEY campgrounds are at)

We drove...and drove...about 2 hours into the trip, after getting off the main road to head the direction to the campground (we thought) we hit something in the road and the tire literally blew a hole.

AND APPARENTLY Dodge thinks it's a GREAT IDEA while you're in the midst of needing to change a tire, to prove that you're NOT a thief...they put security measures in place. WHY? You're changing a tire MOST OF THE TIME and using a spare when you're stuck and not able to GET to a station to fix it immediately. Meaning...it's an emergency.

It took Thomas 30 minutes or more to figure out how to get the spare off. THEN on to the flat tire. All lug-nuts off but one. COULD NOT get it off because it's round and not octagonal shaped like the rest. DID NOT know that it required a special key (anti-theft security, remember?) and wasted another 45 minutes trying to figure it out before finally calling my dad (after NOT finding anything in the MANUAL about it - HELLO, DODGE!!!! That's what a manual is FOR!)

THEN - got the last lug-nut off...and the tire should just plop off, right? WRONG! It was stuck - literally! STUCK. AS in rusted to the wheel, stuck. As in Thomas had to be very dangerous and get underneath the truck which was jacked up and kick the tire off after failing to get it unstuck with a hammer & screwdriver.

UGH UGH UGH...

Get the spare on, take off...then realize we're going the wrong way. As in 1 1/2 hours out of the way, wrong way.

FUN. Get to the campsite and Thomas (since he's still not great with backing up the camper, lol) decides to pull into the grass and back STRAIGHT up into the site. GETS STUCK. Yep...

Then it starts to sprinkle...so no fire for that night. Yep - great start to the trip, but needless to say, we were all VERY ready for bed that night and in fact, were all asleep by 8:00. WHEW...

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Lots of cooking/baking/packing for the camping trip tomorrow...LOTS

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We have a VERY FULL March calendar ....very full indeed and 2 weeks of Thomas being gone...:*(

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Another spring vignette -

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Kaitlyn's artwork for Art Fair at school was rather interesting this year...they've been studying Picasso...can you tell?

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We're really enjoying Connection Course at church...Sunday mornings...

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cleaning, decluttering, and getting ready for spring with my decor...new vignette

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Zachary in his new NCS middle school baseball uniform...sharp

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Lots of AR reading before Spring Break arrives - both Zachary & Kaitlyn are behind on their AR points...

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Got a wild streak today and rearraned the living room...I might just let it stay this way this time (I changed it up last time it was like this)

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So...this is the story:

I asked the kids to bring down their sheets so I could wash them while they were in school.

All I can say is this, apparently Zachary has WAYYYY too much time on his hands in the morning. Perhaps he could get a bit more sleep? BETTER YET - He could have started the laundry FOR me instead of tying his sheets to the rails in knots where I couldn't get them down without releasing them from upstairs. And I HATE going upstairs and viewing the disaster zone. HATE!

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Can ANYONE explain to me WHY on earth I found Kaitlyn's camp toothbrush in my dining room buffet with my linen napkins? Anyone?

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MARCH FIRST? Seriously?!?!?! Didn't this year just start? ANYHOO - I'm ready for it - bring it on, warmer weathers....I DARE you to come, lol!