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Aunt Mandi & Cassie Bond through Piercing

The day starts simple enough for all of us. Cas and I had plans to hit the tattoo shop later in the day, but at the moment, the boys had just gotten out of the shower and were running around in all their nakedness having fun (remember they are only 3&1).
Aunt Mandi had done her

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The Life of Bailey Whippet

The Life of Bailey WhippetSeptember 1998
We drove 2.5 hours to see a little brindle and white whippet puppy. At just under 6 weeks old, he was a little tiny thing that easily fit my two hands. Much too young to be leaving his momma, and me not knowing any better, his then owner

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Clever Duo Embraces Choices in Parenting

Describing themselves as “moms in the middle,” Heidi Combs and Judi Cox recently launched an interactive online community and ezine. “Many mothers today are somewhere in-between mainstream and what we call, “crunchy”- or very natural parenting,” declares Cox. “Heidi and I want to reach out and provide the catalyst for these mothers to come together,”

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Sick from a Bra?

Is it possible to get sick from a bra? A couple months ago, I had a “lump” in one breast. Less in the breast, but to the side. It turned out to be nothing, other than a little inflammation of my rib bone. I chalked it up to the bra I had been wearing (underwire)

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brok – brok – here chickie-chickie

Did I mention we got baby chicks for Easter? I made sure it was OK with my dad, for us to take them to his house after the excitement wears off, before we got them. Due to Ohio Agriculture laws, we had to get 6 of them. Since we have a good, free-range home for

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Crick in the Eye

We’ve all had ‘crick in the neck’s before. We typically refer to them when we’ve slept funny and get that pain in our neck.

The past three days, I’ve had one in my eye. I don’t want to think about how I slept on my eye funny… or what I may have looked like while

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