tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66781524717561847522024-02-19T01:43:59.148-05:00Always Room for One MoreThis is not the Super Family you're looking for. We're just your average family of eleven whovians drinking our coffee and polishing our broomsticks while waiting for Second Breakfast here at 221B. May the Force be with you. tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-37927843251285819162014-08-20T21:28:00.000-04:002014-08-20T21:28:13.240-04:00The Great FB Migration: November 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Nov. 1: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Today I am thankful for a church family that is more concerned about love than tradition. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Families were encouraged to spend last night together within their communities. Children were met by smiling Christians when they rang doorbells instead of darkened doorsteps and empty houses.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Conversations were a possibility simply by being a part of the crowd.</span><div>
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~ <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I find it very ironic that we continually receive political mailings insisting that free birth control from the government is my right.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Either they have no idea who they are sending these to OR they know a little too much.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Nov. 2:</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Today I am thankful for our children, who love and serve their family and others with cheerful hearts and without hesitation.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Nov. 3: </b></span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am thankful to live within walking distance to two people who dedicated their lives to raising Godly children and now mentor, encourage, and bless their grandchildren. Thanks, mom & dad!</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I'm starting to feel my awake-at-5:30-after-an-up-ever</span><wbr style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></wbr><span class="word_break" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">y-90-miutes-night and we just received word that a rained out soccer game from last weekend is rescheduled for 90 minutes from now. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Yay for Scott waking up in time to take Tucker!!</span><br />
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<b>Nov. 5: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am thankful for the couple who devoted their lives to raising the incredible man I married. They have taught us so much about love, devotion, honor, and support as we have watched them care for aging parents. Our children have blossomed from their unconditional love and incredible patience.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div>
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<b>Nov. 7: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am thankful for my oldest Little Rutherford, Shelby. She continues to grow into her own person, searching out what fits her ideals based on her foundation of Godly living.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I appreciate her willingness to take extra time when required, her infectious laugh, her twinkling eyes when being ornery, her service-oriented spirit, her very different perspective from my own, and her steady growth into the woman she feels God is calling her to be. </span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Thanks, Shelby. I really do adore you.</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Nov. 8: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am so thankful for our ManChild, Dawson. He</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> is so close to passing me in height that it is beginning to feel odd to think of him as a "child" at all. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I appreciate his fun-loving spirit which helps to keep all of us cheerful. His positive attitude and quick ability to find the lemonade among the lemons helps us all to keep our perspective. His strong sense of right is already an encouragement to those around him. And I truly love how much of my brother,</span><span style="color: black;"><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=788562310" href="https://www.facebook.com/ryan.dubach.9" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Ryan</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">, I see in his mannerisms and personality. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Thank you, Dawson. I love you, kiddo!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Watching "The Avengers" with the kiddos. At a very high action moment, Abigail (5) exclaims, "Now that is just horrifying!"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I nod in agreement & then she continues. "Those people had to leave behind their food!"</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Nov. 9: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am so thankful for our middle daughter, Isabelle.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">She has such a gentle spirit and provides a welcome oasis in our craziness. Her eyes betray her mischievous side, yet she is one of the best secret keepers ever! Her unerring ability to soothe babies to sleep is deeply appreciated here in Rutherford-dom, along with her patience when teaching Littles & her own eagerness to learn. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Thank you, Isabelle. We all love you tremendously!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Nov. 10: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am thankful for our 4-eyed wonder, Tucker. He was the most healing gift after we lost our Esther and has continued to be exactly what our family needs! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I appreciate his strong commitment to doing what is right, his uncompromising ethics, his playful nature, his ability to seamlessly bridge the gap from littles to OARs, and his deep foundation drawn from God's word. </span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">He is the oldest of our Three Amigos & we couldn't live him more!!</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Nov. 11: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am so thankful for the first of the dynamic duo to make his appearance. Keats cried for mere moments before laying under the warming lights as casual as if he were on a beach and has continued to approach life with natural serenity.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I appreciate his fierce protectiveness for his family, his utter joy at being a twin, his playful nature, and his strong sense of fairness. Watching his & Aidan's friendship is one of our favorite perks of parenting & I am so thankful we were blessed with our matchy-matchy boys. </span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We all love you, Keats!</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
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<b>Nov. 15: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Cooper Finnick, methinks you knew today was your day! I snuggled you to sleep last night fully expecting to see you soon, not seven hours later! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">M'boy, you have bewitched us all. There is not a single member of this family who would not move heaven and earth just for you. Your sweet breath flittering on us when you sleep, your flailing arms when you're upset, your new, crooked little smiles, and your alert eyes which are just beginning to truly see are just a few of the "you moments" we cherish each day. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We're all thankful for you and your rolly-polly self, Cooper. And we're in love all over again.</span></div>
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<span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Nov. 17: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">As silly as it sounds, I am thankful for yet another way to quench our family love of Legos & Lord of the Rings. We just cracked open the new Wii game which Cooper lovingly preordered for his family shortly after his birth.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">There is something magical about all the children clustered in a room together laughing and cheering each other on. So I am also very thankful for our beloved Uncle Skip </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">& Aunt Linda f</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">or surprising us with our Wii all those years ago. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Victory is near . . .</span><br />
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<b>Nov. 19: </b><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am thankful for husbands who plan date afternoons and teenage OARs who cheerfully watch the Littles!</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Nov. 30: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Today I am not only thankful for the friends each of my children are blessed with, but the families which raised each and everyone of them. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Because of the diligence of these parents, neither Scott nor I hesitate to have these kiddos be a part of our family. Thank you, moms & dads, for your daily efforts, choices, & love for your children. It shows!</span></div>
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~ <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am sitting around the corner sneakily listening to Tucker (9) reading a story to the Littles complete with voices & sound effects. He's patiently answering questions throughout, pointing out interesting illustrations, and asking the Littles what they think will happen next.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Mama heart flutters!!!</span></div>
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tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-25877012246059191152014-08-20T20:36:00.002-04:002014-08-20T20:36:29.438-04:00The Great FB Migration: October 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Oct. 7: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">District 12 Salute above the dam within the actual, honest to goodness, true blue District 12. </span><span class="userContent" style="color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Movie nerds unite!</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="color: #9197a3; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
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<b>Oct. 9: </b><span style="background-color: white;">On the road again . . .</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">After an epic visit to District 12 & Henry River Mill Village followed by family bonding in Asheville, NC, we are journeying across TN on our way to a lengthy stay in Little Rock. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">2 adults, 2 teens, 2 Tweens, 3 energetic bundles of energy, 1 boisterous toddler & a just turned 1 month old. And no one has died & lots of laughter with only occasional grouches.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Oct. 11: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Leaving Harding University today, I was struck by the lack of longing I felt. I expected to feel tugs for the good old days, sentimental yearnings for that part of my life of more than 20 years ago.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Instead, I felt a peace and joy as I looked at what was leaving the campus with me: a family built over the years since. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I have no desire to go back. I am perfectly content with my life today. And if that is all I discovered today, it is quite the gift.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Self: "Nope." [grins]</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Student: "Oh. [looks closer & notices Cooper] I thought that was your backpack!"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">She begins to notice other Little Rutherfords.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Are these all yours?"<br />Self: "Yep." [still grinning]<br />Student: "I thought you were, like, 20!"<br />Compliment accepted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Oct. 18: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Bittersweet day. Friends are waiting in Tennessee, family is waiting in Ohio & Pennsylvania, yet leaving family in Arkansas tomorrow.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">This is one of those days when I truly appreciate the beauty of heaven which awaits.</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="color: #9197a3; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Passing the "Pennsylvannia Welcomes You" sign, Abigail's eyes lit up as she asked, "Are we finally back on our world?" </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">3,349 miles and counting . . .</span></div>
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<b>Oct. 29: </b> Hurricane Sandy Hits. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Still enjoying our electricity and basement is the only place we're getting water. So far the Rutherford 11 are weathering Sandy quite well.</span><div>
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<b>Sept. 1: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Pregnant wife- check. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Mexican food- check. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Newborn baby-trying for sometime in the next 12 hours.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">As "Star Wars, Attack of the Clones" concludes: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Hey - isn't this the one where she pops those babies out? Aw, man! Letters. That means it's over. Totally gypped." </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Abigail, 5</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Yay Niner!!! You're coming!!!!! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">At the hospital with Scott, oodles of nurses, and an impending epidural.</span></div>
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<b>Sept. 8: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We have finally discovered the downside to a large family. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Fighting over who gets to hold the baby.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sept. 9: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">A great first outing: Tucker's 1st Soccer Game</span></td></tr>
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<b>Sept. 10: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Scott: "Abigail, what treat do you want, a donut?"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Abigail (5): "Well, no, I like chocolate."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Scott: "What's your favorite kind?"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Ab: "The big one."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Atta' girl.</span><br />
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<b>Sept. 11: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We are so blessed! For two weeks, we are being provided meals to simplify our Cooper transition. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">It's amazing to me that so many have so generously provided dinners for our family of 11! It is hard to not feel humbly overwhelmed.</span><br />
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<b>Sept. 11: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Elyas, falling asleep and completely floppy on the couch. Scott tries to awaken him with minimal effect. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I call out, "Elyas, you want a frozen yogurt?"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Eyes pop open, he leaps off the couch, and runs for the kitchen while grinning.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">That's experience, baby.</span><br />
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<b>Sept. 12: </b><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Found Elyas (3) pouting on the floor.<br />Self: "What's wrong, Jacko?"<br />E: "I'm too little to help vacuum. I want to help."<br />Self: "Hmm. Wanna steam mop the kitchen?"<br />E: "Yay yay yay!!!"<br /><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">My evil plans are working. Mwahahaha!!!</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
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<b>Sept. 18: </b><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Yay Isabelle!!!! After nearly 2 years of orthodontic work and earning the right to enter every time, she finally won the gift card drawing for excellent braces care!! <span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">The gift card go a long way towards the camera she's been saving for. I love seeing her excited face and sparkling eyes.</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg"> </span></span><br />
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<b>Sept. 19: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">There is something very ironic about using the technologically advanced iPad to learn how to fasten an old-school Pre-Fold diaper. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I miss my grandmothers all over again.</span></div>
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<b>Sept. 22: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Piano practice on one side of the room, Jack Johnson guitar being learned in the kitchen, FB time & "The Hobbit" newest trailer being watched on the desk top, LOTR "Return of the King" director's cut being watched on the TV accompanied by a rousing game of pick-up snakes, reenactment of Saruman and Wormtounge's death scene on the bench, baby snuggling and observation of the action from the corner. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Normal Saturday activities? Priceless.</span></div>
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<b>Sept. 30: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Elyas (3): "Is this heaven?"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"I told you if you asked again, dad's head would explode."</span></div>
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tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-48410709852618692302014-08-20T18:59:00.000-04:002014-08-20T18:59:12.752-04:00The Great FB Migration: August 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Aug. 1:</b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Three more projects completed! The bench is repainted, the table paint is touched up, and all living room blankets are freshly laundered.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The list is getting shorter!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I adore how much more imagination the kids use when listening to orchestral pieces instead of songs with lyrics. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In the last hour they've shot arrows from bows while running from creepy dogs (Hunger Games Soundtrack), danced and Irish jig (Harry Potter Soundtrack), & been attacked by sharks (Jaws soundtrack.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Aug. 3: </b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Popped over to Target to get the twins more socks for Camp next week. Got out and went to the crosswalk area, where this very sweet, older couple were waiting to cross, she using a walker, he with a cane. Car after car zoomed by while they stood, supporting themselves, in the heat. Finally, I went out in the middle of the walk with my large, pregnant belly and just stood there, staring down every driver who tried to pass, until the couple was able to get across. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When I went inside Target, the gentleman had tears in his eyes, hugged me, and then said thank you for helping his wife.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Really -- is it so hard to be kind?</span></div>
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<b>Aug. 4: </b><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Our son, Dawson, earned a spot in the County Swim Finals this morning, placing 15th overall. Not bad for someone who missed all but one swim meet with a cast on his ankle!</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Self: "Elyas, punching is hitting."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Elyas: "No. Hitting is with your hand. Punching is with a fist. See?" and he proceeds to punch Abigail again.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Abigail (4): "He is not! I may just punch you in the face! Elyas taught me how, so it will hurt!"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Words of wisdom to my sons: if you have enough time to shift your backside off the seat BEFORE evacuating your gas, methinks you probably have enough time to leave the room first. Please, do us all a favor & observe the latter option.</span><br />
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Tucker (9) came home exactly like he left: sleeping bag in stuff sack & dirty laundry inside the bag inside his duffle with the pillow strapped to the top. It was fantastic!!<br /><br />Shelby (16) had piles and piles overflowing everything, requiring multiple people to help her get her stuff to the van.<br /><br />Scott was all for the idea & the suggested we could call it the "TRAR award". Or, the Tacy Rutherfotd Anal Retentive Award. <span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Oh, I see. Sarcasm.</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="color: grey;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aug. 8: <span class="userContent" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Oh no they did not!!!!!!</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aug. 9: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Another project complete! Shelves cut to size, <br />restained to match the coffee center, and filled with family kitchen antiques. <br />Kitchen is finally complete.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"Abigail, you are already eating something."</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"Yes, but I may run out and be very hungry still so I would like to be prepared."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"How about we see how you're feeling after you're done eating?"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Picking up the oldest two Rutherfords from a Library Lock-In tonight, I passed several groups of teens lounging about on the corners, waiting their turns to ride around the neighborhood on car roofs. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Oi! Never so grateful that our kids are book-nerds whose idea of fun is to hang out at the library after hours!</span><br />
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<b>Aug. 12: </b><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">During playful banter and laughter I retort, "Well, you wouldn't have had these kids without me." Tacy immediately deadpans and says, "Get out." <span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Yeah, it's been a rough week of parenting for the 35 week pregger.</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="color: grey;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Aug. 13: </b><span style="color: #37404e;">Pre-Niner projects completed: Curtains hung in the master bathroom, master bath tub de-limed using only baking soda & elbow grease, new drapes hung in the boy's bedroom, back door drapes ironed and hung, art work/pictures hung in Master bedroom, and oil, wipers, & air-filters changed in the Rav. </span><span style="color: #37404e;">It's been a GREAT weekend!</span></span><br />
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<br /><b>August 14:</b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Elyas announced that going to the potty takes too much time and he prefers diapers for now. He then laid down, put his feet into the air and called out, "Dawson, diaper me, please." </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I'm okay with that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>August 15: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Keats: "I am finding that my imagination is not used as much when I am on a device*. I believe that going away for three weeks with just our brains and each other will make them bigger."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>August 15: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Elyas comes out with the box of dog biscuits we keep for the neighbor's dogs.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">E: "May I eat one?"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Self: "No, they're for Roxie and Mac."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">E: "Oh, I know. But can I eat one?"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Self: "No honey - there's liver and guts in there."</span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">E: "Oh, I know. So can I eat one?"<br />Self: "Elyas, your breathe will smell like doggie-breath!"<br />E: "Oh, I know. May I eat one?"<br />Self: Sigh. "If you must."<br />Crunch, crunch, crunch.<br />E: "Disgusting. Thanks, mommy!"</span></div>
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<br /><b>August 17: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Introducing the oldest three to "Alien" as part of Dawson's birthday movie madness. Fairly impressive special effects for 1979! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The kids are impressed with seeing young Mr. Ollivander & Bilbo Baggins.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Following "Alien" will be "The Hunger Games." Gotta' love Amazon getting it to you before the release date!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Don't go in there, Ollivander! Run back to the safe ship!"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Too late. He's gonna die."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"What? I'm so gonna cover my eyes!"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Don't die, Ollivander! Ewwww!! Plugging my ears now!"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Totally tell me when it's over, dude. Tap me on the shoulder."</span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Why is he touching it? Don't do it!"<br />"Dude, run."<br />"He's a gonner."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Tacy: "No way! We have a following on FB! This is fun!"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Mwahahahahaha.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Skipping to the end. Pathetic.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Scott: "Now, there is still scary stuff."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Are those hands?!?"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Whoa. That is not a lot of clothes to battle an alien in."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">(Inner mouth appears) "That was nasty! What is that?"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Oh, a gun! She kills it! Good!"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Shoot for the head! One shot kill!"</span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Dawson: "Seriously?! That's what you're thinking right now? Sister screaming as she's taken away and you think about shoes?"</span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Nope, not nearly as funny as watching the gang cringing at "Alien."</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Most fun I've had in weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Dawson: "I love Haymitch. I wish I could be him. You know, except for the drunkard aspect. Although those are my favorite scenes."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">self: "Sure I would wear that one. You'd wear Effie's shoes."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Shelby: "Um, yeah. Those were COOL."</span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Scott: "Abigail, sweetie, what are you doing?"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Abigail: "Well, my Ramona is over. Can I stay here and watch what I'm not supposed to?"</span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">~ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Dawson: "Are you kidding me? You are still talking about shoes? Is that all you talk about? Is that all you see?"</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Shelby & Emily: "No. But we HAVE to notice. We ARE girls."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Dawson: "Games to the death and you focus on shoes. You would be so dead if you were in these games."</span><div>
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<b>August 21: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Cough, cough. Hack, hack. Wheeze, Wheeze. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">That would be the sound of 6 Little Rutherfords plus one King of the Castle lounging about while incubating the most frustrating virus *I* have ever experienced.</span><br /><br /><b>August 22: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Abigail has bronchitis. Office did a culture to determine other infection since we have 5 more sick kids at home. If hers comes back positive, we'll have 6 on antibiotics at once. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">And after 10+ days of gross, we're fine with that.</span><br /><div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aug 26: <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">"Can I do the dots, please? And can I sit in Cooper's seat while dotting?"</span></td></tr>
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<br /><b>August 27: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">And another Rutherford goes down. Elyas confirmed ear infection with a probable double if we hadn't taken him in. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Results from Abigail's culture came back positive for bacteria this morning, so we aren't even hesitating on antibiotics for E.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Surely this is it, right? Day 16 and counting . . .</span><div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Keats (7): "Mom, can we puh-leeeeze watch the scary, face-melting part?"<br />Self: "Fine. But no one is allowed to have nightmares."<br />Scene ensues.<br />Abigail (5): "Now that was some great face-melting! Looked kinda fake, but I really liked it!"<br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Aidan (7): "Super cool!"<br />Elyas (3): "Hey mommy, can we melt faces, too? Dawson frustrated me."<br /><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Sigh.</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="color: #9197a3;"> </span></span></span></span><div>
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">My opinion is my own and I do not come by it lightly. I presume the same is true for you. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I also know that my own experiences, faith, and knowledge weigh into my decisions. Again, I presume the same is true for you. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">For either side to challenge the intelligence of the other due to a difference of opinion seriously sounds like first grade nanny-nanny-boo-boo. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">For goodness sakes, grow up already</span><div>
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tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-5486985859720371232014-08-20T16:53:00.001-04:002014-08-20T16:53:19.369-04:00Hibernation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been struggling. It's really no surprise to me because I know what's been in my heart and mind for a while now. It's been a rough year. An extremely hard year where I have genuinely been looking for a way to take a break from the chaotic living, yet can't seem to manage one. Life pushes forward, needs and hopes must be met, and my plates just keep on spinning.<br />
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To borrow a phrase from my beloved Doctor, No more.<br />
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I'm taking a break. I'm hibernating. I'm currently holed up in our bedroom, quietly typing, reading what I wish, and occasionally eating a chocolate chip cookie after which I do a 30-second plank. <br />
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Because, I meant what I said....I'm not super woman.<br />
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tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-90682872740985488902014-03-25T21:59:00.002-04:002014-08-20T18:18:22.172-04:00The Great FB Migration, July 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
July 1: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Just home from "Brave," which we loved. It's not often we take the whole crew to the movies. The big screen obviously made quite the impression upon Elyas.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">After Dawson intoned, "Feast your eyes" in his best Scottish brogue, Elyas promptly pulled down his pants and diaper in order to moon us all. No prompting required.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Oy.</span><br />
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July 3: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">To the vocal woman at the lab whom I chose not to engage in a debate: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Given your very opinionated statements on the length of appropriate nursing time, number of appropriate children, and the amount of appropriate toys and activities, is it truly any wonder that your children are not interested in your appropriately timed visit offers?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">July 3: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Woot woot!!!! Our Big Red Bus has passed inspection with flying colors. It's a great feeling to go prepared to spend oodles and leave with just the cost of the inspection, the oil change, and rotated tires.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">On days like today, being a grown-up isn't so bad.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">July 7: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Woke up this morning with a bed full of Little Rutherfords. 4 to be exact. It was cozy!</span><br />
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July 10: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Conversation at the library tonight:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Abigail says nothing, so I choose to sit quietly.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">RG: "And I don't like your shirt."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">6:30am: wake Isabelle & Tucker for math/typing before breakfast</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">8:30am: drop Isabelle at swim practice; return home to finish Tucker's school</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">10:15am: Abigail & Elyas in the pool for swim lessons</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">11:00am: Tucker out of the water, Keats & Aidan into the water. </span><br />
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July 16: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"...then we got the call that Dawson was being baptised too, and I thought 'Aww. We can't be the cool ones for showing up, because now it's not optional.' " Tacy to Sarah Gemmell, who was also </span><span style="color: #37404e; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">baptized with Dawson.</span></span></div>
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July 20: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I was putting the dribs from the batter bowl into muffin papers and it always takes me forever. I don't think I'll ever be able to wield a scraper with the deftness of my mother.</span><br />
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July 25: Elyas learned to swim! And t <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">wo Little Rutherfords made it to counties: Tucker for diving and Dawson for freestyle! </span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Popping buttons!</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Littles have retired to the basement to watch Disney's "Robin Hood" on the usually-reserved-for-exersice-</span><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></wbr><span class="word_break" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline-block; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">only-TV, leaving Isabelle, </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100002934385532&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/dawson.rutherford.1" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Dawson</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">, and I to watch some normal Olympics together. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">We were left with strict instructions to call them for any weight lifting or fast water sports or anything else that just doesn't look normal.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">As Keats says, "Mom - I AM a swimmer. Why is that so interesting to watch?"</span><br />
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tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-35710110750214989582014-03-25T21:22:00.001-04:002014-03-25T21:22:14.212-04:00The Great FB Migration, June 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">June 1: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Vacuuming the house with 9 children is it is sort of like trying to patch the first hole in the Titanic while it continues to hit the iceberg. Sigh.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Tonight's reading list? Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Taming of the Shrew, & the Kenmore Front Loading Automatic Washer Use & Care Guide. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">There is something to be said for eclectic variety.</span><br />
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June 5: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">How does Scott remember our niece, Dylan's birthday? Why, it's the same day he received his new Weber Genesis 310 Grill. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Priorities, people!!</span><div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 6: Elyas and his trusty iPad hiding behind the curtain.</td></tr>
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<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Final paper completed and 4 portfolios nice & official, ready to go. About 50% of our next year's paperwork & set-up is complete. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">My eye is twitching, but we did it!!!</span><div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 6: Elyas pooling it.</td></tr>
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<br />June 7: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It's hard to believe that it's been 12 years since our darling Isabelle joined our family. She has added so much to our daily lives. Thank you, Isabelle, for the gift of you! Happy birthday, kiddo!</span><div>
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">June 9: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">4 Little Rutherfords all in a row.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Out to the garden, they started to go.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Mama said, "Wait - you don't look quite right."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Thermometer said, "You just lay down and sit tight."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Tylenol, Advil, popsicles galore,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It seems that their misery increases the more.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">TiVo and Redbox, they help do the trick,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When so many Rutherfords wind up sick.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 10: Kid's closet set up and moved in.</td></tr>
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<br />June 11: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Yay!!! Portfolios complete, evaluated, and ready to be handed in. And next year's paperwork will be handed in at the same time. Now to enjoy the next 12 months learning with the crew. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Contented sigh.</span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Just discovered that Dawson (born Aug. 17) & Abigail (born Aug. 25) were both due Sept. 15. And just when is Niner due? Sept. 15. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Drat. I'll bet we have another August birthday coming.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">June 13: Pardon me, dear children, exactly why is our brand new, heavy duty, <br />child-proof curtain rod ripping the screws from the wall?"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">"Why Mother, were simply playing Tarzan. We thought you would approve due<br /> to the literary reference and increased imagination required!"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 13: <span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">This was taken in one of our favorite alley-way cut thrus in Annapolis.</span></td></tr>
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June 14: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Doing my plank stance tonight and I realized my stomach is not too far from the ground. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time to pull out the pregnant yoga DVD!</span></div>
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<br /><br />June 17: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Dawson just received a one-way ticket to summer dullness. Major ankle sprain has now ended all his swimming and running for the next 6 weeks. He's coming home from the ER with a fresh set of crutches. Looks like his newly purchased Nook was God's own timing!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1. I forgot to up my water intake before the appointment, so they were well aware that my only fluids were a cup of coffee that morning. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">2. I didn't do my labs. When I stated that none of the other pregnancies have resulted in gestational diabetes, I was given "the look" and told to get my labs done. And Scott is going to be checking to make sure I actually do it.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">3. It doesn't matter that I think I can wait until August to begin my every 2 week visits. It's the doctor's thought that count.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Geesh. So much for being cagey and experienced.</span></div>
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tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-80618535536497239102014-01-22T20:23:00.000-05:002014-01-22T20:34:18.018-05:00The Great FB Migration: May 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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mom's comment back:<span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Ironic, isn't it, that as I as I am seeing this picture for the first time 4 pirates searching for Long John Silver's treasure dashed passed me followed by a bandit from the wild west complete with face kerchief & brandishing laser gun. The bandit was Abigail, but shhh-she's in disguise</span></span><span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>May 1 ~ </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Filling out Staff Applications at Camp Manatawny for a pile o' Rutherfords. Between this and Camper Registrations, my hand may just fall off.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>May 2 ~ </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Dearest Niner, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">My sciatic nerve is not a recliner. Please remove yourself from its vicinity. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Your mother</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>May 10 ~</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">The saddest day is when you wake up early and immediately grab your book, carrying it with you everywhere in order to read snatches throughout the day and then collapse into bed that night NEVER having opened the book at all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>May 11 ~ </b> Rutherford Brannon Sleepover Madness.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stats for the weekend: 160 pizza rolls, 60 hotdogs, 220 chicken nuggets, 4 bags of potato chips, 2 bottles of ketchup, 16 pounds of strawberries, 8 pounds bananas, 4 pounds of apples, 4 boxes of cereal.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Why yes, that is a tent in our living room. <br />Why? How do you entertain 11 children overnight?</span></td></tr>
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<b>May 15<span style="font-family: inherit;"> ~ </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Several Rutherford boys: "Mom, can we take our pants off now?" </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">(They are wanting a jammie day, but I had a brief officer meeting this morning and asked them to please put pants on.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>May 21 ~ </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Today's weird "we homeschool" lesson: Bacon comes from the pig stomach. On average, each stomach yields 6 lbs of bacon. Our family eats one pig stomach per week. They will remember this their whole life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>May 22 ~ </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Zero energy today, even after 3 mugs of coffee. I'm thinking popcorn lunch,Drive Thru History/Planet Earth watching afternoon, spoonfuls of peanut butter w/ apple slices dinner, and early bedtimes with "privileged extra listening time."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>May 23 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.48em;">NAPLATE — Zelda M. "Tootie" Dubach, 89, of Naplate, passed away Monday, May 21, at Ottawa Pavilion.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="paragraph-1" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="paragraph-1" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.48em;">Funeral services for Zelda will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at Ottawa Funeral Home with Fr. Mark Geisler of the Episcopal Church officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. prior to services Wednesday at Ottawa Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later date at Ottawa Avenue Cemetery.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Zelda was born Oct. 30, 1922, in Dayton, to Frank and Alice (McKinley) Davis. She married John Dubach on June 26, 1941, at St. Mary's Church in Naplate. He passed away Jan. 29, 1996.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She had been a nurses' aide at La Salle County Nursing Home and was a cook at Hank's Farm, retiring when she was 80.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She is survived by one daughter, Zelda (Edward) Allen of Ottawa; two sons, Robert (Judy) Dubach of Georgia and John (Debbie) Dubach of Pennsylvania; nine grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Dorothy "Honey" Cusick of Ottawa, Bertha "Babe" Garland of South Carolina and Norma Hughes of Pennsylvania; a special nephew, Andrew "Skeeter" Dubach; and many other nieces and nephews.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She was preceded in death by three sisters, Dolly, Helen and Rosemary, and four brothers, Bud, Herbert, Frank and Joe.</span></div>
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<b>May 26 ~ </b>Pool opening weekend!</div>
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<b>May 29 ~ </b> <span style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Loving summer activities. Not loving my first-ever-can't-really-bend-a</span><wbr style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></wbr><span class="word_break" style="color: #37404e; display: inline-block; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">t-the-waist-pregnancy. My poor toes are aching for their summer colors!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>April 2 ~ </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Adoring having a home large enough to comfortably have 18 people for dinner last night and looking forward to repeating it tonight!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>April 4 ~</b> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">I'm a West Coast Auntie!!!!!!!!!!!! </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; line-height: 14px;">30+ hours of labor before receiving an epidural this morning in order to begin Pitocin for non-progressing labor.</span><span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; line-height: 14px;">Dylan Grace arrived at 2:00 PST and weighed in at 6 lbs 7 oz.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>April 5 ~ </b></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Abigail: I've decided that Elyas must be a good clotter. He has great scabs!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>April 5<span style="font-family: inherit;"> ~ T</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">onight's table etiquette for boys:</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">We do not give ourselves wedgies at the table. That is bad manners. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">It is not appropriate to compare six-packs during dinner. Please put your shirts down and eat your food.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>April 6 ~ T</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">onight's installment of Meal Time Etiquette for Boys:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">We do not hold our hotdog dangling from our mouth when asked to pass the mustard. That's bad manners. We set it down on our plate, wipe our hands, and then pass the mustard. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">We also do not shred our boiled egg yolk with our fingers in hopes of scattering it to make it look like we actually ate it. It's disgusting.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">It does not help the cause when you grab the tongs and clack them together repeatedly while looking at your children through them and repeatedly saying, "I'm crushing you heads, I'm crushing your heads" in a French accent. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Bad form, Mr. Rutherford. (But oh so funny.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">When we visit someone else's home for Easter dinner, it is bad manners to intentionally allow the wind to blow your plate away to see whose deviled eggs will go the furthest.</span></span><br />
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<b>April 9 ~ </b>Father & Sons Reading Phillies Game<br />
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<b>April 10 ~ </b> Swim lessons</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>April 11 ~ </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Moving Madness Countdown.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Any boxes still unpacked or paintings, pictures, & posters unhung as of Tuesday, April 17 at 8:00am will be donated. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">The Queen has spoken.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>April 12 ~ </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">No Table Etiquette for Boys installment this evening. Father was home for dinner and general merriment trumped training.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">There's always tomorrow!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>April 16 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">All boxes unpacked and dropped at the recycling center. Grilled burgers then on to hanging!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Later that day . . . Moving almost complete. One room's worth of art still to be hung. Sighing a job well done sigh. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">All the children are snug in their beds, safe and sound.</span><span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>April 18 ~ </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Serious argument from the back of the van this morning: "Ew! Keep your boogers to yourself!!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Later that day . . . </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Total homeschool weirdie family. I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"> was given a heroes welcome when I returned home from an emergency Staples run with new pencils, erasers, & lead for the mechanical pencils.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">And they were genuinely, seriously excited.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>April 20 ~ </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">And it's a boy!! Again.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Cooper Finnick Edson is scheduled to join the Rutherford Family Sept. 17.</span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">April 25 ~ </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">I am so enjoying getting back into a comfortable rhythm with the fam. The move was absolutely worth it, but I'm glad we aren't doing it again anytime soon!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Later that day . . . Another rug cleaned!!! It's not that I'm obsessive, I just prefer to know I can sit anywhere I choose without having to think about it first. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">So if you find me curled up under the dining room table, it's just because I can. Not because I'm hiding from the kids.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>April 26 ~ </b>From Shelby to Dad & Mom:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Has been sucked into all of the Twilight nonsense. I am already on the third book. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Personally that smug look I see on my parents face when I say I like it is starting to get on my nerves. But I am one who doesn't like it when her parents are right and she is wrong. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Thanks anyway mom and dad. Sorry I said y<span style="font-family: inherit;">ou had problems.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>April 28 ~ </b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Decision made to return to the two-car family lifestyle? Check. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">New to us car purchased yesterday? Check. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Opportunity to finally drive it this morning? Check. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">The dawning awareness that I adore my queenly perch in my big van which allows me to look down upon the peon cars surrounding me? Check.</span></span></div>
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tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-26740411460956371252014-01-22T18:59:00.003-05:002014-01-22T20:35:42.649-05:00The Great FB Migration: March 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="text-align: left;">March 1 ~ </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another day, another house showing. Prayers today, please!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>March 1 ~</b> We put in an application on the house: right size, right location, right price, GREAT landlord. Please pray that this is the house meant just for us. We should have an answer with a day or two.</span><span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>March 2 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After three attempts to put Abigail back in bed last night, I gave up and let her stay. I ended up building a pillow blockade to keep her wiggly highness away from me. I have never seen a kid so fidgety!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>March 2 ~ </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Still no news on the house: pray, pray, pray!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>March 3 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">We have a house! God is so good!!</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">March 6 ~ </span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">True Story from 5:45 am --</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">"Mommy, can I have a bowl of grapes and pizza while playing the iPad?"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">"Elyas, who let you out of your cozy tent?"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">"I'm not supposed to tell you. I'm just here for grapes and pizza. And the iPad."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Heather Martin: Nice thing about big families: there's always another kid to blame stuff on. </span><span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">PS. In your copious *spare* time, PLEASE write a book! I promise you: BEST SELLER! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e5665; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Debbie Cali: </span></span><span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Hahahahahaaa! Cracking up here! Thanks for the laugh.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e5665; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Clay Carr: </span></span><span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">his is a wonderful story. Remember to tell it to their children when they come to visit Grandma and PAW PAW. It will really be funny then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #4e5665;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><b>Marc<span style="font-family: inherit;">h 6 ~ </span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I just handed Elyas some tights which were still damp from being balled up through the wash and asked him to please set them in the dryer. Little Brain Boy took the tights, placed them into the dryer, closed the door, and proceeded to turn it on!!</span></span></span><span style="color: #4e5665; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">I just heard from our new landlord and the new carpet is being installed Friday! NEW CARPET! No, it's not the hardwood we'll have when we buy, but it's also not the original carpet from 1970 that we had here!!! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">The blessings just keep coming!!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>March 7 ~ </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">What exactly is the purpose of having the gas pump auto shut off at $75 when I have another $48.35 worth of gas to put in?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">If the goal is to emphasize that the price of gas is so high i have to swipe my debit twice, mission accomplished.</span></span></div>
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<b>March 8 ~</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Enjoyed a delightful morning with our Isabelle. She now has plenty of shoes, clothes for her piano festival, and can finally say she's eaten at Red Robin!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>March 9 ~ </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Rough night in Castle Rutherford. The boys multiple post 11pm nights have finally caught up with all of us. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Mean mom made quite the appearance and now everyone is in bed: the Littles because that's where they need to be and the OARs because they want the extra quiet & rest. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">I'm going to bed to read.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abigail attempting to eat her yogurt pop at the table, just as she's been taught.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>March 21 ~ </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Elyas new favorite song: The Main Title Theme from Jaws. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Weirdie.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>March 27 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">I'm tired of moving. And cleaning. And shuffling. And remembering where new places for things are. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Whine over. Go back to your regularly scheduled cheerful posts.</span></span></div>
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<b>Feb. 1 ~ </b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nothing confirms tired like scrubbing your face & then reaching for your toner but grabbing the mouthwash instead, yet not realizing it until you're almost finished swiping your face while trying to figure out why everything is smells so minty. Do over.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>Feb. 3 ~</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Self: "Hey gang -- why don't we put on Phineas and Ferb?"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Gang: "Nah. We'd rather play quiet games together. Thanks mom."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Weird, yet nice.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">mom ~ </span><span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">It's clay. The deal was I could take the picture as long as I didn't disclose their gross, disgusting, & bizarre sense of humor until later. See, your reactions PROVE my reaction was normal!!</span></div>
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<b>Feb. 9 ~ </b></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">You know what I would love to see happen?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">I would really like to stop seeing social programs with the word "FREE" in front of them.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Instead, I would prefer to see something to the effect of: "Provided free of charge to you by someone else's generosity." </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">There is no FREE.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Feb. 12 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Discovered another big family joy: a full on bounce the ball on a parachute game and we only had our family around to do it! Lots of laughing over here!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">kids: "Where'd that scene go? They cut too early! What's going on??"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">self: "Guys, remember we watch the extended because it's closer to the book."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">kids: "This is a waste of tv time! Somebody get the DVD out!"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">My little movie nerds. I'm so proud.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>Feb. 17 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, errands at Giant didn't go the way I envisioned at all. Two steps in the door and the garlic smell hit, causing almost instantaneous vomiting. It was like Middle School all over again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Feb. 17 ~<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">So, we've packed about 30 boxes so far.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Of books.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><b>Feb. 20 ~</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Introducing the olders to Jason Bourne tonight.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Having older kids rocks!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>Feb. 20 ~</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">I think I finally found something that will stay down!!!!! Yippee for ice cream!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>Feb. 21 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Eating my ice cream breakfast surrounded by jealous children. Mwahahaha!!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Feb. 21 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So after promising myself no more soccer again EVER, I think we're signing Tucker -- and ONLY Tucker -- up for the fall.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Feb. 22 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As we're driving, Elyas looks out the window and says, "Look at the sun! It's shining just for me because God made me so special."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Feb. 22 ~ </b>Tire patched, filled, and road ready!!! I love modern stuff. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Upon arriving home, Elyas announced: "That adventure was great!!" </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Be like little children indeed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Feb. 24 ~</b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">We find Elyas's feet peeping out from behind the door curtain. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Keats walks over and says: "Whatcha' doin'?"</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Elyas: "I need to hide. I'm pooping and it's really gross and I don't want to smell the air bad. Come back in a minute and I'll be finished. Then you can deal with my fanny."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Okay, okay. Even I am forced to admit the kid is ready to be potty trained.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Feb. 27 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As I match yet another daily batch of socks, I have one thought running through my head: I miss flip flops.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Feb. 28 ~ </b>From Aime Langdon<span style="font-family: inherit;">: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Ok I think I missed the official announcement! Congratulations and I am sorry you are so sick. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">I know you have a houseful of amazing children to help you out through the first few months!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Aime~ </span><span data-reactid=".r[4v].[1][3][1]{comment3016158036893_3337365}[0].[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][2]" style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[4v].[1][3][1]{comment3016158036893_3337365}[0].[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3]" style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><span data-reactid=".r[4v].[1][3][1]{comment3016158036893_3337365}[0].[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[4v].[1][3][1]{comment3016158036893_3337365}[0].[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].{end}[0]{0}[0]">Yeah for cereal, take out and people who feel sorry for us! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Feb. 29 ~ </b></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Our massive running day with piano lessons, recycling drop off, weekly Goodwill donation, banking, Isabelle to babysitting, and misc. little stops in between. Countdown: 1 hour, 15 minutes.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Perhaps, just perhaps, I should get out of bed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><b>Feb. 29 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The nicest young man came out to the van to helped unload our donation. I got into the car just in time to hear Abigail exclaim: "That dude has earrings on!" before dissolving into giggles.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Feb. 29 ~ </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My heart be stilled!! </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">My darling oldest just came into the van excited about a Shakespeare quote from "As You Like It. " </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Life just got even better. Contented sigh.</span></div>
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<b>Jan. 16 ~ </b>Abigail. Green sweater. Red Hat Lady scarf. Pink princess sunglasses. Multiple neon hair flowers. Sparkly bracelet. Satchel. Lip gloss. (Post from Carrie Moore)<br />
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<b>Jan. 18 ~</b> Dunkin. Ahhhhhhhhh.<br />
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<b>Jan. 18 ~</b> Came home from having the oil changed in the van to a clean house and the sweet scent of freshly baked cookies. I adore these kids!<br />
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~ Aime Langdon: Do they train other children?<br />
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<b>Jan. 18 ~</b> Pilates tonight consisted of 10 minutes of side-by-side action with Abigail, after which we paused for her to take a potty break. In the meantime, Elyas came over and curled up on top of my legs and promptly fell asleep. Muscles worked? Not many. Memories created? Oodles.<br />
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<b>Jan. 20 ~ </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">Tucker during prayers: "Thank you God for my new unders. They're really cool."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Jan. 21 ~</b></span><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Let me think. Which requires more physical exertion: turning off the bathroom light by flipping a switch as you walk out or carefully closing the bathroom door so mother won't see that you didn't turn off the bathroom light?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Jan. 21 ~ </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just woke Scott up to go sledding. He stares at me in horror and says, "You didn't go yet??" </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit;">Um, no honey. I didn't take 8 children sledding all by my onsie. I thought that was a joy we should share.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit;">Mwhahahaha.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jan. 26 ~</span><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Watched "The Mummy" (filtered) today. Abigail walks over to Dawson and says, "The best stories have a girl in distress with a hero. You'd make a great hero, Dawson. You're mine, you know."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Scott: "Really? I missed it! Well, how was it??"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Tucker: "It was terrifying and scary!"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Really?!? You told me it was "Cool and awesome and I want to watch it again!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Jan. 26 ~ </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's to a night in which everyone has good dreams, no one wets the bed, coughing is non-existent, temperatures stay moderate, and therefore everyone sleeps through the night without the need to visit mommy before 6:30 tomorrow morning. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">It's a good dream.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Jan. 28 ~ </b> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Blech. Had to meet the landlord at the door in my robe, clutching a box of tissues with a raging fever and smile sweetly as they handed us (in violation of court order) the notice that our lease isn't being renewed.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Yeah, we know. The mutual court battle last summer tipped us off. And, for what it's worth, we weren't interested in renewing!</span></div>
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We posted fairly regularly on FaceBook, but neglected the blog during the craziness that was 2012. And so, we'll be transferring some of our greatest hits over in order to preserve a semblance of our year.<br />
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<b>Jan. 3 ~</b> Normal life resumes. Sigh<br />
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~ Uncle Scott: BOOOOOOOO!!!!<br />
~ Laurie Shirey: Since when are our lives normal? 2.3 kids, 3 cars, 4 tvs? I think not!<br />
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<b>Jan. 4 ~ </b> Completely enjoying my time with my other mother.<br />
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<b>Jan. 4 ~</b> True Story.<br />
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Self: "You may have 5 marshmallows in your cocoa."<br />
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Keats's grumble: "Marshmallow czar."<br />
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~ Matt Smith: Miniature of full-sized?<br />
~ self: Mini. 3rd mug full!<br />
~ Uncle Scott: Worst mom ever!<br />
~ Matt Smith: Then I'm with Keats on this one. Nothing less than 15 mini marshmallows is acceptable. 20 is better.<br />
~ self: Men. It's all just one, big boy's club.<br />
~ Michael Frank: I mean come on. It's a no brainer. The kid's right, mom.<br />
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<b>Jan. 4 ~</b> Today's goals for a jammie day were thwarted. I shall arise again only to try again tomorrow. I will triumph!!!<br />
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<b>Jan. 5 ~</b> Jammie day here I come! After I drag myself out of bed, that is . . .<br />
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<b>Jan. 5 ~</b> Another jammie day thwarted. Geesh. I am promptly changing back into my flannel pants and slippers when I get home!!!<br />
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<b>Jan. 5 ~</b> Query.<br />
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I state: "Please pick up each & every toy, book, blanket. trash, food item, diaper, and weapon before you begin a movie."<br />
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They hear: "Please shift some items around and then ignore it completely while simultaneously letting me know you have accomplished the task required."<br />
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Where do I locate the translation button in order to change it back to "Mother is wise. Listen carefully to all she says and carefully complete tasks in order to ensure preservation of life within Rutherford-dom."<br />
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~ Kathy Pezok: That translation button usually doesn't reveal itself until the kids are old enough to have kids of their own. Then it is suddenly flipped and works retro-actively. Whether or not they admit the switch was flipped in a whole other topic.<br />
~ Tara Maniaci Lueck: When you find it.....please let me know!<br />
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<b>Jan. 5 ~</b> Dad being sworn in as Exeter Township Auditor.<br />
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<b>Jan. 5 ~</b> Keats sans one front tooth.<br />
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<b>Jan. 5 ~</b> I think that when we move this spring, we're going to be shocked at the sheer volume of Legos discovered everywhere. Then again, after what we pulled out from under the boy's bunk tonight, maybe 3-4 gallons worth is just to be expected.<br />
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<b>Jan. 6 ~</b> Dinner at the Rutherford house. My baby boy!<br />
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<b>Jan. 7 ~</b> When did sleep become an optional activity?<br />
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~ Peter Shore: When you had children?<br />
~ Uncle Eric: I'd say somewhere between child 4 and 5 .....<br />
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<b>Jan. 7 ~</b> Hmmm. Methinks that if you completed the task correctly the first time rather than trying to save time, you would have succeeded in actually saving time because now you must go repeat said task. The power of motherhood.<br />
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~ Cathy Kaiser: LOL ..... Seems like I remember your mother saying something just like this!!!<br />
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<b>Jan. 7 ~</b> Clean house, clean house, la-la-la, la-la-la!<br />
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<b>Jan. 8 ~</b> Home with my Tucker enjoying "Braveheart" (filtered.) Many a great conversation about what it is to be a man.<br />
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<b>Jan. 8 ~</b> Self: "In England, a jumper is a sweater."<br />
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Tuck: "Harry Potter's British!?"<br />
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Self: "Um, yeah. Didn't you notice their accents?"<br />
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Tuck: "I thought the just talked like that because that's how you read the books. Mom, you are American, right?"<br />
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<b>Jan. 8 ~</b> Exhausted from a week of caring for sick children finds me sitting by the fire, enjoying my iPhone, and in general pretending I have no responsibilities. Thank you, Scott Rutherford!<br />
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<b>Jan. 8 ~</b> True story:<br />
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Abigail: "Now hold still so I can kick you."<br />
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Dawson: Do I look crazy??"<br />
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Abigail: "No. You look like a boy. So you have to stand still so I can kick you because I'm a girl and you're a gentleman. Gentlemen never hurt girls. Daddy says so."<br />
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~ Aunt Miranda: Sounds so much like Caelan... Only she doesn't ask the other person to hold still.<br />
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<b>Jan. 8 ~</b> Watching a close football game on the new Christmas tv and realizing that not once did a Little Rutherford head get in your way? Priceless.<br />
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<b>Jan. 8 ~</b> Laundry Time.<br />
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<b>Jan. 9 ~ </b>Tucker: "I prayed to the Lord that I would win the mario race and I did. I must be His favorite."<br />
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~ Aime Langdon: I need this kid praying for me!<br />
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<b>Jan. 9 ~</b> Dumbest game ever.<br />
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One Little Rutherford lays prone upon the floor.<br />
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The other Little Rutherfords take turns leaping off the bench and belly-flop-crushing the Little Rutherford on the ground.<br />
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Tears and sobs of "That hurt!" follow with regularity. Yet, the game continues with assurances of "Just try again!" and "My turn to be crunched."<br />
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Dumbest game ever.<br />
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<b>Jan. 9 ~<u> </u></b>Curled up on the rocking chair with the iPad watching a 37, 15, 13, 11, & 8 year-olds have a massive pillow fight. I've never been so grateful to have a cold.<br />
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<b>Jan. 9 ~</b> Scott: "Tucker, do you need a break?"<br />
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Tucker: (breathing heavy) "No. I like to beat people up and not get in trouble."<br />
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Duh, dad. Pillow Fight Battle 101.<br />
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~ Matt Smith: That's one witty kid you've got there.<br />
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<b>Jan. 10 ~</b> Day three of this miserableness. So thankful we homeschool. So thankful our kids have learned to cheerfully live, serve, learn, & play together. So thankful that we have established a home routine which can be kept up with easily.<br />
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~ Pamela Penglase Carnevale: Btw, you wouldn't notice if I sent my 2 kids to learn to "cheerfully live, serve, learn, & play together." Right?<br />
~ self: I'm not sure I would notice, but I'll bet they would! We're pretty weird.<br />
~ Pam: We are pretty strange here too! I might try to threaten them with the Rutherford boarding school. My teenage daughter wouldn't like it but my 10 year old boy would love it (built in playmates.)<br />
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<b>Jan. 10 ~</b> Abigail's First Haircut<br />
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<b>Jan. 11 ~</b> Isn't it lovely to have friends and family arrive to serve when you feel lousy? Thanks mom, Dawson, & Tucker for making our weekly milk run!!<br />
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~ Jenna Weis: I know some friends like that ...<br />
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<b>Jan. 11 ~</b> Three crockpots going in the kitchen: one with breakfast, one with lunch, and one with two organic roasters which will be shredded and the bones steeped into broth. Even I have to admit it looks ridiculous.<br />
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<b>Jan. 12 ~ </b>Day 3 of continuous Lord of the Rings. Elyas appeared at my bedside this morning asking, "Can you put on Lord if the Rings, please." The youngers are finally indoctrinated. I'm sighing a job-well-done sigh.<br />
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<b>Jan. 12 ~</b> Keats, Aidan, & Abigail are playing Salvation Army Santa. They each have baskets, bells, & Santa hats. They chime their bells while reciting "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and when the poem is done they cry, "Alms for the poor!"<br />
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<b>Jan. 12 ~ </b>My "sparkly" niece, Sadie<br />
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tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-5532224860329139122013-02-15T14:06:00.003-05:002013-02-15T14:06:33.234-05:00We're back .....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Be prepared! Impending posts upon the horizon. Full disclosure ahead.</div>
tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-53444778746747819632012-04-03T20:12:00.002-04:002012-04-03T22:22:04.467-04:00moving madness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Yes, yes. Blogging has completely fallen by the wayside. We've been busy finding a new home, packing up the old, and settling in again.<br />
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We're not finished. It's been 19 days in this house and we are not finished unpacking. Yes, yes -- tis to be expected. This is the comforting explanation which I hear often. And to that I reply,<br />
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ppppppllllllffffffffffftttttt<br />
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I have never minded moving but I really, really like to get everything done quickly and efficiently. 19 days and still having boxes in the house is neither quick nor efficient in my world. Nor is it inviting or cozy to still have boxes about.<br />
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Now, in all honesty, our bedroom is the place where boxes go to await their disemboweling. We don't have boxes just stacked about downstairs. There is no way I could accept that notion as being par for the course.<br />
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I'm worn out. Between packing, cleaning, unpacking, cleaning, arranging, laundry, shifting, schooling, cooking, cleaning, training, encouraging, cleaning, baby growing, and <i>still </i>unpacking . . . I'm worn out.<br />
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But within the throes of it all, I want to remember to be grateful.<br />
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I want to remember how hard the final 12 months in our old home were. How difficult our situation became, how trapped we felt, how hard it was to decide to accept our situation with grace and patience and act accordingly.<br />
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I want to remember the trust we felt that God had the perfect home lined up. That as we looked at homes which would require so much compromise and turned them down because we believed there was better, it wasn't foolishness which drove the decision, but faith. The sheer joy which engulfed us upon learning we had been approved for the perfect home in the perfect location at the perfect price with the perfect timeline.<br />
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It has always been our goal to remember the sacrifices which came before. Whether it is reading about the choices of John & Abigail Adams which tremendously provided for the life we're able to live today or the letters from Scott's grandfather to his grandmother from Europe in the early 1940s as she kept the home fires burning and he fought tyranny or simply recalling managing to accomplish our laundry requirements in the basement of a third floor walk-up with three young children. We know that contentment in our current situation is much simpler to come by (and greatly enhanced by) remembering what was.<br />
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And so, I'm weary. But I am extremely grateful, content, and humbled by His continued blessings.<br />
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I remember watching the gentle, quiet grace with which she accomplished every task. I remember her quiet voice in the mornings, her cheerful greeting in the afternoons once school was complete. Her joyful laughter running for home base while playing Dubach Family Hide & Seek late at night. <br />
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I remember her face glowing with sweat as she made three meals a day for over 200 people at Camp Manatawny before the kitchen had air conditioning. I remember walking past bulletin boards at the church building and recognizing my mother's handwriting. I remember the mountain of food she prepared and the piles of china she washed the Thanksgiving we learned the enlisted men on duty wouldn't have a Thanksgiving Dinner and my mother said, "That just won't do."<br />
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I remember camping in the woods, on the beach, and at lakes in the most 1970s camper imaginable. I remember Hamburger Helper cooking on the road, mom swaying to the rhythm of the camper's driving in order to make certain that when we pulled up to the gulf, we could hit the beach immediately. I remember long walks scouring the beach for shells by day and ghost crabs by night. And Thanksgiving around a card table at the back of camper while piping Christmas Carols out the PA system for the other campers. <br />
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I remember her patiently waiting in the car when band practice went late. Getting up early the next morning to make us breakfast and pack us lunch. I remember her driving us to the school by 8 am for football games Saturday morning. Then cheering us from the stands for competitions while huddled in blankets from the Pennsylvania wind. I remember the smiles and warm hugs at midnight that same Saturday when it was finally time to go home.<br />
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I remember games and laughter and stories and books and movies and getting sucked into yet another of mom's documentaries. Change for snacks at the pool, a refrigerator full of snacks in the basement, and making pies and pizzas in the cast-iron molds in the fireplace.<br />
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I remember watching mom spend time with her sisters and seeing her giggle, acheive cartwheels, and love on nieces and nephews with abandon. <br />
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Mom, I know it's your birthday. But thanks for the amazing gift of you.tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-20696458374528832132012-01-31T20:12:00.001-05:002012-01-31T21:29:50.546-05:00blechFrom the day Scott's family left Pennsylvania, someone in this house has been sick. Truly. Each of the kids, Scott went down, and I'm trying desperately to come out on the other side. I think Elyas had the worst run with 104 temperatures over the course of 4 days. And just when he recovered from that bug came another, this one accompanied by double ear infections. Sigh. <br />
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Many people ask if it's exhausting to have a big family when we all get sick. To which I usually think, "Duh." Of course it is!! But there are so many blessings that come even then. We had many people to take turns snuggling sweet Elyas, who just wanted to be held for days (and nights) on end. So many people means that there was always someone able to put peanut butter on bread and steam some frozen vegetables for a quick meal. Laundry was done, floors were cleaned, books were read aloud, water was fetched. <br />
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The true joy of a big family isn't just the fun times. For me, it's watching the entire group suddenly pull together without much complaint to fill in the gaps as we lose one Rutherford after another to illness. It's hearing an older offer to sit up with Elyas so others can rest, or rush to help comfort someone who has just gotten violently ill.<br />
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Rutherfords, I'm proud of you. You've done an amazing job.tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-76378327062747001102012-01-30T11:02:00.000-05:002012-01-30T11:02:00.998-05:00wii mondayI find the inner workings of the testosterone influenced mind to be a continuous puzzle. There are many daily choices and desicions which completely befuddle me. And in our land of 6 v 4, there is plenty of opportunity to ponder this difference.<br />
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Now, please understand that I am very much a viva la difference gal. I like that Scott and I bring such different views to our mutual life. We make each other stronger by our diversity than we could ever be if we approached things the same. I'm okay with the daredevil antics which landed Dawson with a mild concussion as long as he leaves me out of it. Scott is usually game for an all out wrestle fest with himself in the middle of the action.<br />
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But there are consistent behaviors which puzzle me completely. For instance, any day of the week will find the little boys asleep until 6:30 or so while Dawson will reluctantly enter the land of the awake only after much prodding, poking, cajoling, or (worst case scenario) when Scott's stern, booming voice cuts through the nonsense once he arrives home.<br />
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That is, any day but Monday. <br />
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Monday is our Saturday. It's the one day of the week most of us are home and awake without commitments. And so, in place of Saturday morning cartoons (which was a beloved memory from both Scott's and my childhoods) we have Monday morning Wii. And what I find incredible is that without alarms, roosters, sunlight, ice cubes, or any assistance whatsoever, the average Monday morning wake up in the boys room is usually 5:30. For <i>ALL</i> of them.<br />
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I'll come down for coffee to find five boys in pjs and sleep mussed hair sitting before the soft glow of the tv, clutching remotes, and planning strategies. Their chores are complete without any reminders required. There is no thought of food, bathroom, or mouthwash. Instead there is an contented intensity directed at Mario and his chums. <br />
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The girls have chosen to spend this time sleeping in which is followed by breakfast and then their individual pursuits: sketching (Isabelle), working on photography (Shelby), or whatever suits her fancy at he time (Abigail). After a while, the girls will trickle in and begin rotating into the games.<br />
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Tomorrow, we'll be back to business as normal when it comes to waking up the boys. They'll drag themselves down the stairs, grumble that they're hungry, do their chores under duress, and in general be grouchy until their coffee kicks in. And if I bring up how cheerful and easily they functioned Monday morning and wonder why they're having such trouble now, they'll look at me like I'm from the moon, shake their heads, and go back to their drooling state. <br />
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I just don't get it.tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-28628490971104775872012-01-29T12:56:00.002-05:002012-04-03T22:29:53.498-04:00teeth & toilet paper<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Keats has lost both of his front teeth within the last week. He is very excited and anxiously awaiting the family being healthy enough to head over to the dollar section at Target in order to spend his hard-earned tooth-fairy money.<br />
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And I do mean<i> hard-earned</i>.<br />
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Keats is the most patient tooth loser I've ever met. Most of the kids take the same approach I did. The tooth is a little loose so you push, prod, and twist that sucker out whether it's ready or not. Not Keats. The tooth can be barely hanging on by a snippet of something and able to be completely inverted in his mouth, but he just keeps on wiggling it.<br />
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The secret, I am told, is toilet paper. You must have a small piece of toilet paper with which to grip the tooth while gently moving it back and forth. Without toilet paper, one would have to hold the tooth itself, and that would be gross. Also, without toilet paper, one would have to see the blood on one's fingers, which would also be gross. And the faster you move the tooth, the more blood appears, which is definitely gross.<br />
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And so, my patient 6 year old gets his tiny piece of toilet paper (two squares are really all you need) and gently works on his loose tooth for a matter of days until the tooth finally drops into the toilet paper out of sheer exhaustion.<br />
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And Scott and I breathe a sigh of relief that the kid isn't going to choke on it in his sleep when it just drops out, without toilet paper.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Other staff member: "Do you have a girl?"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Me: "I have three of them."<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Other staff: "What were you just whistling?"<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Me: "Uhh, the Little Mermaid. I didn't even realize I was doing it!"<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Other staff: "That's funny, I knew you had to have a girl. I love that movie!"<br />
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So, you can tell Abigail, et al, that their father walks around the hospital whistling Disney music!<br />
Love you and miss you all!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Daddy</span></div>tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-26180132380208537122011-12-06T10:26:00.001-05:002011-12-06T10:29:27.279-05:00homeschool wageringDawson to Isabelle: If I ask you a question & you answer wrong, will you read a book?<br />
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Isabelle: Which book is it?<br />
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Dawson: It's a blind bet, so I can't reveal the book. <br />
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Isabelle: Okay. I think I can do it.<br />
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Dawson: Who was responsible for the Emmancipation Proclimation?<br />
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Isabelle: (thinks for a moment) Wasn't that Harry S Truman?<br />
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Dawson:(gleefully) Nope! He dropped the A Bomb! It was Abraham Lincoln!<br />
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Isabelle: Oh, man! What do I have to read?<br />
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Dawson: (hands her the book) You obviously need to read this one.<br />
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Isabelle: (looks at the title) The Emmancipation Proclimation? Fine. I'll read it. And then I'll quiz you on what is inside. And if you answer anything wrong, you have to read it. <br />
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Dawson: I'm too smart to agree to that!<br />
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Isabelle: If you were really smart, you would have read it before you challenged me.<br />
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Dawson: Drat. (sighs) I'll read it. But you'd better remember who was smart enough to make us both learn something today.tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-80979073262935507812011-12-05T14:10:00.000-05:002011-12-05T14:10:34.993-05:00FreebieTucker has been anxiously awaiting the day he would be able to go pull weeds. Not because the kid is a lover of gardening, but because it was going to be an opportunity to go work with another family, whom he adores. Chris Weis and Tucker had arranged quite some time ago for Tucker to come over to their home and help with some yard work. But schedules being schedules means that both families weren't able to make it happen until this past Saturday. <br />
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I asked Tucker how he felt about going on Saturday since all the Dubach family was together and he assured me that he wanted to go help Chris because, "It's important to help others, mom." And so, Chris and Jenna came to pick him up at 1:00 in the afternoon with a plan for us to collect Tuck at 4:00 for our pizza dinner before going to a local, live nativity.<br />
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Tucker was actually given a ride home and I was busy enough that I barely said hello before moving on with our activities. I asked him how his time had gone and he replied enthusiastically that it had been great, that a lot had been accomplished, and that they finished with enough time to play some wii. It wasn't until Sunday that I heard some of the details about Tucker's version of <i>service</i>.<br />
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Within a few minutes of beginning his task in the Weis's yard, Tucker was asking "How long are we going to be working?" Chris assured him that while there wasn't a lot to do, they certainly weren't finished yet. <br />
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Jenna came out to help and Tucker was quite concerned that she was adding to his workload by going over to the side passed the line Chris had determined would be their stopping point. No matter how Jenna assured Tucker that she was just completing work she had started on another day, he kept making certain that she knew that they did not need to pull the weeds "over there."<br />
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Shortly after this, he asked "Is this a paying job or a freebie?" Jenna let him know that this job was a freebie. Tucker nodded and went back to work. Later, when Chris was driving him home, Tucker again asked if this was a paying job or a freebie. Since Jenna and Chris had already shared some of Tucker's earlier comments with one another, Chris was completely prepared to answer: "Freebie." <br />
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Tucker's compromise? "Okay. Maybe you could just take me to Chick-fil-A sometime. That seems fair."<br />
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Sigh.tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-45653753849535499972011-11-30T19:53:00.001-05:002011-11-30T19:53:44.912-05:00a resounding yes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Our family is planning on participating in a group trip to the Outer Banks next fall. The coordinator of the trip recently sent out an email to confirm which of the families were planning on going. I found Scott's response too brilliant to be relegated to the cyber-wasteland.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">HELLO!<br />
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I AM PUTTING MY NAME IN WHETHER MY WIFE WANTS TO GO OR NOT. SHE CAN STAY HERE WITH THE KIDS IF SHE WANTS TO, BUT I'M GOING. SO PUT "LEE SCOTT RUTHERFORD" DOWN ON YOUR PAPER THERE, ALONG WITH A LITTLE STICK FIGURE OF A GUY FISHING.<br />
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I WOULD IMAGINE THAT TACY WILL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE FAMILY, BUT THE ODDS ARE THAT SHE WON'T WANT TO STAY BEHIND ALL BY HERSELF FOR A WHOLE WEEK. SO, ON SECOND THOUGHT, JUST PUT DOWN 10 RUTHERFORDS WITH A STICK FIGURE OF A DAD UNTANGLING 8 FISHING LINES WHILE HIS WIFE LAYS ON THE BEACH SIPING MOJITOS WITH HER NEW BEST FRIEND, KATHY HARTZELL.<br />
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IF YOU CAN'T TELL, IT'S VERY LATE IN MY DAY, AND I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO GO TO THE OUTERBANKS, OR REALLY ANYWHERE . . . TOMORROW WOULD BE GOOD. SO SERIOUSLY, MARK DOWN THE RUTHERFORD CLAN, WE WANNA BE THERE.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Can you see why I married the guy?</i></span></div>tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-27520782653860641412011-11-29T17:33:00.004-05:002011-11-30T22:25:18.472-05:00tree hunt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We used to enjoy an annual "day of decorating" during which the entire house was transformed and the tree selected and decorated on the same day. But once the twins were born, Scott and I realized that trying to manage the daily ins and outs of a large family plus decorate an entire house meant that instead of it being a joyful, fun day it was a stressful, crazed, get-through-it kind of day.<br />
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</div><div>And so, we busted up our decorating. Because we aren't trying to decorate everything at once, we all savor our time together. And an unexpected benefit was that we had more time to enjoy all the little things which mean <i>Christmas is coming</i>.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Phase One: the house. We transform our cozy abode into a magical, Christmas wonderland. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Phase Two: tagging of the tree. During the weekend after Thanksgiving, we all bundle up to enjoy a long, <i>long</i>, <i><b>long</b></i> stroll through the woods while 10 people try to agree on the perfect tree. After we find the tree, we stop in the ornament shop where everyone chooses a new ornament for the tree. Our goal is to be able to send each of the children off from the nest with a nice, big box of Christmas memories from all of our years together.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Phase Three: killing the tree. A week or so after the tree is tagged we return to the farm to chop the tree down, bring it home, and allow it to dry out before draping it with electric lights. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Phase Four: trimming the tree. Within the next day or two, we work together to fill it with memories and more memories. This time as a family is by far one of my favorites every year as each Little Rutherford shares stories and laughter over all the ornaments as they are brought our of the bins.<br />
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And so, in the spirit of enjoying the season a little bit at a time, here are some pictures of our afternoon adventures while scouting out the perfect tree.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elyas clutching a chocolate chip cookie and asking Santa for trains for Christmas. Unfortunately, we learned that the trains Elyas desired were the ones circling the trees on either side of Santa.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keats with Santa. We didn't realize Santa would be at the barn when we arrived to tag our tree and Keats was particularly excited!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abigail talked with Santa about his life in the North Pole, being married, working with elves. Only when she was getting down did she remember to ask for gifts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aidan really wanted to talk to Santa, but he was very nervous. He didn't stay on Santa's lap for very long!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alas! My favorite Christmas tree cannot be hand selected and chopped down. And so, I gave it a hug and went walking through the woods with the family.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elyas, ready to be carried.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott teaching the children the southern art of grass-gnawin'.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aidan -- like father, like son.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elyas preferred studying the grass to chewing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elyas continuing to help us look for the tree, even as the sun begins to set.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dawson and Tucker finally found the perfect tree. They proudly posed victorious with our tagging flag.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole crew (minus photographer Scott) and our new tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And now we can see Scott <b><i>and</i></b> the tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isabelle all smiles as we begin the walk back to the barn and our van.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott and Aidan, with appropriately grass-stained knees considering all the tumbling down of hills which occurred.</td></tr>
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</div></div>tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678152471756184752.post-38993921667074267102011-11-28T22:45:00.000-05:002011-11-28T22:45:31.580-05:00waiting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">How much of our days are spent waiting? Right now I am waiting on laundry to finish drying so I can place another load into the washer so I can go upstairs to bed. Earlier, Shelby was waiting for me to come home from running an errand so she could go up to bed. Earlier still, the littles were excitedly waiting for Scott to wake up so we could decorate the house for Christmas.<br />
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In a family of 10, it seems someone is always waiting for something. Frequently, it's the bathroom.<br />
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But lately (and today especially) I have found myself spending a lot of my energy encouraging, admonishing, cajoling, and bellowing at Dawson to use his "waiting time" better. He is the<b><i> king</i></b> of time wasting followed by my all-time-least-favorite-excuse for miscellaneous items not yet accomplished: <i>I didn't have time</i>. To which he usually receives his all-time-least-favorite-retort back from me: <i>Are you kidding me</i>?<br />
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What exactly happens at the age of 13 to that teen-age boy brain? Was he invaded by some sort of alien force which sucks away all the training we have laboriously worked to instill over the years? It is some sort of hormone wash that coats the neurons, causing major black outs in common sense from time to time? And if so, is this like electricity where they have rolling black outs so there will still be glimmers of hope here and there? Is this a permanent phenomenon or a temporary one?<br />
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I don't have any idea.<br />
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What I do know is this: I love that kid like crazy. And I will persevere on the faith that eventually all the years of effort into molding a decent, hardworking, respectable, gentleman of a man will come flooding back into his consciousness and I will look into his eyes and say: There you are Dawson. I knew you'd come back.</div>tacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851187798574435814noreply@blogger.com0