tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45858301348648255652024-03-12T21:40:55.207-05:00The Bates Family"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test
first, the lesson afterwards."
Vernon Sanders LawShawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-40935309788918946212012-01-20T06:49:00.000-06:002012-01-20T06:49:57.687-06:00Flash Back Friday -2008<div align="center"><a ?="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" minyards7.blogspot.com="">http://minyards7.blogspot.com/</a>" target="_blank"><img albums="" alt="Friday Photo Flashback" border="0" fpf2.jpg?="" i567.photobucket.com="" kenleysmomma14="" src="<a href=" ss118="" />http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/kenleysmomma14/fpf2.jpg" /></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">These photos are both from the summer of 2008! Its not been that long ago, but the boys</div><div align="center">seem so little! Carter compared to that tractor tire and Caleb compared to that pig! Time sure flies that I know for sure!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNztg_gWn-zWkiaZFDGJWe-Q4nSHSHxKBhNq-zi2lxzSR2eQEL_kyKAXrA4kJteVcq09mlNhikBVVt5b_xgo7C9s2NCM6I6n8XQDa1ri_llrR2GvKwa-eyVtcDaKzSPIVV3gZDMWQOAhg/s1600/summer+2008+145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNztg_gWn-zWkiaZFDGJWe-Q4nSHSHxKBhNq-zi2lxzSR2eQEL_kyKAXrA4kJteVcq09mlNhikBVVt5b_xgo7C9s2NCM6I6n8XQDa1ri_llrR2GvKwa-eyVtcDaKzSPIVV3gZDMWQOAhg/s640/summer+2008+145.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-37534812128893492582011-04-12T07:21:00.001-05:002011-04-12T07:24:16.477-05:00Life Made Lovely Monday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLTbeAGkWSoTvg53y_oIzRa8FmhBSAHh9eUHZqbJIWbY7d9xos_ZpERgvGaJFJEh573OOiTM2KLtRQS6lRUlXqhAbqGpoUzAfdhbMbXWEti0ixsfYysb21JJH1C83KCSX-AkqEnlglYU/s1600/IMAG0402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLTbeAGkWSoTvg53y_oIzRa8FmhBSAHh9eUHZqbJIWbY7d9xos_ZpERgvGaJFJEh573OOiTM2KLtRQS6lRUlXqhAbqGpoUzAfdhbMbXWEti0ixsfYysb21JJH1C83KCSX-AkqEnlglYU/s320/IMAG0402.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love my new Paula Dean pan set!!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpK7jmrm4b11-McgY9qlZl3jI7XtXDL82CFgHDtzJQTblaO7vbGW6pvhGcO3QyfD_YWaDGNaGfzI9t1lDi_8uw9yI0LjNlm5gkQydp6PBjiCfGpN-wk-prgh6xRiyilzQW84ayICJ2dw/s1600/IMAG0406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpK7jmrm4b11-McgY9qlZl3jI7XtXDL82CFgHDtzJQTblaO7vbGW6pvhGcO3QyfD_YWaDGNaGfzI9t1lDi_8uw9yI0LjNlm5gkQydp6PBjiCfGpN-wk-prgh6xRiyilzQW84ayICJ2dw/s320/IMAG0406.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">I love that they are deep, non stick and robbins egg blue!!!<br />
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<<a href="http://www.lifemadelovely-blog.com/search/label/life%20made%20lovely%20mondays"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv65/hamiltonfive/lifemadelovelybutton.png" /></a></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-82432896762845229232011-04-11T20:14:00.000-05:002011-04-11T20:14:31.833-05:0031 Day Challenge-Day 24: A picture of something you wish you could change<div align="center">If I could change anything it would be how hard Dan has to work!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocT2UvPb9V6LjgaPNAVC7WEM9-JlmK76jcXiLt_x1I25gFDnOW94tGVCyr2vYvDHQ1y3vaDJ9oXIdOFCOBp0RitcJ8ErxlCpg4H-Agf2a24_xNAkm_IIkQspXqno1fJJVdObJL1Lp2Pc/s1600/51.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocT2UvPb9V6LjgaPNAVC7WEM9-JlmK76jcXiLt_x1I25gFDnOW94tGVCyr2vYvDHQ1y3vaDJ9oXIdOFCOBp0RitcJ8ErxlCpg4H-Agf2a24_xNAkm_IIkQspXqno1fJJVdObJL1Lp2Pc/s320/51.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Even when he has punched the time clock his work still</div><div align="center">doesn't end, because his phone rings off the hook all hours of the night</div><div align="center">and several times through out the months during the night he gets woken up by alarm calls and</div><div align="center">has to get up out of bed and go fix whatever is wrong at the barn.</div><div align="center">I am proud of Dan for the hard worker he is but I just wish he could find time to relax</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizm0yOPW7sYs0oKinjQXjbq7eeumVm_-mPSR59g-AoyQU9BHM3NpRLSpIfR7M6NvVCQaHHXoadj_iq4NEDmC7S_gi9SMkGQfSx0l6dba7ge1P5SbxgXiOEXB4nbL_dxlUaRcbOBhsmZTc/s1600/dan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizm0yOPW7sYs0oKinjQXjbq7eeumVm_-mPSR59g-AoyQU9BHM3NpRLSpIfR7M6NvVCQaHHXoadj_iq4NEDmC7S_gi9SMkGQfSx0l6dba7ge1P5SbxgXiOEXB4nbL_dxlUaRcbOBhsmZTc/s320/dan.JPG" width="244" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-17277763409447695172011-04-11T20:12:00.001-05:002011-04-11T20:31:16.126-05:0031 Day Challenge..Day 23: A picture of your favorite book<div align="center">I don't have just ONE favorite book,</div><div align="center">but I do have a few books that are special to me...</div><div align="center">I've mentioned these before..</div><div align="center">I'm in love with my 1950's cookbook..I love the vintage farm house look of it..</div><div align="center">and get this...I haven't cooked not ONE recipe out of it!!</div><div align="center">I should do something about that!</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ew2aeBbtLLKqHUf-l-S7MCr43kpWqKQTwGA8xo212HkiXvBqYqjPLz6CG_wmHwuHOF3Q5ikaBzvJdpyLGJtvjalrJo1ovRU_AufKopgqgr49yWJ0jp7Ky92Hr_NT9wz3xdOA3Kn-JDI/s1600/IMAG0467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ew2aeBbtLLKqHUf-l-S7MCr43kpWqKQTwGA8xo212HkiXvBqYqjPLz6CG_wmHwuHOF3Q5ikaBzvJdpyLGJtvjalrJo1ovRU_AufKopgqgr49yWJ0jp7Ky92Hr_NT9wz3xdOA3Kn-JDI/s320/IMAG0467.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div align="center">and..</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HzhIBqhnWGt9rowf6Ckx-uLnXEMAxaD6gJ5SAcQBU4B3cMLR_o6zDs3e3-5Y1YLM507w8TMkoGYZmFeRxo8gxAXdKfrLMJMoT3WPy0hJx5sD9TlHKJFoVcvL8Ez01d2TLTKtyXTsG44/s1600/%2521cid__100MEDIA_IMAG0337_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HzhIBqhnWGt9rowf6Ckx-uLnXEMAxaD6gJ5SAcQBU4B3cMLR_o6zDs3e3-5Y1YLM507w8TMkoGYZmFeRxo8gxAXdKfrLMJMoT3WPy0hJx5sD9TlHKJFoVcvL8Ez01d2TLTKtyXTsG44/s1600/%2521cid__100MEDIA_IMAG0337_.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-6820481339286492322011-04-06T15:15:00.000-05:002011-04-06T15:15:14.987-05:00Wordless Wednesday.....<div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JZF772FschsxFS0DyhenkOFfvH8qYSusgvBfgjgKNMmq7vTg1Clyvbj4hQfwXq01kQS5mpeoqrl3Yqw601u9LrqZk-CDXYmDze0q_UUVcjV8yTQt_HBZswALa6EJeWAzJdUNTw5s64Q/s1600/DSC00047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JZF772FschsxFS0DyhenkOFfvH8qYSusgvBfgjgKNMmq7vTg1Clyvbj4hQfwXq01kQS5mpeoqrl3Yqw601u9LrqZk-CDXYmDze0q_UUVcjV8yTQt_HBZswALa6EJeWAzJdUNTw5s64Q/s320/DSC00047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">This is one of my favorite photos!!</div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-89372530377937163522011-04-05T14:09:00.000-05:002011-04-05T14:09:36.961-05:00What's on Shawna's Phone Tuesdays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a border="0" href="http://www.lowefamilynews.com/2010/11/whats-on-jessicas-phone-tuesdays.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac214/jesslynlowe13/Whatsonmyphonebutton1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not a whole heck of alot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsktN0wk5Fgqa_5sn9qFpcvBIeC4lHASVEZszETjcyJ_OkvVLlQJdN7n_35_IE-9B8VMAJPtUwjjc6K7l9VA2-XAEEAMoZqB6BLWfPfAYwqc-Ad0SDXYX4dVI0VOuwgjU4O2qT9ZrS4lk/s1600/IMAG0434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsktN0wk5Fgqa_5sn9qFpcvBIeC4lHASVEZszETjcyJ_OkvVLlQJdN7n_35_IE-9B8VMAJPtUwjjc6K7l9VA2-XAEEAMoZqB6BLWfPfAYwqc-Ad0SDXYX4dVI0VOuwgjU4O2qT9ZrS4lk/s320/IMAG0434.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> My nephews birthday gift..yes you are seeing that right..</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wrapped it in butcher paper and duct tape!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So what...don't judge me!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtftME3y3EeP03TGkcX5tuN8s2_p9RLQKKCkLg7uU8V1bj7UP75xOjzdV4aC1vduWNPn5qZ6I4WYimB5ANv2s9MMnZHVi6-aE1njJ32VwQf7roeiA9-YVDvwmIz4EZhAQTexfJWA0BxlA/s1600/IMAG0448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtftME3y3EeP03TGkcX5tuN8s2_p9RLQKKCkLg7uU8V1bj7UP75xOjzdV4aC1vduWNPn5qZ6I4WYimB5ANv2s9MMnZHVi6-aE1njJ32VwQf7roeiA9-YVDvwmIz4EZhAQTexfJWA0BxlA/s320/IMAG0448.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Carter with his cousin Trent went out exploring today</div><div style="text-align: center;">and found the ultimate treasure of all.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A birds egg!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Their excitement of their special find was infectious and brought me back</div><div style="text-align: center;">to when I was a child and how cool and lucky I felt when I too</div><div style="text-align: center;">would find an egg on the ground!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This stuff doesn't just happen every day man!!!</div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-2476893657000134002011-04-05T11:40:00.000-05:002011-04-05T11:40:02.277-05:00<div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VLBaAyXGAOQaeRHt-3L-LBVsuiHqdSDML5hSD6KHP0Z_2AWyBwnqSWS5PIdFplggEPuLh3pYmEs5aSPiUL7SvCGYOEKigLgHIMGJbxNM9P9SgM7OAWKWC-Xdl7-2uDCsHyJijPJiZLM/s1600/IMAG0447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VLBaAyXGAOQaeRHt-3L-LBVsuiHqdSDML5hSD6KHP0Z_2AWyBwnqSWS5PIdFplggEPuLh3pYmEs5aSPiUL7SvCGYOEKigLgHIMGJbxNM9P9SgM7OAWKWC-Xdl7-2uDCsHyJijPJiZLM/s320/IMAG0447.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I came across this idea while looking thru a blog hop and drooling over everyone's projects..!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is not MY idea..I totally copied it! And I love it :)</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I got this idea off of "<a href="http://craftskeepmesane.blogspot.com/2011/03/tutorial-tuesday-easter-wreath.html">Keeping It Simple"</a></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You won't beleive how easy this was..and ah hem..MESSY :)</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She made up a tutorial on how to make this VERY SIMPLE and CHEAP wreath..you should all go check it out. It only cost me like $3 bucks to make it and I still had supplies left when I was done!</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's nice and bright and even the hubs says it makes the door look "cheery"..and he's color blind lol..</span></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-91097697244223010232011-03-31T20:36:00.000-05:002011-03-31T20:36:24.530-05:0031 Day Challenge -Day 22: A picture of something you wish you were better at.<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">ORGANIZATION!!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I am telling you I am such a mess with this topic in life!!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I dream of everything having a place and everything being put in a place...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">To come home to this..would be so dreamy...</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gP2O6IsRgSsvHoKdriZhWZouPqclUyG9SRjqbtLqfr2IcE5CFUqQ-lN8fYRtltU5ys3pH4Tdko2Q-gNOCQe7WeErQZcbTtDrkaNbNBswfK2pNBnhi24HGidlYOrcU24WgehDlHPmz8c/s1600/1102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="314" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gP2O6IsRgSsvHoKdriZhWZouPqclUyG9SRjqbtLqfr2IcE5CFUqQ-lN8fYRtltU5ys3pH4Tdko2Q-gNOCQe7WeErQZcbTtDrkaNbNBswfK2pNBnhi24HGidlYOrcU24WgehDlHPmz8c/s320/1102.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">But instead I've got this...</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LhzYCyJB9s355-__zdGLCyuk-CT-19b5T9mOiDCxybyZ0YaipXJ6-zqG6spEZgQwyp-jeR9flDgnW4FuX-livFSL7A_zxX6aC5WxkenC4c2_teK23Fi2LujVnyyz0TbO6ag7kyHMlgQ/s1600/IMAG0431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="191" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LhzYCyJB9s355-__zdGLCyuk-CT-19b5T9mOiDCxybyZ0YaipXJ6-zqG6spEZgQwyp-jeR9flDgnW4FuX-livFSL7A_zxX6aC5WxkenC4c2_teK23Fi2LujVnyyz0TbO6ag7kyHMlgQ/s320/IMAG0431.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">(Ignore the dirty mat, it's saw dust from renovating the kitchen)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">A pantry ah..to be so ORGANIZED..every woman's dream..Is this really how people LIVE?..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmCdf7lFNMMJ4eUbXfVe4gCMDqTX9SSPXJnvfQ9hoIWfhqPFQTEnojvFah9b7jgUt7tT-GcUQgpeXXIE1GfYJ4RpVeRoKo30neUK-kGiZ2IYg_cCZc7TwzpMlp7ZnBt_JRFE2QCLE5OQ/s1600/Pantry_WC_RP_DecorMoldingMD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmCdf7lFNMMJ4eUbXfVe4gCMDqTX9SSPXJnvfQ9hoIWfhqPFQTEnojvFah9b7jgUt7tT-GcUQgpeXXIE1GfYJ4RpVeRoKo30neUK-kGiZ2IYg_cCZc7TwzpMlp7ZnBt_JRFE2QCLE5OQ/s320/Pantry_WC_RP_DecorMoldingMD.jpg" width="239" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">because this is MY pantry...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEXVmQ1l6nhSd3xrZ4xHHlgi4qok-0Ib2WQzZhkh3HQuDKrdF90Pq3maj0jbYv92kJkQW58VEpzQtUn2MniqxL77QAvbji_-mcApu4NaBZygyayHT-0md1W0XsBBomX1tUXvleJVhpVo/s1600/IMAG0430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEXVmQ1l6nhSd3xrZ4xHHlgi4qok-0Ib2WQzZhkh3HQuDKrdF90Pq3maj0jbYv92kJkQW58VEpzQtUn2MniqxL77QAvbji_-mcApu4NaBZygyayHT-0md1W0XsBBomX1tUXvleJVhpVo/s320/IMAG0430.jpg" width="191" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Love my 70's shelf paper???....</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Now I gotta know for sure...is THIS REALLY what it looks like under YOUR bathroom sink?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Mine might look like this for a day..the SAME day that I organized it but by evening it'd be a wreck!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZjcFXsnAGkMOIQvEiZ80flAnJxUXFPv_XoPvJDloeHjTGRq_sjh2EZiI9uGgY_GfsQ_3uehpsCRYXDieGlf0AAbiww4g4H844m5h5SzwHNwgWpJGbtrWKyJ18wL_DcACG2N4KiGwufQ/s1600/photo+%25286%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="239" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZjcFXsnAGkMOIQvEiZ80flAnJxUXFPv_XoPvJDloeHjTGRq_sjh2EZiI9uGgY_GfsQ_3uehpsCRYXDieGlf0AAbiww4g4H844m5h5SzwHNwgWpJGbtrWKyJ18wL_DcACG2N4KiGwufQ/s320/photo+%25286%2529.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Infact..this is a typical day in our bathrooms...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">My bathroom looks like this..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERKp9ASyyKuFkEAWdzjYs4WIrMKHc9bC8aVoepzV3QxQjSKG4nBBFH_rLNNra4gtWExlKk2IWJY3INpnQUb1TmG60eQfUyydPKCfi0suQcDSRlHvHZESBzQyPyxCKgDp7o6HP4ZDifx0/s1600/IMAG0432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="191" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERKp9ASyyKuFkEAWdzjYs4WIrMKHc9bC8aVoepzV3QxQjSKG4nBBFH_rLNNra4gtWExlKk2IWJY3INpnQUb1TmG60eQfUyydPKCfi0suQcDSRlHvHZESBzQyPyxCKgDp7o6HP4ZDifx0/s320/IMAG0432.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And under Dan and the boys' bathroom sink it looks like this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3Boc_UdB4LSRVO6jtJlGRfui8kTM9zT24y1YJenkyGBxfp-xV_PcJPwJlLbJaegSD-BOED8V9sywNANsK0mr7fYx9YR2Y9cB7D0ceveXCUtSF4ysqfoNRxpDRUcYGlzIduucvWrrKgo/s1600/IMAG0433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="184" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3Boc_UdB4LSRVO6jtJlGRfui8kTM9zT24y1YJenkyGBxfp-xV_PcJPwJlLbJaegSD-BOED8V9sywNANsK0mr7fYx9YR2Y9cB7D0ceveXCUtSF4ysqfoNRxpDRUcYGlzIduucvWrrKgo/s320/IMAG0433.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Gasp! You see I TRY to bring organization...see the empty toilet roll paper holder there in the back..yea..</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">it's not functional if you don't use it right...then the baskets...well..that defeated the purpose..(same as the basket on my sink to what is suppose to hold my "make up"..not "and some"...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">and look at that 1900's game boy! Now that's poopin in style folks!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">....So as you can see....I wish I was better at organization...Im pretty sure it goes hand in hand with my procrastination :)</span></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-7783392665277421202011-03-31T14:48:00.002-05:002011-03-31T14:48:44.209-05:0031 Day Challenge-Day 21: A picture of something you wish you could forget<div align="center"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">March 5, 2008</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The day my brother Brad died..in a horriable car accident no less (ah hem..my car phobia!)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not that I want to forget my brother, but the pain I experienced with his loss has been nothing like I've ever experienced before. We all expect that someday we will lose our parents, but I never gave it a thought as to losing a sibling.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I miss him all the time. Especially around Easter time when we are all at "Grammy and Poppy's" dying eggs with the grandkids. I can still see him manuvering around the table trying to video tape and photograph whoever would stand still long enough..His piercing blue eyes and big smile is something I will never forget.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJmjOLcmS6N5CY30S8akvutqLqNat8NNV0j-VKOuC094O_PCYyVI8luiDK1NEe-Rh6dTQ7AehMhRy3Rd2opWbUAbuteC7MT3qqTtZp-7S4usKn1SyJuczcPoVfROi03jzEI9Me2F4vds/s1600/IMAG0424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJmjOLcmS6N5CY30S8akvutqLqNat8NNV0j-VKOuC094O_PCYyVI8luiDK1NEe-Rh6dTQ7AehMhRy3Rd2opWbUAbuteC7MT3qqTtZp-7S4usKn1SyJuczcPoVfROi03jzEI9Me2F4vds/s320/IMAG0424.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-37257332650685489422011-03-31T14:48:00.000-05:002011-03-31T14:48:15.811-05:0031 day challenge-Day 20: A picture of somewhere you want to travel to.<div align="center">There are two places I dream of going!</div><div align="center">To some people it may not seem that dreamy..but to me </div><div align="center">it's on my bucket list without a doubt!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I would love to travel to Maine!</div><div align="center">I don't know what it is that has attracted me to the seaside of Maine but I beleive it</div><div align="center">started with the movie "Sarah Plain and Tall"......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_usdR6kCNORs7UQdEJHZxyaIWJRjy4XmY7eFmP32-vuHsp1lF9GyOLAlyg1w8QJ3wRNhuXJVFWqXTKDb-RuttjLs8srIGBhbfXndZP36z1O5R8FyF27nwwy5Gld9n5eDhwVrc4GUhzs/s1600/DSCN5071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_usdR6kCNORs7UQdEJHZxyaIWJRjy4XmY7eFmP32-vuHsp1lF9GyOLAlyg1w8QJ3wRNhuXJVFWqXTKDb-RuttjLs8srIGBhbfXndZP36z1O5R8FyF27nwwy5Gld9n5eDhwVrc4GUhzs/s320/DSCN5071.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another place I would love to go to is </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rockafeller Center to watch the ice skaters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another thing Im not sure so much as to "WHY"...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It just has a nostalgic sense to me..every year when I set </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my ice skating pond up for my villiage I always think of Rockafeller!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know as "I" would actually skate (perhaps just to say I did!) but I think </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it would be lovely to just sit and watch the other skaters for a little bit. (And by little bit..I mean</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not very long lol..I hate cold..lol)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrE5aM-qV67FyWl5Swu3-8qXj7bo6e26Li6OeSf9IDj5pO5_lj5cs9SNrCRUp-hejX-k7dFjXcFbNltownAa4GR2pPzvS5xDx-1HVhHjtWDYA0xqll01_Pzi3GivJbaRDmPU_1DfxGWU/s1600/Ice-Skating-at-Rockefeller-Center.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrE5aM-qV67FyWl5Swu3-8qXj7bo6e26Li6OeSf9IDj5pO5_lj5cs9SNrCRUp-hejX-k7dFjXcFbNltownAa4GR2pPzvS5xDx-1HVhHjtWDYA0xqll01_Pzi3GivJbaRDmPU_1DfxGWU/s320/Ice-Skating-at-Rockefeller-Center.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQJ-iGFCUasw7mbfHz6S0pmXvLF6ASefyUExhVBLZZyzpfTWiIni7qmqH41fvbH-JWkgg2T4vsCPyJrpgmnf4TZtIZhu5-13YgBL0ejNk41PBYZGr9AXXryucF2wSCNk2xLydvv1YZD0/s1600/phpjqRIe0PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQJ-iGFCUasw7mbfHz6S0pmXvLF6ASefyUExhVBLZZyzpfTWiIni7qmqH41fvbH-JWkgg2T4vsCPyJrpgmnf4TZtIZhu5-13YgBL0ejNk41PBYZGr9AXXryucF2wSCNk2xLydvv1YZD0/s320/phpjqRIe0PM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center">As for Mr. Handsome, he has said he would love to go somewhere tropical or extravagant, some place</div><div align="center">that you absoultly have to fly to get there..like out of this country..or Hawaii..</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Thing One and Thing Two..well they will just settle for taking them to Dave and Busters in Chicago lol..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivv5wm9V3AClJx0khleKIRxRD7uvkX5YH4W-ZjhSgn9gE7-UvM3ReB37fyZe5zYKCEAwAWoH_HHv1QVLja49fgxLUiXW73j-7kCiK6gQTlvHtDDYiLtdTlMPkt52tP88wx0DIuCbydO0E/s1600/20090703_dave_and_busters_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivv5wm9V3AClJx0khleKIRxRD7uvkX5YH4W-ZjhSgn9gE7-UvM3ReB37fyZe5zYKCEAwAWoH_HHv1QVLja49fgxLUiXW73j-7kCiK6gQTlvHtDDYiLtdTlMPkt52tP88wx0DIuCbydO0E/s320/20090703_dave_and_busters_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-44998431584150827552011-03-31T14:47:00.000-05:002011-03-31T14:47:24.332-05:0031 Day Challenge-Day 19: A picture and a letter<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These are some of my favorite photos that I have seen from Dan's childhood.</span></div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He was (is) so adorable!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So today is share a photo and a letter..today I have chosen to write a letter to my In laws...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIeaVdkb-jL8Nbb___zGLJo-jcQ2h5Uj6Ob-tmQQnRg9rEh8etXaRtZMTgqZ-lMBB7bM66OZigq7u9NDv_1JYwcWFDPJX2xvyAQJj-U8nIiGS19g_UAoCAmCf8hurqng0W_TCt50ThxM/s1600/newly+weds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIeaVdkb-jL8Nbb___zGLJo-jcQ2h5Uj6Ob-tmQQnRg9rEh8etXaRtZMTgqZ-lMBB7bM66OZigq7u9NDv_1JYwcWFDPJX2xvyAQJj-U8nIiGS19g_UAoCAmCf8hurqng0W_TCt50ThxM/s320/newly+weds.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dear Danny and Lou Anne,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seventeen years ago I met a boy who I thought was such a pain in the butt!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He picked on me, always made jokes that he thought were funny, and at worst...would</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">fart!! Who raised this boy??!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Soon I saw a young man, one that I admired, respected and was quickly falling swooney over..AND he liked me enough that he was embarrassed to fart around me (yay!)</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINRrMfMrxtrW4M8TcTzCXgsNdXKetYLQ18EIdAshU-ZpWUtXlZWtLVZbjM41qsnVCGoLNQhABkIhYnfWy8od-n7QB6qo-kDKBPyz09Bqs4n-uWTA7oybHYEAlsT2AETuOOvCIwWUcob0/s1600/dan+football+1995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINRrMfMrxtrW4M8TcTzCXgsNdXKetYLQ18EIdAshU-ZpWUtXlZWtLVZbjM41qsnVCGoLNQhABkIhYnfWy8od-n7QB6qo-kDKBPyz09Bqs4n-uWTA7oybHYEAlsT2AETuOOvCIwWUcob0/s320/dan+football+1995.JPG" width="223" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before I even knew what was happening I was in love with this young man and I knew that he was without a doubt the man I wanted to marry, the man I wanted share children with, the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOIG_ahYJZ9-j0HXvvty8cGLOBWtO71t1iBvktPr2Cenjla1nf7iRyte0spnu1u4Dw2J3NJgTnaEdLcqwJBwLuohimDNOGzlRuiZmsE7BgtdPw-E90rsONSgeJm4OpnSmXkwGUpeRu6I/s1600/dan+graduation.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOIG_ahYJZ9-j0HXvvty8cGLOBWtO71t1iBvktPr2Cenjla1nf7iRyte0spnu1u4Dw2J3NJgTnaEdLcqwJBwLuohimDNOGzlRuiZmsE7BgtdPw-E90rsONSgeJm4OpnSmXkwGUpeRu6I/s320/dan+graduation.JPG" width="215" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am proud of this man and I am proud to call him my husband.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">His morals are strong, he knows how to treat a lady, he is a great father, a hard worker, and strong family provider, and anyone who is lucky enough to call him a friend is truely blessed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He did not learn this all on his own, he was taught this by two parents that raised him to be the awesome man that he is today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My one hope is that we are raising our own sons with these same values.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is nothing that you two wouldn't do for your kids, grandkids or in-laws.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a sense we are all truely blessed to have you both as "our parents".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So today I thank you for Dan and all that he is, without your influence, love and support he would not be the most awesome man I know!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank you to you both!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love you!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shawna</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tI1Pjwh4RbWFNvxHckLj3B8g_KqmgDYPFOp6od7BPb5aH3t7ynUyaslEdW__lyqkf4QaPcYRPCDC2KUuMmmem53uN_hxGNTUqURXd5zzhOhsOLKspbEQ3aOsYwQGDTgoTEXp0CwXScs/s1600/carter022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tI1Pjwh4RbWFNvxHckLj3B8g_KqmgDYPFOp6od7BPb5aH3t7ynUyaslEdW__lyqkf4QaPcYRPCDC2KUuMmmem53uN_hxGNTUqURXd5zzhOhsOLKspbEQ3aOsYwQGDTgoTEXp0CwXScs/s320/carter022.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-15531894121061515432011-03-30T09:45:00.000-05:002011-03-30T09:45:19.967-05:0031 Day Challenge-Day 18 A picture of your biggest insecurity<div align="center">I can't speak for the rest of my family on what their</div><div align="center">insecurities are but for me, if you are reading this and you know me</div><div align="center">you will not find this surprising...</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">My insecurity is DRIVING!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1j2nOGEi62cuuEo_dbpfu_kWGvGyU5mI_pAGAICBDNfxJx7GRfBRmV0sFX-afVcOnfO_BAcUp8e2q-C2p3gvI33tC2je2n8jBuZKTHQnlxUwg8p76q0nxEh2kYrQ3yS-hBLeVsl-nqo/s1600/436791-Royalty-Free-RF-Clipart-Illustration-Of-A-Crazy-Driver-With-A-How-Am-I-Driving-Bumper-Sticker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="289" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1j2nOGEi62cuuEo_dbpfu_kWGvGyU5mI_pAGAICBDNfxJx7GRfBRmV0sFX-afVcOnfO_BAcUp8e2q-C2p3gvI33tC2je2n8jBuZKTHQnlxUwg8p76q0nxEh2kYrQ3yS-hBLeVsl-nqo/s320/436791-Royalty-Free-RF-Clipart-Illustration-Of-A-Crazy-Driver-With-A-How-Am-I-Driving-Bumper-Sticker.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-81163255836542485862011-03-21T09:32:00.001-05:002011-03-21T09:32:07.667-05:00Super Moon...!!<div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnU8T00AeFsmk-j_P1-hlWsKGdx6PbtSIS3ZVP6XgNnz_I-gFj4IF_rUrdG156zjY0PRvitENH-DHhlUn-3SPryOcw58dU0wMafJ3HPrMPo64wogQ2ddZ_qFEsLkuU2hQ1V119zkRNGE/s1600/DSC01122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnU8T00AeFsmk-j_P1-hlWsKGdx6PbtSIS3ZVP6XgNnz_I-gFj4IF_rUrdG156zjY0PRvitENH-DHhlUn-3SPryOcw58dU0wMafJ3HPrMPo64wogQ2ddZ_qFEsLkuU2hQ1V119zkRNGE/s320/DSC01122.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Did you all see the SUPER MOON?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Im not sure if I seen it while it was in super mode or not.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I didn't notice it was large like people were saying, but</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I did notice it was alot brighter then usual tho!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I feel lucky that I was able to witness this in my lifetime.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"They" say it won't happen again for another 20 years!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So if the God Lord allows I may just have the chance to see it again!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfGwrEhjDOcBHo4GZN3FyKU3jP5BM2L38LOiswpfkG1oXtP1dd6e1IN_lBTZU-lIBffy7WPeEZHyBjeabcPOHSODOeqPysCO8zWFB3AfCJFHs60VwRAH51z2HVi8B68vMLmt5drH8y30/s1600/DSC01123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfGwrEhjDOcBHo4GZN3FyKU3jP5BM2L38LOiswpfkG1oXtP1dd6e1IN_lBTZU-lIBffy7WPeEZHyBjeabcPOHSODOeqPysCO8zWFB3AfCJFHs60VwRAH51z2HVi8B68vMLmt5drH8y30/s320/DSC01123.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These aren't the best photos, I've seen other people's photos and they are alot</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">better then mine and I read that the best time to see the moon at it's largest was at sunset, me on the other hand I went out and looked after midnight :)</span></div><div align="center"></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-52202674667695285842011-03-18T00:43:00.000-05:002011-03-18T00:43:41.013-05:00Flash Back Friday..<div align="center"><a href="http://minyards7.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Friday Photo Flashback" border="0" src="http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/kenleysmomma14/fpf2.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKatMVacDuZtjyMc0MYi9Zmp9bFPwTmTagCE862BN9gpefMp6fwTpM7MpkaGs6r3yw9zciVFg2UXuHhuh0Ar9CJL9qOtm2RwhDT1eGvS2TKQAAMA5xGsiPZdq8PG2WQUKvjGkenIxgC8/s1600/DSC00064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKatMVacDuZtjyMc0MYi9Zmp9bFPwTmTagCE862BN9gpefMp6fwTpM7MpkaGs6r3yw9zciVFg2UXuHhuh0Ar9CJL9qOtm2RwhDT1eGvS2TKQAAMA5xGsiPZdq8PG2WQUKvjGkenIxgC8/s320/DSC00064.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Carter at his 3rd birthday. I loved his chubby butt in that speedo-he'll prolly kill me for that lol..</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-85639969242918449012011-03-18T00:14:00.002-05:002011-03-18T00:17:31.843-05:00Product Reveiw-Glade Sparkle of Spring Candle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpX91Jgs1zw_i29IPgx52LqlDi_xgAdWpN-Pr8xGiKbNgNvTgBJuTFjHFsJySSztMMJlvUP-vi7SfxgtRjTCSxNMLW4YgWcaa4TX5RXS0KtEVKXtZPnEV8ryWMUBJaPBlV1Dg2mlytXE/s1600/IMAG0375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpX91Jgs1zw_i29IPgx52LqlDi_xgAdWpN-Pr8xGiKbNgNvTgBJuTFjHFsJySSztMMJlvUP-vi7SfxgtRjTCSxNMLW4YgWcaa4TX5RXS0KtEVKXtZPnEV8ryWMUBJaPBlV1Dg2mlytXE/s320/IMAG0375.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> As part of being a</span><a href="http://www.bzzagent.com/blog/"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> Bzz Agent</span></a><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">, I got the opportunity to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">sample the new Glade spring line.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I was sent this candle "Sparkle of Spring".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I first used it as my table setting for St. Patty's Day dinner because</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">it was GREEN!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://newfromthefarm.blogspot.com/2011/03/happy-st-patricks-day-2011.html"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">(See here for table setting)</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">At first I didn't notice much of a scent from it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After dinner I cleaned up the kitchen and realized, I may not have </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">much noticed the scent because the aroma of the food I had cooked may have still been in the air.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So I moved the candle into the living room and IT DID IT'S JOB!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">My living room is by no means a small room and Im telling you the candle filled the room with scent!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It was a very fresh and clean scent. Very pleasant!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I will be buying this line of candles again!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It is long lasting as far as the burn time. I've had it burning for 5 hours now and it's</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">not even close to half burned!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">There is another candle in this line called "Bring on the blossoms". Im anxious to give that one a try!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So stay tuned for an update on what I think of that candle!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EnjeBhnrJ8siYxkd07e94wUK_C-n4lMdIHldVlZscP0k_BMuLbtsYuNWM1FmXyD2YIgR4sHIFzFbIeX9EDE6KWArvGD-nL4yieT97Q7KZV7vG3VwvoN0E1UfFtZCUsc94fEniABlODE/s1600/IMAG0376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EnjeBhnrJ8siYxkd07e94wUK_C-n4lMdIHldVlZscP0k_BMuLbtsYuNWM1FmXyD2YIgR4sHIFzFbIeX9EDE6KWArvGD-nL4yieT97Q7KZV7vG3VwvoN0E1UfFtZCUsc94fEniABlODE/s320/IMAG0376.jpg" width="260" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">2 thumbs up, I would buy this product!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Other items in their spring line include</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Premium Room Sprays</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Scented Oil Candle refills</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Plug Ins Scented oils</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">and the 4oz jar Candles I mentioned above</span><br />
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<img alt="" src="http://img.bzzagent.com/image/scjohnson.jpg?Type=activity&Activity=2706048701&Campaign=3953203761&Uid=289336&token=9933df8f8f743a951179e38b284cd114" /></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-67059754288279662632011-03-17T23:33:00.000-05:002011-03-17T23:33:37.420-05:00Happy St. Patrick's Day (2011)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the "small" holidays, I always like doing simple things for the boys,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">but this year with the house being in such a disaray I wasn't sure what I was going to do.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I quickly threw something together...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I went to the store and bought "gold" candies..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18EC5vzMinYXkzKhfd1nvOwmvQQ0xOV0HdzSRZPn-fbWlip13rNIAtjcOVI7_-P6m0QOVkQN7y1727yKcNiGtiOvDd-sW2lgiqKYZ2eypmxWiopn9LveQq4hXy7GXSHXqeA3iGNQDqEA/s1600/IMAG0377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18EC5vzMinYXkzKhfd1nvOwmvQQ0xOV0HdzSRZPn-fbWlip13rNIAtjcOVI7_-P6m0QOVkQN7y1727yKcNiGtiOvDd-sW2lgiqKYZ2eypmxWiopn9LveQq4hXy7GXSHXqeA3iGNQDqEA/s320/IMAG0377.jpg" width="191" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Found 2 similiar containers..put a sheet of green paper into the jar</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and stuffed them with the candies...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It made for a nice "goodie surprise" for the boys...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_munXZL1EVF1NeGI-AGpngYsminu7lJ4WqQ6WQViVmoSZHpcFEHaj8gC6yaSr0AfUikTxG7jyVL5lki5RQOfQkaPJ80_wup2esh96e6RQSlQOVE-hkMkitEO4tkaMiImjW0nsPqhuJ4/s1600/IMAG0378.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_munXZL1EVF1NeGI-AGpngYsminu7lJ4WqQ6WQViVmoSZHpcFEHaj8gC6yaSr0AfUikTxG7jyVL5lki5RQOfQkaPJ80_wup2esh96e6RQSlQOVE-hkMkitEO4tkaMiImjW0nsPqhuJ4/s320/IMAG0378.jpg" width="231" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I made a quick pasta dish and added some precooked chicken and cooked it in the electric pan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(the joys of not having a stove ha ha)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Added some green food coloring..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bought some green punch..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">added a green candle to the table and green table cloth and called it</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">St. Patty's Day!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So our St. Patty's day was a little fun and a little special..I hope yours was</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">full of lots of green and maybe even some gold if you were lucky :)</span></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-23259246850036804412011-03-17T22:43:00.001-05:002011-03-17T22:50:42.639-05:0031 Day Challenge...Day 17: A picture of someone who has made a huge impact on your life<div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLTLvqmpcCAjp5W4rKBE7DlM6GSG1xOl5zXqShCOYsmrhRqQZ-e7CpW8gFxE9B0CPsTUsI-u6_nt3tJryXy_-hhU7Xtbqt0cCberXWzJtcfaW4VvVIMeFXbueyXNI691qPolqfGVEuy0/s1600/boys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLTLvqmpcCAjp5W4rKBE7DlM6GSG1xOl5zXqShCOYsmrhRqQZ-e7CpW8gFxE9B0CPsTUsI-u6_nt3tJryXy_-hhU7Xtbqt0cCberXWzJtcfaW4VvVIMeFXbueyXNI691qPolqfGVEuy0/s320/boys.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I'd have to say that my kids are who have made the biggest impact in my life.</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Before kids my life was nothing but day in and day out partying...It took a little while for us to adjust and grow up but eventually kids have a way of changing you..I like to think for the better :)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Some days are hard, with them fighting and bickering all the time, and some days are nothing but joy.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The trials you go thru as a parent are sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad..it makes my day when they share their day and their life stories with me. When they come to me and tell me things that they are going thru in life and share with me things that I never shared with my parents it makes me feel like I am doing my job. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I love my boys so much and would never trade them for the world!</span><br />
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The person who I am inspired by today is Angell Lundy. She has worked so hard in bettering herself and standing her ground in following her faith. Her walk with Christ is very ...inspiring and I am so proud of her. She is doing her best in her journey of life and works hard and is a genuine friend. I ♥ you Angell McLundy!See MoreShawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-29502904329450069092011-03-15T23:10:00.000-05:002011-03-15T23:10:22.353-05:0031 Day Challenge...Day 15: A picture of something you want to do before you die.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am going out on a quick limb here and deciding for everyone lol...I might not be right down to the exact but I know Im darn close to things they would choose lol..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcyV9ANq7LB5oN0XK5dh7xzhLYzqlMq1_3Ry0BAmPpIXOczyKglBnYwbX_HxD7KfJh7UQ6MCg5PZvqO3fBBgnifsBid98kXDxGV0_XPGFofpur1B5mIVQxyAWeNddI6SxBjztLseqgwU/s1600/maine1024x681.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcyV9ANq7LB5oN0XK5dh7xzhLYzqlMq1_3Ry0BAmPpIXOczyKglBnYwbX_HxD7KfJh7UQ6MCg5PZvqO3fBBgnifsBid98kXDxGV0_XPGFofpur1B5mIVQxyAWeNddI6SxBjztLseqgwU/s320/maine1024x681.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For me, I dream of going to Maine to see the sea! I've been told</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so many times that the sea is the most beautifuliest sp? in Maine..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8Zt_JolXO7ulrs_UltZ-rtGkIUVgUIFyCjHvQKa7yvoAmxuLwABAgsAa3oGkZaSHt51egnduknZDAFeH8DCS-Y1yBmVee-kcJBYSlm_-d0WYp9RBH5MNmaG5nnwa99VuZjGke6B5O4o/s1600/20090703_dave_and_busters_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8Zt_JolXO7ulrs_UltZ-rtGkIUVgUIFyCjHvQKa7yvoAmxuLwABAgsAa3oGkZaSHt51egnduknZDAFeH8DCS-Y1yBmVee-kcJBYSlm_-d0WYp9RBH5MNmaG5nnwa99VuZjGke6B5O4o/s320/20090703_dave_and_busters_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDq7ZaKsgXRnYmTn_XxACOXo9MkLSQzFKfoJ3yfmqW35LamkT91LKpzz1IfFH7OlOnZCHY4NcIdsT-n4Ft7LRGFia7t1wTb8RbDC-3m78o4f31Fe1KMzYxHZIUktmdjRYn-AYKMWNB1b4/s1600/ablog-dave-n-busters-exterior1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDq7ZaKsgXRnYmTn_XxACOXo9MkLSQzFKfoJ3yfmqW35LamkT91LKpzz1IfFH7OlOnZCHY4NcIdsT-n4Ft7LRGFia7t1wTb8RbDC-3m78o4f31Fe1KMzYxHZIUktmdjRYn-AYKMWNB1b4/s320/ablog-dave-n-busters-exterior1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span id="goog_1565764875"></span><span id="goog_1565764876"></span>And Caleb and Carter have been begging to go to "Dave and Busters" lol..all atainable dreams..now to get a plan in action :)</div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-49545640768942345782011-03-15T23:08:00.000-05:002011-03-15T23:08:06.393-05:0031 Day Challenge...Day 14: A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I could go on and on and on listing the people we couldn't live without!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I only added pics from what I already had on my computer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So if you aren't in one of these photos don't get upset..you are special to us and we love our friends</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and family very much!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6qrJ7obK6j2qqDXfRU6eJRtyCfCX_B1Hy6Vl6oXY2azwkBoV-zf6Ki3CgXruwSWzKkl1CXCtKuNsGulNeQArHlmUvWSZyP12O1mUBISy5retqvjXTlNehHApW1JOVu0THaC_nT0OHig/s1600/44404_103462686381013_100001518461448_29705_1933721_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6qrJ7obK6j2qqDXfRU6eJRtyCfCX_B1Hy6Vl6oXY2azwkBoV-zf6Ki3CgXruwSWzKkl1CXCtKuNsGulNeQArHlmUvWSZyP12O1mUBISy5retqvjXTlNehHApW1JOVu0THaC_nT0OHig/s320/44404_103462686381013_100001518461448_29705_1933721_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shawna's sisters...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-1dng0wc0SB0zUpbVCdzRUveRdRJHXNBnch-WAgKiF1PyMtHvXAprao0jZncB8fXkP5Lx2oTuydMWU9xViUziSm-bqRfy0iR6IBPksQ2BRW4AEmPPPUlH6NLg6YgIRPcjrxRKLjBWTU/s1600/DSC08854+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-1dng0wc0SB0zUpbVCdzRUveRdRJHXNBnch-WAgKiF1PyMtHvXAprao0jZncB8fXkP5Lx2oTuydMWU9xViUziSm-bqRfy0iR6IBPksQ2BRW4AEmPPPUlH6NLg6YgIRPcjrxRKLjBWTU/s320/DSC08854+%25282%2529.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thing 1 and Thing 2..we couldn't live without them, and they couldn't live without each other!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhfiw5AMg_EcvXwgWBTl2GbtWkBEXZG0ST25jCCsxBUvYuVbhQO_rNVt-wuRkWHDNk3EJnM79bP7y6OXEdQlbg3UDUo3dqrLN9nZLx72oDQVJ3LjH_3hLgJ7Ssp2edQHCdgkaV3s3Iv8/s1600/40330_413561846761_616536761_4650641_2652019_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhfiw5AMg_EcvXwgWBTl2GbtWkBEXZG0ST25jCCsxBUvYuVbhQO_rNVt-wuRkWHDNk3EJnM79bP7y6OXEdQlbg3UDUo3dqrLN9nZLx72oDQVJ3LjH_3hLgJ7Ssp2edQHCdgkaV3s3Iv8/s320/40330_413561846761_616536761_4650641_2652019_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me personally I couldn't live without Mr.Handsome!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is such a wonderful husband!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bhFn4JrmPB9TFY40G58pt6n2MrR15rhkvqBd2a1Y-q-VZpkuVCqXuGP1ezlB_-0gH98clnrSpy-clqxEKMkoMfzLK3mUDYBeVAC33Ty3g4PD2mcVN9OEnYswLnV0yfCmF4Ba7WvEksc/s1600/us.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bhFn4JrmPB9TFY40G58pt6n2MrR15rhkvqBd2a1Y-q-VZpkuVCqXuGP1ezlB_-0gH98clnrSpy-clqxEKMkoMfzLK3mUDYBeVAC33Ty3g4PD2mcVN9OEnYswLnV0yfCmF4Ba7WvEksc/s1600/us.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our lil' family..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnrBaKpjpHXZMUI1O2ogJl4q09rl09tnFTFMlVKFMmAIpf3o3y3XcL5v-gJV99D-cqJX4eEHpYUC5z7GuYUDqAvbZo7q-F4h1lhMmmWrew1KbWcrzd6sxjSXVU5utYyLjefrP80AKYOg/s1600/DSC00796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnrBaKpjpHXZMUI1O2ogJl4q09rl09tnFTFMlVKFMmAIpf3o3y3XcL5v-gJV99D-cqJX4eEHpYUC5z7GuYUDqAvbZo7q-F4h1lhMmmWrew1KbWcrzd6sxjSXVU5utYyLjefrP80AKYOg/s320/DSC00796.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and our big families! Many of the ones we adore aren't in these photos but wouldn't ever</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">want to live without them. We are very lucky that we have the families we do. God has certainly blessed us and continues to do so!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7NiHiivo8yzpSkttxj_1hddcSB4lkD-W18GI45tBRjiCJxVOq_4bb0AjAbgLqgid9046TfGl8imvgHbikbEJacOfDUNhj33TrECWuIoYF8QIHwdyBmlKPWcvmPXXQowB-3W3aORFBMQ/s1600/sonny%2527s+party+048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7NiHiivo8yzpSkttxj_1hddcSB4lkD-W18GI45tBRjiCJxVOq_4bb0AjAbgLqgid9046TfGl8imvgHbikbEJacOfDUNhj33TrECWuIoYF8QIHwdyBmlKPWcvmPXXQowB-3W3aORFBMQ/s320/sonny%2527s+party+048.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">So to family..and friends..we couldn't live without any of you.<br />
You make our lives enjoyable. Love you all!</div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-48307402584089314232011-03-15T23:03:00.000-05:002011-03-15T23:03:19.233-05:0031 Day Challenge...Day 13: A picture of your favorite band/artist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_g9Xm0Vuwn0R0ZkQEMRW3GzDknB2MTDXDEWyJeudB1v5YvxV07t7t_xw1tTkEla2ai1L09H31NbbHaYRU3ZfHX3uq4eEWrDr7vGGXjb4TvI0iH4Ph4oveak2TgbY18TF75jNkG0u_7fw/s1600/nickelback04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_g9Xm0Vuwn0R0ZkQEMRW3GzDknB2MTDXDEWyJeudB1v5YvxV07t7t_xw1tTkEla2ai1L09H31NbbHaYRU3ZfHX3uq4eEWrDr7vGGXjb4TvI0iH4Ph4oveak2TgbY18TF75jNkG0u_7fw/s320/nickelback04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Our whole family loves Nickelback!</div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-16814953937430385442011-03-15T23:02:00.000-05:002011-03-15T23:02:45.902-05:00What's on Shawna's Phone Tuesday..???<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lot's of pictures on my phone this week...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started the kitchen renovation this week after the "mishap"...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqJE1rEkpL7Jy446EjWfH3R0s2I4GGlLST4uoR_HenlAZaLGBZO4COCSnC8VHX4bf4_a0D-8rb5qfZR2DEg5u4RkpHNQ6dx6NwCIOyBdu8MBAYVIjnOStQS1fgRzwjzzqIRCE-_WZ0W4/s1600/IMAG0342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqJE1rEkpL7Jy446EjWfH3R0s2I4GGlLST4uoR_HenlAZaLGBZO4COCSnC8VHX4bf4_a0D-8rb5qfZR2DEg5u4RkpHNQ6dx6NwCIOyBdu8MBAYVIjnOStQS1fgRzwjzzqIRCE-_WZ0W4/s320/IMAG0342.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Say bye bye stove and yucky burnt up wall...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoi6vMcT7AIp_Gw0k-Eo1aswWKKjkutRYcCZI8BUY8UZPRMH7Zx04_UYk8vyWdvLARfHOFgo9bMcoATEudPbf0TCAdTZTVt5fcMqaaj3CX-KNCRoOvpAeuewaNHLzJ5ZwCi6gn5tlcPQ/s1600/IMAG0341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoi6vMcT7AIp_Gw0k-Eo1aswWKKjkutRYcCZI8BUY8UZPRMH7Zx04_UYk8vyWdvLARfHOFgo9bMcoATEudPbf0TCAdTZTVt5fcMqaaj3CX-KNCRoOvpAeuewaNHLzJ5ZwCi6gn5tlcPQ/s320/IMAG0341.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Say bye bye fridge...a new one is coming to replace you...</div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_2Zx6rZhJ6jLKAhBIczPLVdpf_79FhjYXjAYyC-nq-VHpKjLEDO8fnkdn464LXmAc9qaZR2_hJhEsGuDKmsrvM_JzLPcji0paKRz2BitkmkuHJdLsWQ65paYfuUeQTCRFMUGv6sLe6E/s1600/IMAG0348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_2Zx6rZhJ6jLKAhBIczPLVdpf_79FhjYXjAYyC-nq-VHpKjLEDO8fnkdn464LXmAc9qaZR2_hJhEsGuDKmsrvM_JzLPcji0paKRz2BitkmkuHJdLsWQ65paYfuUeQTCRFMUGv6sLe6E/s320/IMAG0348.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bye Bye..yellow walls..the kilz alone made a huge difference!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zIF345iadKIYJGu7WTBcuuBS_5e9kSRB4WAK8S7m6lFgYJDHIXzRvnWk0w3Hjfwi2OF8KjFbAzd69sfNfd9wZMr97xuUFK1Q7XYO4dylFK7kWob3Z2PYX8yZJqkJ95oG9tcif2C9ZUk/s1600/IMAG0349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zIF345iadKIYJGu7WTBcuuBS_5e9kSRB4WAK8S7m6lFgYJDHIXzRvnWk0w3Hjfwi2OF8KjFbAzd69sfNfd9wZMr97xuUFK1Q7XYO4dylFK7kWob3Z2PYX8yZJqkJ95oG9tcif2C9ZUk/s320/IMAG0349.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bye Bye Jankie light fixture..a ceiling fan will be replacing you soon...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhgCxTWoRtMTlL7lVW3IvLgTJClkeUEqaqmEQ1Le065rfM6D-Bzs1VJCIB8i2LDHVVfu-pVGZOWBUV385oKmBJySBTxXqfcaIRay5wKRLKBkAHmysIhOsWYgQ77qXbWYW4selSnPwjfA/s1600/IMAG0350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhgCxTWoRtMTlL7lVW3IvLgTJClkeUEqaqmEQ1Le065rfM6D-Bzs1VJCIB8i2LDHVVfu-pVGZOWBUV385oKmBJySBTxXqfcaIRay5wKRLKBkAHmysIhOsWYgQ77qXbWYW4selSnPwjfA/s320/IMAG0350.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BUBBYE FUNKY YELLOW FLOOR!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wood laminate is in the process of being laid!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ignore my beat up ole stool..I kept it around thinking that "someday" I would redo it..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and well...as you can see it sat in the garage for a super long time...BUT it did come in handy during the clean up process :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHp1h55XranRPdoyZz3CanKRKrSQioubNJS9sp3wRHtTC8ghZJfc7K9NkgAnFKslgs8Z5SuhA66yX55u88aJb96aOTr7fywOmm8vuFA15U_HaGK5vVz-MKEli7mtsdS97ih4KhqL_6aBE/s1600/IMAG0351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="57" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHp1h55XranRPdoyZz3CanKRKrSQioubNJS9sp3wRHtTC8ghZJfc7K9NkgAnFKslgs8Z5SuhA66yX55u88aJb96aOTr7fywOmm8vuFA15U_HaGK5vVz-MKEli7mtsdS97ih4KhqL_6aBE/s320/IMAG0351.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we ripped the trim off the bottom of the walls this is the wall paper that was behind it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you imagine having a WHOLE KITCHEN in THAT paper!! YIKES!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrl1lKykp8L-e0GcN3z9xbIzJgntKYjSHawF1MqQXWSYDXyXNp4BxJhH-w7QaqNgfqTgCE4IhxWtdCkBiMbGT-99c7EqcjJcglK276-Li-6ZU41Rg2Qcnj_sYjwj8D4t1f9SwfiSjhDR8/s1600/IMAG0352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrl1lKykp8L-e0GcN3z9xbIzJgntKYjSHawF1MqQXWSYDXyXNp4BxJhH-w7QaqNgfqTgCE4IhxWtdCkBiMbGT-99c7EqcjJcglK276-Li-6ZU41Rg2Qcnj_sYjwj8D4t1f9SwfiSjhDR8/s320/IMAG0352.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the painting begins....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFldune8OSYW9kZmC34eyD2NfG8niZvF8La-qyEhBZgveCYwCzIlQ7_kg0cxdKFSPes4jySGnSf6H1mkw_dNDNAru52Ly8x45d3YzG94w5sTJD2EtVG8B2TaKRlnJ6Badl3zVhPnzoqA/s1600/IMAG0353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFldune8OSYW9kZmC34eyD2NfG8niZvF8La-qyEhBZgveCYwCzIlQ7_kg0cxdKFSPes4jySGnSf6H1mkw_dNDNAru52Ly8x45d3YzG94w5sTJD2EtVG8B2TaKRlnJ6Badl3zVhPnzoqA/s320/IMAG0353.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-C0og3_cZBP3GTLa6VoBJjpnJafY2kSmSf0KYaPCXXzQcM_AN7qPcI899g0Eusl3qgHw_V2EewWe0eCOdMJcL6lWayrRjY-zYemdU4kIeXmZayD4OPW51VJP46eWgwOsFVRBWjE6BBQ/s1600/IMAG0354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-C0og3_cZBP3GTLa6VoBJjpnJafY2kSmSf0KYaPCXXzQcM_AN7qPcI899g0Eusl3qgHw_V2EewWe0eCOdMJcL6lWayrRjY-zYemdU4kIeXmZayD4OPW51VJP46eWgwOsFVRBWjE6BBQ/s320/IMAG0354.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-H4kd-rTBD4Vhnz2kNNDDj1jwfmgFZhqqtRhzEHMVN3MfP2TwnIwgK9X1zLqaz_pDFqs3pX6Zfufy1uEx_MLyiwQG7kGj1Jjc3KE41E78bkJ6XOBvc2MCIkswATfhsUiCBsaHFFZBIfA/s1600/IMAG0357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-H4kd-rTBD4Vhnz2kNNDDj1jwfmgFZhqqtRhzEHMVN3MfP2TwnIwgK9X1zLqaz_pDFqs3pX6Zfufy1uEx_MLyiwQG7kGj1Jjc3KE41E78bkJ6XOBvc2MCIkswATfhsUiCBsaHFFZBIfA/s320/IMAG0357.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Still have a couple more coats of the red to do, that is not the true red that it will be,<br />
it will be darker once I get more coats on it...and so the kitchen renovation is to be continued..look for more updates soon!!!</div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585830134864825565.post-44250937049644235172011-03-14T15:26:00.000-05:002011-03-14T15:26:07.575-05:0031 Day Challenge...Day 12: A picture of something you love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the things we <span style="color: red;">LOVE</span>...are...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caleb-Loves his ripped up faded jeans-infact sometimes I have to remind him he already wore them to school during the week lol..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUbso4qr3XWkiSFS0QjgYCnyk7WyBfNCmD39Y48VpQpIyvM-kYBUmXURs_YoqzzTNKJ1Hp4sfd-XnLfIzwb5u2THlGI5cs5zY79jh3OKzV6hu2KK152qasLrSA5XKKumeciIcykmOGrg/s1600/IMAG0363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUbso4qr3XWkiSFS0QjgYCnyk7WyBfNCmD39Y48VpQpIyvM-kYBUmXURs_YoqzzTNKJ1Hp4sfd-XnLfIzwb5u2THlGI5cs5zY79jh3OKzV6hu2KK152qasLrSA5XKKumeciIcykmOGrg/s320/IMAG0363.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dan loves his chair, and can often be heard saying<br />
"I can't wait to get home to my chair"..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's a love affair in the making!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrLmBVR9Jq2OQfXu4aHR7FV_WNc1fN8CmldHZzoNaUfIrRcEjtk5q39Ru6pMDGlUtVVkadHKdqyZ7AXtaFt7teqNh_pa4UIzKPNiLqnWR03a0Hoc3Kqp7_UoSTUdTp9o06xcUagA6nZc/s1600/IMAG0366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrLmBVR9Jq2OQfXu4aHR7FV_WNc1fN8CmldHZzoNaUfIrRcEjtk5q39Ru6pMDGlUtVVkadHKdqyZ7AXtaFt7teqNh_pa4UIzKPNiLqnWR03a0Hoc3Kqp7_UoSTUdTp9o06xcUagA6nZc/s320/IMAG0366.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As for me..my dark coffee..it can't ever be</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">too dark or too strong!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1z9xnEXS_QX0ZpnpaZXAcvuH8m-pDC5zPgLNg8OAbO1NrD1G69yPJswvaPFf95XfuMy2YneKoLegV86yj_nNkwIl8lvCtEQrKeR25kWRBf0qeq34YsdEMyLYkGO_P5QRtRRopYkhrpuM/s1600/IMAG0360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1z9xnEXS_QX0ZpnpaZXAcvuH8m-pDC5zPgLNg8OAbO1NrD1G69yPJswvaPFf95XfuMy2YneKoLegV86yj_nNkwIl8lvCtEQrKeR25kWRBf0qeq34YsdEMyLYkGO_P5QRtRRopYkhrpuM/s320/IMAG0360.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And Carter, loves his psp...any of his gaming devices for that matter..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is grounded from his psp at the moment but I hear him now over on the couch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">playing his DS...I think just grounding him from the psp kinda defeated the purpose..lol..ole well live and learn...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdA4NSZbu0KidrSL8PkioqsZN7Pr5BIew7V8mWI88JwCV8wHbCuxUhfPPdX_ELYDkbBi79xS6cg5oFjO6ssqOAYuqtaJKa_xjf7UwoBwdKPxWIG2f7saVXunUiwI8SQ6leSRMPpjOhoEg/s1600/IMAG0361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdA4NSZbu0KidrSL8PkioqsZN7Pr5BIew7V8mWI88JwCV8wHbCuxUhfPPdX_ELYDkbBi79xS6cg5oFjO6ssqOAYuqtaJKa_xjf7UwoBwdKPxWIG2f7saVXunUiwI8SQ6leSRMPpjOhoEg/s320/IMAG0361.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>Shawna Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497752790526620592noreply@blogger.com0