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Post by huskermom98 on Feb 11, 2023 23:28:51 GMT
Intentionally, not very far (at least that I can think of because it would have been a long time ago). Otherwise, I would say 1000+ miles (one way) when we drove to Washington DC for vacation and also visited Gettysburg before we headed back to Iowa--I made sure I had time to stop at a local store in Gettysburg that I had only been able to shop at online a few years prior when working on earlier DC/Gettysburg trips.
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Post by huskermom98 on Feb 4, 2023 2:21:18 GMT
I love the ones from a local chocolate shop. Around Valentines Day & Mother's day they get huge strawberries that are really good, but they are also very expensive.
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Post by huskermom98 on Jan 27, 2023 17:39:31 GMT
My license expires this year so I will probably look into getting the Real ID this time around. I know I have a copy of my birth certificate because I got my passport last year, but not sure about our marriage certificate.
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Post by huskermom98 on Jan 24, 2023 15:55:30 GMT
This is an interesting concept, but not one I have time for. I LOVE the colors of the DITL set, but that's one project I've never done (and I'm not sure I'd want to do it with a color lens). I'd probably be most interested in the Little Moments set, but I do not like the color scheme. The alpha stickers are a font style I really like, but I refuse to buy sets that have 2 of each letter...we need vowels!
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Post by huskermom98 on Jan 22, 2023 20:57:23 GMT
I have a U-shaped desk in the basement. The vast majority of it is covered with supplies as is the floor around it, and I scrap on the pullout tray intended for a keyboard. Lately though, I've been scrapping on a different table that we had set up with a large monitor for my oldest to do online schooling on during the 2020-21 school year and my youngest to do homework on the last two years. I used it for DD and now am using it for DS's German trip album. It gives me space to set out supplies specifically for the current project without disrupting my usual set up at my regular table.
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Post by huskermom98 on Jan 22, 2023 2:21:27 GMT
"Let's get lost" in a travel collection...nope, sorry but the last thing I want to do on vacation (or any trip) is get lost! And it's in so many collections.
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Post by huskermom98 on Jan 8, 2023 20:44:51 GMT
Thanks everyone--I've never realized how much "story" I like to tell when journaling, not just the facts. Seriously, I would scrap an overview to keep in the family scrapbook, including your feelings and reflections, but for his scrapbook, keep it simple. He will mentally revisit his memories as he pages through it. This makes the most sense--thank you!
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Post by huskermom98 on Jan 7, 2023 23:02:14 GMT
I've finally started my son's scrapbook for the school trip he took this past summer to Germany, Austria & Switzerland, but I can' decide how to do the journaling. Should I write it to him ("You flew to Chicago...", "You loved seeing the BMW building..." or just about what happened "Joe flew to Chicago..." "He loved seeing the BMW building...".
It's about him and for him, but I can't decide which way sounds better. Normally when I make layouts for his "everyday" album, I journal to him.
I'm honestly not sure how much journaling will be done anyway because I didn't experience it. He has a tendency to claim to not be able to remember things, but I know it's not true. I would love for him to do the journaling, but I don't know how practical it would be (especially since I have an unofficial deadline of his graduation party in May).
What would you do?
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Post by huskermom98 on Jan 6, 2023 18:54:43 GMT
I'm finally done. I debated on finishing with Christmas Day since we ended up not traveling, but I had enough to go thru New Years so I did (plus it was the first time in forever that DH & I did anything on NYE). The last 2 pages I did were simple collages with the number glued on, but I'm ok with that!
I even did a page for the 1st because I had a picture of DS17 watching football knowing he had won the family fantasy football season. I love that he was fine with me telling him that the traveling trophy was going to be going with him to college (DH won last year so this huge trophy has been in my house for too long already...). It was a good place to reflect/mention that this was DS's last Christmas before graduating, but I didn't get to relish us all being home for it because we were only home because I was sick (only the 3rd time in his life we've stayed home over Christmas).
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Post by huskermom98 on Jan 5, 2023 14:59:23 GMT
Ultimately to keep making progress in my everyday photos/layouts (I'm towards the end of October 2020 and really want to just get 2020 done and over with), but definitely:
1) Finish DS17's German Trip album 2) Figure out what and how I'm doing pictures for DS17's graduation party 3) Finish DS14's St. Louis Trip album (I keep forgetting about it because I'm trying to do it pretty much completely digitally) 4) Finish our 2022 vacation album 5) Figure out what of the above I can maybe do at my 4-day retreat in March without literally packing up everything I own to take along "just in case"... 6) Continue reorganizing my digital files on my laptop to make them more usable
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Post by huskermom98 on Jan 4, 2023 16:54:10 GMT
I used to, but haven't actually done any for at least a decade. I started with some huge CM albums so I could fit the 11x14ish pictures we'd get from Portrait Innovations when my boys were little. It started with those types of portraits, then school photos, then I started adding team photos from sports. I kept up thru some time when my oldest was in elementary, but haven't since then although the photos are in a pile ready to be done. My oldest is now a senior and I'm thankful I actually know where his school photos are all at!
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Post by huskermom98 on Jan 3, 2023 20:34:18 GMT
Other...I guess? I consider myself to be "years & years behind" because I'm close to 2.5 years behind. BUT...I only say that because I started with my oldest son was 3 months old. For several years I was able to stay 2-6 months behind (one time I was actually caught up and enjoyed it for one retreat because I was able to work on trip albums from before kids and before I started scrapbooking). It has slowly stretched from one year behind, to 2 years behind, etc. I don't care so much about being behind, but I'm starting to forget why I took some of the pictures that I took--I know there's a story, but I've forgotten because of how much time has passed. I also don't care because as my boys get older (both in high school now) the fun stories are fewer and fewer even though I have tons of pictures to do because I take waaaaaaay too many at football & baseball games.
Thankfully I never planned to have all/most of DS's albums out at his graduation party, otherwise I'd be frantically scrambling to catch up! I plan to do some photo displays, include a bunch of photos under clear tablecloths on the tables, and maybe put out his trip album from his German trip last summer (if I ever get it started...and finished).
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 28, 2022 17:34:33 GMT
Your body makes up for it by granting you a 15 day period that doesn’t seem to want to stop…. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ Have you recently had Covid? I've been going several months between periods the last couple of years, but after I had covid just about 2 years ago was the worst period I've had (pretty much ever). It lasted well almost 3 weeks, was super heavy with several large clots--none of that was normal for my cycles.
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 27, 2022 3:08:43 GMT
We go through a lot of butter (and we don't even use it for eggs because we use bacon grease for that!) My stuffing recipe alone calls for 4 sticks of butter and I make that a couple times a year.
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 26, 2022 15:05:38 GMT
Unexpected hit that I never would have thought of--fluffy/plush pillows for my teen boys. I found a Nebraska Huskers one for my oldest because I needed something for him that wasn't clothing, but then thought it would be a good idea for my youngest too because both of them spend a lot (too much) time chilling on either the couch or their beds while on their phones.
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 24, 2022 22:15:34 GMT
We should be getting ready to head to NE early in the morning but I'm sick (fever last night, achy & phlegmy today) so we're staying home. I wasn't excited to drive on the roads anyway after the snow, wind, and cold this week. We still went ahead & did our family Christmas today so we'll just hang out and do nothing tomorrow.
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 24, 2022 1:31:23 GMT
-1 with a wind chill of -25 here in central Iowa. We will have been below 0 for over 48 hours if we do indeed crawl above 0 tomorrow morning.
Roads are an icy snowy mess. I was getting nervous about driving to NE before I found out my brother & family won't be making the trip from MN. Now I'm laying here feeling like crap with a fever of 101.1 so it's a moot point. I was looking forward to the balmy NE weather of 20!
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 22, 2022 15:43:54 GMT
I would love to pay $5 for an 18 pack of eggs--they went over $8 this week at the HyVee stores in town! I'm kicking myself for not just picking up a box of 90 eggs at Sam's a couple of weeks ago for the "low" price of $24. My husband vent is he's been wrapping some presents and when I went to wrap some, half of the rolls had chunks cut out...for the love of Pete, just cut off the entire strip of paper!!! Christmas rolls last for years at our house because I like to have 4-5 rolls to wrap with--it's ok to throw out a piece that is not even 12x12 inches. Or you can save it, I don't care. Just don't make me have to cut it off before I can wrap YOUR present...
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 22, 2022 15:31:47 GMT
We've only had ours for a little over a year--I bought it with the intention of taking it to work/church so I could use it there and so could others, but it never left my house. DH makes regular coffee every day, but I like the Keurig for making a cup of iced coffee on summer mornings or to add a little more flavor to the brewed coffee if it was accidently made a little weak. My boys love the ease of making hot chocolate (even though I know it's a more expensive way).
The descale light came on a few months ago and when I finally did the descaling process, we thought it killed our machine because it wouldn't turn power on. We googled the issue and DH found a solution that involved taking the cover off in order to find some button to push to reset something. He did that and managed to get the cover back on so it's working just fine...not sure I'll do the descale again...
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 19, 2022 4:31:08 GMT
Cold Christmas Day, but warmer than what it's supposed to be on Thursday. Looks like we'll be getting a couple of inches of snow this week, most of it Wednesday into Thursday which is too close too Christmas for me (since we have to travel).
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 16, 2022 12:28:10 GMT
Last day is the 21st & they go back on the 4th...hopefully they make it to the 21st, there's a lot of illness going around. Ds14 claims half the kids in his classes are out--that would explain why he'll be home for his 3rd day in a row due to a fever. One district in the vicinity canceled school yesterday & today.
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 16, 2022 1:38:04 GMT
Nothing yet. DS17 will be going to Nashville on a high school band trip over Spring Break, but I'm not sure if we'll get in a family vacation. DS17 graduates this May so between his party, his final baseball season & having no clue what he's doing next year (one possibility being playing football at a small school...) I'm not sure we'll get a trip in this summer. But I certainly hope we do since he's going off to school.
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 10, 2022 15:48:02 GMT
I'm not large-chested, but my back and feet hurt after standing in our kitchen for long periods (concrete floor with vinyl flooring). We have 2 rugs that are heavily padded/anti-fatigue, one by the sink and one by the stove that are very helpful.
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 10, 2022 15:44:05 GMT
Yay--a new baseball collection! Ugh--10 bucks says it's vintage looking based on the designer...yup. There are parts and pieces that I like, but I just don't like the vintage players. I NEED the baseball mom card!!! I will definitely get some of the papers that have green (one of DS's school colors).
I like the colors of the travel collection, but don't need the "world" part of it most of the time.
I was happy to see the gender-neutral baby collection because that gives me hope that they are listening to what people want (not a fan of the dark brown though...). So listen up--there are scrappers who DO NOT HAVE BABIES OR LOVE FLOWERS. Babies grow up into teens, we need usable collections for teens (that don't reference the 80s).
But most of it looked exactly like I expected it to before opening the links. I do appreciate the links to EP's website though, I enjoy looking at collections there instead of the store people usually link.
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 9, 2022 16:18:22 GMT
I really like the stamp kit stamp this month and wish they were doing the $10 sign ups right now 😩 Just saw an email that they are doing this. Promo code NEWSUB
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 6, 2022 0:38:41 GMT
I've only had it once (February 2021) and have been somewhere between "not very" and "mildly" cautious. I pretty much did the minimum necessary, which is to say that if a place required a mask I wore one, but if they didn't I did not. I took my time getting vaccinated because I wasn't as fearful as others so I let others go first. I did get one booster, but I have no plans to get more.
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Post by huskermom98 on Nov 19, 2022 17:00:29 GMT
Good luck to all of the fans, bands and people on the sidelines--its freaking cold out there for some games! DS17 is going to the Iowa State game tonight...gonna be cold & dark!
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Post by huskermom98 on Nov 18, 2022 1:56:54 GMT
I didn't get one, but I saw them in the mobile ordering area. I didn't go just to get a cup (happened to be near one after dropping DS off at school) but I was a little sad to not get one.
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Post by huskermom98 on Nov 17, 2022 2:40:29 GMT
Depends on the day...week...month... I recently was gung-ho about my vacation album and got the first 3 days done, but that was almost 2 weeks ago. I was able to get a couple of "every day" layouts done one day. I got interrupted with some cleaning, organizing and searching because a pile of stuff fell as I was looking for any and all school & sport pictures I have scattered around because I got inspired to gather DS17's professional photos after setting a date and location for his graduation party in May. I need to work on his trip album to Germany from this past summer, but I feel like that needs to be a little more than photos thrown in pocket pages with a few embellishments and journalling...but I know I'm going to get distracted with other things, especially December Daily in less than two weeks.
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Post by huskermom98 on Nov 13, 2022 15:22:59 GMT
Once I realized it was all going to be short live intros and then recorded videos I started to tune out. But honestly my participation really depends on when the Nebraska football game is, so this year I was "done" with prep day by early afternoon. There are certain hours I will watch later though.
I do think an organization segment would have been handy now that we're on year 2 of the 10x8 size.
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