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Drielandenpunt

by Toiny 20 November 2012
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I got some absolutely beautiful fall pictures during our long weekend in Holland, but this one below tells the best story.  Each of the kids are in a different country: Tess is in Holland (the Netherlands, NL); Cole is in Germany, and Dane is in Belgium.  We took a little bit of a tourist break [...]

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The Best Present of All

by Toiny 7 November 2012
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I’ve got an adorable picture today, featuring very happy kiddo’s.  Let me tell you, brief moments in time can be deceiving.  The road to our Random-Act-of-Kindness was a very long & hard one.  I saw a posting on our local facebook page for a Shoebox Program, one of the other moms was collecting the boxes [...]

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Fall is my Favorite Season

by Toiny 20 October 2012
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I’ve spent this week working, and organizing paperwork for our upcoming move. When we first moved to Germany, with the Army, my dad burst out laughing, at my expense; “You will have to deal with both the bureaucracy of the military and of the germans.” This has proven beyond true on all levels this week. [...]

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Small Miracle

by Toiny 19 September 2012
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I can’t believe it’s only Wednesday.  It’s been such an incredibly long week already.  Monday night I was doing my “rounds” on the internet, making sure none of the NDC contestants needed me, our facebook page was okay, nothing urgent in customer service, really just a last-minute check before rolling into bed.  I was still [...]

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Surprise!

by Toiny 29 August 2012
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I am not a morning person.  Not that I think 6 am qualifies as morning anyway, that’s still night.  Regardless of how I feel, the rest of the world seems to think that’s a fine time to get up and start our days.  This week Cole started high school, and we are once again facing [...]

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Klettergarten

by Toiny 18 August 2012
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Running theStudio is a full-time job, sometimes it’s more than a full-time job.  This week was one of those weeks.  I’m working at hard to bring some new products your way, add a little more to the store for your scrapping needs.  New always equals head-banging for me.  It also means my kids get left [...]

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The Dolphin of the Schwarzwald

by Toiny 27 June 2012
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It’s still afternoon in my neck-of-the-woods, the day is barely half over, and it has been such a day!  An amazing day, an exhausting day, a camel-filled day!  Camels you ask?  Why yes, camels.  Somewhere in the mix, while searching for my lost car, I once again found camels wandering the streets of Germany.  I’m [...]

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Perfect Birthday

by Toiny 16 June 2012
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Tess turned 11 yesterday!  Eleven.  I have no idea how my beautiful, perfect, amazing, funny, loving, adorable little girl turned 11.  I remember when the ultrasound tech told me I was expecting a girl, I’d gone in all alone, my husband wasn’t in state, my mother was watching Cole, the big boys were in school, [...]

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Happy Tess

by Toiny 18 March 2012
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In between gardening, running the store, and having our friends over for a bbq last night, I took the kids to the new park at Tess’ school. Once the sun starts shining and the nights stay bright just a little longer, they need outside time to burn off that extra energy. Especially Dane. That little [...]

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First Belly Dance Lesson

by Toiny 10 March 2012
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Tess had her first belly dance lesson last night. It wasn’t planned, or anything we sought out, it was one of those experiences that just fell in our laps. Friday is “sport day”. It is not the only sport the kids play all week, but it is the fullest. Tess has two hours, and Dino [...]

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