MelanieG

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So long Holidailies : This was my fourth year participating in Holidailies and by far the worst. (posted Jan 9, 3:23pm)

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Happy New Year! : Here we are before our night out on the town. (posted Jan 1, 5:49pm)

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New Year's Eve : Farewell 2011 (posted Dec 31, 2:10pm)

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Changes 2012 : I've been thinking a lot about changes to make for the New Year. I don't usually make resolutions, but I do try to set a few goals. (posted Dec 30, 10:01am)

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2011 : We're down to the last few days of 2011. (posted Dec 29, 1:01pm)

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Not an easy day : Today we went to Morgan City and took care of some of Dad's legal issues. (posted Dec 28, 3:42pm)

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Recap : Clint and I both hit Wal-mart for the after Christmas clearance yesterday. Between the two of us we bought $500 of stuff, and that was half price - yikes!! (posted Dec 27, 8:13am)

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Christmas in pictures : Our Christmas in pictures! (posted Dec 26, 10:24am)

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Merry Christmas! : We had a visitor last night! (posted Dec 25, 6:39am)

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Christmas Eve : Even though you are not here, I bought your usual request - a tin of popcorn. Every year, you asked for this one, simple thing. It's not Christmas unless we have a popcorn tin under the tree for you. Merry Christmas, Daddy. (posted Dec 24, 11:18am)

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It's practically here : I hate that I have been in this slump and my heart hasn't been in holiday mode at all. There are so many things I usually do and did not. I just could not. (posted Dec 23, 12:55pm)

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Pennies : He's been gone two long months today, and oh how I miss him. It still feels surreal that he became so sick and passed so suddenly. (posted Dec 22, 8:14am)

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Seven... : Seven years ago we were forever changed! (posted Dec 21, 8:33am)

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The Cold Within : Six humans trapped in happenstance In dark and bitter cold, Each one possessed a stick of wood, Or so the story's told. (posted Dec 18, 4:21pm)

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Mom's Cookies : It's not Christmas with out Mom's cookies. She made these every year, usually Christmas week. (posted Dec 17, 11:37am)

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Sad truths : Veronica, only four years old, keeps mentioning how she and Val no longer have a grandma or a grandpa. She keeps asking me if I can get her new ones. (posted Dec 13, 1:01pm)

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A visit with Santa : There's not a single childhood photo of me with Santa. Something about the idea of sitting with a stranger with a beard in a red suit freaked me out. (posted Dec 12, 1:01pm)

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Happy Day : Yesterday was the best day I have had in ... quite a while. (posted Dec 11, 12:49pm)

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Search the Car : Unfortunately when Dad got sick, the reality set in fast for Valerie. When my Dad moved in with us, one of the first things Val said was she understood that it meant no more search the car. She's asked a few times since then, "Maybe so-and-so could play search the car?" (posted Dec 9, 7:32am)