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Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 6 Sep 08

Sometimes when I need a little bit of inspiration I'll check out what others have done. I have numerous magazines and books filled with beautiful pages. By the time I take a basic idea and change the papers, theme, and...

books

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Essie119 I'm sorry to hear that, but you have to do what is best for both of you. You sound like a great mother. While it sucks to have to sell the house, it is better to have abrand new start, even if it is in a small apartment. At least you don't have to mow the...

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Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 6 Sep 08

Sometimes when I need a little bit of inspiration I'll check out what others have done. I have numerous magazines and books filled with beautiful pages. By the time I take a basic idea and change the papers, theme, and...

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Essie119 It's a lot of fun. There is nothing wrong with things looking the same in your books. Some of the professionals do that on purpose to give a certain album a cohesive look. P.S. Have you already moved?

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Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 29 May 08

My kids are really close in age. There is almost 17 months between the first two, and almost twenty months between the second and third. Someone told me the other day that they were too close in age - that it would be better for...

age difference

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Essie119 I think they were just full of themselves! My own doctor had her kids 17 months apart. (She stopped at two. LOL) You sound like you have a perfectly wonderful family.

28 Sep 08

Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 24 Sep 08

We had so much rain this summer that I was forced to use the electric dryer. I really hate to use it during the summer, but we had a whole month with only a couple rain-free days and I have three kids. This month it is beautiful...

clothes

sun

wind

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Essie119 I have a few sweaters or fitted cotton shirts that don't go on the clothesline because of the stretching thing. My basement is in a bit of dissaray right now due to some flooding. When things are normal I hang some things to dry down there too.

25 Sep 08

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Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 24 Sep 08

We had so much rain this summer that I was forced to use the electric dryer. I really hate to use it during the summer, but we had a whole month with only a couple rain-free days and I have three kids. This month it is beautiful...

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Essie119 Yep! A real clothesline. I told my husband that when he rebuilds the deck next year, I want two lines. My sister has two and it's great. I have three children and the oldesst one is three so I have enough laundry to sink a ship! It has to be done rain or...

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Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 24 Sep 08

We had so much rain this summer that I was forced to use the electric dryer. I really hate to use it during the summer, but we had a whole month with only a couple rain-free days and I have three kids. This month it is beautiful...

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Essie119 The chicken smell would be enough to make me stop too! As it is, sometimes my neighbor will light his outside fire while I have a load of clothes on theline and I'll have to go and wash them again! He's not being mean - just clueless!

25 Sep 08

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Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 24 Sep 08

We had so much rain this summer that I was forced to use the electric dryer. I really hate to use it during the summer, but we had a whole month with only a couple rain-free days and I have three kids. This month it is beautiful...

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Essie119 I live in Halifax and it's just that much warmer here than where you are that it's still not too cold. It does take all day to dry a line of clothes though! When it gets cold enough to light the fire, I'll get out my indoor racks and hang the clothes in the...

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Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 22 Sep 08

If one of my kids wakes in the night I usually go get them and then let them fall back to sleep in my bed. I find that it calms them down quickly and then when they are asleep again we carry them back to their own bed. Some of my...

own beds

sleeping

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Essie119 I'm glad that your kids are so good about going back to sleep. Mine don;t wake up that often, but when they do it seems to be for several nights in a row. My three year old wakes up more than the two year old, but he likes to curl up with me and go right back...

23 Sep 08

Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 22 Sep 08

If one of my kids wakes in the night I usually go get them and then let them fall back to sleep in my bed. I find that it calms them down quickly and then when they are asleep again we carry them back to their own bed. Some of my...

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Essie119 I don't remember ever sleeping with my parents, and neither does my husband. However, neither of us mind too much when ours are in our bed. My husband is more likely to go sleep in the kids bed than I am. I hate when he does that because then when he snores I...

23 Sep 08

Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 22 Sep 08

If one of my kids wakes in the night I usually go get them and then let them fall back to sleep in my bed. I find that it calms them down quickly and then when they are asleep again we carry them back to their own bed. Some of my...

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Essie119 I understand your exhaustion. I find it easier to just put them in my bed too. Especially because they were in cribs and I didn't want to sit up and rock them back to sleep. Thankfully they rarely wake up, but when they do it seems to be a couple of nights in...

23 Sep 08

Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 22 Sep 08

If one of my kids wakes in the night I usually go get them and then let them fall back to sleep in my bed. I find that it calms them down quickly and then when they are asleep again we carry them back to their own bed. Some of my...

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Essie119 Thankfully, mine will fall asleep in their own beds. I don't think my children know about being afraid. They aren't allowed to watch anything violent or scary, and their books are like Dr. Suess. But, I agree with you - I wouldn't let my children be afraid by...

23 Sep 08

Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 22 Sep 08

If one of my kids wakes in the night I usually go get them and then let them fall back to sleep in my bed. I find that it calms them down quickly and then when they are asleep again we carry them back to their own bed. Some of my...

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Essie119 I'm the opposite. I don't relax when my children are in my bed. Sometimes I'll drift in and out of sleep, but I can't fall into a deep sleep. I worry that they will smother or something.

23 Sep 08

Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 22 Sep 08

If one of my kids wakes in the night I usually go get them and then let them fall back to sleep in my bed. I find that it calms them down quickly and then when they are asleep again we carry them back to their own bed. Some of my...

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Essie119 That extra bit of sleep is always welcome. I love the extra snuggles as well.

23 Sep 08

Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 22 Sep 08

If one of my kids wakes in the night I usually go get them and then let them fall back to sleep in my bed. I find that it calms them down quickly and then when they are asleep again we carry them back to their own bed. Some of my...

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Essie119 I'm going to keep that in mind for when my children are older. As it is - we only have a queen size bed and when all three want in with us in the morning it's a tight squeeze.

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Essie119 @Essie119 (673) • Canada 22 Sep 08

If one of my kids wakes in the night I usually go get them and then let them fall back to sleep in my bed. I find that it calms them down quickly and then when they are asleep again we carry them back to their own bed. Some of my...

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Essie119 I can certainly understand you doing that with a 9 year old. I'm glad you let him sleep with you when there was a lot of confusion on the house - it probably helped him adapt.

23 Sep 08

kenchiprincess @kenchiprincess (5296) • Philippines 15 Sep 08

i can't leave the house before work without taking a mug of coffee. it gives me a boost and energy and at times i would even skip breakfast since i had my coffee already. today, i drank an instant coffee before work and later in...

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Essie119 This might be part of the reason that you find it hard to sleep during the day - there is a lot of stimulants in coffee!

22 Sep 08

jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 20 Sep 08

My daughter in law and I scrapped last night until this evening when she went home. We had to get some supplies at the scrapping stores and she has been looking for the cropadial big bite since she had heard of it....well we found...

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Essie119 That's not bad at all - especially if I can get it at Michael's with a 40% off coupon!

22 Sep 08

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