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		<title>Not Ready&#8230;</title>
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For her to stop nursing.
For her to start walking.
For her to loose her chubby baby cheeks.
For her to grow up!
Wishing this baby time lasted longer. . .
Happy 1st Birthday baby girl!
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		<link>http://keepinglifecreative.com/everyday/not-ready/</link>
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		<title>Sickness and Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exactly a year ago we were here&#8230;

And then last weekend we were back.

It&#8217;s all kind of a blur&#8230;and not exactly how we planned to spend our three-day weekend.
On Friday Serity had a mild fever and was a bit fussy throughout the day. Tylenol took care of it and I thought she was just cutting a tooth. But Friday night was rough&#8211;she woke up with a fever and didn&#8217;t sleep well the rest of the night. Then Saturday morning when she woke she was burning up, breathing heavily, and threw up. Then ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepinglifecreative.com/everyday/sickness-and-health/</link>
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		<title>Shopping List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I was cruising the digi world and ran into a layout I immediately loved, then as I looked closer, WHAT!!! she used some of MY stuff. Of course now I love it even more  .
Here&#8217;s a peek:

What a cool idea&#8230;to take such and ordinary event and turn it into a fab layout. Someday it will be fun to look back and re-read the layout and remember what her daily life was like and what they ate. Or maybe I&#8217;m just slightly obsessed with that at the moment because of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepinglifecreative.com/scrapbooking/shopping-list/</link>
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		<title>Nomad Dinner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week in history we talked about the &#8220;earliest people*,&#8221; the &#8220;nomads.&#8221; We discussed foods they ate (plants, roots, berries, meat, fish, wild honey, etc.). After reading about it Ryan and I had this &#8220;great&#8221; idea to make a dinner of foods the nomads ate. He got REALLY into it and couldn&#8217;t wait to show/tell Jared all about the things he&#8217;d learned.
First we decorated the dining room with some &#8220;cave art.&#8221;

Then we talked about what we could make, made lists and a menu, and went shopping.

Then we set the table.

On our menu:

Meat (hamburger patties)
Fish (tilapia filets)
Grain (long grain and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepinglifecreative.com/homeschooling/nomad-dinner/</link>
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		<title>Meal Planning Monday</title>
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It&#8217;s that time again&#8230;
Didn&#8217;t do much grocery shopping this weekend. No deals I was super excited about, and my pantry/freezer are pretty full and our neighbors continue to share garden-fresh produce. Oh, plus it&#8217;s the end of the month so I&#8217;m nearing the end of my $200/month budget. So, all I bought was some marked-down lean beef, milk, and a bit more produce. I spent $10.41.
Here is my dinner plan for this week:

Crockpot beef and gravy over noodles, biscuits, steamed veggies
Cranberry Meatballs over rice, 
Spaghetti, breadsticks, salad
Pita pizzas, salad
Hamburgers and hot dogs, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepinglifecreative.com/cooking/meal-planning-monday-8/</link>
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		<title>FREE Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Friday! Let&#8217;s celebrate with some FREEBIES!
First off, I have this new element pack, and coordinating freebie at Little Dreamer.


If you&#8217;re not sure about digital scrapbooking, but want to give it a try, Amazon is offering the Digital Scrapbook Artist software FREE today! (normally $49.99) There are limited quantities, so download quickly if you are interested. (Thanks, Freebies 4 Mom!)

Amazon is also offering a (limited quantities) FREE download of the PagePlus Essentials software (normally $49.99). I haven&#8217;t tried either one of these programs, but I&#8217;m guessing (from reading the product descriptions) they would be good programs ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepinglifecreative.com/couponing/free/free-friday/</link>
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		<title>Work-at-Home Opportunities</title>
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A couple months after my son was born and I became a stay-at-home mom I started getting a little antsy about what to do with my time (now I LOOONG for those days!). I was also trying to adjust to going from two comfy incomes to just one in which we no longer had a lot of spending money to feed my scrapbooking addiction hobby.
Eventually I tapped into my creative-side and have been able to earn a little extra hobby money selling artwork and digital designs. (Whole other story about how I ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepinglifecreative.com/work-at-home/work-at-home-opportunities/</link>
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		<title>Jumpin&#8217; Jimminy</title>
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Today we played a variation of a cute spelling game I found in this* book.
I put several stickers (could also use tape, bingo chips, etc.) on the floor a foot or two apart. At the end of the sticker path was a coveted package of fruit snacks&#8211;one for each kid.
They started out on the first sticker and I gave them a word from this week&#8217;s spelling list. Ryan (K/1st) spelled the word and if he got it correct he could jump to the next dot. Emmy (Pre-K) listened to me say the first sound of the word and then told ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepinglifecreative.com/everyday/jumpin-jimminy/</link>
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		<title>Trash to Treasure {Decorating on a Budget}</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even on a budget I love to decorate. My decorating style? Neutral with splashes of accent color, random perfectly-imperfect, and definitely funky junky. Lately I&#8217;ve been pretty obsessed with visiting the local flea market. It can be a bit overpriced and kinda trashy, but going there is always an adventure sometimes I can find awesome stuff.
Combine cool stuff with a bit of creativity and Wah-laaa! I give you:
Super cool vintage-y (and totally falling apart book):

Rusty iron star:

Using the pages from the super-cool-vintage-y-and-totally-falling-apart book plus scrapbook paper and old buttons:

Pages from an old etiquette book on table manners (modge podged ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepinglifecreative.com/everyday/trash-to-treasure-decorating-on-a-budget/</link>
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		<title>Kroger Shopping Trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ready for some more Kroger fun?

Snuck in on the last day of the buy 8 get $4 off sale.
Total BEFORE: $99.10
Total AFTER: $25.90
Wooohooo&#8230;That&#8217;s like&#8230;75% off! Not that I would pay that much for those groceries to begin with, but STILL.
FREE: Right Guard Deodorant
CHEAP: Sunny D ($0.45 each), Yoplait yogurt ($0.79), Betty Crocker brownie bowls ($0.14 each), Nature Valley Granola bars ($0.34 each), Better Oats oatmeal ($0.50 each), Country Crock ($0.20 each)
Oh, and notice there are Huggies in there too? ($6.49) Not a great deal, but still cheaper than generic and I was ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepinglifecreative.com/couponing/kroger-shopping-trip/</link>
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