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Last night our family ended up at Damon's office, sitting in the back, watching TV. The channel(s) were ESPN, ESPN2, and CSS. Those are just some of the ingredients for one thing: football season is back. LSU play Mississippi State...

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I am so glad that the temperatures have cooled down a bit. It isn't as suffocating to go outside and I think the risk of melting into a pile of goo has decreased significantly. Soon I will start the project...

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Fuller's personality really has been blossoming lately. Things I want to remember: He has been a copycat for a while now, but he recently took it a step further and actually remembers things he copied from a few days ago....

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I gave myself the "awesome mom award" yesterday. Since Sunday I have been itching to make playdough, since I saw it on this weeks edition of Kids Craft Weekly. Add to that a primal need to use my new kitchenaid...

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Fuller's birthday is coming up. In fact, his birthday weekend is the same weekend that we will be traveling in October, again, back to Lake Martin! We aren't big on putting together birthday parties that he won't really remember, but...

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This Friday we are leaving for a Lake Martin weekend. Labor Day will give us some extra time to spend with my in-laws and sister, Austina, who will be driving down from her new Georgia home. So much traveling will...

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I guess I kind of took the weekend off from blogging. Thanks to D for providing those fun videos. The first one, from Saturday, was done while I was off at My Family Dinners prepping meals for the next month....

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Today, Fuller's friend Luke came over for a play-date. Alli and I were thinking of what to do and I suggested taking them outside to "play tackle." So we dressed them both in appropriate gear - shorts, mesh jerseys, and...

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Well, next week, football season kicks off. I can hardly wait. Lately, I've been repeatedly asking Fuller if he wants to go outside and "play tackle." Usually he says "no", but today, he said "OK, Daddy." Here's a video of...

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Yesterday the Chattanooga temperature topped off at 105. I am scared to go outside due to the melting factor. Yes we have air conditioning, but we don't want to run up a huge bill, so we try to take extra...

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Fuller got sick again... he woke up around 8:30 this morning, which is odd. And when he finally came out of his room he was a tad warm. By 11 he had a temp of 100 and a disgusting runny...

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Tonight D and I spent time grooming the dogs. Lively got shaved, washed, shaved some more, and then her monthly flea treatment. Maple got a bath and her monthly flea treatment. They both received their monthly heartworm preventative, which I...

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I was filling out our calendar yesterday and it was even more real how much traveling will be accomplished by the end of the year. Most of the trips are family related, which is great, but I do long for...

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Our family's intent on getting Auburn Elvis to a game is about to get even more serious. Quick recap: we are collecting the My Coke Rewards points so that Damon can get to an Auburn game this coming season....

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On September 7th Hamilton County Schools will start selling their coupon books for 2007-2008, and then we will have our hands on the prized 10% off coupons for Home Depot. And soon after that, we will start demo for the...

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Around 2 p.m. today, Fuller and I got back to our home in Chattanooga. The three hour trip was uneventful and quick. Fuller watched movies while I tried to focus on what it was I needed to accomplish when I...

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When I travel with Fuller, I like to have the stroller with me in case his little legs give out when we are running around where ever. We have two strollers now, the "lightweight" one we usually keep in the...

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Fuller's rash faded in some areas and spread into others. When we got into the car this afternoon his nose looked normal, but by the time we reached the Atlanta bypass his nose resembled Rudolph's. Some redness faded to welts...

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We arrived at my sister's in the amount of time that google maps said we would- 3 hours and 14 minutes. And we stopped a couple of times too, so I guess you could say we made good time. My...

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This morning Damon woke me up asking me to take Fuller's temperature because Fuller felt really warm. I stumbled into the bedroom and turned on the table lamp, put Fuller in my lap, and took his temp. It was 36.8...

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Last night we dropped Fuller off at a friend's and went to Kanpai to celebrate Esther's birthday. It was a surprise and I think she was pretty surprised. And the food was very yummy, so in all it was a...

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If you invite your toddler to help (pronounced "HAY-YELP") you wash the car, go ahead and turn off the car alarm. Because when the toddler decides the best mode of car washing is to repeatedly hit the car with a...

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Ever since my sister moved to Georgia, we have been getting lots of use out of Skype. She decided to use it as her primary phone since she was having problems getting a land line. The added benefit of her...

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My sister saw today's DFF and asked some good questions. Well, I just uploaded the rest of the pictures from that evening to Flickr and here for your viewing pleasure is the play by play of Fuller's "gump" off the...

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Damon and I were chatting last night and he pointed out another interesting part of how our day turned out on Tuesday. Marylu invited us to dinner, but about 20 minutes before we left, the power in our house went...

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I finally got caught up on the Daily Fuller Fix pictures. I was eleven days behind! One thing that put me behind was the fact that I hadn't taken any pictures. And then the cord was lost briefly. Today a...

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If you are not aware of Cool Mom Picks, then I am sorry I didn't mention them earlier. If you have a stack of toys like my friend Heather, then you might be interested in the book Cool Mom Picks...

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Digging through old pictures on our media drive the other day, I came across this old picture of Sarah-Ginny and me putting together her invitations for her wedding. I have some fond memories of helping her get ready for her...

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Grrrr.... I am so mad at myself right now. I completely forgot that today was our scheduled day for recycling curb side pick up. I thought it was next week... I checked the calendar and see the culprit is the...

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When I woke up this morning, I knew there was one thing Fuller and I would be doing. But now, at the end of the day, I am just surprised at what we did do and how much fun we...

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One of the projects that I am currently working on is a way to be able to tell the time in our living room. People (my mom, my inlaws) have oft complained that you don't know what time it is...

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Today is the first day of school for kids in our county. It is difficult for me to wrap my head around because it seems that the summer just got started. Maybe it is just the heat talking, but really......

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With tomorrow being Monday, I feel like I am starting the week off on a good foot. I finished laundry today (including folding and putting it away) and the kitchen is clean. I don't know why, but if I don't...

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My mom is going to be in Georgia visiting my sister next weekend. I was going to go visit, but now I am not. Which means I have to wait just a little bit longer to get my new Kitchen...

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Some cute things about Fuller right now, in bullet form: ~Right now, Fuller's favorite toys are his colored blocks. They keep him occupied for hours. It has really helped when I have to get dinner done or just go to...

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Damon and I just finished watching Saw III... Damon's mini review is that the movies are losing their edge. I was totally grossed out at the end. But I guess I am now eager to see Jigsaw IV to see...

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I have been feeling pretty good about joining weight watchers two weeks ago. It has been really easy for me to track my eating habits using their points budgeting software. It allows me to watch what I eat and how...

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Sundays are tough on the little guy. Fuller went to bed as soon as we got home from church- no waiting for lunch. It is almost 5:30 and he is still napping! I wonder if we had just left church...

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Today has been my mom's birthday! I called her around 9:30 and when I started singing "Happy Birthday" she said, "Oh I forgot!" She forgot it was her birthday! She said she remembered yesterday but then this morning she...

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to report a brush/ grass fire! Fuller and I went downtown to visit with Damon at work. We all had dinner together and then D was back to the grind stone. On the way back I took 27 South and...

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I have been mucking around on the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk page all morning. I finally got it to where I am ok with it... so you can go and donate now if you like. I decided since I have...

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In 2003 my Pop Pop passed away after living many years with Alzheimer's. About a month after he passed away we found out we were pregnant with Fuller. I get sad sometimes when I think about Pop Pop not knowing...

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One of the indoor activities we have embarked on today is letting Fuller take pictures. It is mainly because today is the last day to submit pictures for the A Little Perspective contest and I wanted to see if I...

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The school year has already begun for a lot of families. The back to school sales are winding down, with Halloween decorations taking shelf space from the scissors, glue, and loose leaf paper. I was a little wistful of all...

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Yesterday the temp got close to or at 100 degrees. It was the hottest it has been in a hot, hot week. Yesterday was the day that Fuller demanded to play outside. He wanted to play in the water tub,...

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This morning I booted the laptop to find that Thunderbird had decided to work its disappearing mail trick on me... I am still trying to work it and get my mail back (I know it is there!) but I feel...

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Earlier this evening I spent even more money on plane tickets. This time I got tickets for Damon, Fuller, and I to go to Florida in September. The main purpose of the trip will be for baby Genevieve's baptism. No,...

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Here is another one to add to the Blockbuster queue, once it is on DVD of course. Opening August 24th in select theaters: Eye of the Dolphin, it looks like a really neat family movie. Ok, I am a sucker...

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I never did get my 30th birthday bash like I wanted. And the window of opportunity for a make up party has closed. All efforts are being made to distinguish the age of 31 as the one where it all...

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Yesterday evening we went to the park to enjoy some time with our neighbors for National Night Out. Fuller had a ton of fun playing on the playground and racing around with a balloon. I was excited that there would...

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After a few nights off from movies, we picked up some new ones at Blockbuster. Goodfellas was on Sunday night and last night we watched Hot Fuzz. (I liked them both!) Sitting on the TV bench, ready for tonight, is...

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This past weekend was a tax free holiday for both Tennessee and Georgia. I didn't have plans to do any shopping, since we didn't really need anything. But then Sunday evening I had the realization that I didn't have any...

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So, if the category were, "TV show I'd have bet my house would not have been picked-up for a second season", then the winner (hands down) would have been the Sci Fi channel's Who Wants to be a Superhero?...

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When we were in Cincinnati at the Hall of Justice, the Red Cross was there doing some awareness in different areas- CPR, fire protection, and evacutation preparedness. Fuller got his picture taken with a turtle that was advocating the "Shelter...

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I am feeling a lot better this morning. I napped quite a bit yesterday, which lead to my being up late. But Damon and I watched Goodfellas, so it isn't like I didn't have anything to do. I just sent...

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My mom recently bought a new car. She had some interesting stories to go with her car hunting (like having a bunch of guys yelling and fighting about her getting a specific car- and she didn't even know any of...

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I suffer from migraines. I haven't had many recently, but yesterday something didn't go right and set off the worst headache of my life. When you take medicine for a headache, there is usually a warning on the label to...

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It is only August 3rd, but today I started panicking about things coming up a few months from now... like in November when I am planning a trip to Vegas. And that snowballed into thinking about Thanksgiving and suddenly I...

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I just got back from walking to the Bi-Lo. I needed two things for dinner. And now that I am home, I just don't want to cook! It is so hot here that any time spent outside sucks all my...

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I think that my enthusiasm for a bedroom remodeled has waned a little bit... I did throw out a bunch of stuff, but because someone else hasn't shown the same enthusiasm as me (ahem) I kind of fizzled a little...

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I've been a little frustrated with our family's little corner of the internet here... one problem is that since it is hosted and set up by Chattablogs, it is stuck in retro, running Movable Type version 2.6. Because it is...

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We have had a rather lazy week (except for a very busy Monday that just turned out that way). So today I took Fuller to see the Choo-Choo. The month of August is nicely empty of schedules and "to-dos." Mom's...

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I have been watching a lot of movies lately (thanks to the Blockbuster All Access Pass) and in trade for the the time I sit on my butt, I have been walking to the Blockbuster down the street to return...

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I just woke up from a nap. Sounds a little funny, since it is just after 9 am, but I was up at 4:30 coughing and sneezing and catching a running nose. I couldn't sleep so I watched Sweet Land....

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Yesterday I took Fuller to see Happy Feet at the mall. He got a bit restless just as Mumble was shunned from the Empire Penguin colony. Fuller kept saying, "Bye Penguins! Bye!" And finally, when it was obvious I was...