The Redesigned Mom

A Stay at Home Mom’s Journey to Self Fulfillment

Entries for August, 2008

Washington State Primary Today

Today was the Washington State Primary and I am a dedicated voter, so I packed the kids up and headed down to the local elementary school. I have to say that this is the least prepared I have ever been going into the voting booth and I have a strict policy of not voting on [...]

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Virus Alert – Shoot Me Now

Last night, I was going to use my brand new Cuisinart Food Processor and when I turned it on…. Nothing. Doesn’t work. Damn! If that’s not bad enough, check this out… So I go onto the internet to see if there is something that I’ve missed during setup or some secret. My first reaction is [...]

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Crazy Kids Photos

Karli took some photos of the kids today and he got the one of Ian below. We both got giddy when we realized that we remembered a set of photos of Ada that were almost identicle. Check them out side by side below. I think they have the same nose. They look more alike in [...]

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Just Say No Deal

I have heard several discussions on the radio over the last couple of weeks that had a member of Just Say No Deal on the panel. After hearing the third separate member shock me with their bitterness and delusions, I just had to say something. They say some of the most outlandish things I have [...]

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Celtic Cross Layout

This is a fairly detailed explanation of the Celtic Cross layout used in many classic tarot readings. I usually include a layout description when I outline my readings, but this one is more complicated than the others, so I decided it deserved its own post that I can then link to. Yea for efficiency. The [...]

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Ian Gets His First Hair Cut

Although I was coming to loath the baby mullet, I find myself mourning it a little. Although he is absolutely adorable (of course), a little bit of his bad boy persona went with that mullet. The stylist looked puzzled as I kept saying “not too conservative please”. Who am I? But, he is like the [...]

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Chop Chop Salad

I’ve been on a salad kick lately and this is a great classic chop chop, a little on the lighter side. Watching your fat? Use light dressing and leave out the salami. Banana peppers are the same as pepperoncinis. If you are looking for a large salad portion (restaurant size) then this is only one [...]

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Through Bush’s Evangelical Lenses

I have to say first that I am always surprised and aghast at most of George W says in public as I strongly disagree with his political views and could go on for about 30 pages on my soapbox about how terribly wrong I think the past eight years has gone, but this one really [...]

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Feeling Comfortable in my Own Skin

If your read my post, you have probably figured out that I have having some sort of psychotic break. No no, just kidding. But, I am going through a pretty difficult time. The whole reason I started this blog was to work out why I am feeling so lost and figure out who I am [...]

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Pizza Quesadilla

I always find myself getting in a rut with what I feed to the kids. There is only so much I can get them to eat and I am finally to a point where I don’t have to fix two meals, one for each kid, which is great in some ways, but the pallet is [...]

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