tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198403002009-11-16T05:18:25.451-05:00Join me in the fun as I document the day to day thrills in a life with my hubby, Dave.Dave & Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732449123066098175noreply@blogger.comBlogger807125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19840300.post-22206737902852836552009-11-16T05:18:00.002-05:002009-11-16T05:18:25.459-05:00

just pre-ordered the revised copy of "Possum Living - How to Live Well with (Almost) No Money" on Amazon - should be available January 1st! YES! :) working on ways to save money on living expenses.

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dave's brother called him tonight and asked if we were having marital problems due to some of the posts i've been putting up lately. i have deleted them and would like to publicly apologize to my husband for the mean things i said about him on this blog this weekend. he doesn't deserve that and i would never say those things in public. i got carried away and said them on the internet instead.

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Dave went hunting with our friend Shawn today here in Boone County. They were only out there about 30 minutes when he got this large (large body...took 3 grown men to drag him out of a waterway), 6 point asymmetrical buck. He's not the most beautiful thing we've seen...but since it's his first deer, he wasn't going to be picky. Furthermore, he was doing all the other hunters a favor so this deer

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this is the exit wound. dave wanted to make sure we shared this photo.

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got this text from dave..."7:09...buck down" after he'd been hunting for about an hour and a half. i can't wait to hear all the details. while the sink is soaking in bleach water, i'm reorganizing some things...just cleaned up my purse a bit. got an idea this week while randomly searching the web about how to clean and organize my house...i went around the house and gathered up all the little

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updated the real slim katie blog... headed back to the chiropractor today, then babysitting for a friend and having dinner with my old roommates, one of whom just announced she is pregnant. total shock to me! so, looking forward to all our talks tonight. i feel like a bunch of work-related doors were closing in my face yesterday, and yet dave keeps getting more work (and he's stressed and

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apparently i need to go to the grocery. i have almost NOTHING to make a meal with. tonight we're having potato soup. made from potatoes i've had at least 6 weeks that were growing all kinds of fuzzy things out of them. the last one i threw in the pot had the consistency of a sponge. i figured, well, it'll cook and you won't know the difference. ha! i hope dave doesn't read this blog... monday

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Four jobs you have had in your life (in chronological order): 1. Indy Star newspaper delivery 2. Papa John's pizza delivery 3. Structurepoint - Engineer 4. Nanny Four movies you would watch over and over: 1. Twister 2. any of the Love Comes Softly movies 3. any Little House on the Prairie episode 4. The Notebook Four places you have lived: 1. Urbana 2. "The West Side" of Indianapolis 3. West

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was picking up a pile of laundry off the laundry room floor last night to put it in the hamper, hit the top of my head really hard on the bathroom door knob. felt dizzy and sick to my stomach instantly. almost didn't even want to eat dinner. ALMOST. later last night developed a terrible neck and back ache. i don't know if it could somehow be related to hitting my head, or if i just strained a

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had some good talks with my David last night...and spent some real quality time together. wow, i love him so much!!!!! it is good times like this that i wish that every person in the world could have the privilege of being married and having a good relationship like we have. it almost makes me want to cry when i think that some people might not have this or are all alone or something. worked out

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enjoyed talking to jenny on the phone today :) found mouse droppings all over the kitchen counter (YUCK!!!) and promptly put out 2 new packs of D-Con...looks like I may have to call my favorite mouse hunter for help. ;) ...getting a nice visual of him...hahaaha...sorry, I am so inappropriate at times! But I can't help it, I love that man so much. facing a lot of inner turmoil about a particular

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when we were dating, i never understood why dave would pick me up for the date and THEN wash the car, rather than washing the car BEFORE he picked me up. little did i know that 7 years into the marriage, he'd have me hand washing my car AND another person's in the driveway BEFORE we could go out to dinner. *sigh* we also had to winterproof the pressure washer and put it away and while we were

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8346058.stm

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i have a feeling that i'm going to be absent from the blogging world for a while. dave disabled the internet last night and i discovered it this morning. i got permission to get back online to check the bank website this morning, but that's all i'm supposed to do. just wanted you blog fans out there to know why i will be gone...i've been abusing my privileges. and the house is a disaster. we are

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dave asked me to make him homemade bread, peanut butter and mush today. so i changed all my plans and did just that. i know that it's very important to him to serve him in the way that he asks each day. i did a bunch of laundry. thursday is laundry day. have a lunch "interview" scheduled for next week :) :) love my husband so, so very much!! he hurt his finger really bad today working so hard

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1- Get the closest book, go to page 18 and write the 4th line down. “…after his marriage (Deut. 24:5) so that these two people could get to …” let me just say that i'm glad it was page 18. there are a lot worse things that i could have had to type from that book. ok for a marriage but not ok for my blog... 2- What’s the last thing you’ve watched on TV ? some HGTV show about a master bedroom

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thanks Shan for the awesome candle! i love it! our bedroom smells so good right now. dave had a man-club meeting tonight. some guys at church are starting an outdoorsmen league. they're going to meet one day / month and have all kinds of guy talks/devotions/dinners, etc. it will be a great opportunity to invite friends. i'm at home dreaming up ways to be a better wife. came up with lots of cool

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1. What is your favorite thing to snack on while you’re blogging? it used to be chocolate before my diet started back up. now, nothing! 2. What is one thing you wouldn’t want to live without? a bed 3. Beach, Mountains, or Farm? Where would you live if you had a choice? Farm. I wouldn't mind visiting the beach or mountains though. 4. What’s your least favorite chore/household duty? sweeping and

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as dave works in the kitchen, i'm brainstorming ways to make our master "suite" more romantic when we redo it. over the last 7 years, it has often been a catch-all cluttered nightmare...in fact, right now, we're using it to store paint, flooring, and all sorts of miscellaneous remodeling paraphernalia (and we're sleeping in the guest room) and when i walk in to our old room and see that nasty

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updated the real slim katie blog...see the link to the side... had a great weekend. dave worked a lot and i didn't see him much but i had great times with both of our moms :) doing paperwork, talking, playing chinese checkers, reading magazines, etc. put our first cabinet in the kitchen (just sat it in there) and put granite tiles on top of it. it looks AMAZING! drinking coffee this a.m. it is

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i'm discovering first hand that satan likes to distract people. really. i've only done 2 of my womens study days in the last week. need to do 4 days each day to catch back up. for some reason he really doesn't want me to do this study. hhh... just wrapped up a bunch of coins from the jars on our dresser- $114.50 to be exact. that will help to pay for the tools we're about to buy for doing the

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here's how. small decisions. every single one of these was hard to make. i teetered on the verge of not making the right choice each time, but in the end, i convinced myself to do these things. things that i've found to be almost impossible for the past 6 months. here are some of the good choices i made: we woke up early at 5:30 so we could have breakfast together and make a to do list. i

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1. Ever since our total money makeover 2 years ago, I've become increasingly addicted to coffee. It started out as a necessity to get by on 7 months of sleeping 4 hours or less a night and now I just LOVE the taste...and the energized way I feel when I drink it. I have tried multiple times to kick the habit and I'm not sure how. I feel like I'm getting a glimpse into what it might be like to quit

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