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    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

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Will calls Darth Vador “The Star Wars Daddy.”  As in, we were at the mall and there was a Stride Right store with a Darth Vador cut-out promoting their brand new Darth Vador shoes (of which Will is now the proud owner) and he said “LOOK!  MOM!  It’s the Star Wars Daddy!” I imagine, since […]

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a conversation at bedtime

Will: Mommy, can you get me a snack? Me: How about cheese? [this is the official ‘if you say you’re hungry at bedtime this is what you eat’ snack since it’s filling, not particularly thrilling, and can be eaten in bed with no mess ] Will: Cheese is awesomeness!

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Forgot to share this on Friday—will insisted on getting Ellie this ‘Ellie pumpkin’ on Friday when we picked up three bigger pumpkins at the grocery store

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Forgot to share this on Friday—will insisted on getting Ellie this ‘Ellie pumpkin’ on Friday when we picked up three bigger pumpkins at the grocery store

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Will’s school makes my ass twitch. I love the sentence ‘we don’t want them to wait a whole week to read a book!’ as if, if we don’t get a book home from the library, all our kids will have access to are twinkies, coffee, and video games. I’m soooo tired of the condescending letters […]

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Will’s school makes my ass twitch. I love the sentence ‘we don’t want them to wait a whole week to read a book!’ as if, if we don’t get a book home from the library, all our kids will have access to are twinkies, coffee, and video games. I’m soooo tired of the condescending letters […]

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