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  • Welcome to my blog!

    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 .

    I've created a map that shows links to our camping/hiking/general family fun review posts that you can find here. It's pretty much the coolest thing on this site. Thanks, Google!

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized

Will named Ellie Cucumber James.  Which is fantastic. It’s like Indiana Jones.  I have, however, requested that she be Cucumber Jane since it’s a little more girly.

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Monday, September 13, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized

Will has mastered pronouncing Eloise.  Which makes me sad because for a long time it was Ellie-Weeze and then it was Ellies for a few weeks.

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Sunday, September 12, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized

Every so often, some stranger will say that Will looks “just like his dad.”  And when they say that, I smile and nod, but I have to fight off the strangest urge to punch them in the face and say “take it back!  he looks like ME!”  This is probably because I think Will is […]

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