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Martha Stewart Speaks Out: Bloggers Are Not Experts

is martha being condescending again?  why yes.  yes she is.  pass it on.

the origination site is: http://www.craftyhangouts.com/2013/10/martha-says-bloggers-are-no-experts.html#comment-form

What's The Dumbest Thing You Could Say To A Congresswoman Who Lost Her Legs In Battle? Um, THIS.

reference to the article http://tinyurl.com/pedts5u

song of the summer?

here is the link to the article: http://tinyurl.com/ny5qxlc

kind of catchy tune, eh?

baby in a milk coma

mason is just over 5 weeks old.  his mom took these photos just after he nursed, so he has a nicely-filled tummy!

i'm a winner x 2

i recently received more prizes!

this stampin' up! collection is from maggie mata, aka maggie made cards:

this next WHOLE "cut and paste" collection is from my mind's eye:

 

 

i think i am pretty lucky!

new notes on apostrophes

i stumbled upon an article about apostrophes...how, where and when to use them.  i love this term: the word apostrofly – "an insect that lands at random on the printed page, depositing an apostrophe wherever it lands".

to read more, check out this link: http://tinyurl.com/pb5a9tf

so, get up to speed on using this punctuation symbol!  it's a great way to appear intelligent.

i'm a winner!

look what i won from the folks who make the "glue glider"!  what a haul!

introducing baby boy bennett...

this is mason rush bennett! (with mom and dad, of course!)

 

long black hair, long fingers and chubby cheeks

born monday, 7/15/2013

7 pounds 13 ounces

19" long

 

and, of course, he is a cutie!

baby boy is here!

 baby boy (mason rush bennett) was born at 2.05 pm today and is 7 lb 13 oz. lots of black fuzzy hair, big feet and hands and chubby cheeks. mom, dad and baby are doing great. mom expects to be home at this time tomorrow. thank you for keeping us in your thoughts! if our cat-sitter situation works out, we will be on our way to columbus on tuesday morning.

baby update

my daughter's water broke sunday evening, and the contractions are starting.  we should have a baby very soon!  on our way to columbus on tuesday morning!  baby boy couldn't wait until the 7/31 due date.  the baby's weight is estimated at 9.5 pounds.  pictures will be forth-coming.

more baby info

my daughter had another 3-d ultrasound.  the baby has hair and is getting chubby cheeks.  i suppose she meant face-cheeks!  more later...

another baby update

my daughter, jawnna, has updated her status.  this is what she said: "i went to another ultrasound today. i am 36 weeks and 2 days along and he is now 8 pounds and 12 ounces he has gained 3 pounds 4 oz in 3 weeks. wow we are going to have a big baby!" 
 
stay tuned!

baby update

baby boy still measures larger than "normal".  the due date might be brought forward a month, like at the end of june instead of july.  another 3-d ultrasound will be scheduled.  our trip to ohio might be sooner than we expected!

baby update...

mom says: "26 week 3D scans, the little man loves to have his feet and hands in his face." 

for some reason, i couldn't lift the scans from her facebook page.  what cool 3-d images!  it's amazing.  when i was pregnant with my daughter, ultrasounds were only necessary when there was a potential problem.  i never got one!

baby update

baby boy is bigger than "usual" at 2.5 pounds.  this is about 1 pound larger than "normal".  he is in the 89th percentile.  during the 3-d ultrasound, baby boy moved around quite a bit and even put his hands and legs in front of his face.  mom thinks this baby is just going to be bigger than all of her others.

i told my daughter that her great great grandma on her dad's side of the family gave birth to very big babies, like in the teens...maybe something like 14 or 15 pounds!  that's alot of baby!

my daughter says that she will buy only one package of number 1 diapers, and she will bring a couple of differently-sized outfits for the ride home.

mom developed pregnancy induced asthma, which i had never heard of.  besides that, mom and baby are doing well, and the due date remains at july 31st.

i wll be a grandma again...

my daughter will be having her 8th child around july 31, 2013...

 

from the last picture, it is a boy...see the arrow in the center of the picture.

and again!

this time, i won a $50 gift certificate from emma's paperie.  i am such the lucky one!  i am in the process of spending it, and when it comes in, i will share pictures of that, too.

edited to add:
i ordered mostly paper...about an inch stacked.  it isn't possible to photograph all of it.

i'm a winner...again!

this time, i received a $25 gift certificate to hydrangea hippo.  i spent it mostly on trims:

in the second picture, on the top left are clear gem decorative stick pins.  lots of fun stuff to play with!

i'm a winner

from papervine, i won a paper tablet from echo park.  i got to choose which one.  here it is:

robins video link

http://player.vimeo.com/video/9479342