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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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Monthly Archives: October 2009

milestones

Friday, October 9, 2009 Posted in moving

Most people think there are three milestones in moving to a new house: 1) The day you sign 2) The day you move in 3) The day the boxes are finally gone There are actually many more milestones.  The day you get pictures hung on the walls, the day you drive home on auto pilot […]

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not a creature was stirring

Friday, October 9, 2009 Posted in this old house

I have four mousetraps sitting in a defensive perimeter around my oven.  They look like a squad of Panzer tanks surrounding an Allied stronghold.  They should be stopping the mouse invasion in its tracks…instead, I’m pretty sure the mice have gone stealthy on us and have either (a)  learned that the smell of peanut butter […]

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