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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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Mommy, can Aunt Kelly be closer to us? Will, randomly this morning.  It is of great comfort to me that even though we live so far from family, Will knows and appreciates all the major players, and speaks of them frequently.

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You have to get Ellie! She’s too fragile! Will, when Ellie got to squirmy to keep sitting in the office chair with him

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In the five hours since my last post on this subject… …Ellie has twice sneezed and brought down the tip of yet more blades of grass.  That makes 3.  One of them was 4 inches long.  I’m pretty concerned that there is more up there.

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I’m listening to This American Life while I edit, and they did a clip about Disneyland.  They played the When You Wish Upon a Star tune and I got chills.  That place is so magical, even the hairs on my arms know it.

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I brought Ellie inside from playing with Will and she was a mess.  Fussy, eyes red and watering, nose running, sneezing.  I think “great.  she has grass allergies, too.” I feed her lunch and she’s sneezing, rubbing her nose/eyes, just miserable.  And then one sneeze brings down the tip of a piece of grass.  I […]

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