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Colorado Plates & New Bedding

Well, I got my Colorado license plates! I am now about as local as I can be. . .I've got the plates, the license, the address, the ski pass and the bills coming to my home to prove it! The plates on Andy's car expire next month, so soon we will both be total and complete residents!

I also had a minor (major?) splurge today. I decorated my house for spring yesterday and jut got in the mood to freshen some things up. I went to Home Depot (with the brood) and bought new plants. I went to Pier One and bought some new throw pillows for my living room couch to spring up my furniture. And then I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought new bedding! My bed doesn't quite look like the picture (maybe if I would have ironed my duvet cover first), but it is fresh and springy! I'm just going to blame the splurge on missing my husband!


The entire family overslept this morning and all five kids were out cold. I forgot to set my alarm and the jet lag took us well past the school start time! Oops! And of all days, the kids were doing Colorado State testing this morning. Needless to say, the school wasn't very happy that we were nearly two hours tardy!

P.S. I'm going to have to give a shout out to my hubby for blogging so sweetly about me today! (I guess indirectly, I am giving myself a shout out. Oh well.) www.andybraner.com

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Laura said…
LOVE the bed! It looks like my blog :)
We've just sent in our Dossier and it should be on it's way to Rwanda on Friday! Thank you for all of your help via Emily! So grateful! We are requesting a baby girl 4-10 months and have so enjoyed seeing your little Gabby pics. I LOVE the hair and will totally be needing your advice in the not so distant future!
March 24, 2010 at 8:23 PM
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