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Sorry for no posts for the last couple of days. The GuitarMan is off from school right now. Last week he was down in the Daytona, Florida area visiting with friends. He got back Monday night, much to the delight of his younger siblings (and his parents!) So the last couple of nights have been about catching up on some family time. Since I usually blog at night after the children are asleep that went by the wayside, but for an excellent reason! :o)

Last night we cooked chicken wings and onion rings for supper. (Ha, we are making rhyme books in our homeschool time...I just realized that rhymes!) We cooked them outside in the cold. Now I know some of my readers are in much colder weather but for us it is cold! It will be in the teens by tomorrow night. Brrr!

Well, I missed yesterday's chaos tip so I will give you a sneak peek. I'll be back on tonight and our tip will center on grocery shopping. For now, I have to run. The girls are having a game of Cootie at this moment, my little man is tiring out for a morning nap and we are all still in our jammies! Gotta get the day started! We are running a bit behind this morning and we need to get some schoolwork done. Have a wonderful day...seek God's face in the small stuff!

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  1. TiffanyJanuary 14, 2009 at 5:30 PM

    YUM! Joel and I were just talking about how we are craving wings! :) Remember the good 'ol days at Bufffalo's? I wish they wouldn't have closed down !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. LisaJanuary 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM

    Tiffany: Oh my goodness I wish ya'll were close enough to just pop over and we'd fry some up! Hey, that restaurant is now called The Blue Plate and they have some fine country cooking. Wonderful when you just need some comfort food!

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