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Thanks for the great link to Simple Moms Web site. I'm loving this!

I love that menu planner for the month! So great! I love they separated the days into a type of food, something to look forward to everyday! What great structure for Simon too!

Wow, the words on the photo like that are just wonderful!

Hi Ali
that's a great picture of you, Simon and Lily at the beach. Just wondering how Lily is adjusting to having Anna.
luckily, I'm pretty consistent and up to date at printing my pictures. now I just need to go through the recent 4x6's and get some enlarged and up on the wall.
julie
ps - love the new blog look/layout

Thank you for the link to the menu planning. Lots of great recipes there. We don't have kids yet, but because we work shift work getting meals on the table is a challenge! You always give great links.

Thanks for the link to Simplemom. It was VERY helpful.

Great new banner! It's awesome.

Thanks Julie - Lily is great. She is seriously the best dog...very, very gentle (with a very loud + mean bark for the benefit of the UPS man who she would then begin to lick affectionately once the door was opened).

Thank you and I realize I should know this...you've said it in the past...BTW -every child takes a piece of your brain!

OMGosh I love love love Michelle's book!!! I so want to make these for both my kids. But I am so sad, I have no clue how to do anything related to digital scrapbooking! Maybe I should at least get their first years printed out in a standard shutterfly book but I so love the idea of being able to add a few little extras! At any rate - thanks for sharing - I'm feeling motivated to do SOMETHING with the gazillion photos I take...!

Thank You so much...You are my Oprah , I dont watch tv but I hear so many girlfriends tell me oh...I heard it on Oprah....I say oh...I read it on Allis blog..Your words make me feel happy....LOL Gloria

Love the quote on your photo! Ali you are an inspiration in so many ways. Simplicity, genuine(ness), and love. By the way, who is Kevin Arnold, do you know?

Glad to see that so many "real" people check in here to see how you and each other find the balances. I laughed at someone with the 2000 photos from one year (I have about 6500 - oops). But I'm good at printing and using them for my scrapping, blogging and sharing with family a block away and a country away.
Thanks for all you share.

I'm not sure and I'm sure Ali will answer your question but I think its Kevin Arnold from The Wonder Years tv show (excellent, excellent show). I could be wrong though....

It is the little things that feel so good to remember! Scrapping helps me with that so much!