The Big Day

Finally the Big Day arrived. Despite weeks of planning and preparing, I was nowhere ready for it. My friend, my daughter, my baby was getting married. She’d never sleep under our roof as a member of our household again; after the wedding she and Cowboy would set up their own…

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What’s in the Box?

A box arrived at our house the other day. A very big box, and it’s for me! Teacher said I was getting a belated Valentine’s Day present. Will you help me open it? What do you think it could be?   I’ll take off the styrofoam, you grab out that…

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A Dress for Princess

Even before Princess and Cowboy set a wedding date Princess had been dreaming about her wedding dress and veil. “I want to look like a princess…” she sighed with stars in her eyes. Since I’d made her prom dress a couple of years ago she asked me to make her…

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Bridesmaid Dresses

When we peeked into the bridal dressing room last time all you got to see was the patterns and fabric. Here’s the pattern and fabric again, in case you forgot:   Are you ready to see the finished dresses? Are you sure? Ok, here you go…   Aren’t they pretty?…

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Unpaper Towels

Switching to reusable, “unpaper” towels was an easy way for our family to be more eco-friendly. When I decided to mane the switch from paper to unpaper towels the first thing I did was research online. I found tons of different types of unpaper towels made of a wide variety…

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Sunshine Award

My Happy Crazy Life has received the Sunshine Award from both Gillyweeds and Joyful Rose. Thank you both for thinking of me! Since I follow the rules – most of the time – I’m passing the award along to some of my favorite blogs; please take a few minutes to…

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Wedding Flowers Fit for a Princess

One of the ways we planned to save money was to make our own flowers for the wedding. Irish Girl used to babysit for a florist and would help out during prom season so she volunteered to head up the flower-making. All Princess and I had to do was choose…

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Loki the Cat

College Boy and Irish Girl grew up with kitties in their homes, so soon after they were married and in their own home they wanted to get a kitten. College Boy searched online and found Loki in a shelter. It was love at first sight! At first Loki was too…

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Purple Rain

First off, this is not a post about Prince, his song just popped in my head when I was trying to think of a title. But don’t go away yet! I have a little something for Prince fans so you won’t be totally disappointed: I was a huge Prince fan…

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Bridal Dressing Room – No Peeking!

OK, I lied – I’ll give you a little peek… As you probably know, we’re planning a wedding here. If you know anything about weddings you’ll know that one of the most important things – to the bride at least – is what she and the wedding party are going…

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