I’m borrowing this idea from Elle Fredrix…13 countries that have visited my site:

1. United States
2. Canada
3. United Kingdom
4. Rwanda – really?
5. India – again, this surprises me
6. Singapore – May is that you? LOL
7. Algeria – huh, cool!
8. Unknown – does anyone know where this country is located? ROFL
9. Turkey – OK!

Well, it only shows me the last nine countries but if I go by the exact last 13 visitors it is:

1. Canada
2. US
3. Canada
4. US
5. UK
6. US
7. US
8. US
9. US
10. US
11. US
12. US
13. India

My beautiful daughter graduated from preschool on Wednesday. These are thirteen things about why I’m (mostly) glad preschool ended:

1. I get my Mon, Wed, Fri afternoons back (sort of). Yes, it should have been a peaceful 2 1/2 hr break but as I have another, younger, child at home and an older child at elementary that lets out only a couple of hours after I drop her off, it doesn’t quite work out that way.
2. No more driving from one side of town to the other, while hoping the youngest falls asleep and I can park and read/work for a while.
3. I don’t have to argue which two snacks she is allowed to take.
4. No more half dry paintings getting smeared on either my hands or my car, or both.
5. I don’t have to figure out what to do with all of the artwork that comes home (oh come on, I’m not a terrible mom, I keep some of it!O )
6. No more juggling schedules when field trips are on because I don’t have anyone to pick up my oldest from school.
7. I don’t have to hear about Jared anymore. “Oh Jared.” “Jared’s going to marry me.” “Jared only likes it when I wear dresses.” :shiftyeyes: um – yeah it’d be sweet if he even gave her the time of day. Not that he talks to many of the girls. He’s way too cool for that!:smirk:
8. No more forgetting about some food item I was supposed to bring for some special day or another, and then having to run out to the store to buy something.
9. I have another 2-3 years before I have to do it again.
10. The endless cupcakes and birthdays and my child coming home hopped up on sugar.
11. Kindergarten is next and that means my oldest son and his sister will be at the same school every day, if only for half a day.
12. I won’t miss driving from one side of town to the other between the preschool and the elementary school. Yes, it was our choice to put her in that particular one, but still with gas prices…
13. In particular I’m happy about graduation because I got to see my daughter look this beautiful (click on the pics to see full size): and wear this hat:

Truthfully, I will miss the preschool, and the wonderful teachers my daughter had. They taught her in a safe and loving environment and I know she was very happy there. She made many friends, some of whom she will see in Kindergarten, but some she won’t. She learned her alphabet and knows how to write her name, as well as those of everyone in her family and Elmo (don’t ask?).

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Coming out tomorrow, June 15, as part of Moonlit Romance’s Beach Duet series – June’s title is a Hint of Summer. Here are 13 things you will find in Inheritance:

1. Chase Taylor is curvy, sexy and smart
2. Reece Weston has a baritone voice and startling, green eyes
3. If you are going to be around rich, skinny people it’s better to eat first
4. There’s beer :beerclink:
5. You will meet Rascal
6. Not all beaches are sandy
7. The West Van Seawall where the hero runs. Check out the link they have a webcam.
8. Housing prices for a detached home, in the area the story is set, start at $1.1 million
9. I pretty much grew up in North Vancouver, which is beside West Van (yes, you’d think compass-wise that’d be different but that is how it is) and not as exclusive, although I can now not afford a detached home there either (housing prices in our area have gone up by an insane amount – hello Olympics!)
10. There’s plenty of heat without any actual badda bing badda bang, if you know what I mean! LOL
11. There is a shower scene, possibly like Psycho. Or not.
12. There is a surfer dude, sort of. He is not the hero.
13. Sometimes money isn’t the only thing you can inherit.:love:
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1. I was up at 6am this morning
2. I had only gone to bed at 12:30am and had trouble falling asleep
3. I had to stand around all day with #1 DS since he was an extra on a tv show (fun for him for the most part although a lot of standing around waiting is not his forte)
4. The standing around was in a dusty park in the hot sun
5. I haven’t been sleeping well for a few weeks anyway
6. I spend too much time trying to figure things out and not enough time actually sleeping
7. I have three kids – oh come on, I know there a lot of wonder mothers out there but there has to be more than just me who is tired all the time
8. I have been keeping a secret about an upheaval at a place that is important to me, it was finally revealed today but it’s been a heavy burden.
9. Because of the above I there will be after shocks that make me tired just thinking about it.
10. I looked at our family schedule for the next few weeks. – I think I am a juggler in a previous life.
11. Not nearly enough
12. I don’t have thirteen reasons and it tires me out thinking of even one more :shiftyeyes:
13. Maybe I need :chocolate: – ha I did it – 13 baby!!
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… a specific date in history. These are the #1 Billboard songs posted for various family members and friends birthdates and other special dates as found here .

1. Mine – Hello Goodbye, the Beatles
2. DH – Love is Blue, Paul Mauriat (sorry never heard of it :oogle
3. DS#1 – Genie in a Bottle, Christina Aguilera
4. DD – U Got it Bad, Usher
5. DS#2 – So Sick, Ne Yo (what? )
6. My Mom – I’ve Heard that Song Before, Harry James
7. My Dad – Beer Barrel Polka, Will Glahe
8. My MIL – Near You, Francis Craig
9. MY FIL – I’ll Walk Alone, Dinah Shore
10. My BIL – ABC, Jackson Five
11. MY BFF – I’m a Believer, The Monkees
12. My Wedding Date – I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing, Aerosmith (awww – :love
13. My book pub date – Give it to Me, Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake (rather appropriate heehee :party: )
    
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