tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51589995015647051352024-03-14T06:12:07.270-07:00Dette's Designswhere art and needles meetBernadettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623386885367979609noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158999501564705135.post-9585380997593544572012-10-26T15:23:00.000-07:002012-10-27T10:45:41.606-07:00So many things have transpired in the last couple of years. One of which is the understanding that we (hubby and I) need to get ahead, catch up on things that have been put off and our life needs to change if we want to succeed with that goal. Everyone has had to breakdown and have this mental conversation about what needs to change at some point during these last four years. <br />
What can I do to make ends meet? No eating out... check! Plan out weekly meals... check! Cut back on extras ... check! (what extras?) Only put $20 in the tank at a time (because your prayin' it will go down)... check!! Start looking for ways to bring in extra $$ without taking too much time away from the family...check!! Realizing it's time to get a job because your son had to have surgery....Reality CHECK!!<br />
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Life could always be worse, no matter what be grateful for what you have, but Man! The things I could do with a little more. So my blog got a face lift and I got a Facebook page and I'm also looking for work...yeah, I think that covers it!<br />
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If you like what you see ... my apologies (another thing I need is a camera). Than contact me and let Dette Design something for you. <a href="mailto:dettesdesignsrock@yahoo.com">dettesdesignsrock@yahoo.com</a><br />
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Bernadettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623386885367979609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158999501564705135.post-24524775545938603662012-05-28T15:57:00.001-07:002012-10-27T10:33:48.016-07:00Black and White Cupcakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I found this while searching for the best tasting and decorating frosting. <br />
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makes 7
1/2 cups of frosting<br />
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20 minutes 20 mins prep<br />
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1 cup butter or margarine <br />
1
cup vegetable shortening <br />
2 lbs powdered sugar (8 cups) <br />
1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 tablespoon meringue powder (optional) <br />
1 teaspoon vanilla <br />
1
teaspoon almond extract (or coconut extract) <br />
1/2-1 teaspoon clear butter
flavoring <br />
4-6 ounces whipping cream <br />
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Cream butter and shortening
until fluffy. <br />
Add sugar, meringue powder, about half of the cream, and
continue creaming until well blended. <br />
Add salt, flavorings and enough
whipping cream to make the consistency you need. <br />
Beat at medium speed until
icing is fluffy. <br />
You may substitute all shortening for the butter, which
will give a pure white icing, but the flavor will not be quite as good. <br />
I
used butter and real vanilla and the icing turned out a very pale ivory, which I
personally prefer to a stark-white icing. <br />
The meringue powder gives the
icing a light crust, but it remains soft underneath. <br />
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* I used half n half instead of the whipping cream, I used butter crisco instead of adding butter flavoring and made Black frosting. YUM!Bernadettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623386885367979609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158999501564705135.post-29247291896207360962012-05-08T09:35:00.001-07:002012-05-08T09:37:18.088-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You need 4 bowls (1 of those should be large mixing bowl, 3 small/ med bowls)<br />
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~In smaller bowl<br />
1 1/2 cups water warmed(aprox. 110*)<br />
1 tsp sugar <br />
1 package of rapid rising / bread machine yeast<br />
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Let all above ingredients dissolve, it until foamy.(if it doesn't foam up yeast may be bad)<br />
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1/3 cup butter (melted)<br />
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~In medium bowl<br />
3 eggs whipped<br />
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~In large bowl mix together<br />
3 cups gluten free flour mix (recipe below)<br />
2 tsp xantham gum<br />
1 tsp salt<br />
2 tsp baking soda <br />
2 tsp gf baking powder<br />
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Once the yeast is dissolved, combine all wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients. I use a whisk to mix. Batter will be a wet consistency. Do Not Taste the Batter, something about the wet ingredients makes it taste horrible...trust me, I made that mistake. Fold batter into the bread machine pan evenly and put on gluten free setting and bake. * I take the paddle out so you have a longer rising period and no kneading period, during the baking process. The plus with this is you won't have a giant hole in your loaf.*<br />
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Gluten Free Flour mix<br />
1 part soy flour<br />
1 part sorghum flour <br />
1 part tapioca flour (not starch)<br />
1 part brown rice flour<br />
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<dir><dir><input type="checkbox" value="906b697cdabe4437874835b9831912ef" /> I'm writing because I have become aware of this awesome cause "Operation Sunscreen", a program where we send a soldier overseas a sun care set! I need your help!<br />
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Tim and I have never served, but with recent events this is a cause close to our Hearts. We have goal of 100 soldiers! I'm collecting donations beginning today and through July 4th!<br />
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How it works is this:<br />
1. You let me know how many soldiers you want to adopt<br />
2. I purchase and package the sun care sets (sun screen, lipbalm w/spf15, after sun gel)<br />
3. I have them shipped directly to Soldier's Angels, a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization <a href="http://www.soldiersangels.org/">http://www.soldiersangels.org/</a><br />
4. Soldier's Angels sends all of the packages to the overseas soldiers (they have all the permits to complete large shipments to our troops)<br />
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Each sun care set is $25 (includes tax and shipping). I accept all forms of payment (cash, check,Visa/Mastercard/AMEX/Discover). Checks should be made payable to Bernadette Rausch.<br />
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I know that together we can reach this goal of 100 soldiers adopted! If you have questions about this program, Soldier's Angels or you want to adopt a soldier (or several) please contact me! Please fell free to pass it on.<br />
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Hi all, <br />
After the last couple of years and with the economy going so smoothly{sarcasm}, I have started selling Mary Kay as an Independent Sales Consultant. I'm excited to say I have my website up and running!!! <br />
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If I can help you in any way text or call!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are a couple of my projects. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once again, you can find them at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?q=DettesDesigns">http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?q=DettesDesigns</a></div>Bernadettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623386885367979609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158999501564705135.post-81719454924705859632011-04-19T14:42:00.000-07:002011-04-30T11:34:22.226-07:00~ Simple Cream of Celery Soup ~<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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2 cups Celery chopped<br />
100g cottage cheese<br />
pinch of Tarragon<br />
pinch of crusched Rosemary<br />
pinch of Oregano<br />
1 cube of chicken flavored bouillon<br />
bring everything (but cottage cheese) to boil. Once celery is tender, turn off heat and add cottage cheese, use a blending wand or blender to pruee soup. Salt and pepper to taste. Makes about 5 cups.<br />
My kids even love it!!<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lifeline-Religious-Upbringing-Your-Children/dp/0933932979">http://www.amazon.com/Lifeline-Religious-Upbringing-Your-Children/dp/0933932979</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0933932529/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Upbringing: A Discussion Handbook for Parents of Young Children" border="0" height="200" id="prodImage" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HPW4PRSEL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Upbringing-Discussion-Handbook-Parents-Children/dp/0933932529/ref=pd_sim_b_2">http://www.amazon.com/Upbringing-Discussion-Handbook-Parents-Children/dp/0933932529/ref=pd_sim_b_2</a>Bernadettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623386885367979609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158999501564705135.post-49698503318081292442011-01-26T00:53:00.000-08:002011-04-30T11:40:00.646-07:00~ The close of 2010 ~ <br />
Our life was thrown into a spiral on Sept.21 and it continued to travel that course for 2 months after.<br />
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This is just one of the thousands of stories, to some it was just the daily headline, but to nine families and countless relatives and friends it is a day that will remain with them forever. My sister in law Danielle Baldwin and her four young children were one of those families effected by the horror of Tuesday September 21, 2010. That was the day a helicopter carrying her husband, LTC Robert F. Baldwin and eleven other men crashed in Afghanistan. Rob and eight others lost their lives on that day. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, there were many in attendance.....he had died a hero and we mourn the loss. <br />
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<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have tried to write many times...I had many drafts saved, but it just seemed so unimportant, I would start and never finish. When we got home from Arlington, we tried to fall back into our daily routine. I had a hard time when it was quiet, my thoughts would wonder to Rob, to Danielle, the kids and all those left behind in the wake of the tragic event. The poor men, left behind to pick up the pieces and having to continue to serve and complete their mission as if nothing had happen. I prayed Danielle would have the strength and energy to be the full time mother, as she had been before. Things would never be the same.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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When thinking of the unexplainable I am reminded of a quote given to me by a dear friend, after the loss of my brother..."The greatest grace God can give someone is to send him a trial he cannot bear with his own powers – and then sustain him with the grace so he may endure... to the end and be saved.<br />
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I watched thinking of the people in those Towers. Morning the loss of life, not even aware of the horror to come. Watching on the other side of the country. I felt alone, unprotected in my own home. I thought of my sleeping infant and son, holding the child on my lap, tighter. Once again the unbelievable happened the Pentagon was struck, the hub of security in the United States. <em>How is this possible?</em> <em>Who would want to do this? Why?</em> And the question that most crossed my mind, <em>what was next?</em> My baby girl.. just five months old and so unsure of what life would bring her. Tears came as the bodies flailed towards the ground. Little did I know, the devastation would only increase. <br />
In the haze of the morning, my father who was in Sacramento pulled in the drive. The only marker I have for his arrival is that the Towers had not given way. He had been on a business trip to the state's capitol for a meeting with the state officials. That turned into a protection detail for the Governor. Once the Gray Davis was secure, he was released from his duty. We set there watching, speaking in half sentences trying to maintain some sort of normalcy, for the three children now awake. We watched as the Towers fell. We watched as the people were running for their lives. Hoping and praying it was over. Then news of a plane crashing in a Pennsylvania field. This would be the last of the attacks on that fateful day.<br />
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Brothers and sisters often don't get a long and there were times we were no different. We also shared wonderful times and times that weren't so wonderful, but looking back those are among my favorite.<br />
Mom had been gone one morning and for some reason only Matthew (11) and I (15) were left in the house. Being board, as we normally were we took to wrestling. I don't remember who started it, but one thing lead to another and you know the saying "it's all fun and games until some one gets an eye poked out". Well that's what happen. He punched me smack-dab in the eye, not hard so much, as just right. Shattered my contact lens in pieces. For those of you that don't realize, that's extremely hard to do. We had to call our aunt, she came over and made sure all the pieces were out. My eye was fine. I still laugh when I remember his fist, as scrawny as it was coming at my face and the absolute amazement when it made contact. We still wrestled, even as adults. A little push here, big shove there. He made any situation more fun, for better or worse.<br />
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Making friends is not as easy as I remember it. In fact we've been here for months and have yet to meet someone that could be referred to as a possible friend. I thought when we moved things would be some how the same as they were where we used to live, not that we would know everybody, but that people would be friendly and approachable. The city once again proved me wrong. I had such high hopes for our family and how wonderful it would be living in a new place with a few connections. Meeting new people and being introduced to friends of our family. Well...maybe that's my problem, the high hopes. I got ahead of myself once again.<br />
You can only keep so busy before you start feeling sorry for yourself. I feel bad for my kids, I can't tell you how many times they've come to me and said they miss their friends. That they had so much to do when we lived in the other place and how bored they are now. We put the boys in foot ball and the school year just started so there's hope. I really feel bad for them, but I don't know how much more of this I can stand.Bernadettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623386885367979609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158999501564705135.post-55120708643029156472010-08-15T14:34:00.000-07:002010-08-15T15:39:24.064-07:00The Feast of the Assumption of Mary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIER_q3CE1pn54Ajhls6BqE8WN9pzHtCw-LjAhMyaZTZHN8f0ePpjIXd5xH0RuoPPA201XmoMFjgYTVlWHA0YXIMKpGO9qI9Plw9W-1dHAfpQ945dunHjT0vCcvzuuTQsQDtVMCtI1wDY/s1600/assumption.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIER_q3CE1pn54Ajhls6BqE8WN9pzHtCw-LjAhMyaZTZHN8f0ePpjIXd5xH0RuoPPA201XmoMFjgYTVlWHA0YXIMKpGO9qI9Plw9W-1dHAfpQ945dunHjT0vCcvzuuTQsQDtVMCtI1wDY/s640/assumption.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mary the Most Holy Virgin Mother was Assumed body and Soul into Heaven.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Feast is celebrated on August 15th.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">for more info </span><a href="http://www.thyroid360.com/"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">http://www.thyroid360.com/</span></a>Bernadettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623386885367979609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158999501564705135.post-22523531053611126542010-08-02T11:57:00.000-07:002010-08-02T12:16:45.495-07:00Think Again<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I hate money issues. I hate fees. I hate banks that charge fees when your in the black, but they think you don't have enough in your account. Yes, there is a fee for "low balance." So, let me get this straight, the bank says "hey, you don't have enough money in your account, we want more, so we're going to charge X amount of dollars, have a nice day." The schedule of FEES that some banks have is flippin ridiculous. There is a fee for not using the money in your account, there's a fee if you use too much (which we already established), there are fees if you don't write a check and fees if you do. I could go on for days about this. I understand they're a business, but come on, really??? Who sits there and figures out these fees? Obviously someone who has no other thought in his head, other than to get your money in his pocket. And yes, they gave me a list of fees and I did browse over it, but I didn't think they could charge me for what "they" think my balance should be. I guess I need to think again.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZMKRHYy5tH_tbzv6Eux9yLDXJJPjErOLCiLGAx-EXl5_dyo3j51ECitKR8rmqiabrMVl4p6VSk37Ll1_QWlTfCmST2Fmx8xafyH1ACzJ0aCddgYUQruu2wsZ_Q3Cf1tXTK67AJFP2mQ/s1600/images%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZMKRHYy5tH_tbzv6Eux9yLDXJJPjErOLCiLGAx-EXl5_dyo3j51ECitKR8rmqiabrMVl4p6VSk37Ll1_QWlTfCmST2Fmx8xafyH1ACzJ0aCddgYUQruu2wsZ_Q3Cf1tXTK67AJFP2mQ/s320/images%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div>Bernadettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623386885367979609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158999501564705135.post-54806115467577600242010-07-28T18:36:00.000-07:002010-07-28T18:36:52.242-07:00Recent ReadsI just finished <em>Three Weeks with My Brother</em> by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks. It was a great <span><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bette041-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0446694851&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>read!</span><br />
<span>I enjoyed their relationship and their family tales. It was surprising how many similarities there were in my childhood and theirs. It was funny, tragic, heart warming and memorable. Life always has it's way, in the end it's just what you're able to make of it.</span>Bernadettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623386885367979609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158999501564705135.post-77049583553601023612010-07-17T17:50:00.000-07:002010-07-17T17:50:04.029-07:00Crazy DazeIn the last couple weeks I have felt like I'm going non-stop. I'm working on finding a curriculum for my kids ( haven't got very far), the fourth of July, one possible root canal, possible removal on tonsils, cut up sheets and Insurance companies.... these are some of things that have plagued my life recently. Oh, and I turned 32. <br />
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I was talking to my sister in law about a book she gave me a few years back and I still have not read it through :(<span><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bette041-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1928832415&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> "A Mother's Rule of Life" This book and completing my children's curriculum, will be my next task. The author is very enjoyable, but pride got in the way and I didn't finish reading. I never thought of myself as a scheduled mom, but now days I'm seeing the need for it. I don't know if wisdom comes with age or if I'm just tried of feeling like I didn't get anything done at the end of the day. The author talks about balance between household duties and homeschooling (something I always have trouble with). I need peace in my life and I'm really hoping that this (if applied) might afford me some.</span>Bernadettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623386885367979609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158999501564705135.post-20299082427534654272010-06-24T22:24:00.000-07:002010-06-24T22:24:44.320-07:00The Tale of the Picker<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Children pick, it's a fact. They pick noses, wedgies, some even pick belly buttons. My story is a tale of a picker of sorts. To some it will be distrubing and to others it will be common place. For me it was too much!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">~ The other night I was up late with my two littlest. They had taken naps too late in the day to go to bed at a normal hour, so mommy got to stay awake for a lot longer then she expected. We were sitting on the couch enjoying ourselves. <em>The kiddos were watching Toy Story,</em> I was on my laptop when I realized that my poor son was being attacked by his sister. I looked down to find her showing the tip of her finger to her brother saying <em>"eww" </em>and wiping her finger on the couch. I told her to knock it off, she giggled. A second later she was waving her finger in his face again. Told her to stop (<em>I have a problem with consistantcy, I don't have any). </em>I went back to what I was doing, just too exhausted to actually make her listen. Out of the corner of my eye I saw what she was doing. She would stick her finger in my son's ear and pull it out with ear wax on it. She looked like she was a <em>pirate</em> looking for <em>treasure</em> and when she got it, she was thrilled, so much so that she had to show her brother. "Look Bubba, eeeewww," she would say as she wave that finger around. My son would look real hard at the tip of her finger and as he squinted he said, "ucky, JoJo." Don't get me wrong it was funny, just gross at the same time. So being the good mom I should, I said, "I'm serious, knock that off, it's gross!" I think I used her complete name when I ended my declaration. She giggled a second time. I gave her one of my famous dirty looks. Looking back, I don't think I scared her in the least, but at the time I thought there was some improvement. She slowly got up and went to the kitchen, I figured she was getting a drink, which she did. It was then on her way back to the couch that I realized her dasteredly plan as she set back on the couch ( <em>on the other side of her brother ). </em>That sicko wanted<em> </em>her brother's other ear! I called her on it, as she slowly sat down acting like she wasn't doing anything. She giggled her last. This time I stood my ground <em>(couch), </em>she was not able to pick my poor defendless child's ear any longer. I took the spot between them!</div><br />
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