From all of us, and especially our little cupid Ivy 🙂

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The CPSC has issued a clarification of their stance on pthalate/lead-free certification of children’s products, and good for them! Basically, US and foreign manufacturers have to have certification on things PRODUCED after February 10th. Resellers don’t have to provide this certification. So, good news!

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This comes from Baby Cheapskate, who gleaned information from a variety of sources, including: The L.A. Times KCBS in San Francisco The Simple Dollar The National Bankruptcy Day website The I Heart Handmade website Apparently, it appears that children’s items including clothing and toys will need to be certified as tested free of lead and […]

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Rather than participate in the mass crowd activities of shopping with money we don’t have, this past Black Friday, Joey, Ivy and Jim (who was down for the week, and it was WONDERFUL having him here) went to the Texas Renaissance Festival (the world’s largest fair of its kind, apparently). I used to go somewhat […]

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Thanks to Mom’s help and a good outing at Hobby Lobby by Ivy this afternoon, I was able to put together this seasonal decoration of our front porch 🙂 The garland we had “left over” from the lofts. The rest is all new. I really enjoy doing this kind of thing. Guess there’s a little […]

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Well, power went out around 10:30 Friday night (the 12th) as the first winds started coming through the area. We lit some candles and puttered around. Joey set himself up head towards the footboard in the bed to watch the show, and I fell asleep on the chaise, feeding Ivy. Around 3:30 am the REAL […]

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Looks like Joey will finally get his wish for seeing what it’s like to have a hurricane blow through the area. Personally, I’ve seen enough of them in my life here on the Gulf Coast, but I guess there’s a first time for everyone, right? If you can see this page, either Ike hasn’t arrived, […]

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Well, we got approved for the house in the Heights, so the moving process has begun! Supposedly the phone and DSL service is being switched from our old address to our new on Friday, but we’ll see how that goes. There’s a possibility that this website (along with any MUGS email addresses) may be offline […]

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Joey and I commited many months ago to moving to somewhere less expensive, and have been looking for a house to rent near downtown, for a few weeks now. We had just taken a look at “the last house” on our list, in the Heights, and were driving around the immediate neighborhood, when we spotted […]

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Happy One-Month Birthday, Ivy! She’s changed since we brought her home, and we’ll be taking one photo per day, to document her growth progress. Look for a link soon. So far, she’s doing wonderfully on lifting and holding her head up, when placed face down. Joey reports that she even (accidentally) rolled over once already. […]

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