Well, it's been an interesting week... Recipe
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I am So glad it's Friday.. I have a few flips.. ok.. I have ONE flip and one happy announcement.
Good news First:
Monday night I got a text from my sister "Hi, I'm going to the hospital" no, really this is good news.
My sister, pregnant with baby #5 who was 14 days past his due date (as all her babies have been more or less) was finally ready. I got a text at 5:20am Tuesday with the news he was here. My nephew Ellias, my very first Godson was born on Tuesday morning at 4:30am at a whopping 7 lb 15 oz. :) I haven't met him yet.. but I will as soon as I can :)
Now, onto the rest:
Last Saturday I had my muffler replaced after a um, fallout. Tuesday I get to work and there was white smoke coming out of the…
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