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I am happy to report that the mother of the babies returned late on day two and moved her family. I don't know where they are but I hope they're safe from the lawn mower. It's been raining so much that the grass grows high quickly and baby rabbits know how to hide.

I spotted her nibbling on stuff near the bird feeders. This is dangerously close to the garden and I am sure I will be trying to keep her out of it all summer.

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We found these little critters in a window well after a much-needed lawn mowing. We had no idea there was a rabbit nest on the side of the house and I'm guessing the lawn mower scared the you-know-what out of them. They stayed there for one day. When it became apparent that they weren't going to get out on their own and their mother was nowhere in sight, we put a plank in there as a ramp for them. They stayed in there for one more day. We contemplated things: do we adopt them? Take them to a refuge for wild animals? Feed them? As cute as they are, I really just wanted them to leave so they wouldn't eat the garden. Stay tuned to see what happens.

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Since I've been gone, I've been trying to climb out from under all of these boxes. I did some spring cleaning and took the items to my mom's house for a garage sale. It was a lot of work to go through stuff and price it (thanks, Mom, for hosting the sale - that's a lot of work in and of itself) but I'm glad it's out of the house. We even did a toy box clean-out. Ahhh!

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It's not you, it's me. I haven't posted in a week because I'm overwhelmed with things. However, I do have some more before and afters and other fun things when I come back. Stay tuned.

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 "After" shot of room that I just finished. It's a tough room to photograph, so this is the best I could do. I don't have a good "before" shot. Just picture a room full of toys, a rug the cats destroyed and no furniture.

I spent $75 on a rug and $25 on a gallon of paint. The other accessories came from Target and I cashed in some credit card points for a gift card to cover that. Ah yeah!

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Blogger has been down so I apologize for the tardy post. I'll catch up tomorrow.

I took this picture at the playground and I thought this pattern would look really cool stenciled on a wall in a slightly darker wall color, maybe even a different sheen. I'd like to try it in the room I'm repainting but I simply don't have the time. Hopefully someone else will try it.

I should have a post about the room redo tomorrow.

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This is what my break looked like today. I try to stay away from soda but there are some days when you let things slide and today was one of them. I had had it with the meltdowns and forced the boy to take a nap. I probably should've done the same.

While taking an internet break, I saw an interesting brownie recipe worth trying.