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Tropic of Mom: Life at Latitude 26

• This is what wheat-free dairy-free egg-free nut-free all-natural cupcakes look like

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  And they are delicious. Ask the taste tester (and CCC -- Chief Cupcake Consumer).
  
  
  
  Update: I should have mentioned Yes! I did make the cupcakes, with the help of Cherrybrook Kitchen cake mix, homemade organic vegetable shortening [...]
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• What I did all day

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  Hi, I'm Holly.
  
  Today, I did the laundry.
  
  
  
  Well, most of it.
  
  
  
  I cooked three different dinners from scratch and then cleaned up.
  
  
  
  I vacuumed and picked up,' [...]
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• One dream, fulfilled (It has to do with shoes)

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  A long, long time ago, like in 2008 or 2009, I dreamed of being featured on Jodifur's Shoe Friday.
  And today, my Shoe Friday dream came true. [...]
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• Found

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  Penny the missing penguin is now Penny the found penguin.
  
  
  
  And the Man-cub is resting peacefully once again.
  
  Even though my husband and I searched everywhere and even though I called stores we had visited over the weekend (in case she [...]
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• Missing

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  The Man-cub's favorite penguin is missing. It was the first thing he said to me this morning after he woke up -- after he counted beaks while gathering up the penguins in his blanket the way he does every morning.
  
  Even though I [...]
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• Weekend by numbers: Imagination

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  1: Expedition adventurer reaching the top of the mountain (at 14 feet above sea level).
  
  
  
  1: Sword-wielding pirate trying to avoid capture of his, uh, booty.
  
  
  
  2: Outlaw straight shooters. Bubble shooters.
  
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• Un-doing

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  I love writing.
  
  Er... I think.
  
  In school, teachers told me I had a "flair" or "gift" for writing. A professor returned a paper to me, asking, "Where did you get your style?" I took all the college writing courses I could. I majored in English, then journalism. [...]
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• A little request

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  If you're the liking, clicking kind of person (Did you accidentally read both words together and get the licking kind of person? You don't have to answer), I'd appreciate it if you'd vote for me in my local newspaper's Best of Blog Awards. I'm up against some pretty amazing bloggers' [...]
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• Weekend by numbers: Blah

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  1: Trip to IKEA.
  
  
  
  1: Lost sippy cup (that's OK because the end of the straw had been bitten off....)
  
  2: Boys having fun with a new Playmobil penguin toy.
  
  
  
  
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