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Ok, granted, you'll have to actually pay to use some of these commercially they are still fantastic and my three favorite sources for stock. Check them out:

10 free HIGH RESOLUTIONS a DAY! Photoexpress.com

A nice medley with sizes ranging from 72 - 300 dpi is morguefile.com

This is the free portion of one of the biggest online stock photo communities: Stock Exchange

Hope you enjoy and find something useful!
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Husband: *Makes awkward squawk sound*

Me: *Looks startled...and seriously concerned*

Husband: What?

Me: Yeah, that's what I was about to ask...*still a bit concerned*

Husband: That was the sound a pterodactyl makes

Me: And you know this how....

Husband: Stephen Hawking told me

Me: *Back to concerned look*

Husband: Seriously, he went back in time to study the sounds that pterodactyls make, then came back, and, in secrecy, told me.

Me: Few flaws in your story, but ok, I'll bite. How, pray tell, did Stephen Hawking convey HOW to make that particular sound?

Husband: Sounded it out...you know "beep, boop, beep" (which, by the way, sounds amazingly like a squawk?)

Me: Why would he tell you? He could tell anyone, why you?

Husband: It's apart of a super secret plan, but he knew that since I wasn't famous I'd pose no risk.

Me: Risk to what?

Husband: *Matter of factly* to the PLAN....geesh

This is a paraphrase, but you get the gist of our conversations. Title sums it all up.
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I have about 8 hundred million things to do (btw that is my default exaggeration number). Woke up to ANOTHER overflowed diaper. Seriously?? This peanut goes to bed in a dry diaper and wakes up with it overflowed....I just don't get it. The litter box desperately needs changed. Quizzes, critiques, posts and assignments (actually have a cool one this week!). But you know what I really want to do? Get curled up on the couch with my princess and make jewelry while sipping hot chocolate. Doesn't that sound sublime? Well I could throw a fit or realize I'm an adult. So I'm off to conque....wait a minute! I'm an adult!

"Harvest?"

"Yes, mom?"

"Wanna blow off life and make pretties" (she's three so give me a break).

*Excited voice* "Yeah!"

Well it's decided then! Later peeps!
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everything unholy! Seems a little extreme right? Wrong! I began week three of this lovely term with this unbelievably cruel class and high hopes. By Sunday I was a miserable, sobbing heap with a husband who shielded the children from various flying objects that varied from calculators to notebooks with what appears to be a foreign language scribbled all over them. Oh dear God help us all! Just take a look:


If you screamed in terror I must apologize for shocking you with that horrifying image. Now the book starts out with "This is not a math course..." WTF?!?! Am I the only one that sees math symbols ALL OVER THOSE PAGES?? If it's not a math class then what is it? To solve one problem....ONE....takes about 2-3 pages of notations. Ok now if that isn't math I just don't know what is. The best part? If you are off by one digit the answer is wrong. So my wonderfully, stressful Sunday where my family feared for their very lives....did it end fruitfully with a finished assignment? Oh no - no it did not. It ended with a C. Moral of the story....eat, drink, live long, prosper - hopefully without a statistics class!

P.S. I had actually spent hours the entire week trying to do this assignment...it all just boiled over on Sunday!
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To download this pack click here. If you use this pack please leave me a note and tell me how it worked out! I'd love to see how it was used. Thanks and enjoy!

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Who is Coffee part 1
The dark liquid pours into a cup
The seething, churning cauldron
A roast as rich as night's corrupt
A lustful brew most like it's chosen

A hand that caresses the mocha
Is sinful as the cocoa it's made of
Creamy as thighs he spoke of
Daring as journeys forbade from

A latte is bitter- frustration it cries
Froth and foam form and fight
Seething dies into stolen sighs
A liquid strength of iron might

Desire: Who is Coffee part 2
The will of the follower
Broken at day and broken at night
A caffeine hold upon the brawler
A hold that tests resolves might

The morning light grips her head
The strongest brew grasps her heart
The demon inside demands to be fed
She and her cup are never apart

Though her adventure lies
In steamy nights and frothy ties
Lustful beans are all she spies
As seductively pursed lip implies

No lover knows her in ways like Joe
Her manic eyes say it all
This depth of darkness always flows
Her answer will always be to his call

Treachery: Who is Coffee part 3
Tea once tried to come between
His good nature questioned her will
Rooibos, black, and even green
He somehow lacked Joe’s deep thrill

The innocence: so light, so pure
Thought to stir away her madness
His sweet touch just could not lure
The addictions depth left her breathless

Her night’s passion lies too deep
The mocha, the latte, the need
The coffee is balanced, bitter and steep
The darkness’ penetrating seed
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It's no secret that I love grunge. I also love clean designs...it's, confusing? Anyhow moving right along. I have a few sites I visit on a regular basis. I hit psdtuts.com today to see what's new and boy did they have a gem!! Tons - and I literally mean TONS - of high resolution, tileable grunge patters. I'm trying some out as we speak (type?) and they are simply wonderful. Thanks psdtuts - you've done it again! I'm posting some pictures of the patterns of tiled from various packs so you can see the seamless results. If you use photoshop (any version including elements), these will work. They also make great digital scrapbook pages. To visit the linked page click here. Click the patterns to go directly to the download for that pattern pack.