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Creating a Cotton Candy costume for a toddler

Posted by Misty Montano on Sunday, October 28, 2012, In : Home 

If my 2-year-old understood Halloween or at least the concept of dressing up for candy, I have no doubt she'd dress up as a princess or as Jesse from "Toy Story." But, she doesn't. So I selfishly decided that I wanted to make her a costume of my choosing!

It's been an emotion and stressful few weeks on the job front and I needed to get into the "crafty mom" mode as an escape. It just popped in my head one day, "cotton candy." The idea stuck, so that's what I made a cotton candy costume!

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Reuse, refresh and renew an antique bedroom set

Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, August 6, 2012, In : Home 
Two weeks ago we bought a home! If you've been following our journey you know it's taken a lot longer than we thought with many twists we didn't expect, like living with my in-laws for almost a year. You'd think after everything we would have rushed right in and moved in, but that didn't happen.

I paused when standing in our new home holding the key in my hand for the first time. The house was our clean slate to make ours. I asked my dear husband for time to move in to make sure everything was...
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Tradition: family, fun and fireworks. Now #NoFireworksFun

Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, July 2, 2012, In : Home 

My best memories from my childhood are all my family get togethers over all the holidays. The 4th of July was always the best… bare feet… summer… Grandma's homemade ice cream… Grandpa's grilling… cousins… slip-n-slide… running through the sprinklers… and the grand finale of our own fireworks show!

All the men surrounded the grill and set up a variety of fireworks displays. The spinners nailed to a post was so awesome! All the women gathered in the kitchen talking and catching u...

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I broke my funny bone

Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, In : Home 

We're two weeks into the Montano Family Challenge and the only update I have is: I broke my funny bone.

No joke.

Well, okay I didn't actually break any bones. I have ulnar nerve damage from hitting my elbow a.k.a. my funny bone extremely hard on a corner of a desk at work a few weeks ago. Whatever injury I caused didn't heal and now the nerve is inflamed to the point that I have only tingly feelings in my pinky and ring fingers on my left hand. The pain radiates from my elbow through my...
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The Montano Education, Fitness and Health Challenge

Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, In : Home 

Summers for my boys, stepsons now going into 6th and 7th grade, always include books and lessons. School is not easy for either of them. Making them do lessons  during their summer break doesn’t always go over well. The procrastination and excuses get more creative, and frustrating, year after year.

Sometimes I wonder if we’re doing more harm than good. I don’t want to give them any more reasons to not like school. This year we were hit with screaming, angry, frustrating comments of...
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I lost my name, I mean my website

Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, May 28, 2012, In : Home 
Well, I messed up with my website... as in I no longer own it. We got a new checking account and I apparently inputted my info wrong. So when auto renewal for the domain came around, it failed and I didn't realize it. The alert email ended up in spam folder. I was able to use the website for months without knowing anything was wrong. On Friday someone else bought/registered mistymontano.com. :-\ 

I just hope it's another Misty Montano who is going to use it and not someone who is going to do v...
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Third time wasn’t the charm

Posted by Misty Montano on Thursday, May 24, 2012, In : Home 

This contract lasted less than 10 days. I think this is much better than being less than a week from closing, which is where we were with house number two. At least we didn’t pay for another appraisal and the inspector gave us a discount.

I know how lucky and blessed we are to have been taken in by my in-laws while we go through this. I believe what everyone is telling us, “all this means is that there’s another better home waiting.”

Onto house number four we go...

We’re learning so...


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Living with my in-laws: hear from my mother-in-law

Posted by Misty Montano on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, In : Home 
Our realtor is more optimistic than we are that we'll still get the house we're trying to buy. We just don't trust the seller to be reasonable at all so we're preparing to lose the house and starting the search over again for the 3rd time. In the meantime we're still lucky and THANKFUL to have been taken in by my in-laws. 

I've shared my thoughts about how it's been living in a multi-generational home, but don't take my word for it. Hear from my mother-in-law Carolina.

 

She takes care of us, cl...
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Still living with my in-laws and I'm a statistic

Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, May 7, 2012, In : Home 
For a few weeks now we’ve been talking about a story Jace Larson is working. And for weeks I’ve sat silent with a slight smile while we talked about the story on adult children living with parents. I am an adult child living with parents, well with my in-laws. As you know from previous writings what was supposed to be a 4-week stay while we closed on a house, has turned into a 9-months and still going stay while we try to buy a house.

It’s been a blessing. It’s not always been easy. It...
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No energy to cry

Posted by Misty Montano on Thursday, November 10, 2011, In : Home 
Crying has always been a release from me. More accurately it's been an automatic release that's often left me wondering, "why am I crying?" It's something I've never completely understood. I know my emotions and hormones play a part.

I don't break out in sobs and fits all the time in front of those around me. No, it's mostly private tears that just come and go. My tears are saved for those closest to me… usually. There have been a few extremely uncomfortable moments when I cried in front of...
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The side effects of saving time: health and money

Posted by Misty Montano on Saturday, October 29, 2011, In : Home 



Time - there is never enough of it. I don’t think anyone will disagree with me. It’s something that’s always said. I’ve always said it.

I wish I could take back every time I said it. I never knew what I was talking about… until now.

When I say it now there’s an edge of desperation, panic even in my head, if not also seeping through in my voice.
I always feel behind… behind with my family, behind at home, behind at work. I’ve never felt this far behind before. The reason: li...

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We've moved in with my in-laws

Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, September 5, 2011, In : Home 

Well, we didn’t sell our house as we wanted.  We had it on the market for over 60 days and had less than a dozen showings.  We listed it as a rental and took a dozen or more calls each day from people asking about it.  Within two weeks we had a signed lease with tenants to move in during September.

So, we’ve rented our house, but don’t have a new house to move into yet.  We’ve moved in – or rather still in the process of – moving in with my in-laws!  I am extremely grateful tha...


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Night at Denver County Fair brings back memories

Posted by Misty Montano on Sunday, July 31, 2011, In : Home 



We went to the first Denver County Fair at the National Western Complex Friday night.  The boys had a blast taking their little brother on rides, and of course riding the big rides themselves. I think the most fun they had were in these Hamster Water Balls.  All I know is that if we had these things at home they'd be nightly activity... ahh, how quickly they'd go to bed after fun in these balls!



I wasn't surprised there weren't many rides available. The complex isn't big enough to hold m...

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Resurfacing

Posted by Misty Montano on Sunday, July 3, 2011, In : Home 


It's been 10 months since our baby girl was born.  I've written so little, even though time after time I said to myself, "I have got to share this moment!"  Yet, I rarely did.  So much in our lives has happened and writing just kept being pushed lower and lower on my to-do list. 

I took Squeak's to a friend's BBQ last weekend and for the first time I thought, "I feel good.  I am back."  I am trying to organize myself more and give myself actual writing goals.  I'm good at 140 character Twee...

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I am proud to be Mrs. Shawn Montano

Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, In : Home 


It never fails.  I get flushed and swell with happiness when I am recognized through my husband, Shawn Montano!  I absolutely love introducing myself as, “Hi, I’m Shawn’s wife!”

I am very proud of my accomplishments with my career and the recognition I receive through my career, but my greatest accomplishment is my marriage to Shawn and our family.

I am having a hard time with the appropriate words right now to correctly express my love for, admiration of and pride in my husband.  T...

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Cheers to 2011!

Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, In : Home 
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Fall break was filled with pumpkins, caramel apples & healthy chicken salad

Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, November 1, 2010, In : Home 
I love fall for all the obvious reasons: colored leaves, crisp air, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, carved pumpkins, caramel apples, fall break, harvest of gardens and the smell of roasted chili peppers.  This year I didn’t garden because I was pregnant.  I admit a little sad that I’m not canning/roasting/freezing/drying anything.  (I could have stocked up at farmers markets to still do all of this, but learning to take care of an infant is taking all my energy!)

I feel like I missed summer a...
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Put you in a chocolate coma hot chocolate recipe

Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, November 16, 2009, In : Home 
I am a dark chocolate lover. I don't like chocolate that is too sweet. So while my stepsons played outside on this snowy day I decided to make homemade hot chocolate.

Let me make this clear; I made up this recipe just today and my nine-year old actually thought it was too much chocolate! "Oh man there is way too much chocolate!" he exclaimed. The rest of us sipped it down in chocolate happiness and Dad also drank the mug that was "too much chocolate."



Chocolate coma hot chocolate (4 servings)...

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I answer to many names Misty Lou, Misty Jean, Mistycal and even Extrafancy are just a few of the nicknames to which I answer. The most important names though are Wife, StepMom and Mom. With all these names it's sometimes hard to know who I am! This blog started as a Nebraska girl learning, trying, succeeding and failing at gardening in Colorado. Along the way in growing my garden, I grew my family too as I married a wonderful man and became StepMom to two precious Boys. Now our family grows more as we have a Baby Girl. So here is all of me as I share my family, home and garden. BTW my middle name is Jennifer; my name is Misty Jennifer Montano.

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