Reagan’s Fairy Garden

I have been wanting to make a Fairy Garden for some time and with Reagan being 8, I thought she was old enough to help and be responsible for it.  We went shopping for the items together and then I helped her build it. Most all of our items were purchased at Earl May.  They…

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Prom Thoughts

This is my mom at her senior prom in 1956.  Even though it isn’t very clear, it is still one of my favorite photos.  There are so many parts of this photo that are classic 1950’s: the microphone, the dress, the backdrop, her glasses.  I truly wish I would have grown up in that decade…

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Book Review: The Happiness Handbook By Jenn Flaa

THE HAPPINESS HANDBOOK A User’s Manual for Living Your Extraordinary Life By: Jenn Flaa Published: May 10, 2012 We arrive on this planet naked and without operating instructions. We live our lives and learn from trial and error (lots of errors) what works, what doesn’t work, what makes us happy and what pisses us off.Each…

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Absenteeism

I’ve been a tad absent here on the blog lately.  It isn’t that I haven’t wanted to be here.  I have PLENTY of things to be writing about, but my focus has had to be elsewhere.  Even though I love to blog, that has to take a back seat to many other things in life.…

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