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A Chuckle for the Day

Do you ever feel this way?  Has this ever happened to you?  Thanks to Baby Blues for giving me a chuckle! I tried everything to get this to lay the other way but my mediocre technology knowledge wouldn’t let me.  So, just turn your head or your laptop and you’ll get the idea! 
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What Have I Done?

I am joining Sincerely Jenni in telling you about myself.  The items in BOLD I have done! What about you?  This is giving me a great list of things to add to my “Bucket List”.  Things that I hadn’t thought of.  Thanks Jenni for sharing! 1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3.…
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What I Am Doing and Not Doing

Where have I been lately?  What have I been up to?  Let me start with what I haven’t been doing….. I’m not – blogging much – sleeping as much as I’m used to -still NOT drinking pop -not keeping up with the laundry -not keeping up with the housework -not cooking as much -not baking…
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Week 2 Update

This is my 2nd week of NO POP/SODA.  It has definitely been a struggle for me.  I had truly didn’t realize how much I really enjoyed having one whenever I wanted to.  But, I am still determined to finish out the Lenten season without a sip of any Diet or Regular Pop.  I have found that I…
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My Sacrifice For Lent

Last week, my husband and I decided we would give up pop/soda for Lent.  It was a pretty quick decision and one I didn’t think about before I agreed to go along with it.  It isn’t that I drink a lot of pop.  I mainly just drink Diet Mountain Dew, and not even every day.  But,…
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Hints Do Work

Last week, while shopping at JC Penney, I walked by this purse and it just jumped out at me and I stopped to look it over.  I LOVED it.  I snapped a photo of it and thought, What the heck?  I sent it off to my husband with the message….Love this purse….it’s at JCP. I…
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A Chuckle For Your Day

UPDATE:  We are having such a winter warm-up, that we are having fog….such thick, dense fog that school was first 2 hours late and now CANCELLED, due to fog and slippery roads.  So, day 2 of No School for the winter is upon us.  Is it too early for wine??????? This week, here in Iowa,…
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A Cold Getaway

Today I made a decision to take a weekend getaway.  No, I am not taking a flight to somewhere warm.  No, I’m not going to lay in a hotel room and order room service all weekend.  No, I am not going to a spa and getting pampered for a weekend.  Instead, I am driving 7+ hours…
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MIA

I have been a little MIA (Missing In Action) lately when it comes to blogging.  It has had to take a back seat to everything else going on in our lives.  I have started my 6 week long-term substituting, the boys are in 4 night/week football practices every evening, our daughter started soccer, plus homework,…
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Summer Afternoons

Summer Afternoon – Summer afternoon….the two most beautiful words in the English language. Henry James My summer afternoons are officially over.  The kids go back to school tomorrow, so today, we are soaking up this summer afternoon.
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Stacie's bookshelf: read-in-2023

The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Royal Governess: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood
Food Fight
Spare
Foster
This Time Tomorrow
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage
Save What's Left
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
Golden Hills
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Favor
Small Things Like These
This Is How I Lied
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish: Book 1
Audrey L and Audrey W: True Creative Talents: Book 2
Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
It Is Well With My Soul: My Story
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
Book Lovers
A Girl Called Samson
Finn and the Feline Frenemy
The Levee
The Golden Spoon
Only the Beautiful
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
The Sisters Sweet
Fish in a Tree
This Tender Land
Intermittent Fasting Transformation: The 45-Day Program for Women to Lose Stubborn Weight, Improve Hormonal Health, and Slow Aging
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
The Great Gilly Hopkins
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer
We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
Blue Highways: A Journey into America
Beyond the Point
The Family
Hamnet
The Bookstore Sisters
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
The Cactus
Black Cake
Ban This Book
Passing
I'm Glad My Mom Died
These Precious Days: Essays
Evidence of the Affair
The Night Travelers
Out of the Corner
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
One Day in December

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