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A Monday Giggle

Yesterday my calendar page had a little saying on it.  I thought it was appropriate after spending a week with teenagers.  I am sure those of you who are raising teenagers will get a laugh from this as well!  Have an awesome Monday! Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to the wall!
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58 Hours

As I mentioned in a previous post, I was able to spend the weekend getting away from my husband and 3 children and spending it with my mom, my aunt (mom’s sister) and cousin.  The 4 of us started this getaway last year as a way to celebrate my mom’s 70th birthday.  We had so…
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No Husbands/No Kids Allowed

In 20 hours I will be hitting the road for a weekend getaway WITHOUT my husband OR my children!  This is the 2nd Annual weekend with my mom, my aunt (mom’s sister) and her daughter.  No husbands allowed and no kids allowed.  I can’t wait!  We had such a fabulous time last year that I have been…
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Walking It Out!

From March to November, I regularly walked with a friend around town. We had our usual loop through town that was about 2 miles. Every day I looked forward to those walks where we could catch up on eachother’s day and “solve all the world’s problems”. Now that it’s winter we haven’t been able to…
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Rejuvenation Day!

After a No School day yesterday (our 7th) due to an ice storm and a 2-hour late start today, I dropped our daughter off at daycare before preschool and declared the next 5 hours all to myself! I went to Starbucks with my new book, Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky (which I can’t put…
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A Quick and Easy Halloween Treat

I saw these cookies in a magazine ad and thought they cute and easy to make. They definately were! These are from the Bettycrocker.com website. Chocolate Mummy Cookies (or skeleton hand cookies) 1 pouch Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix 2 Tbs unsweetened baking cocoa 1/3 butter or margarine, softened 1 egg 1 container Betty Crocker…
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Baxter’s Blog

I have caught our cat Baxter sitting here a few times, and was actually able to catch a photo of it. Is he looking to start his own blog or maybe Facebook profile? Hmmmmm.
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Fall Is Officially Here!

The cold weather has set in here in Iowa. The leaves are falling. The farmers are combining beans and I’ve had my Pumpkin Pie Spice. I eagerly await the arrival of Pumpkin Spice Lattes at Starbucks. I heard they had arrived, but I held off until the weather changed and I would truly enjoy a…
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Something to make you smile!

We have just returned after a weekend away at a family wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and it was so nice to catch up with my husband’s family that we don’t get to see very often. There were some funny moments that I wanted to share with you from our weekend. First of all,…
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A Healthy Brain

I recently read a book titled Still Alice that was the story of a professional women who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease in her 50’s. This is a book I highly recommend. See my review here: http://www.sincerelystacie.com/2009/08/review-still-alice-by-lisa-genova/ The book got me thinking about my own brain. How many times have I gone into…
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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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