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Ebay Is My Side Hustle

Ebay is my side hustle.  If you had asked me a couple of years ago, I would have easily said my side hustle was blogging, but time and personal decisions have changed that.  I still love blogging and sometimes do still accept paid blogging jobs, but View Post

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Library Bulletin Board Decorations Ideas- And Doors Too!

Library bulletin board decorations ideas and door decoration ideas are something I'm always looking for as a school librarian.  Kids love coming into a school library that has a fun-looking door decorated around a learning or seasonal theme.  Ditto View Post

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Reading Fair Board Ideas for a School Reading Fair

It is officially reading fair board time at our school!  if you need some ideas for how to put together a reading fair project, check out these cute examples below!  Need more reading fair board inspiration?  Be sure to check out even more reading View Post

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3 Things That Having Heart Bypass Surgery Taught Me

Having heart bypass surgery taught me many things about myself, my life, and people in general.  You might think. "What's the big deal?  You have surgery, you recover, and life goes on".  Yes, you do eventually recover and your life does go on, but View Post

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6 Fall Home Decor Products You’ll Love

I love fall and I love when it's finally time to start pulling out our fall home decor products.  While most of the United States is welcoming in autumn and the cooler weather, I'm sorry to say that we here in the south are still sweating it out with View Post

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Getting Into the Swing of Back to School Once Again

We've been getting into the swing of back to school for three weeks now and I'm finally coming up for air to update on how our new school year is going. The Kid My one and only started 7th grade.  He's at a new school because his former school View Post

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Slowing Down to Enjoy Our Summer

Slowing down to enjoy our summer was my main goal this year.  The end of the school year for me stretched right into June because we had to make up several workdays because of snow earlier this year.  I thought that day would never come!  I was so View Post

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Much to Be Thankful For This Thanksgiving

We have much to be thankful for this holiday season and Thanksgiving was wonderful this year.  I so enjoyed the week off to decompress and get some cleaning and other little projects done around the house that had been neglected for a couple of weeks View Post

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