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Kitchen Nightmares- July 4th Stove Edition

We had a small, quiet July 4 planned.  Hubby had just started his week's vacation and so we invited my mom to come over.  We had steaks, hamburgers, Hidden Valley Potatoes, and green beans on the menu.  Hubby was also going to go get some small View Post

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The Librarian Reads and other Life Happenings

I have a lot to catch up on here.  I haven't posted in a couple of weeks, but life gets really demanding sometimes, especially toward the end of the school year.  The week before last was spent on my feet a lot for days being a proctor while some View Post

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Returning to the World

Let's start with good things.  The weather, aside from this rainy day, has been absolutely gorgeous here.  It's so wonderful to see the green returning to the trees and grass.  Everything looks lush and beautiful, and for that I am thankful.  I was View Post

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Why and How I’m Finally Setting Life Goals

Setting life goals has never been one of those things I enjoyed doing.  Quite honestly, I avoid goals.  I think I always used to set very unrealistic goals for myself.  Naturally, I would always be disappointed when those goals weren't met and figure View Post

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Mourning and Celebrations

It's been a week of many emotions around our home.  My mother-in-law passed away from complications from Covid last Saturday.  She had been on a ventilator for almost two weeks and she just had a very, very rough time.  The silver lining in it all View Post

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Yoga and Meal Planning

Yoga and meal planning.  What a combination, right? Ha! That's what I have been up to the past couple of days so I thought I'd share about these new-to-me adventures.  If you are looking for expert advice on either of these, keep on scrolling by View Post

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The 2020 Christmas Recap Post

I wanted to get my Christmas recap post up before the year ends.  I don't know about you all, but this has been the strangest and longest year in all of my 46 years on earth.  The Christmas holiday was also very different this year for us.  I've been View Post

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How YOU doin’?

So. How YOU doin'?  I keep seeing video excerpts of the TV show Friends pop up in my Facebook feed and the title of this post just seemed so appropriate for the times.  But really...how are you?  Everyone hanging in there? How You Doin? GIF from View Post

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