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Roasted Chicken and Homecoming

Roasted Chicken and Homecoming.  How's that for a title?  Haha!  But first, Happy October!  This year is really zooming on by.  I really can't believe it's October.  It seems like yesterday that I was just planning out my goals for this new year.  View Post

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Downtime and Re-Entry

Last week was a bit of downtime and re-entry for me.  The Teen started returning to school after the holidays, so we returned to our old routine.  In some ways, I was ready.  I've found being in a routine makes me so much more productive.  However, View Post

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Life Got Busy

Life got busy all of a sudden!  I feel much better, so I've been enjoying a few things here lately.  I thought I'd share these great memories here to reflect on them someday. Back To School I went back to work on Tuesday!  But not to work.  My View Post

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Summer Slow Down- Catching Up

If you read posts on how to blog most of them always tell you that if you haven't posted in a while, never start a post out apologizing for having been away so long, and don't mention not posting regularly.  Well, I'm hard-headed, so while I probably View Post

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