Things I Love – My Husband

Things I love……………….. This is my feature where I get to share something that I just love. Since you are my friends, I like sharing things I love with others. It could be anything from a new product, food, recipe, song, image, to a person and everything in between. This will be something I am…

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Change Your Clock Change Your Battery Giveaway

The end of daylight savings time is just around the corner on November 7, 2010.  For 23 years the ENERGIZER Company and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (I-A-F-C) have teamed up to remind everyone to adopt their life saving CHANGE YOUR CLOCK CHANGE YOUR BATTERY habit.  When you change your clocks back one hour,…

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Thought for the Day

The only courage in life that matters is the kind that gets you from one minute to the next.  Mignon McLaughlin Sometimes whatever we are going through is so tough, that we can take it only minute by minute:  waiting for the doctor’s office to call with test results, waiting for your child to arrive…

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Things I Love – Scrabble

Things I love……………….. This is my feature where I get to share something that I just love. Since you are my friends, I like sharing things I love with others. It could be anything from a new product, food, recipe, song, image, to a person and everything in between. This will be something I am…

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Tell the Truth Thursday

This is my chance to tell you the truth about a topic that was originally posted by http://theredheadriter.blogspot.com/.  To see other answers to this and other questions, check out the above link. Today’s questions is……….. How does your ideal bedroom look? What kind of furniture, window treatments, knick knacks, colors, etc. would you use? First…

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Thought for the Day

“What fools we are for letting an addiction to work shortchange our quality of life.” Ita Buttrose I wouldn’t say I had an addiction to work, but I did let it invade the rest of my life the last 6 weeks.  It was a very stressful time and when I came home from work, I…

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Book Review: NIGHT ROAD by Kristin Hannah

Jude Farraday is a happily married, stay-at-home mom who puts everyone’s needs above her own. Her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill enters their lives, no one is more supportive than Jude. A former foster child with a dark past, Lexi quickly becomes Mia’s best friend. Then Zach falls…

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An Update

I want to apologize for my lack of postings lately.  My life has been especially crazy AND I was gone all weekend, so no time at all to catch up.  I have some deadlines looming in front of me for some things that I committed to.  So, until I can get caught up and get…

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10 Day Give – Days 2, 3, and 4

As you know I’ve been participating in the 10 Day Give again this year.  On Day 2, Saturday, our family attended our daughter’s soccer game.  Then I had some time alone in the house while Pat and the kids ran some errands.  I cleaned the house and set out all our fall decorations.  I also spent a…

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10 Day Give – Day 1

Today is the first day of the 10 Day Give.  I decided today that I was going to give words of encouragement today.  Since I work at a high school, there are many, many frustrating days after dealing with students, with other teachers, with schedules, with parents, etc.  So, today I decided that I would…

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