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Do you ever get these in your mail?  Inside your magazines or store fliers?  These fragrance inserts seem to arrive in our mailbox weekly.  What do you do with yours?  I save mine.  Here is what I do with them: Save the really good ones for date night and a way to try out a…

LONE WOLF By: Jodi Picoult Published:  February 28, 2012 **** Edward Warren, twenty-four, has been living in Thailand for five years, a prodigal son who left his family after an irreparable fight with his father, Luke. But he gets a frantic phone call: His dad lies comatose, gravely injured in the same accident that has…

Today I took Bennett and Reagan out for a picnic lunch and then a stop to feed the geese.  Patrick is at a camp this week so that is why he wasn’t with us.  These few geese soon multiplied and we were surrounded by lots of geese, including some really cute babies.  We had to…

I LOVE make-up.  I have ever since I was little.  I was always jealous of my friends who had moms that wore make-up because my mom never did.  She only wore lipstick.  So, I remember trying on her lipsticks, but never got to play in any other make-up.  Then in Jr. High, since I had…

Today Reagan and I spent a good share of the day cleaning out her room.  Most of it was just needing to be organized, but a small pile is going to Goodwill tomorrow and an even bigger pile went to the trash.  It is nice to finally see the floor!  Good job done! I can…

Thanks to everyone who entered this awesome giveaway.  Today’s winner is…… Bill! I hope these batteries keep your summer going and going and going and going……. 🙂

In May, our cat, Baxter turned 15.  We have been without our other cat, Buddy for a couple months now and Baxter sure misses him.  They were best buds.  I remember getting Baxter on a farm in Wisconsin and picked him out because he was the cutest of the all the kittens. Reagan had her…

We had a great 2nd week of summer!  The chore list began, but the days were still laid back and fun.   Reagan has been begging to make this dessert ever since her latest AMERICAN GIRL magazine arrived.  So, since we had friends coming over Sunday night, we made her Caramel Apple Sweet-za and it…

Reagan has been begging to make these ever since we got the CAKE POPS by Bakerella book.  But, the cake balls hadn’t hardened enough, so we only were able to make these two.  Hopefully we can make up the rest today.  But, they sure are cute!

Do you have about 5 minutes a day to spend praying for your spouse? Did you know that doing so each day over the course of 31 days can improve your marriage?!? I’m joining hundreds of other spouses in the 31 Days to Pray for your Spouse Challenge.  This is taken from the book 31 DAY TO BUILD A BETTER SPOUSE…