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Thursday morning started like any other morning has this summer.  All of us got up later than we should have and we were running around trying to get out of the house by 10AM.  How did we so quickly get out of our school routine?  We used to be up and ready by 7:45!  Anyway,…

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…

DREAMS OF JOY By Lisa See Published May 31, 2011 Lisa See continues the story of sisters Pearl and May from SHANGHAI GIRLS, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, and anger at her mother and aunt for keeping them from her, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957…

A couple days ago, a new book came onto the market.  I haven’t read it yet, but will be soon.  But, I think the concept of the story is so neat, I just had to share it with you now. JOY FOR BEGINNERS By Erica Bauermeister On Sale June 9, 2011 It tells the story…

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…

Do you like to play internet games?  Do you like to shop online?  Do you like to win prizes?  Well this just might be something you are interested in. HSN has created a platform that allows people to connect socially, play games, and win or buy great products all in one place. You can play…

Click Here to vote for our rapidly growing Benton Community High School Marching Band.  We desperately need new uniforms and more instruments.  Our nephew is currently a member of this band and our kids are future band members.  The band when we first came here was….well….um…..not so great.  But, now, I get chills when I listen…

I don’t know about you, but it has certainly been hot where we live.  Today it got to 97 degrees and I don’t even want to know what the heat index was!  One of the best ways to cool down is with ice cream and our kids LOVE ice cream! Who am I kidding?  So do I!!!…

BARIELLE offered me the opportunity to try some of their products and I couldn’t resist.  The BARIELLE story began more than 30 years ago at the Belmont Racetrack. Husband and wife equestrian aficionados devised a breakthrough formula to condition the hooves of their million-dollar thoroughbred racehorses. Reformulated for women and men, the miracle product “Nail Strengthener Cream”…

THE POSTMISTRESS By Sarah Blake Published 2009 Fiction Filled with stunning parallels to today’s world, The Postmistress is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women-and of two countries torn apart by war. On the eve of the United States’s entrance into World War II in 1940, Iris James, the postmistress…