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And then came Summer
After what seemed like 20 months of winter and 3 of a cold, wet spring, Summer showed up in a hurry. Hot, sweaty, sticky summer. School’s wrapping up, summer plans are being made. Bonfires; burgers...
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Random 5 November ~ Fall Colors, Thanksgiving, and Amazon Prime
Good morning ~ welcome to my blog. Here are 5 randoms from my corner of the world. 1 ) Colors ~ High winds, driving rain and the first snow have snatched color from our sky. My photos of Autumn’s...
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Lake Days, “Bomb Cyclones” and conversations
My new summer tradition, established last year on my birthday, is this one: I get up early, coffee-up, pack a cooler and leave for the beach at Lake Michigan ~ about a 40 minute drive due West....
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Random 5 Friday ~ Christmas treats, traditions and “41”
It’s Friday and you know what that means ~ it’s time for my Random 5 Friday! Ready? Let’s go! 1 ) Christmas Treats: Made my first round of Christmas treats last weekend. Background: I bake &...
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Random 5 Sunday ~ Spring, Weddings and Anniversaries
Good morning and Happy Sunday to you! Time for 5 Randoms from my world. Ready? Let’s go. 1 ) Spring. I’d been away from the office for several weeks, returning last week to a stacks of mail and...
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Random 5 December ~ Traditions, time off and dogs
Hello again, friends. It’s time for another Random 5 from my part of the blog-osphere. Ready? Here we go: 1) Thursday morning, I woke with a start …. it was 4:04 a.m. and there I was, wide awake...
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The gift of an unconventional Holiday
I knew the day was coming, and tried to keep my voice cheery as I zipped his parka, handed off his Ninja Turtle backpack, and sent my 4-year-old off with his father. Freshly divorced, and newly...
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Lions, Lambs and funeral luncheons
Mother Nature has been mercurial again – here March roared in like a lion, with freezing temps, bitter cold, blowing snow and lashing sleet. All this after a mid-February warm up to nearly 70F. The...
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Memories of Masterpiece
Winter has arrived in Michigan – we’re on our 3rd day of heavy snow – yesterday was swirly, twirly snow spinning down and around and to the ground. Today snow is falling quickly, like rain. It’s cold...
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Random 5 Sunday – Vacation, Naps, Plans and Cheer
It’s time for Random 5 Sunday on the first Sunday in December: Thanksgiving week vacation: I’ve never taken the whole week of Thanksgiving off. I’ve taken a day here and a day there. But never the...
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Random 5 Friday and special occasions
It’s Friday and the day after Thanksgiving, and Black Friday for all the shoppers. Here are 5 randoms from my world this week: 1 Sent most of the leftovers home with oldest boy & his family last...
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Goofballs & Billy Boy
*originally posted October 29, 2011 Halloween parties meant a costume parade through the entire school! (My grade school ~ An Emjayandthem (C) photo) When I was a little girl, Halloween was a very...
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Random 5 on the 4th – the Capitol, summer tunes and more
I missed Random 5 Friday so instead am doing Random 5 for the 4th – here we go! 1. Today is Saturday, July 4th, our nation’s “birthday.” The birds are singing, the weather is hot and hazy, and we are...
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Two for Tuesday – the boys
It’s Tuesday – and time for 2-for-Tuesday – pick a topic and go with it. Care to play along? On Tuesdays, pick a topic and segue into it! On Sunday, as I putted around the yard, I noticed a large...
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Random Five Thursday
Today’s my Friday! I’m taking tomorrow off work and with many things going on, I woke up early this morning ready to jump-start the day. With that .. here we go: 1. Took a road trip yesterday to...
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Memory lane across the span of three cupboards
My trip to the farm has come & gone. Out of one world, into another, and back again. Just like that. Now I’m fighting a nasty cough, likely brought on by chats, the dry climate and a wind that...
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Greed registries
This weekend, I looked over a Registry for a shower I’m invited to. Holy Dollar Bill$, Batman! Does anyone else remember Church basement showers where “you get what you get and you didn’t throw a fit?”...
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Baking up some No-bakes
There are cookies that you bake. And cookies that are bars. And cookies that you layer up in silly little jars. There are cookies that crumble and cookies that are crisp. And then there are “no bakes,”...
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On kindness and casseroles
Hubbs always tells me I give too much away. And he’s probably right. I do. I can’t help it, that’s how I was raised, it’s what was modeled for me from my earliest days. When someone’s hurting, you...
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Love at the table
It was Easter weekend, only a few weeks ago now. We had oldest boy and the wee ones over, plus Grandpa, youngest boy and, of course, Frankie the dog. Add in me & Hubbs and we had ourselves a full...
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