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Valentine’s Day 2015 & Our Love Story

Hey Dolls! Today I am joining up with Andrea @Momfessionals and some of my Style Me Blogger gfs to share our love story.  Just having celebrated a picture perfect Valentine’s Day weekend with my sweet hubby, Paul, I am feeling more in love and more blessed than ever.  Here’s how our story goes: Once upon […]

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Categories: Life Style, Rediscovering ME, Uncategorized

Random Acts of Kindness Week 2/9-2/15, Style Me Bloggers Link-Up

Dear Readers: I am a day late writing my post for the Style Me Bloggers link-up entitled Killing Them With Kindness:  Documenting my random act of kindness.  I have been really caught up in the Rediscover Me 28 Day Challenge with Alison Lumbatis and apparently have trouble balancing more than one extracurricular activity at a […]

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Categories: Life Style, Rediscovering ME

Le Premier Jour du Reste de ta Vie

Growing up in the 60s and 70s, I remember hearing the expression “today is the first day of the rest of your life”.  It seemed to show up everywhere – bumper stickers, posters, advertisements.  When I was thinking about what I want to say in today’s blog post, I went to Pinterest in search of […]

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Favorite Meal – Lifestyle Sistas Link-Up

Hello friends! I am just back from a trip to Kentucky to visit my sweet mama and on up to Ohio to visit Paul’s parents.  Have missed blogging and being able to keep up with everything Internet over the past week. While I was away, the Lifestyle Sistas shared a link-up about their favorite meals.  […]

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Five Ingredients or Less – Lifestyle Sistas Link-up

I am not an official Lifestyle Sista but I love their link-up series and have tried to follow along with some of their great blog post ideas.  Somehow skipped the last link-up about fitness!  But here I am, the biggest duck in the puddle, when it comes to linking up about eating and food…two of […]

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Things I Miss About My Teens

Seems like I am always running a minute or two, a day or two behind.  While I want to blog on a regular basis, I don’t want it to get in the way of my living life and doing things.  I guess I need to set up a schedule for writing here.  Like my fellow […]

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05.18.2023 Leslie, Leslie quite a mess-y, how does 05.18.2023 Leslie, Leslie quite a mess-y, how does your garden grow...

Check it out on the blog. Joining friends from all over the planet for a #globalwritingchallenge "Let's Talk About..." - gardens. 

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05.19.2023 Weekend getaway to Austin, a belated bd 05.19.2023 Weekend getaway to Austin, a belated bday celebration for my PC. Staying at the beautiful @bravahouseaustin -photos to come. 

Happy birthday,  baby. I love you so. May we celebrate many more years together.

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05.18.2023 After much ado, one post published. It 05.18.2023 After much ado, one post published. It is going to snow!! Joining the gals for Tell Us About 05.2023...gardens and gardening.

Now, is it too much to ask that my second link-up post publish, too. Stay tuned! Ageless Style link-up, I'm looking at YOU.

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05.18.2023 What to do when your blog post is all r 05.18.2023 What to do when your blog post is all ready but won't save or publish and your @WordPress says your laptop is not connected to the Internet but it is. And your @acer is running at 158*. 

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05.05.2023 Road trip, baby. Monahans, Texas to w 05.05.2023 Road trip, baby.  Monahans,  Texas to watch @ehstroopers play Frenship in the regional game for the State Championship. Stopped by Balmorrhea State Park for a dip on the way. 

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I love you both and those precious babies you've cooked. 

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