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Sentence a Day 03.2022

Welcome dear chums to Sentence a Day 03.2022 – my monthly review of life in one run-on sentence a day. Today I am bringing you my sentences for March, as long-winded as always.  Each month I tell myself to try to do just a couple of words for each day.  But I wind up writing […]

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My Wellness Journey 04.2022 & 10 on the 10th Prompt

  Bienvenidos to my wellness journey 04.2022, friends.  Today’s post is the third installment of my monthly journey toward achieving improved health and wellness for the year, and for life.  It’s been over 3 years since I began journaling about my wellness goals here.  And doing so has helped keep me more accountable. I started […]

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10 on the 10th 03.2022: Spring Fling

Happy Thursday, ladybugs, and welcome to 10 on the 10th 03.2022.  For today’s edition we are sharing the answers to 10 questions about spring.  This month I came up with these questions.  But I wrote them a month ago so had forgotten the questions I’d made up!!  Marsha from Marsha in the Middle and I […]

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My Wellness Journey 03.2022

Bienvenidos to my wellness journey 03.2022, friends.  Today’s post is the second installment of my monthly journey toward achieving improved health and wellness for the year, and for life.  For over 3 years, I have journaled about my wellness goals here.  And doing so has helped keep me more accountable.  Last year at this time I […]

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Duke’s Mixture 03.04.2022

Ladybugs, it’s the first of the month, which means it’s time for Duke’s Mixture 03.04.2022.  In this edition, I am joining my friend Anne at In Residence again for her monthly Currently link-up.  Today we are chatting about the March currentlies – collecting, craving, picturing and playing.  And I’m combining Currently with a little Hodgepodge […]

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Where Bloggers Live 02.2022: My Fine Furry Friends

  Sweet friends…thanks for joining me for this month’s Where Bloggers Live 02.2022:  My Fine Furry Friends.  In this month’s edition the gals and I are sharing our furry family members with you.  Seems only fair that you finally know the pets behind the blog.  I mean, you’ve met my master bedroom and bath, peeked […]

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02.02.2023 So glad I went silver. #silverhairdont 02.02.2023 So glad I went silver. 
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02.02.2023 Joining @rebeccajoknits for Sentence a 02.02.2023 Joining @rebeccajoknits for Sentence a Day and #thankfulthursday . A month full of looong, run-on sentences outlining my first 31 days of the year. 

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01.30.2023 Finally getting my #wintergoals & #wint 01.30.2023 Finally getting my #wintergoals & #winterbucketlist down on 'paper.' It is still winter, right? High of 68*F here yesterday. 

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01.28.2023 Winter 2023 photo challenge...my beauti 01.28.2023 Winter 2023 photo challenge...my beautiful Cami Jean in pink represents the prompt 'feminine.' Camila has become infatuated with all things 'ballina' since seeing The Nutcracker at Christmas. Her Gabba loves ballet, too.

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01.27.2023 Playing at Gabba's house with all the o 01.27.2023 Playing at Gabba's house with all the old toys their mama played with. 

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01.22.2023 They didn't give a letter jacket back i 01.22.2023 They didn't give a letter jacket back in '75 when I was a high school senior and editor of the Bartlett High School literary magazine "The Scribe." 

So I bought my own letter jacket at @hm . So what if it isn't in the school colors. And comes 47 years late. @oldnavy overalls (had my last pair that same senior year '74-'75) and @kohls
lilac turtleneck. 

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