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Five Fall Favs

  Thank you, Shaunacey at confessionsofafrumpymommy.com for adding me to her Lifestyle Sistas linkup.  I am such a novice at this blogging business but learning as I go by emulating the blogs of my virtual friends. The Lifestyle Sistas posted their five favorite things about fall on October 3 so I am a little off […]

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Registration Opens for Fall Fashion Challenge

Hello, friends and fellow fashionistas!  It is the first Friday of fall.  Our monsoonal desert rains have finally subsided and today we have a beautiful, fall-ish start to our first autumn weekend.  This season is definitely my favorite.  Love the colors of the season and the pumpkin, cinnamon and cloves we start smelling in room […]

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Work Wear Wednesday Week 3

Welcome to Wednesday! I can’t believe our third and final Wednesday of the Work Your Work Wear Challenge has come and almost gone.  I have so enjoyed dressing up for work, even though I only really started working this last week of the challenge!  But boy, did I learn how to be fashionable on the […]

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Work Wear Wednesday – Week 2

Afternoon all!  Can’t believe we are into our second week of the Work Your Work Wear Challenge with Alison Lumbatis.  I really like all of the pieces on the shopping list and have liked each of the outfits, too.  Liked them so much that I had to go find a job in order to have […]

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Work Wear Wednesday Week 1

Happy HuMp DaY! I have joined up with some lovely ladies I’ve ‘met’ through the Style Me fashion challenges Alison Lumbatis offers through her blog, Get Your Pretty On. We are going to be linking our blogs up on Wednesdays in order to share our challenge outfits with one another and the readers that follow […]

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In what felt like the blink of an eye, I have gone from full-time wife to my sweet husband, hands-on mom to my two beautiful daughters and elementary school librarian to a retired, empty nester with lots of time on my hands. Join me on my journey to rediscover who I am. Glad you are here...
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In the blink of an eye, I've gone from full-time wife, hands-on mom & librarian to a retired, empty nester rediscovering who I am.

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05.21.2022 It's been 10 years since we said goodby 05.21.2022 It's been 10 years since we said goodbye.  I miss you, Daddy. 

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05.19.2022 Dressed and ready to take on subbing fo 05.19.2022 Dressed and ready to take on subbing for kindergarten, Lucia's class. This @amazonfashion dress by @merokeetyofficial made getting ready a breeze.  Those 5 year olds wore me out!!

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05.14.2022 Does this look like $18 worth of chicke 05.14.2022 Does this look like $18 worth of chicken to you  @kfc ?

Wow! No breasts and no wings available.  Opted for 5 tenders. Should have driven off and left them behind. 

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05.08.2022 Just in time for Mother's Day, we disco 05.08.2022 Just in time for Mother's Day, we discovered the tiniest hummingbird nest with 2 tinier eggs.  Looks like I'm goingto be a grandma, again.

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04.05.2022 My friends, I am going to be taking a r 04.05.2022 My friends, I am going to be taking a respite from blogging and social media. I have not done well at all about following my friends on Facebook and Instagram and have been a terrible blogging friend to the bloggers I follow. But I just cannot manage it right now. 

Hoping with some time away, I will feel like returning to it all. Keeping up with social media and blogging can be a bit of a hamster wheel and I already feel like my life is stressful enough without trying to manage that. 

Wishing you a peaceful April.

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04.04.2022 Some days are better, healthier than ot 04.04.2022 Some days are better, healthier than others...come see how I've fared on my wellness journey so far. And pick up the 10 on the 10th graphic and questions, if you didn't get them already.
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