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Currently, 1.4.2017

  Dear ones, Today I am super excited to be linking-up with a host of big time bloggers for this Currently post. Waaaay outta of my league, here.  But studies show…my informal glance at last year’s blog stats…that my most popular posts were those where I linked up with other bloggers.  Hoping some of my […]

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20 Activities on My Winter Bucket List: Progress Report, 1.2.2017

Happy new year, girls!  That ugly ole 2016 is finally over.  Hallelujah!  Now we can look forward to a shiny 2017 full of hope and promise.  Hope your celebrations were bright and that your first days of the new year are restful and restorative. Time for a progress report on my winter bucket list.  I […]

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Categories: Life Style, Reviews and Reflection

Ten Years Forward: A Look at the Past and the Future

Sweet friends, Today’s post is my contribution to a Blended Blog series based on the book What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty.  In this bestseller, Alice falls off her bike during spin class, gets a concussion – and wakes up to realize she has forgotten the last 10 years and nothing in her present life […]

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Currently, 12.16

Friends, You might want to pinch yourselves, but you aren’t dreaming!  I am actually writing blog posts two days in a row. Dreamy, I know, but you are wide-awake and I am…well, I am still in bed but awake, none-the-less. Always enjoy a writing a Currently post, so when I came across my friend Michael […]

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20 Things on My Winter Bucket List

Dear Ones, Happy December!  Hope wherever you are reading this, you’re curled up warm and comfy. Thank you for being here. On this shiny new month, the last one of this year, I am sharing “20 Things on My Winter Bucket List”.  These are daydreams for activities I hope to enjoy over the months of […]

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TBB Tasty Tuesday: Progressive Dinner Blog Hop, Chicken Pot Pie

Dear Readers, Or maybe that should read “Dear Eaters”.  Considering the theme for today’s post and all.  Gotta ask, are there any eaters in and amongst you readers?  If you nodded your head ‘yes’ to keep from answering with your mouthful, welcome.  You’ve come to the right place for The Blended Blog’s very first “Tasty […]

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