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Shoes to Shiraz | Two Teens and their Mama | A Lovely Little Wardrobe | R Squared  Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy | Family Love Inspiration Education   The Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life | The Blondissima | Positively Learning | Quilty Joy Joy  Daily Style Finds | Making The Most of Everyday | Puppies and Pretties | She Thought She Could  Foxy’s Domestic Side | Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After | Sprinkled Just Right Good […]

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Sampling The Summer Kitchen by Lisa Wingate

Hey Dolls! Guess what??  I read a book this month.  Not a Nook or a Kindle.  A real paperback book.  And it felt good, to actually turn the pages, to use a real bookmark (one I cross-stitched for my father years ago) to save my place.  Don’t get me wrong.  I love my Nookie and […]

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Talking Twirl by Patsy Clairmont

Dearest Readers, Today’s post is my second book review.  Odd, you may be thinking, that a retired librarian with time on her hands hasn’t had at least as many blog posts about what she’s reading as she has had about what she’s wearing! I would have to agree and want to assure you that I […]

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Fee Fi Fo Fum – Into the Woods Review

You might have gathered from the name of my blog that I like fairy tales. As a mommy, I loved reading fairy tales to my daughters.  We were big bedtime story-ers at our house.  When Brennyn and Lauren were really little, they shared bedtime and bedtime stories.  But at some point in elementary school, Brennyn […]

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

This is my first blog post book review! I have written may children’s book reviews for my former school district and for School Library Journal magazine. But this is my first blog book review! I just finished reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.  I had started reading the book in hopes of finishing it before […]

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National Be an Angel Day

  Hi all… Maybe “all” is a bit presumptive of me as I am probably just talking to myself here! But ‘hi all’ sounds better than ‘hi me’!! I just learned from an article on www.guideposts.org that today is National Be an Angel Day. I love this! How much better would this old world be […]

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