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Currently 01.201 & My Winter Goals

January 6, 2021

Currently 01.2021 & My Winter Goals

hApPy hUmP dAy, pals, and welcome to Currently 01.2021, the first edition of this series in the shiny new year.  I am linking up with Anne and today we are talking about what we are beginning, feeling, organizing, resolving and wondering. I hope you’ll join in with us. This post might be more aptly titled ‘Duke’s […]

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Currently 12.2020 & Autumn Goals Update

December 2, 2020

Currently 12.2020 & Final Autumn Goals Update

  Welcome friends, to Currently 12.2020.  I am linking up with Anne and today we are talking about what we are baking, decorating, gifting, hoping and sending. I hope you’ll join in with us. Just a reminder:  Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After occasionally uses affiliate links. This means that if you click […]

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Currently 11.2020 & Autumn Goals Update

November 4, 2020

Currently 11.2020 & Update on Autumn Goals

Welcome friends, to Currently 11.2020.  I am linking up with Anne to examine what we are appreciating, ordering, perfecting, planning, and wearing. I hope you’ll join in with us. Currently 11.2020 If I were to be totally honest, I am currently not doing much of anything.  Our number of positive Covid cases increased by 3,100 in the last 24 […]

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Currently 10.2020 & Autumn Goals

October 7, 2020

Currently 10.2020 & Autumn Goals

  Sweet friends, today is the first Wednesday of the month which means  it’s time for Currently 10.2020.  I’m linking up with Anne in Residence for this monthly series.  In this edition we’re talking about what we’re admiring, going, making, scheduling, wishing.  The prompts for Currently 10.2020 were tough for me.  And in reading some […]

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Currently 09.2020

September 2, 2020

Currently 09.2020

Girlsies, it’s the first Wednesday of the month so I’m linking up with Anne in Residence for Currently 09.2020.  In this month’s edition we’re talking about what we’re anticipating, appreciating, collecting, starting, and finishing.  Some months I really struggle with the currently prompts but this month was easy peasy.  Have a look. Just a reminder:  Once Upon a […]

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August 5, 2020

Currently 08.2020

Gal pals, linking up with Anne in Residence for Currently 08.2020.  For this month’s edition we’re talking about what we’re choosing, consuming, enjoying, ordering, and remembering.  And those prompts came straight from Anne already in ABC order!!  You know how I like my alphabetical order.  You can take the librarian out of the library but… […]

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OOTDs and SIAs: My Fashion Haus 07.2020
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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  • 20 From 2020: A Most Unusual Year 20 From 2020: A Most Unusual Year posted on December 30, 2020
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  • My Fashion Haus 01.2021: What I'm Wearing When I'm Not in Sweats My Fashion Haus 01.2021: What I’m Wearing When I’m Not in Sweats posted on January 14, 2021
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