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April 21, 2019

My Spring Bucket List, Update 04.2019

Good morning, sweet friends! Well, April zipped right by. A lot like January, February and March. And here we are, ready to share our first 2019 spring bucket list update. To be honest, I hadn’t really looked at my list to see how I was doing until this morning. Printed my list and put it […]

Filed Under: Craft and Create, Family and Friends, Fashion Forays, Life and Style, Love Yourself, Reviews and Reflection Tagged With: #Easter, #LifeAfterRetirement, #SpringBucketList

April 10, 2019

Write with Me: 3 Things, 04.2019

    Hello dollies, Multi-tasking today. Writing my 3 Things post and showing off my 2 tiered tray. Love this series; you can read my first 3 things posts, here and here. Just couldn’t be the only blogger who doesn’t share her tiered tray festooned for Easter. So taking advantage of my captive audience to […]

Filed Under: Craft and Create Tagged With: #3Things, #Easter, #LifeAfterRetirement, #Springcleaning

Tasty Tuesday: Monte Cristo Flatout Sandwich

March 20, 2018

Tasty Tuesday: Monte Cristo Flatout Sandwich

Sweet readers and eaters, A few “Tasty Tuesday’ posts ago, I shared a recipe for a Monte Cristo casserole to make for the perfect brunch. With Easter approaching, I wanted to remind you of that recipe for your family get-together breakfast. And to share another version of that dish, the Monte Cristo Flatout sandwich. Equally […]

Filed Under: Craft and Create Tagged With: #Brunch, #cooking, #CraftandCreate, #Easter, #MonteCristoFlatoutSandwich, #TastyTuesday, #weightwatchers

April 17, 2017

Spring Time Fun: Little Miracles & Link-Up

Sweet and faithful friends, Today I am hosting over at The Blended Blog. Hope you will run by there to read my post about some of the ‘little miracles’ in my life. When the TBB gals were bouncing around ideas for our “Spring Time Fun” series, I suggested a ‘little miracles’ or ‘blessings’ post similar […]

Filed Under: Love Yourself, My Little Miracles, Uncategorized Tagged With: #Easter, #littlemiracles, #SpringTimeFun, #TheBlendedBlog

25 Activities on My Spring Bucket List

March 20, 2017

25 Activities On My Spring Bucket List

Lovelies, spring has sprung in El Paso! As I type, there is a gentle breeze bobbing my screen door back and forth. I can see the branches of our neighbor’s tree dancing and hear the birds singing praises for this beautiful morning. It is the perfect day to share my “Spring Bucket List” with you. […]

Filed Under: Craft and Create, Life and Style, Love Yourself Tagged With: #5K, #BibleJournaling, #bucketlist, #CraftandCreate, #Decluttering, #Decorating, #Easter, #HomeSweetHome, #LoveMyself, #OvertheMoonLinkParty, #ReDiscoverME, #Retirement, #Scrapbooking, #SizzlingTowardsSixty, #Spring, #SpringBucketList, #springbucketlist17, #Unstuffed

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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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