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Summer Eats & Go-To Treats: Style Me Bloggers Link-Up

Shoes to Shiraz | Two Teens and their Mama | Nick and Nik  R Squared  | Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy  The Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life |  Quilty Joy Joy  Daily Style Finds |  Foxy’s Domestic Side | Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After  Howdy Friends! Today we are talking about one of my favorite subjects…FOOD!  I skipped lunch today after a huge […]

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I’m Baaaack! Did Ya Miss Me? What? Didn’t Even Notice I Was Gone?

Hey Girls. My week of fun in the sun is over and this morning I am back to life, back to reality.  While I was gone, I over-indulged, my friends, ’tis true.  But I have already weighed this morning to determine the damage, and PC and I are heading to the gym.   Right after […]

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Categories: Living Life, Rediscovering ME, Uncategorized

Ten Loves and Ten Hates and Ten Tags and You’re IT!

[source] Friends, Thank you for taking time out of your weekend to stop by my blog.  I was tagged by my Style Me Bloggers friend, Deena at Shoes to Shiraz to participate in a love-hate-tag challenge.  The rules to this challenge are super simple…simple always works for me.   Share ten things I love, ten […]

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Categories: Life Style, Rediscovering ME, Uncategorized

Spiritual Sunday: A Little Background, Part II

Welcome and welcome back, friends! It is a very quiet Sunday afternoon at our house.  PC is watching the Cincinnati Reds play the Washington Nationals on his computer.  We had planned to walk up McKelligon Canyon this morning but I have been feeling very weird the last few days, very dizzy.  I know in some […]

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Categories: Life Style, Living Life, Uncategorized

Show and Tell Tuesday Link-Up: I’ll Show You Mine, You Tell Me Yours

Dear Friends and Fellow Mommies, Glad you could join me as I join Andrea at Momfessionals for Show and Tell Tuesday.  Before you start worrying about what it is exactly I am going to show, I want to assure you that I don’t have a lot of pictures for this blog post.  So you will have to […]

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Categories: Living Life, Uncategorized

Style Me Bloggers Link-Up: Summer Travels Plans?

Shoes to Shiraz | Two Teens and their Mama | A Lovely Little Wardrobe |  R Squared  | Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy  The Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life |  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   Curls and Cardigans | Nick and Nik | Sprinkled […]

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