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May 6, 2020

Currently 05.2020 & My Spring Goals

Gal pals, linking up with Anne in Residence for Currently 05.2020. These posts are always fun! Just as fun as yesterday’s Sentence a Day and my new 10 on the 10th series. In case you missed it, you can read April’s Currently post, here. You can start writing your sentence a day for May and link up with us on […]

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April 28, 2020

2 Quick Spring Crafts for a Quarantine Afternoon & Giveaway

Ladybugs, thanks for popping in for my 2 quick spring crafts to do one of these idle quarantine afternoons. Chances are you will have some if not all the materials needed for the first project. And for the items you don’t have, I bet you could find something in your craft stash to sub in. […]

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March 12, 2020

Blog Giveaways: Thinking Aloud Thursday 03.2020

Blog readers and writers, welcome to this post about Blog Giveaways for Thinking Aloud Thursday 03.2020 with my friend Penny at Penny’s Passion. [source] Over the past few years, I have joined in for some holiday cash or gift card giveaways on my blog. According to my count, I have hosted over 10 giveaways on […]

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February 13, 2020

Favorite Things Giveaway Hop

Sweet Friends-o-Mine, will you be my Valentines? In honor of the official day of love, I’m joining my buddy Lauren at Shooting Stars Mag for her Favorite Things Giveaway Hop. Each of us linking up for this post is giving away one or more of their favorite things. So you are going to want to […]

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August 3, 2019

Winnie’s Picks Paint by Number Kit Review & Giveaway

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Winnie’s Picks. All opinions are my own. Happy Weekend, Friends! Starting out the weekend with a review of Winnie’s Picks adult paint by number kits and a GIVEAWAY. So glad you are here! Before we get to your chance to win one of […]

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June 21, 2019

5 Fri-YAY Favorites, 06.2019 & A Giveaway

Happy Fri-YAY, Chicas! Hurrying to share my 5 Fri-YAY Favorites, 06.2019 before Friday has turned into Saturday, and I have turned back into a pumpkin! Had fun writing up my 5 Friday Favorites for May so decided to make it a regular post on the blog. Not sure I’ll share every Fri-YAY but maybe…if a […]

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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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