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My Little Miracles 6.6.16: Monday Moments in Gratitude Link-up

Sweet friends, how was your day?  Did it feel like a Monday in every sense of the word or did you jump into this week with both feet?  I have to admit, I was dragging today.  I think my body is ready for summer vacation even if my heart and mind aren’t quite ready to […]

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DIM – Did it Myself, Goals Blackboard: Creative Corner Link-up

Crafters and Do-it-Myselfers, welcome! Linking-up today with my bud Carrie at Curly, Crafty Mom for her “Creative Corner Link-Up Party”.  I am featuring a DIM goals blackboard that I have been working on in little baby Lucia steps for the past couple of months. I purchased the blackboard at Hobby Lobby waaaaay back in February. […]

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Life Planners and Daily Organizers: Attempts at Keeping Me on Track, Part II

Hi friends, Back today to continue our discussion about the various and best ways to keep track of  life.  If you are just joining us, you might want to start with the first part of this post, here, for a little background.  Then come back here for Part II.  I want to encourage everyone to […]

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Life Planners and Daily Organizers: Attempts at Keeping Me on Track

Gentle readers, YOU, my friend, are right on time!  For what?  To join our discussion on how best to keep track of life events.  How do you do it?  (Sharon, I am talking to YOU).  Do you use a planner?  An agenda (is there a difference?).  Maybe an (old-fashioned) paper calendar like my mom had […]

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What I’m Doing Currently, February 2016: Choose Happy Link-up

Hop on in here, girlfriends! This is my first 2016 Currently post and link-up with Becky at Choose Happy.    So I think I am going to throw in a few things that I have been doing since the new year began along with some of the thrilling stuff I am doing… currently. Here’s what […]

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Blogging Challenge: A Solidarity Sisters Link-up

Hello, sweet friends! This post originated as something I wrote for The Blended Blog, here, but then I decided to change it up for a post here at home.  During the month of January, I have participated in a challenge designed to create a blogging community where participants could “grow” their blogs. It was hosted by […]

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