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My Kitchen: Where Bloggers Live 07.2020

July 10, 2020

My Kitchen: Where Bloggers Live 07.2020

Hello, Susie Homemakers…welcome to this month’s Where Bloggers Live 07.2020 where I’m sharing my kitchen. My cocina, küche or cuisine in Spanish, German and French, if you prefer. Last month’s post where I shared my outdoor space was one of my most popular posts lately. That makes me smile. If you missed it, please check […]

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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. […]

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December 12, 2016

My Home for the Holidays: TBB Home Tour

Dear Ones, Welcome to The Blended Blog’s second annual “Holiday Home Tour”. You may have hopped here from Deena’s blog, Shoes to Shiraz or maybe you just hopped here accidentally. Whatever the case, I am so glad you are here! I have to say that the thought of having people into my home is terrifying […]

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September 21, 2016

Visiting with Anne from Anne’s Adoorables & Giveaway

Girls, do I have a treat for YOU! Get on in here quick cause we are going to do a little shopping together today. Grab your debit card and away we go. If you have been hangin’ out with me for a bit, you may remember a couple of posts about dates my PC and […]

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August 7, 2015

How My Garden Grows: It Doesn’t! A Style Me Bloggers Link-Up

Shoes to Shiraz | Two Teens and their Mama | The Blondissima R Squared | Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy Daily Style Finds | Quilty Joy Joy She Thought She Could | Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After Welcome, dear friends, to my home, Today I am linking up with the Style Me Bloggers for a chat on how our gardens […]

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June 27, 2015

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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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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Welcome, sugar plums, to Sentence a Day 07.2020 – my crazy July in one run-on sentence a day.  I always say that these posts are a quick way to journal your day-to-day life.  Especially during this historic time.
If you haven’t joined us for this link-up, I would like to invite you to try participating.  It’s not too late to start for 08.2020 
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Dearest readers and watchers and listeners, thanks Dearest readers and watchers and listeners, thanks for popping in to pick up the prompt for August's 10 on the 10th post.  On Monday, 08.10.2020, we will be sharing our 10 favorite books, movies, podcasts and TV shows.  If you are new to the 10 on the 10th series, please check out last month's edition, here. 
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Lover-ly ladybugs, linking up with Erika and And Lover-ly ladybugs, linking up with Erika and Andrea, today for my Friday Favorites, 07.2020 post.  Even though this is a weekly post for many of my blogger buddies, I’m just hoping to share my faves once a month, on the last Friday.  And so far, so good.  In case you missed it, please check out the goodies in last month’s Friday Faves, here.  
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Howdy, quarantine queens and mask wearing mamas, i Howdy, quarantine queens and mask wearing mamas, it’s time for Thankful Thursday 07.2020.  I am linking up with Rebecca Jo for her gratitude series, which she publishes every week.  While I certainly have many things for which to be grateful, I try to do a Thankful Thursday post on the last Thursday of the month.  
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