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Wellness Wednesday 05.2018: Goals Update, Skin & Beauty Tips

May 9, 2018

Wellness Wednesday, 05.2018: Goals Update, Skin & Beauty Tips

hApPY hUmP DaY, gals! Welcome to Wellness Wednesday, 05.2018.  It’s time for another update on my progress on the wellness goals I set back in January.  You can read that first Wellness Wednesday post, here.  In February, the group shared our cardio tips.  For March, our theme was fav exercise gadgets.  And last month, we […]

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Sentence a Day, 04.2018

May 3, 2018

Sentence a Day, 04.2018

Good Thursday, chick-a-dees! Here we are again!  First Thursday of the month which means it is time for Sentence a Day, 04.2018.  If not for this post to remind me, the first days of April would be a blurred memory.  It’s always fun to see all that has happened, to remember the special moments and to […]

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Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone, 4.2018

April 30, 2018

Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone, 04.2018

Sweet friends, Excited to share the second post in my new series, “Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone”.  My vision for this series is to push myself out of my comfort zone so that I begin doing things that I have until now been scared or uncomfortable to try.  Nothing illegal – ha – or too […]

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y Fashion Haus: My OLIVE Pants Fit!

April 26, 2018

My Fashion Haus: My OLIVE Pants Fit!

Sweet fashionistas, Step into my fashion haus.   But this time you won’t have to watch out for the cobwebs and dust bunnies.  I may not have been in here since March for a fashion haus post.  (That was when I shared my extremely early or somewhat belated Valentine’s Day outfit.  Remember this cute little tulle […]

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18 Activities On My 2018 Spring Bucket List: Update, 04.2018

April 21, 2018

18 Activities on My 2018 Spring Bucket List: Update, 04.2018

Hello dollies! Time for the first update on the “18 activities on my spring bucket list”.  And guess what?  I haven’t been home enough to get anything done!  Not much here to report, girls.  But isn’t my graphic pretty? Of all the series I participate in, the bucket list posts have been my baby.  Kind […]

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DIM, Did It Myself: Painted Rock Cactus Garden

April 17, 2018

DIM, Did It Myself: Pinspired Painted Rock Cactus Garden

Dear ones, Welcome to the April “Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop”, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you, too) to not just pin, but to make it happen! So, this month, I chose to create my own pinspired painted rock cactus garden. Pinspired […]

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