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Stray Thoughts Sunday: Planning for a REAL Break
It is unbelievable to me that in one week I will be on Spring Break. And this year, I’m going to work really, really hard THIS week in an attempt to not work at all next week. I have a lot to do. I...
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Ultimate Bundle Challenge Check-in Number One – Momming Through Tough Times
Well, here I am to check in on how my Ultimate Bundle Challenge is going. This being my first check-in, I am obviously still feeling pretty enthusiastic about the whole thing. To bring you up to...
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Ultimate Bundle Check-in #3 – Stretched Too Thin Pt. 2
I’m back (finally) with another Ultimate Bundle Challenge check-in! As you may have noticed from my previous post, my focus has been a bit scattered lately and my energy level has been a little...
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Five Minute Friday – Expect
I’m back to participate in this week’s Five Minute Friday link up. This week’s prompt is “Expect”. Here goes: I am beginning another Summer here in Northern California. Summers always begin with...
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Five Minute Friday on a Monday – Play Easy
I’m a little late (okay, a lot late) posting for this week’s Five Minute Friday, but better late than never! This week’s prompt is “play”. “Play hard!” That is the phrase that first came to mind when...
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Simplifying is not So Simple
I have been doing what I thought was a good job of cleaning out my house. I’ve taken multiple car loads of stuff to Goodwill and the Cancer Thrift Store. I’ve thrown things away that I’ve had for...
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Five Minute Friday – Seeking Inspiration When Only Perspiration Will Do
I’m a little late joining Five Minute Friday this week, but only one day! Yesterday, my DH returned from five weeks of being away for work, so it was a little busy. But, I want to make sure to keep...
View ArticleFive Minute Friday – Needs versus Wants
I am back this week to join the Five Minute Friday writing community! Five minutes seems to be about as much time as I can find to write here. Sigh...This week's prompt is "need". Here we go: The...
View ArticleFive Minute Friday – Familiar
Thanksgiving is over and I'm already looking at the end of another Friday. It has been a busy week, but now I only have three weeks of classes left in Fall 2017. It seems like it went by so quickly....
View ArticleHoping for A Hallmark Holiday
Affiliate links included. I am currently watching holiday movies on the Hallmark Channel (or Hallmark Movies and Mysteries). And I'm hoping for a Hallmark Holiday. It would be formulaic but in a good...
View ArticleFive Minute Friday – Only is Enough
Back again for another Five Minute Friday. It seems that is about the maximum amount of time I can find each week to actually write on this blog right now. Sigh...but, at least I have Five Minute...
View ArticleLiving in Too Much, but Feeling Not Enough
I am living in the world of the Too Much. I have Too Much stuff. I eat Too Much food. I have Too Much stuff to do. Are you living that life as well? That world is easy to get to. It is all around...
View ArticleFun(ctional) – Simplicity Sunday
I realize this is now being posted on Monday, but I wrote it yesterday, so thought I would leave the title and just post it late. I realize also that it comes to an abrupt end. I apologize, but got...
View ArticleSimplicity Sunday – On Space
To go where no man has gone before… No, no…not that “space”. But, “space”: Inviting, comfortable and usable space. That used to be my front porch, when I first got my patio set. I loved that space....
View ArticleTired but Wired
This is often my state of mind. “Tired but Wired.” I should make t-shirts. So, what does this mean. Well, I’m exhausted most of the time. I work a job and a half (well, really a job and three...
View ArticleSimplicity Sunday – Simplicity is not Simple
Another Sunday already?!? I actually wrote that title LAST Sunday and that was it for my posting attempt. Sad. But, I’m back with the same title, hoping to actually post something this time. My...
View ArticleFive Minute Friday – Cheer
Friday, already?!? Unbelievable! Spring 2016 has officially come to a close (Class-wise. Grading-wise, it has just begun to come to a close.) and I’m feeling both relieved and a little wistful. So...
View Article(Almost) Wordless Wednesday
I haven’t done one of these in a while, but it has been a decent picture-taking week. I really would like to take more pictures, but my phone battery is worthless and I often run out of power before...
View ArticleSimplicity Sunday – Five Reasons to Visit Your Local Library
This week is focused on a simple resource you probably have in your community, but may not be utilizing. Your public library. My DD and I then went to our county library yesterday. We used to go the...
View ArticleSimplicity Sunday – No such thing as “simple”
I am quickly coming to the conclusion that there really is no such thing as simple. According to the Oxford Dictionary, simple is: easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty. Not much about...
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