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Currently | Christmas

Currently | Christmas

Doing | Christmas stuffs mostly. At this exact moment, I am sitting in my recliner, braless and in my pajamas since I woke up this morning, watching football and scrolling through Tumblr. Listening | …
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Imbolc

Imbolc

Imbolc is a celebration of the coming Spring. We are halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Almost there! For the Northern hemisphere, this is celebrated on February 1st/2nd.
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Currently | December 26th

Currently | December 26th

Doing | Recovering. Just kidding! We lounged around the house all day wearing our pajamas and eating. It's truly wonderful when you don't have anything to do, but enjoy the day. Thinking | I&#…
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Simple Candy Cane Cookies

Simple Candy Cane Cookies

I haven't been able to do much baking as my oven has finally called it kaput. The bottom element went out, replaced it, and now the second element has gone out. It's a pretty old oven and ju…
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Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice candles via HerbanMoonshine on Etsy | $12 This is the solstice the still point of the sun its cusp and midnight the year’s threshold and unlocking where the past lets go of and becomes …
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Turkey Day Vittles

Turkey Day Vittles

I hope everyone has survived the food coma that is Thanksgiving or the hell that is Black Friday shopping.  I forego that most hated of all shopping days.  I worked in retail for five years.  I saw f…
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Blue Bow Tie Baby

Blue Bow Tie Baby

Saturday evening Neil comes in the living room. Neil:  "Mom, I need black dress pants, a white button up shirt, and a tie." Me:  "Err, ok.  When do you need these by?" Neil:  "T…
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Whip It

Whip It

Yeah, so I just got a KitchenAid stand mixer for Mother's Day.  I've made three things.  Bread, cookies, and... WHIPPED CREAM. Oh my dear lord.  Don't get me wrong, I love me some Cool Whip…
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Lurve

Lurve

Here's a bad Instagram photo from this weekend.  I don't understand why cell phone companies can't make the front facing camera better.  I probably should have just used my camera instead…
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Aftermath

Aftermath

Between all the running we've done for basketball games, basketball tournaments, and various Christmas dinners, I am completely over Christmas. I don't know what went wrong this year.  I jus…
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Faulty Festivites

Faulty Festivites

Our Independence Day adventures have been put on hold.  Mother Nature saw fit to decide that today was the day to rain. All day. Local fireworks have been postponed until tomorrow.  I still can't h…
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Holiday Weekend Overtime

Holiday Weekend Overtime

My husband actually got a three day weekend over the Memorial Day holiday.  He hasn't had a full weekend off in years.  Seriously.  At his old job, he was always working overtime on the weekends.…
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I Love Me Some Samsung!

I Love Me Some Samsung!

Like thousands of other mom's on Mother's Day, I had to pick out my own gift. It's a bit of a downer, but then again I know that I will get something I will like and use. Though I would…
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People are Stupid

People are Stupid

Or how my mother and youngest daughter kept me from knocking some heads together. M'kay so today was the annual Christmas parade in our town.   NOT my hometown.  I've never attended a Christmas…
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Holiday Awesomeness

Holiday Awesomeness

We've been eating here and eating there.  I'm completely stuffed STILL!  I have been so far behind on working on our family photos.  I feel like I've been so busy, but haven't been ab…
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Halloween 2011

Halloween 2011

Halloween is my all time favorite holiday.  This year it completely snuck up on me and I didn't put up the first decoration.  Because of this I'm already planning what to do next year. Since …
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A Look Back...

A Look Back...

As I sit here looking out my dining room window at the cloudy, overcast, threatening rain skies, I can't help but think back to last year's Independence Day celebrations. Every year for the p…
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Someone call BPS...

Someone call BPS...

That's " Blog Protective Services " for y'all that didn't know.  I've been a horrible blog parent to this here blog lately.  I'd like to say that it's because Pop is h…
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