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  • Important Life Lessons that Family Travel has Taught Me

    Our family has been blessed with some wonderful travel memories over the years.  Travel will be transitioning to college visit trips, with much of our travel budget over the next 6-8 years hanging on the hopes of good scholarship money!  As the primary trip planner and organizer, not to mention chief photographer (let’s face it, often the only…

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  • Pinterest Fail: Pecan and Salted Caramel Candies

    When I originally pinned this lovely “Pecan & Salted Caramel Candies” recipe to my “Cookies, Candies & Gifts in a Jar” Board on Pinterest for future reference, it promised me a “super easy” recipe and a “quick, easy candy” that I thought could be a nice option for holiday treat boxes for neighbors and friends. …

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  • Indulge Me, Please — I Promise this will be the LAST Holiday-Themed Post of the Year!

    With the images so fresh in my mind, and laundry still to be done from our trip to New York City over Christmas, I wanted to share with you some of the classic holiday lights of “The Big Apple” that contribute to such a festive, magical atmosphere in an already-interesting city (or as my husband…

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  • Year-End Statistics, Award Trivia, and More ~ This is What Happens When a Cold Bug Plants a Blogger at the Computer for the Day

    With disappointment, I look outside at the fresh layer of snow and sunny skies, knowing that cross-country skiing conditions would be lovely today . . . as I sit with stuffy head and achy body, struggling to open the darn childproof packaging of the Dayquil softgels, telling myself the holiday visit to New York City was…

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  • Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

    After stepping away from the computer for most of the week, to enjoy a memorable Christmas in New York City with my family, it was a pleasure to take some time today to reflect back on the year.  Restricting myself to one photo a month was not easy, so I cannot say these are my “best”…

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  • Believe in the Magic that Only the Heart Can See

    “The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see.” ~ from the New York Sun’s “Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Claus” Wishing you and your families a Merry Christmas, whatever your faith or inclination is this time of year ~ good tidings of peace and joy are universal in their message.  I leave you…

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