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I Don’t Really Care About Your Blog, But Will You Post This Photo?
Periodically, I will send my husband a link to my latest blog post or pull it up on the screen of the laptop in the kitchen while he is cooking and say, “hey, take a look at this” — being pretty proud from time to time of my creative efforts. Last time I did that,…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved
I struggled with responding to this week’s challenge – to share a photo which represents one of your New Year’s resolutions. I have gotten away from making formal New Year’s resolutions and didn’t think you wanted to see a photo of my messy garage that I resolve to clean and organize by the end of…
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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…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 