Dress. Heels. Candlelit table in the corner of a restaurant. White tablecloth. Bottle of wine. Handsome husband of 39 years seated across the table. Pass. (All but the handsome husband. He’s a keeper.) Pretty sure …
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New year, new me! Resolutions for 2025
It’s a new day! I’ve hit the ground running and am leaning hard into the new year! That’s why I’m particularly excited to participate in this month’s Where Bloggers Live topic: “My New Year’s Resolutions.” …
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I guess it’s the thought that counts
Hello, and welcome to the final 2024 installment of “Where Bloggers Live”. Today we’re talking about all things gifts! Bettye thoughtfully sends us all reminders about the upcoming post, and she flung the door wide …
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It’s finally powder room reveal day!
Today IS the day! The reveal of my powder room project that became an homage to a place I loved as a kid, Crystal Beach Park. If you’ve read the last several posts (here, here, …
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My own little nightmare…
Guess what! This is post three in the “coolest thing I ever made” series. You’re wondering why I am compelled to torment you with preludes, am I right? Did you end up making a Crystal …
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You’re making toilet paper?
NO, toilet paper is not the craft of the month (there’s almost a very bad pun in that sentence). This project, however, was fraught with peril. The first issue is that I’ve built it up …
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Let me tell you ’bout a place…
…somewhere up-a New York way…“ (In this case, the “somewhere” referenced in the post’s title is actually a little to the west of Buffalo, New York… just across the border and about a 20-minute drive …
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The best friends I’ve never met..
Five years. Today is the fifth anniversary of our first “Where Bloggers Live” collab from October 11, 2020. (Hey! Today is also October 11th.) But, FIVE years! Five years of due dates for monthly posts, …
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The green police are on their way
There has been a murder in my hallway. Well, maybe not a murder; something more akin to manslaughter. No, that’s not right, either. More like plantslaughter. Actually, INVOLUNTARY plantslaughter. Because this is an autobiographical crime …
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Never put off ’til tomorrow…
…what you can do today. Whose dumb idea was that proverb? I have thoughts for alternate endings: “Never put off until tomorrow… …what isn’t due until next week, month, etc.” …what you can mull about …
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