Yes, this is a real, legal holiday!  In the Virgin Islands, on the fourth Monday in July, people meet in the churches to pray for protection from hurricanes. 
Hurricanes don’t make it inland to where I live very often, but there have been a few.  Now that I have lived through one very bad one, I can […]

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The author of The Velveteen Rabbit was born on this day, July 22, in the year 1881. 
She was born in London, England, and died in New York, NY, on September 4, 1944.
In celebration of her birthday, pull your copy of The Velveteen Rabbit off the shelf and read it again.  There are many themes in […]

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I purchased a face care kit today and I am so excited about it!  It is supposed to be one of the best lines of facial care for women. 

You can find it at Amazon.
Dr.Hauschka Daily Face Care Kit
The kit has six products in it.  Two are cleansers, one is a toner, three are moisturizers.  I […]

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She was in everything.
All the saved-up pictures.
And the gossips adored her.
The tattered black and white photographs
could not disguise that she had painted
her cheeks and lips.
You could almost smell the powder
that she had so lovingly dusted
across her chest and shoulders.
“Life is short.  Ya betta live!”
she laughed as she kicked up her heels
and swung strands of pearls around
in her […]

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I really love my fellow rowers over at Five In A Row.  There is so much collective knowledge there, you can ask about just about any homeschool program (or decorating question… or cooking question… ~:-D ) and someone will have some information!
Anyway, I asked about a spelling program for my son with dyslexia - because we […]

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I really want to work on having a thankful heart. 
That’s all I have to say today, but it’s enough to say and enough to do. 

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Forever on the hips!
So true!  And yet, I eat anyway, at 11 p.m., some of the most fattening things you can imagine.  Thank you, new bakery job.
No, really, thank you.  I mean it.
I am in love with this parmesan bread.  I have not had a love affair this hot, ever.  Do you see this beautiful […]

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Okay, I have been really drawn to bright scarves and flashy pins lately!  Must be a midlife crisis.
Anyhoo, I have an up-do with a scarf that I sort of like.  Tell me truly, do you like this look?

Perhaps too many pins, but this is small compared to some of the midlife crises my friends are […]

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