New Book Review Blog

I just wrote a review for TLC Book Tours for the book Call me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips . Due to me wanting to take my blog back to the way it used to be and just blogging my day to day, I've decided to start a separate blog for all my book reviews.....you won't miss out, I&#…

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Click for Babies: The Period of Purple Crying

Do you know what the Period of Purple Crying is? I will be honest and tell you that I didn't, until I received an email from a wonderful lady called Harriet, asking me if I would be interested in participating in this campaign, in crocheting or knitting something to donate to babies born in th…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday }

The weather in my neck of the woods: Disgusting, gross, unnecessary....should I go on?  LOL   I'm so over this heat wave, it truly makes me miss Idaho. Things that make me happy: Baking Book I'm reading: The Star Garden by Nancy E. Turner, still very much enjoying this book. What's on my…

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Sunday

It's so hot outside, and I mean extremely hot to the point where we had to run some errands on Friday and actually felt sick inside the truck. It was 3pm and the truck was registering 122 degrees.  GROSS! So Friday afternoon we had an appointment at a local library for Nicholas' DIBELS test…

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Round and Round and Round

I've said it before, I'll say it again, I find something very relaxing and therapeutic in crocheting. So remember the Granny Square Blanket I just started?  I've only worked on it about 2 days and about an hour each day but it's coming together so quick. One of the reasons why I l…

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{ Cooking Thursday }

Good Morning, here is today's recipe. Again thank you to all my usual participants and to the new faces I'm seeing pop up :) Atum com Grao (Tuna Chickpea Salad) 2 cans of chickpeas, drained 2 cans of tuna, drained onion, finely chopped (just add as much as you like) parsley salt and pepper t…

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Crafting, Crocheting, Cooking......

A little of this and a little of that. First of all, I have to tell you that I got my hair cut again last week because I just can't handle long hair anymore, it drives me insane.  So I went and got it cut, asked for the same style again but was not really pleased with the back, it seems to be t…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday }

The weather in my neck of the woods: We have a Heat Advisory for the next week so I'm glad I don't have to go anywhere or leave the house.  We'll be staying indoors and out of the sun's way. Things that make me happy: Being myself and not following the masses. Book I'm reading: …

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End of the weekend.....already?

I don't know about you all but I am starting to think that weekends are just not long enough anymore. As a child they felt like they would drag, like Saturday would last 300 hours and then Sunday would come and it was another boring long day. Nowadays, I wish for that time.  I just want to be …

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Clementine Candles

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without. One of my favorite quotes EVER!  I really do try to live by this example, so I spend quite a bit of time looking for ways to use everything I have in my home. When I came upon this idea online a while ago, I just knew that it was definitely one I …

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Today at home......

♥ enjoying folding a mountain of laundry with my sweet helper (he only folded 3 articles of clothing but I'm thrilled that my 8 year old BOY is learning to do these things) ♥ enjoying the fact that in his innocence he gets distracted from the task at hand and decides that the TV is way more i…

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