Happy Homemaker Monday - 09/30/2013

Good morning everyone :) Sure hope you had a great weekend.  Mine was actually quite busy, including a very early Saturday morning trip to Boise and Meridian.  I'm hoping to take some time today to get around to visiting you all, I always feel awful when the Happy Homemaker Monday slips by and…

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Week in Review

*sigh* That's all I can do at this point. I have had a tough week, a busy tough week. My grandmother passed away on Saturday morning and since then, even though we are not in South Africa, there has been a lot going on with the family.  One of the biggest things, is my brothers and I trying to …

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Happy Homemaker Monday - 09/23/2013

Good morning my friends :) Here we are, our first Fall Happy Homemaker Monday, so exciting. The Weather::: 51 degrees right now, been feeling the cooler weather especially in the mornings.  I find myself walking around the house with a sweater on.  Looks like lower temps and rain this coming week.�…

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Hello Autumn!!!

Source:  Flickr Officially my favorite season of the year.  Best part is that I actually get to enjoy it and see the leaves turning and the weather cooling. Cozy scarves, warm crochet blankets, hot ginger tea, pumpkin pie, apple picking, candy corn..... Source  I'm ready for jeans, boots, knitte…

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Heaven gained another star tonight

From left to right:  Grandma Odete, me, my mom, Grandma Jacinta in 2008 It is so excruciatingly difficult and painful to be away from home on a good day, but when something happens it makes it even worse. This morning we got news that my grandma passed away.  My grandma Jacinta is my mom's moth…

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Around here....

We are welcoming fall, and boy is it ever making it's presence known.  We have been hitting the 30 degrees in the mornings and there's talk of snow showers in the higher elevations.  I have a feeling this winter is going to be pretty cold. I'm looking forward to it, if nothing more tha…

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The Best of Daughters by Dilly Court - TLC Book Tour

Despite her privileged upbringing, Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She is drawn to the suffragette movement, but when her father faces ruin they are forced to move to the country and Daisy’s first duty is to her family. Here she becomes engaged to her childhood friend…

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Living in the moment

And when they carve my stone all they need to write on it Is once lived a man who got all he ever wanted Tell me something who could ask for more Than to be living in a moment Lovin every minute I was listening to Ty Herndon this morning, and his song "Living in the Moment " came on.  It's…

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Freud's Mistress by - TLC Book Tour

Freud's Mistress by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kauffman Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (July 9, 2013) A page-turning novel inspired by the true-life love affair between Sigmund Freud and his sister-in-law, Minna Bernays, set in Vienna in 1895. Minna is everything her sis…

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Happy Homemaker Monday - 09/16/2013

The Weather::: 66 degrees this morning, it feels so good outside.  We've had lots of rain the past week, some low temps, and some cold mornings and evenings.  Here's what is ahead for the week.... Right now I am: Enjoying a cup of Pumpkin Pie Spice coffee, sitting in my cozy pj's and thi…

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Heading into Fall.....

There's a crispness in the air. The sun is coming up over the mountains much later than usual, mornings are starting to feel cold, afternoons are warm and then night times are back to cool air. I am loving every second of it.  See, after being gone for 7 years to a State that didn't have …

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