{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 11/25/2019 }

Good morning sweet friends, hope you're all doing well. It's been a week since I've posted on the blog, things have been insane around here.  Aside from the house stuff, my older brother flew in from South Africa, last Friday, to spend Thanksgiving with us and to surprise my other broth…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 11/18/2019 }

Good morning friends, hope you're staying warm. How was your weekend? Mine was wonderful, aside from the usual homemaking chores, we harvested our pecans and the rest of the weekend was spent relaxing.  I even took a nap on Saturday afternoon which is something I never do.  I'm not a napper…

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{ Harvesting Pecans }

Typically, we like to get the Pecans harvested as soon as they're ready, which for us could mean middle of October, but usually very beginning of November. However, with all the craziness happening around here, it is not something we had a chance to do, until yesterday. We've been blessed …

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{ Let's talk }

It is so chilly outside, the grass is filled with sparkling icy drops, the car windows are covered in a white icy film, and our heaters are humming in the background. I have a feeling that this winter is going to be colder than usual. But come on in and sit with me a little, let's talk. I want…

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{ November Road by Lou Berney - TLC Book Tours }

• Paperback:  320 pages • Publisher:  William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (October 22, 2019) “When people say they want to read a really good novel, the kind you just can’t put down, this is the kind of book they mean. Exceptional.”  –Stephen King,  New York Times  bestselling author Named a Best …

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{ The Source by Tara Swart - TLC Book Tours }

• Hardcover:  288 pages • Publisher:  HarperOne (October 15, 2019) For the first time, a Neuroscientist and Senior Lecturer at MIT reveals the surprising science that supports The Law of Attraction as an effective tool for self-discovery and offers a guide to discovering your authentic self to acces…

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{ The Cost of Honor by Diana Munoz Stewart - TLC Book Tours }

Mass Market Paperback:  352 pages Publisher:  Sourcebooks Casablanca (November 26, 2019) He gave up everything to escape his family The only male to be adopted into the notorious Parish family, Tony Parish always did right by his vigilante sisters. But when an attempt to protect one of them went horr…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 11/11/2019 }

Good morning everyone, how was your weekend? Mine has been good but busy, isn't it always?  Lots of painting and fixing and house related stuff, but also filled with tons of Christmas movies.  Yes, I'm already on it, I started last week Wednesday and I've been watching at least one or t…

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Simple living, simple work

Be cheerful, for it is the only happy life. The times may be hard, but it will make them no easier to wear a gloomy and sad countenance.” -The Royal Path of Life The past few years, I set up a Fall/Thanksgiving tree. It's not something I have always done, but since doing it the first year, I com…

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{ It would be night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo - TLC Book Tours }

• Hardcover:  240 pages • Publisher:  HarperVia (October 15, 2019) Told with gripping intensity,  It Would be Night in Caracas  chronicles one woman’s desperate battle to survive amid the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela and the lengths she must go to secure her future. In …

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{ Slow Day }

As my stress levels hit an all time high, I realized that it was not only affecting me mentally but physically too.  That is usually when I switch gears and force myself to slow down, to have a slow, cozy day surrounded by the things I love. There was much needing done around the house, and so I sl…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 11/04/2019 }

Good morning friends, happy Monday and welcome to another Happy Homemaker Monday. Things around here have been stressful to say the least, if you've read my latest post you will understand, so be sure to check it out below. Much as it's all stressful and up in the air, the Lord has also bee…

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