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“Something Good” Sunday
I’m too impatient to wait until Christmas to give really good gifts. Today I gave my husband a super awesome gift early because I was so excited about it. →
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A Good Life
What principles define how you live? How I live. I suppose I could say I live within my means. That’s a good principle to have. That has a lot more to it though. What is truly living within your means? My bills are paid. But at the same time, I’ve spent a lot of money… →
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From Scratch
What skill would you like to learn? You know, I’ve always wanted to learn how to play the piano. I can play the trumpet and know how to read music. I figure playing the piano is a lot like typing without looking at the keyboard, which, let me just say, freaked out a lot of… →
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Having the Patience
What’s the trait you value most about yourself? My husband will vehemently disagree with me on this one. In fact, he disagrees with me on this all…the…time. But! I really value my patience. To be fair, I’m not patient about everything. Which is probably why my husband thinks I’m impatient…even though it’s not my fault… →
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#winning
How do I relax? We’ve been over this. Many times. The magnolia tree in my backyard? My favorite spot on the couch? Knitting? Crocheting? Any of that ring a bell there WordPress-daily-prompt-creator person? All snarkiness aside, I really have explained this quite a bit. When thinking about my answer to this today, I was about… →
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Crafty Like That
Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. I did the math. Very boring math. I looked at my gps app to determine the furthest I’ve ever been from home. So, not really math so much as it was typing in city names to see which one was the furthest from where… →
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Feels Like Home
What does your ideal home look like? For me, this question should really ask what my ideal home feels like. I’m currently in my ideal home, but it’s not quite visually ideal yet. My husband and I still have a lot of work to do on it. This is the house he and his sisters… →
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My History
What brings a tear of joy to your eye? It doesn’t take much to make me cry. Even happy things. Case in point, last summer when I was at the knitting camp with my online knitting friends in Syracuse. On the last day together, they surprised me with a birthday cake and a chorus of… →
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Thank You Chicago!
Why do you blog? I’m hijacking the daily prompt today and steering it away from the overall general reason I blog. Which, since it asked, the reason is because I like writing and I hope that by sharing my thoughts about things I have experienced, I can give a little hope, inspiration, entertainment, etc. to… →