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Did I ever tell you…? (Part 5)
…that I got a toilet seat for Christmas one year and it was the best present that I got that year? Hang on… I need to add some context and back story to this. That opening sentence is not meant to be sad and depressing. That toilet seat really was the gift that made me… →
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Picture It…A Lazy Day
Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive? Picture it…Sarah’s house…2025. October 17th to be exact. It’s day 2 of her much needed vacation. It’s 59 degrees outside, and 60 somethin’ degrees inside. She and her husband have given in and turned on the heat. She is reclined on the couch wrapped up in… →
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Defining Success
When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why? I think there’s many ways to define success. Many different aspects of life that people can be successful at. To look at it strictly from a career standpoint, I would say my husband is successful. He’s just a… →
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Like a Good Neighbor
What makes a good neighbor? Funny that this question comes up today after I just connected with a neighbor of mine that lives a few houses down from me. I have no idea who she is, but she’s a good neighbor simply because of her yard flags. I first noticed the flag at the edge… →
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I Do It For the Bragging Rights
What could you try for the first time? This is another prompt that is word-for-word what I answered on this day last year. I forgot about it and surprisingly, my answer today is absolutely not what it was a year ago. Last year I answered that I would like to try leaving the country. Because… →
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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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Master Class in Procrastination
What have you been putting off doing? Why? I am a procrastinator at heart. Why trouble myself now with something I can do later? Although, thinking about it now, I can’t think of anything that I have really put off doing. At least that I’ve put off intentionally. I have things that I want to… →
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Make It Make Sense
The tag line of my blog used to say something like “making sense of the world”. I changed it recently, but I am still trying to make sense of things. I think very deeply about what I see and experience. Which is why I feel compelled to share something that I witnessed at the nail… →
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Whateva, I Do What I Want
When was the first time you ever felt like a grown up (if ever)? I forgot that this prompt is a repeat and that I answered it on this day last year. Looking back, my answer is still the same. This is what I wrote then: I put question marks after “grown up” in the… →
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Road Rules and Andy’s Advice
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? Thanks to the advice of Andy Dufresne from The Shawshank Redemption, I’m giving it to my husband. Observe… (vulgar language warning)… I don’t know if $60,000 is still the limit, but I may check with the IRS to see if… →