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I’m a completely different person.

Getting A Fresh Start In The New Year. Last night after all of the Christmas festivities of the day were done, we were sitting around watching a movie as a family. I suddenly, unexpectedly, almost startlingly realized I am genuinely happy. I began crying happy tears and blamed it on the movie to not disturb Continue reading →

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Some Changes and Adjustments

Life keeps throwing those curves in the path doesn’t it? I did not mean to abandon you once again so soon after recovering from my back injury. In early September, one of my parents was hospitalized and their stay lasted for just over six weeks. During those weeks, we lost another close family member. I Continue reading →

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Hello All! (And a question on your limitations)

Is anyone still there? I am still healing and rehabbing the ole back, but I am going to try to start writing here again. I have really appreciated the couple of comments and all of the email sending me love. They meant more to me than you could know. Thank you all so much. While Continue reading →

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I Am MIA and Counting My Blessings

I have missed you all. Sometime early in the month, I think while working in the garden, I herniated a disc in my lower back. When I sit, the disc pinches my sciatic nerves. These are nerves that normally go unnoticed. When irritated they send pain radiating through both cheeks, down through the thighs, the Continue reading →

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Any Questions?

I am trying to make a point to spend an hour most days taking care of behind the site business. There is so much that no one ever sees. Since I am a newbie with coding and graphics and such, most days are spent just learning. I am still only making baby steps. I still Continue reading →

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The GO Month is Gone

January is typically known in the organizing community as GO Month. The GO stands for Get Organized. Well, it is now the first day of February and I guess those of you that have been around a while have noticed that I let it slip by without checking in much at all. After a very Continue reading →

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Just stopping in to say Hi!

The real world is keeping me from spending time in my home online really writing today, but I wanted to stop by and say, “Hi”! There are still some steps to the New Year Fresh Start series I need to write out and I have the rest of the kitchen series drafted out so they Continue reading →

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More Thanksgiving

Just a few things to remember and to take a peek at over the next few days: Keep those kitchen surfaces clear and the dishes washed. Daily. Try to empty out the pantry, refrigerator and freezer as much as possible to make room for all of the things you will be stuffing in there for Continue reading →

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Seven Things About Me

This past week I was tagged by Shai Coggins at S Studio. The first meme on LPO. All I had to do was come up with any seven things about me that you do not already know and share it on the blog. This wasn’t as easy as I thought it should be. I just Continue reading →

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Welcome New Readers!

Welcome to all of the new readers that have found us through links from elsewhere such as Remodeling This Life and several other sites! Wow! There are a lot of you that have found us over the past week or so. Since I haven’t yet put up a FAQ, I thought I should take a Continue reading →

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Taking a Day Off

For the first time in three weeks I have all of the time in the world to write. The chores are all done. The projects are all in a holding pattern. Everyone is taken care of and where they need to be. But instead of writing an article today, I am going to slack off Continue reading →

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