I was never very political on this blog, but I think I can’t help it in the wake of the president-elect. I was out running errands yesterday and it felt all wrong. Everybody was going about their daily business, when the world should have stopped on Tuesday night. People have compared...
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Today’s post is going to be a bit on a lighter note, although I am pretty certain I am not ready to stop talking about politics in the foreseeable future. I am linking up with Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness for Friday Five 2.0 Linkup. I am a person...
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It’s 11 p.m. and I have not yet posted anything today. I have a hard time returning to ‘business as usual’ and (as previously noted), I am unprepared for NaBloPoMo this year and I have no ready-to-go posts sitting in my draft folder that I can just throw up and...
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I wish I could say that I went to sleep last night and woke up to a historic moment in American history. That finally this gruesome, infuriating election cycle was over and we elected our first female president. But that didn’t happen. I didn’t sleep and I didn’t wake up to good...
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Another election in the books. Well, almost. I’ll be glued to the TV tonight, that’s for sure. I can only hope for a happy ending. I’ve participated in my fair share of election duties by now and take this relatively newly acquired right in this country (well, it’s been four...
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October, 3 was my Mom’s birthday and I was so happy to be able to celebrate with her. I baked a birthday cake for her (every birthday kid deserves a birthday cake!) and we surprised her (and belatedly my Dad) with tickets to the Paul McCartney concert at our newly...
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I made these blueberry muffins for J’s birthday instead of a birthday cake (because J loves blueberry muffins > cake) and they turned out really great. Jon is a big fan of the crumble topping, so I was happy to add that and modify my Mom’s recipe for pound cake...
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Happy Saturday, friends. I literally have no post planned for today and I have to wing it. As I said, majorly unprepared for NaBloPoMo this time around. To get a little bit more in control (what can I say, I am a planner), I’ve been trying to outline the month...
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