Let me liken my reading routine to a roller coaster, my friends. It’s been going up and down and right and left and I am just hanging on for dear life. But I lied in my last post. I finished not one, but two books in November. Imagine my delight...
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Before we’re midway through December and have all but forgotten about Thanksgiving, let me recap real quick: four glorious days off and nowhere we had to be. We stayed put over the holiday weekend and it was the best decision. This year, I finally decided to run the “Run to Feed...
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READ I only read just one book. It’s still slow going around here when it comes to reading, but I am keeping at it. Review to come. COOKED A hen for Thanksgiving with mashed potatoes, stuffing and green beans. We also cooked quite a few soups and stews, and as...
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Another NaBloPoMo comes to an end. While I would never ever want to always blog daily, November has kind of become a good once-a-year exercise in brain-storming, organizing and writing posts for 30 days in a row. It kinda feels like I have a system down. It was exciting to...
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1. I got this Cinnamon Apple Cider candle* at Target. I had bought a similar one there last year and I just love that smell. It’s a perfect scent for fall. 2. I am enjoying a trial subscription of the New Yorker*. There was an ad for a three month...
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Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash My friend Stephany posted three sets of prompts for a series of gratitude posts and I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon, because it’s Thanksgiving and a good time to reflect on gratitude. I picked 10 of the 30 original prompts to share with you guys today....
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I have, again, dropped the ball on the ‘who I am (at the moment)’ posts, but today is a good day to change that, don’t you agree? So here’s a little glimpse into my brain these days… I am … … cautiously excited about my work situation, as I will...
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People have told me in the past that they love these posts, so I’ll make an effort to keep it going (until I run out of fun German idioms, I guess). Enjoy! And make sure you check out the other round-ups of idioms here, here, here, here, and here,...
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