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TIME
“Tick, Tick, Tick.” The clock keeps going no matter what we are dealing with in our lives. For those of you who were born long after clocks that keep time became silent in their keeping of that very important commodity, ALL clocks made a ticking noise as the seconds passed by. I guess this is… Continue reading
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Solving Mysteries in Histories
For the past several weeks, I’ve been in the midst of organizing documents spanning almost 100 years of history. In the beginning of this quest, my main objective was to make important information easily accessible to the members of the nonprofit organization who own the documents and the building they have been stored in since… Continue reading
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RETIREMENT
Today was a special day. I received my first OPSRP pension benefit check from the State of Oregon as the seal to my early retirement from my work at 4J School District and Lane County over the past 7 years. The monthly benefit that I will continue to receive for the rest of my life… Continue reading
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PANTRY Design & Organization
Even if you never have the opportunity to design and build your dream pantry, I have a few tips you can use to make your space more efficient and organized. But before we talk about what gets stored in a separate space from where you are actively cooking, let’s consider what items get the honored… Continue reading
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My World
I’ve just been thinking about how small “my world” is. I have my family, my church, a few people I know in my community, and a sprinkling of people in other remote places, by chance interactions, or on this world wide web. So my world seems small when I compare it to what I think… Continue reading
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Beans
The last time I made beans was for my Daughter-in-law’s birthday. They were a big hit, and several people asked me what my secret is. I decided I would create a recipe sheet and post it on my “Rechelle’s Recipes for Family Gathering” page. Here is the link to the page: Rechelle’s Recipes for Family… Continue reading
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Ready, Set, Travel Times!
In preparation for our recent epic adventure, celebrating 35 years of marriage, I started thinking about sharing some of my habits that have made getting ready much more manageable while living a busy life leading up to a big trip. Hopefully, you can adopt a few of these tips into your life so that your… Continue reading
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Dream & Inspire
We recently went on an epic tandem cycling adventure road trip to celebrate 35 years of marriage. During the drive time, we listened to several episodes of Bike Life podcast (link: https://www.podpage.com/bike-life/). In the episode, “Embracing the Unknown,” Dan Schmitt was sharing how he had spent 25 years dreaming of making a cross country bikepacking… Continue reading
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Accommodation
We just stayed at 3 different types of rooms – each with unique offerings that made me decide to incorporate those accommodations as part of our 35th Wedding Anniversary Celebration. I keep thinking about the word, “accommodation,” and how each of the women running those first 3 destinations made them so special by being great… Continue reading
rechelle's lifelyrics
… and other musings. Sharing tips on home organization, cooking, and design – Publishing my original songs – Publishing a new custom church song book called "Cherished Hymns"
rechelle's lifelyrics 