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When You Find Out It Wasn’t True
We recently watched a movie about Lance Armstrong. I was deeply troubled by it, while Ray was completely unaffected. I don’t know if this means I’m experiencing PTSD from so many situations in the past where I had such confidence in individuals who ended up “showing their colors” as someone I didn’t recognize. What they Continue reading
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Dinner Tonight
My Grandma, Lorena Bertha Smith (1916-2001), was an inspiration to me in many ways, including her love of preparing food as a way to show her love for her family and friends. I have so many sweet memories of her in the kitchen. When I was a young girl, I would visit with Granny (she Continue reading
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Empty Nesting
Wow. It’s so weird to have this open-ended daily life after so many years of being driven by the needs of my children, husband, volunteer work, and full or part-time work on top of everything else! Now I’m finding new structure – my new sense of identity. I worked really hard to keep a sense Continue reading
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BETTER Than A Recipe Box?

Conquer the time consuming task of searching for that uniquely sized recipe amongst your collection! Continue reading
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A Place For Everything
and everything in it’s place. Create spaces with things grouped together where you will use them instead of just dropping things somewhere “for now” because you just walked in the door, haven’t really thought about where it should go, or simply feel like you’re too busy to worry about putting things away at the moment. Continue reading
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New Frontier

After so many years of almost nonstop work – between homeschooling my 5 kids, working either full or part time, volunteering for many organizations, and many other projects squeezed in between, I’m really facing a brand new frontier unlike anything I imagined. I thought I would work full time for another 7 or 8 years Continue reading
