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Celebrating Christmas
Celebrating Christmas includes so many facets of the season…. movies, music, gifts, cards, and decorating. I could go on and on. Part of celebrating Christmas is sharing great finds. My friend, Dana just shared with me a Mexican pork recipe I’m going to try for our Christmas party. My neighbor, Candy, shared fun ideas with our…
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Bah Humbug – Bah Humbug Club
Do you feel like a Bah Humbug. Perhaps we should form a Bah Hum bug club and get over ourselves. What about a humbug club that serves others. What an idea.
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Perfect Family Vacation
We had a perfect family vacation only 30 minutes from home. The Fall retreat getaway was at a wonderful resort in Midway, Utah … just a hop skip and a jump from the city. It was a last minute suggestion offered by my daughter, Emily. She heard the Homestead resort had a fun “Headless Horseman”…
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Great Halloween Costumes
The family Halloween parade came marching through my front door with great Halloween costumes on. Besides all the fun costumes and good Halloween treats, it’s the first annual lighting of the fire in the fireplace. Glade, age 9, chopped wood a couple of weeks ago. It guaranteed him the honor of building the first fire…
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It’s Hard To Say Goodbye
It’s hard to say goodbye…. even if it is just for the Winter. My son, Wade and I closed our “Mt. Retreat” for the winter. We would love to keep it open much longer in the season, but the risk of the plumbing breaking, because of freezing temperatures, is too great. My son-in-law, Scott (who…
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What To Do At A Sleepover?
What to do at a sleepover? Well, my grands have no problem finding things to do when I say. “Sure, you can stay for a sleep over.” First of all, having cousins around is just the best. Second of all… they get to stay up late. I hear them bantering about in the kitchen in…
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I’m Back
I’m back…. I told you I would be. My thoughts and emotions, the past couple of months, have certainly bounced up and down. It’s hard to see my daughter and her 4 children grieve. Their life is on a roller coaster of emotions which I’m sure will continue for awhile. This will be a year…
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Sad News
My life is a bit turned upside down right now. My son-in-law passed away at the beginning of the month and life feels a bit unwound. I’ve been helping my daughter and grands as much as I can so I’ve neglected this blog for some time. Until things settle down a bit more… I will…
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My Garden Harvest – “Only The Good” Friday
On this “Good Friday”… I want to share my veggie garden harvest. This harvest may not look like a lot to you… but I’m proud! I’ve been harvesting tomatoes for several weeks now … but the cukes are new. Wow! They were hiding under the leaves and I hadn’t noticed. Not a bad yield for…
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Pioneer Day In Utah – “Only The Good” Friday
Today is Pioneer Day here in Utah. Completing a treacherous thousand-mile exodus, an ill and exhausted Brigham Young and fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints arrived in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. The Mormon pioneers viewed their arrival as the founding of a Mormon homeland, hence Pioneer…