Need a Last Minute Holiday Gift? Try Yoursphere!

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Those of you who, like me, have older children know what a challenge it is to find them worthwhile and affordable gifts for birthdays and holidays. KitKat’s 13th birthday is next week, the day before Christmas, so I have to prepare doubly for her. On her list this year? A cell phone, an iTouch, a [...]

I Heart Faces-Pets Only!

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It’s Pets Week again on i heart faces! I don’t have a pet, so pictures of pets can be hard to come by. Doesn’t it figure, though, that in a week we will be at my in laws’ house, which is filled with cute animals? I’ll stock pile the pet pictures for later. Go see [...]

The Best Day

This is a little longer than the typical quote I post for Sunday Citar, but I was driving in my van yesterday and stopped to listen to the words to this Taylor Swift song for the first time and found myself crying as I drove down the interstate. The Best Day (click on song title [...]

Six Words for My Subscribers

Yoohoo, Subscribers! Miss you. Come back! My transition to WordPress has been smooth, for the most part. I love WordPress, and I am happy I made the change. I knew there was a chance I’d lose feedburner readers. I was just sad that I lost 1000 of you. That’s a lot of people. One person [...]

Santa Really IS Watching…..a Give Me Your Best Shot

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My Christmas present came in the mail yesterday. I am itching to test it a little more, but today was filled with Christmas shopping–my first trip out, believe it or not. What came in the mail, you ask? The Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Macro lens. Amazing stuff. I happened on an incredible deal on a used [...]

Shop {Here} For Anissa

Recently a fellow blogger, Anissa Mayhew, a witty mother of three, collapsed after suffering a massive stroke. You’ve probably heard her story. If not, visit Aiming Low to find out more. I have never met Anissa, but some of my good blogging friends have. I feel a connection to her. She could be me. It [...]

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

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Two of my favorite things about the Christmas season (besides the candy) are the lights and the music. On Monday night, we combined those two favorites with a traditional trip to the Washington DC temple for the Festival of Lights and a concert from a great local high school jazz ensemble. We enjoyed a tour [...]

Lipstick, a Pink Sharpie, and Merry SITSmas!

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Merry SITSmas to all of my visiting SITStas today! Before I go any further, let me mention that my site is under transition today from Blogger to WordPress. Very  exciting stuff….but I am having slight problems with lost posts and links. So bear with me as I finish up the transition. It will be worth [...]

Sweet Dreams

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one. ~Leo J. Burke Nothing cures insomnia like the realization that it’s time to get up. ~Author Unknown Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as legislature…. So people who go to bed to sleep Must count French premiers or sheep, And [...]

The Weather Outside is Frightful (Soup’s On!)

With the first Winter storm dumping several inches of snow on our house yesterday, I am ready to start making soup for dinner. Steamy hot soup is what’s on the menu for this week (in addition to two other soul-warming meals). I wouldn’t mind adding a few of our Christmas goodies to the kitchen mix, [...]