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360! Again

I know I am not a big blog in the Yahoo! 360 world. I have, though, been blogging since November of 2005. I am not concerned with moving to a universal profile. I am absolutely amazed that people have more than one Yahoo! profile. I have one – it works for 360, it works for… Continue reading 360! Again

Family · Just my Thoughts

Road Trip #1 for 2008

Last Friday and Saturday brought the first road trip of the 2008 year. My 20 year old daughter attends Niagara University. While university is on break, winter sports continue with little break. Some students don’t even get home for the holiday due to distance. She is a huge hockey fan, as am I, so we… Continue reading Road Trip #1 for 2008

Just my Thoughts · Simple Abundance · Triple Eight Challenge

Simply Happy

The last few days in Simple Abundance have talked about happiness – our inability to find it within ourself, our inability to get happy ourselves, the source of happiness being outside our control. More than anything, the January 8th reading, which I just re-read, spoke to me.  I was at a funeral yesterday – a… Continue reading Simply Happy

Art · Triple Eight Challenge

Marbling Papers

Combining several things I am doing this year, I am reading a book called Paper Transformed by Julia Andrus. Lesson one is on marbling so off I went. I used shaving cream – the old fashioned actual cream type. Then, I put drops of dye re-inkers in the shaving cream. I took plastic forks and… Continue reading Marbling Papers

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Gratitude and Dress Rehearsals

Yesterday, I spent the day trying to get everything done I needed done so as to spend the evening with my daughter.  It seemed like I was spinning wheels going nowhere until we left for her college’s hockey game. As I read yesterday’s entry from SBB, I noticed that she gives us first definitions.  These… Continue reading Gratitude and Dress Rehearsals

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A New Side to My Geekdom

Yes, I admit, willingly, to my children that I am a geek.  I graduated fourth in my class from a high school class of just over 400.  I graduated from a major university with a 3.4 while tutoring for the athletic department, volunteering through the Catholic church on campus and having pledged a national sorority… Continue reading A New Side to My Geekdom

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside …

The first real cold snap is hitting upstate NY right now. It actually started last night. You could feel it. So, when I had to crawl outside this morning to get child #5 to physical therapy by 7 am, it was 1F. Thankfully, the car was parked in such a manner that I didn’t get… Continue reading Baby, It’s Cold Outside …

Simple Abundance

January 2 – Live the Questions

I don’t believe I have ever really thought about what questions may be feared in my life that are holding me back.  I know that I do like to have all the answers before I jump headfirst into something.  In reading about living the questions, it makes me realize that every year, I don’t have… Continue reading January 2 – Live the Questions

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The Triple 8 Challenge – Reading

If you are interested in participating, please visit the “official” site for details. Below are my entries and partial lists. I will be updating as I can. Books by Jimmy Carter – CAT 1    1. Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope    2. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid    3. Our… Continue reading The Triple 8 Challenge – Reading

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Menus for January

Okay, so I was very enamoured with hockey this afternoon. I am truly a sports fanantic but of all the sports I can watch, hockey is my favorite. Anyway, during hockey, I did a quick menu plan for now through the fourteenth of January. 1/1 – Boneless, Skinless chicken in Vidalia Onion vinagrette 1/2 –… Continue reading Menus for January