Does your family have a secret? My guess is that it does, even if you don’t think so. Often those secrets come to light after someone has died, at which point those who’ve been…
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It’s Valentine season again. If I had a least favorite time of year, this would be it. I don’t have anything against romantic love–far from it. My marriage has been one of the happiest…
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About a month ago, I received an adorable little package in the mail. And I do mean adorable. It had come to me from a company called Cake in a Crate. I wasn’t sure…
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Read Part 1 of this post here! About a year ago, I started taking steps toward turning my daughter’s room into a home office. It was finally starting to sink in that she would…
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When it comes to Christmas celebrations, we are mostly Christmas Eve people. That’s when we have our big family dinner. That’s when I experiment with the holiday menu. We save the gifts for Christmas…
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Tis the season for holiday parties, Secret Santas, and cookie exchanges. I don’t think of myself as a particularly inventive gift-giver, so the holidays tend to be a little stressful for me–except when it…
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I’ve already sung autumn’s praises in a previous Five for Friday post, but today I’m getting up close and personal with my favorite harbinger of the season: the pumpkin. Whether you use them for…