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WIWW – Cold Weather Edition

November 7, 2012 by 30 Comments
FringeGirl

Today we are talking about the weather and how it's related to fashion. Blame it on the forecasters, because they dared utter the word blizzard. In my world, blizzard is a four letter word that should be reserved for places like Alaska, the North Pole, and maybe even Canada.  (Sorry all you friends just to the North.) I got over the romance of the first snowfall about four million flakes ago.  Snow is hard work.  If you don't believe me, come shovel my driveway some morning. What's worse is the snow in the house. Yes, you heard me. You cannot help but drag it in, and then … [Read more...]

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What I Did in 31 Days

November 3, 2012 by 11 Comments
Old house in field - Fall

October was weird for me. I blog day-to-day, about life and the stuff that is stuck in my head.  October was different.  I told stories everyday and wrote about one topic - Living by Faith. Since I tend to be a fly by the seat of my pants kind of blogger, I thought I would hate writing on a specific topic, but I surprised myself.  I actually enjoyed the discipline of it all. Discipline leads to accomplishment.  Shocking, I know. During those 31 days, I lived life.  I thought about writing the ordinary things, only my thoughts never made it to paper, so they are gone, lost in … [Read more...]

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Hello Monday, Hello Fall

September 24, 2012 by 5 Comments
American Flag in cemetary with Cross

Hello Monday. Are you sure you only have 24 hours, because my to-do list is really, really long today.  I want to do it all, but we'll see.  I would settle for a almost all. Hello Early Fall. I love you.  Mostly because I love boots and I can wear my boots every single day if I want.  I also love pumpkins and hot drinks and pumpkin pie spice coffee creamer. Some days I want you to stay forever, but I know I will love you less and less as the days pass.  It's not you really, it's the season you usher in.  If it were just you, I would most certainly love you forever. Hello … [Read more...]

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Hello Monday, Hello Devil in my Front Door

August 20, 2012 by 4 Comments
vintage looking owl planter

Hello Monday full of work. There's a lot of noise going on in my basement.  It's a shame I will never see the lovely job FringeMan is doing down there, because I do not go in our basement, under any circumstances.  It is that scary. Hello Devil that came in my front door. Since Slippy's passing, Fringeboy has been on the hunt for a snake.  I am against this idea, but his father thinks it is fine for a boy to have slithery pets.  I remember the garden though, and I do mean the first garden, as in Eden.  Snakes are nothing but trouble.  My only consolation is that we will probably kill … [Read more...]

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Good Morning Monday After Mother’s Day

May 14, 2012 by 10 Comments
me&kids

Good morning Monday! I hope you enjoyed your Mother's Day.  I did. I have the best family ever. My son created an acrostic on the envelope of his card. The hearth of eternal, loving relationship...wow! That's still making me chuckle. Definitely goes in the "keep forever" box. We began the day with church, a trip to Five Guys for lunch (per my request...I've been craving a cheeseburger.), and then I came home and took a really long nap. We ended the night with an ice-cream cone and a walk by the river. It was the best day ever, a jump start into the beginning of … [Read more...]

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Happy Fall – Day 12, 31 Days of Happy

October 12, 2011 by 3 Comments
birdwith fry

Fall is making me happy. I hated to see summer leave, but she's gone, so I had to deal with it.  Seasons come and go, right? Turn, Turn, Turn... Fall came and she's beautiful in all her colors.  The leaves are staying on the trees this year and they are turning the most beautiful shades of orange.  I wish I had pictures to show you, but I am a bad blogger.  My kids also stole the batteries out of my camera and I keep forgetting to buy new ones. Here's what's making me happy this fall... Colors, Boots, Scarves, Stripes, Ginger Spice Cake Candles, Cool Mornings, Fresh … [Read more...]

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Decorating for Fall – Put a Pumpkin on it!

September 19, 2011 by 12 Comments
100_8654

There's something about waking up to crisp air and a house that greets me with a heavy thirteen year old robe and fuzzy slippers that makes me want to clean.  It's a phenomena I cannot explain.  Not even in spring do I feel this internal urge to throw everything out and scrub my house with bleach.  For me cleaning is a fall thing.  The other ten months of the year my house wallows in dirt, spiders cast protective webs over the furniture, and uninhibited rats feast on dirty plates and rotting food. Not really. I always clean.  It's just that fall makes me want to go the extra mile.  … [Read more...]

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Put a Hat on It and Call it Fashion

September 16, 2011 by 7 Comments
flowerhat

So I've noticed that for the past week, I've been blogging in this one-sided conversational style in which I talk about nothing significant, important, or helpful.  I'm basically a chatter-box with a keyboard. Sorry if you were hoping for a few deep posts.  I won't be imparting any spiritual truths or life's lessons this week.  There's a part of me that wants to, I just can't make words fit what's rumbling around inside of me.  And no! It's not last night's dinner that's rumbling. Today, since it's freezing, I am going to give you visual documentation of true hat love.  My kids seem … [Read more...]

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Not So Yellow Submarines & a Mouse Habitat

September 14, 2011 by 14 Comments
pinterest via polyvore.com

My daughter caught a mouse today at homeschool group.  She made it a "habitat" and fed it crackers.  I'm totally creeped-out by her love of vermin.  I'd rather see them dead than alive and she's hand-feeding them crackers.  At least this particular mouse was not in my house.  Mice in central New York must be extremely prolific.  Not a good thing.  Dang Varmits! No I did not bring the mouse or "habitat" home. Yes, she did ask, beg, and give me a poochy lip. We're expecting our first frost on Friday night.  In some spectacularly ridiculous way I kinda feel very fortunate that … [Read more...]

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It’s Raining Cats & Dogs & Long-Fanged Mice

September 7, 2011 by 11 Comments
rats

Today is Wednesday (just in case you misplaced your calendar) and it's raining cats and dogs.  Apparently the cats chased in the mice, because I either have one very hungry mouse or a gang of fang-toothed rats.  I prefer to think it's a simple house mouse, but I'm having nightmares of Mickey scurrying through my kitchen and chewing holes through my cabinet doors.  It's not so fine. This long-fanged rat/ house-mouse hybrid ate entire bag of Ramen Noodles.  One small part of me is thankful I won't have to eat that bag of Ramen and the other part, the much larger part, is totally freaked … [Read more...]

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