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Stuff and Fluff for a Friday’s Post

by Filed Under: Blogging, Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, odds and ends 4 Comments

Great Grandma B. is due to arrive in an hour, (she's from the awesome state of Illinois, and is being spirited our way by Auntie Terri), and I have a couple of minutes to crank out a post before the brownie cupcakes are done & I'm called to entertain.Thank you very much for your input on my new banner! You helped me “over the hump” of my … [Read more...]

4 Memes to the Wind: Part II

by Filed Under: Marriage, Memes, Minnesota Me 6 Comments

Having been tagged by sweet Elaine of A Wink and a Smile, here is my version of:8 Things About Me & My Hubby I am four-and-a-half years older than my husband. (Cradle robber!) Feeling very self-conscious about this fact the first time I met his mother, who is about the same age as my sisters, I kept alluding to my advanced age without admitting … [Read more...]

Heavy Rain, Heavy Heart

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Prolife 8 Comments

The weather is reflecting my heart today. How does it know to do that?This tea, therefore, is just the thing. Have you seen this at the market? Double the bergamot! Mmm...In any case, I know you probably stop by this blog for a dose of light-hearted humor. Ordinarily I'd be happy to oblige you, but today I'm thinking Roe v. Wade (of all unhappy … [Read more...]

4 Memes to the Wind

by Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me 5 Comments

I am way behind in the meme department, with four (at last count) on the docket and hopefully none that I’m missing. Memes are tricky things; on the one hand, I am always pleased to be picked because in grade school I almost never was, (insert small sad sigh for the non-athlete in me), and yet, on the other hand, I always feel a strong sense of … [Read more...]

Shouting OUT my Appreciation

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me 4 Comments

Margaret Mary Myers left a comment on my last post (Isn’t that a great name? I love the monogram!) regarding my new blog signature and this reminded me that…...I haven’t thanked my hacker yet for all her hard work on my new template!So here we go: Tack! Asante! Spasibo! Obrigado! Gracias! Grazie! Kamsa hamnida! Toda! Merci beaucoup and thank you, … [Read more...]

Flattery will get him everywhere.

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me 4 Comments

Dr. Gary Chapman calls them “Words of Affirmation.”I just call it cute.Here’s the little love note that I found on the computer when I got up:U r a gud cook(me like late night pork chop) And then, after he ate that late night pork chop, he cleaned up the mess that I’d made preparing them. (I cook big.) All of it! The pork chops … [Read more...]

A Three-Day Weekend Retreat

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 10 Comments

I’m back.Did you miss me? : )We have just returned from a family camping excursion up North—a gloriously peaceful excursion, thank you very much—where time spent by or in the water was definitely the theme.(As you can see, my daughter’s ornamental sidewalk chalk washed off. Phew.)Here’s the scoop on what we did and why.Once a year we get together … [Read more...]