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Gratitude Sunday 67

Posted in 12 x 12 in 2012, Authors, College Football, Dogs, Family, Goals, Gratitude Sunday, Holidays, Picture Books, Skiing, Winter, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 8, 2012 | 23 Comments »

The first Gratitude Sunday post of 2012. Happy New Year everyone!  This week I was especially grateful that my family gave me two full days by myself at the Breckenridge rental to organize for the year.  I worked from the moment I got up until I collapsed into bed, only taking breaks to walk the [...]

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2012 Anti-Resolution Revolution

Posted in 12 x 12 in 2012, Authors, Birthdays, Children's Books, Family, Goals, Guest Blogging, Health/Fitness, Holidays, Italy, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Poetry, Publishing, Queries, SCBWI, Travel, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 30, 2011 | 54 Comments »

This year, I’m signing up for the anti-resolution revolution.  It is so tempting to start listing all the things one wants to accomplish at the start of a New Year, but in my experience, the process (and thus the result) is flawed. I believe the reason resolutions often don’t work is because they start from [...]

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Merry Christmas

Posted in Friendship, Holidays, Winter, tagged , , , , , , , on December 25, 2011 | 14 Comments »

Because I appreciate all of my readers so much, I decided to humiliate Elf myself for your entertainment.  Laugh away! May you all have a happy, healthy and peaceful holiday – whichever one you celebrate.

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Holiday Music Videos

Posted in Family, Holidays, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 21, 2011 | 20 Comments »

Two music videos for your holiday pleasure. This first features my cousin’s daughter, who is an amazing singer and actress.  She recently participated in her high school’s annual Christmas Madrigal Dinner.  The finale was a Nigerian Christmas carol called Betelehemu.  It’s a little on the long side at almost 5 minutes, but I guarantee it [...]

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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: Holiday Contest

Posted in Authors, Creativity, Holidays, Poetry, Rhyming, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 20, 2011 | 54 Comments »

Here is my contribution to author Susanna Hill’s Holiday Contest.  The rules were simple.  Write our own version of Clement C. Moore’s classic, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.  Go here to read all the other entries.  They are great!  Thanks to Susanna for hosting another fun challenge!   ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, and all [...]

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Gratitude Sunday 64

Posted in College Football, Cooking, Family, Gratitude Sunday, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , on November 27, 2011 | 15 Comments »

What a week! A wonderful Thanksgiving in Virginia with the in-laws, a dinner out with my best friend, and MICHIGAN BEAT OHIO STATE! Since this is the first time I’ve been able to say that in SEVEN years, please indulge my desire to share some of the players’ post-game quotes. Quotes on Gratitude for Winning [...]

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Thanksgiving Blogfest: My Entry

Posted in Authors, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on November 23, 2011 | 25 Comments »

Susanna Hill is sponsoring a fun blog challenge with Thanksgiving theme.  Write a story (or poem) in 250 words or less, beginning with the words, “”They were supposed to go to Grandma’s for Thanksgiving, but the blizzard came in fast…“  She allowed those writing in poetry to tweak the beginning a bit to make the [...]

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300th Post – My Bucket List

Posted in Authors, Charity, Children's Books, College Football, Cooking, Creativity, Dogs, ebooks, Entertaining, Family, Friendship, Garden, Goals, Gratitude Sunday, Holidays, Parenting, Picture Books, Poetry, Publishing, Self Publishing, Skiing, Social Media, Spirituality, Travel, Travel Writing, Volunteer/Community, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 15, 2011 | 48 Comments »

ETA: As soon as I published this post, I immediately thought of more things I want to do and places I want to see. Rather than keeping track of them elsewhere, I will add them to the lists here.  I will also cross them off when I’ve completed them (except for the last list, because [...]

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Ciao!

Posted in Birthdays, Family, Holidays, Italy, Travel, tagged , , , , , , on June 14, 2011 | 5 Comments »

Hello my dear blog.  How I have neglected you these past few weeks!  My deepest apologies.  You see, between my birthday celebrations and getting ready for our trip to Italy, I’ve barely had time to think, much less write. Quick update: We had a fabulous Memorial Day weekend with family celebrating my birthday and Jay’s [...]

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Gratitude Sunday 49

Posted in Family, Gratitude Sunday, Holidays, tagged , , , on May 8, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Here in the States it is Mother’s Day, and I’ve had a great one!  Got homemade goodies from the kiddos, ran a 10K, ate a delicious brunch at home (with champagne), took a two-hour nap! and now Phil is cooking dinner.  It just might be the best one yet. But we couldn’t be moms without [...]

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