Thankful Thursday – July 28, 2016

Another week has flown by and it’s a hot Thankful Thursday again.   Why does it go so fast when it seems nothing too exciting has happened? 1.  I’ve been fighting a poor internet connection for over a month now (more frustrating than exciting!) and this week it finally seems to be ‘fixed’.  There were adjustments […]

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Thankful Thursday – July 21, 2016

Oh my goodness today is so HUMID!  But no complaints this Thankful Thursday from me becos I remember what the winter is like here!  I’ll save my complaints for then.  Today I’m thankful that the sun is shining 🙂 1.  It’s been a ho-hum week with just a few highlights.  So this is a shortie […]

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Thankful Thursday – July 14, 2016

What a gorgeous Thankful Thursday today is!  The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and there is a gentle breeze outside.  I love it! 1. Once in a while when I’m outside, I can hear the neighbor’s rooster crowing.  So I close my eyes and imagine I’m at my Mom’s in Hawaii.  It’s a […]

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Thankful Thursday – July 7, 2016

This Thankful Thursday post includes a Happy Fourth of July greeting.  I hope everyone had a fun-filled, but safe one.  I had to work Friday, but had the next 3 days off so mine was filled with all kinds of fun!  I think I made up for not going out for several months! 1.  Mister […]

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My First Time Making Maid Rites

My First Time Making Maid Rites

I wasn’t sure my first time making maid rites would turn out great, but it did!  I’m biased of course, but others told me so at the party 🙂  And these Iowans would know! For our Father’s Day potluck, I wanted to make something simple and easy so I picked sloppy joes.  But not ever […]

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Thankful Thursday – June 30, 2016

Thankful Thursday is here again and tho it started out cloudy and dreary that was followed by a long morning rain, it has turned into a nice sunny day with perfect temperatures in the 70s.  God is awesome! 1.  Ok, so my first ‘house callers’ came to do a vacuum cleaner demo for me.  He […]

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Thankful Thursday – June 23, 2016

I am feeling mucho blessed this Thankful Thursday!  I really like my life.  It’s getting simpler and I’m feeling a lot lighter for all the decluttering I’ve been doing.  Most of the people in my life are awesome.  There are a few that have brought just a little bit of drama into my life, but […]

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Thankful Thursday – June 16, 2016

How’s everyone this Thankful Thursday?  I’m grateful that today is way cooler than yesterday (altho still hot enough in the 80s). 1.  I finished my part-time job within two days this month.  Yay!  And even tho I like doing the work that I do there, I sure like it better when I get it done […]

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Thankful Thursday – June 9, 2016

Time for another quick Thankful Thursday post…mainly becos I haven’t done much on my days off besides unpack and clean (still). 1.  It was my weekend off and we got a lovely surprise when our youngest daughter texted that they were out for a motorcycle ride and would stop by on their way back to […]

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Thankful Thursday – June 2, 2015

I don’t know about where you are, but it’s a hot Thankful Thursday today!  I picked up some groceries after my part time job and couldn’t spend too much time doing other shopping cos I knew it was going to be HOT in the car.  I did manage to get a pair of croc flip […]

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Thankful Thursday – May 26, 2016

Here we are on fast track again.  Thankful Thursday arrived so fast!  I know it’s not just me.  I feel like we’re just hurling thru space at an incredible speed! 1.  Graduation season is upon us and we went to 3 parties over the weekend.  One of them was a combo grad and birthday party […]

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Thankful Thursday – May 19, 2016

Hey I made it back for my weekly Thankful Thursday post before two weeks, can you believe it?  I’m still not having many highlights but I want to be more consistent again so bear with me. 1.  I finished up at my part time job – took 3 days again this month.  It’s not that […]

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Thankful Thursday – May 12, 2016

My Thankful Thursday post is not weekly once more… one last time hopefully.  I’m sure I will get back on track soon…just not today.  I’m not having many highlights so this isn’t hurting matters too much lol It’s taken a little bit of an adjustment, but we are making a new routine on work days.  […]

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Thankful Thursday – April 28, 2016

I missed blogging last week’s Thankful Thursday post for two reasons.  I was so busy – doing the same thing that I’m doing this week with not much time for anything else – so I really had nothing much to post.  I had one day scheduled to work in between 2 sets of three days […]

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Thankful Thursday – April 14, 2016

It’s Thankful Thursday again…I almost copied and pasted last week’s intro here cos it really hasn’t changed, except I don’t have to work my part time job next week…tomorrow is my last day for the month there.  Yay!  There’s a new (lawyer) guy and he hasn’t gotten the gist of everything yet so it’s taking […]

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Thankful Thursday – April 7, 2016

It’s Thankful Thursday again…the busy half of the month.  I have two jobs (part-time and full-time) to get thru this and next week PLUS staying on top of moving tasks.  Oh yea, bring it on!  #superwoman 1.  Tax papers are signed and almost delivered.  My total focus the rest of the month aside from work […]

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Thankful Thursday – March 31, 2016

Sorry but this Thankful Thursday‘s post will be very short as I have not been doing much besides working or cleaning.  🙂  And I gotta keep cleaning and packing when I’m not at work!  #OnAMission 1.   I’ve been finding lots of old goodies while decluttering our home.  A few thoughts that have gone thru […]

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Thankful Thursday – March 24, 2015

Today’s Thankful Thursday post is on Holy Thursday…it’s Holy Week and I haven’t even mentioned Lent this year.  It came early when we were in Hawaii and it just slipped my mind for highlights.   And now Easter is happening in a few days and I didn’t even bring out our decorative Easter basket. 1.  I […]

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Thankful Thursday – March 17, 2016

I don’t have a heck of a lot of highlights this Thankful Thursday.  It’s been quite a ho hum week actually.  I’ve just been working on getting my taxes done and decluttering and packing where I can here and there. 1.  Altho I’m not quite done with the task of my taxes, we hadn’t been […]

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Maui Vacation

Another Typical Maui Vacation – Part 1

I promised to post photos of our Maui vacation so here I am.  This task is taking too long with all the other stuff I’m trying to get accomplished so this will be in 2 parts (maybe 3).  First the beach photos. I posted beach pictures of my Staycation 2 1/2 years ago and we […]

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Thankful Thursday – March 10, 2016

I have several Thankful Thursday highlights in today’s post but they will be short and sweet.   I’m still behind in everything lol 1.  I got thru the first part of the month working my part time job AND my regular job with only 1 day off in 7 without having a breakdown.  haha  This, […]

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Thankful Thursday – March 3, 2015

I can not believe how fast the days are already going by.  My Thankful Thursday post will be a quickie as I’m back into my groove which means I’m behind in everything lol 1.  The first week of the month is here which means working at my part time job.  I didn’t do it last […]

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Thankful Thursday – February 25, 2016

It’s time to post Thankful Thursday again!  I hope you’re not feeling as dreary as the weather outside looks. 1.  The first week home has been alright.  It’s been one of adjustment and trying to get “back to normal”.  I went to work for 2 days and have had these last 3 off which is […]

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