Thankful Thursday – February 18, 2016

Hi, I’m back to posting Thankful Thursday from home again!  Usually I try to post this on Thursday, but since yesterday was a travel day, I didn’t get it done.  But I’m here now on Friday. 1.  We made it home from our nearly three-week vacation to Maui this morning and I must admit I […]

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Thankful Thursday – February 11, 2016

It’s Thankful Thursday again and I’m still feeling blessed to be blogging from Maui.  We’ve been on the go and definitely not sitting idle lol 1.  I’ve been able to see more extended family while out and about and it’s so fun to catch up!  But I wonder why everyone is looking older????  (I don’t […]

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Thankful Thursday – February 4, 2016

I’m so blessed to be blogging this Thankful Thursday from my home island of Maui.  It was a long 14 hours to get here, but we’re now having the time of our lives.  So much has changed in even the last 2 1/2 years since I’ve been home; but since this is a tourist-driven Paradise, […]

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Thankful Thursday – January 28, 2016

Another Thankful Thursday and I’m still smiling 🙂   I work tomorrow, then I’m off for 3 weeks of vacation.  WOOHOO! 1.  So today was my turn to go to the dentist (6 month cleaning).  Besides seeing my son-in-law the dentist, and spending the day with Mister, I scored an awesome lunch after my appointment.  […]

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Thankful Thursday – January 21, 2016

Today is another sunny Thankful Thursday and I’m smiling big time.  PLUS!  I have two days off from work before working my 3-day weekend. 1.  Mister hasn’t been working due to cold weather although he isn’t officially laid off for the winter yet.  Anyway, I had the weekend off and he had to go to […]

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Thankful Thursday – January 14, 2016

Today’s Thankful Thursday finds me happy that it’s in the 40’s, the snow is melting and the sun is shining.  WOOHOO! I worked most of the week so this will be a quickie; I’m pooped. 1.  This week went flying by.  I believe becos I had to work my two jobs – 4 days of […]

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Thankful Thursday – January 7, 2016

Time for another Thankful Thursday post already???  Let’s not get started on how time is gonna fly so quickly this year!  How was your New Year’s?  Safe and happy I hope! 1.  I had wanted to go to a New Year’s Eve party we were invited to, but went to a last minute Christmas party […]

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Thankful Thursday – December 31, 2015

Did you have a Merry Christmas?  This Thankful Thursday post has me wishing you a belated Merry Christmas and an early Happy New Year! 1.  It was a nice quiet Christmas for Mister and I opening presents in the morning before we headed out to visit my father-in-law at the nursing home.  Our little family […]

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Thankful Thursday – December 24, 2015

So how’s your last week before Christmas going?  This Thankful Thursday post has me thankful that I’m ready for the big day.  But being ready for our family gathering with our children and grandchildren is another story.  I have till January 2nd to deal with that 😉 1.  How about this weather?  I love the […]

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Thankful Thursday – December 17, 2015

How’s everyone’s week going? I thought I just posted for Thankful Thursday.  I CANNOT believe how my time just disappears!  I guess I should know by now that this is just the nature of the season.   I wish winter would seem like that!  Too much to ask? 1.  I finally got my “to mail […]

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Thankful Thursday – December 10, 2015

Last week’s Happy December beginnings turned pretty sour after 7 days.  But the happenings of the past week has made me grateful this Thankful Thursday.  Grateful for my family, my health and all my Blessings.  Mostly to be able to celebrate the Baby Jesus this month. 1.  It’s the time of the month where working […]

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Empty Nesters Like Pie

Empty Nesters Like Pie

Ok, which of you empty nesters like pie?  C’mon, don’t be shy to admit it.  Even if you aren’t an empty nester, I bet you like pie!  They are one of the easiest things to bake and the easiest to disappear around our house!   That’s why I don’t bake it very often.  Mister is the […]

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Thankful Thursday – December 3, 2015

Happy December!  First Thankful Thursday post of the month 🙂  The days are getting shorter and Christmas is going to be here sooner than we think…so are ya’ll ready for it?  I’m getting there – earlier than later, for once. 1.  So the day after our quiet, peaceful, calm Thankxgiving Day, we went over to […]

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Thankful Thursday – November 26, 2015

So today is a true Thankful Thursday becos it’s Thankxgiving Day!!!  I hope ya’ll are having a truly blessed one.  This is the first year that we are not having a huge family get together and I’m enjoying it to the max.   🙂  It’s been a quiet one with no hectic-ness/stress.  Tomorrow we will get […]

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Chinese Chicken Salad

So this easy-to-make chinese chicken salad is a popular one at our family potlucks.  It’s got an asian flair to it and I think pretty healthy.  It’s rare when I have any left to bring back home after one of our parties.   The recipe calls for these three ingredients – Noodles.  The original recipe […]

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Thankful Thursday – November 19, 2015

I’m a happy Thankful Thursday poster today!  Why?  Cos I have a week off from work and getting quite a bit done catching up to home tasks/projects.  How’s your week going? 1.  I’ll start off with my traveler tidbit:  Stoney came in for some information and signed the guestbook.  When he got to the column […]

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Thankful Thursday – November 12, 2015

Happy Thankful Thursday post day, ya’ll!  I’m so glad the “work two jobs” time of the month is done.  Sometimes it seems like a long two weeks yet they fly by in a blur.  #oxymoron   Is your week going well? 1.  We were closed for Veteran’s Day this past week.  A holiday throws the regular […]

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Thankful Thursday – November 5, 2015

Hey you guys!  I’m pressed for time – it’s that “work two jobs” time of the month and the days are flying by!  How’s your Thankful Thursday going for ya’ll?  How are you liking the time change and driving home in the dark?  You know my answer. 1.  I’ve worked 4 of the last 7 […]

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My homemade taco is the best

My Homemade Taco is the Best

My homemade taco is the best in the world – really.  At least Mister and I think so 🙂 I had my first taco when I was 17 and had moved from Maui to Washington to go to college.  I had never seen one before (I don’t think they existed on Maui back then; nor […]

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Thankful Thursday – October 29, 2015

Hi there peeps!  The days are getting noticeably shorter.  We will be turning our clocks back this weekend and just like that I’ll be leaving work in the dark again.  *sigh*  I am determined not to complain (too much) this Thankful Thursday post or anytime over the next several weeks. 1.  I made it back […]

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Thankful Thursday – October 22, 2015

I’m in the middle of my annual working conference at the moment, so this Thankful Thursday post will be short and sweet. 1.  My dizzy spells have subsided and I haven’t had any ‘episodes’ of anxiety while being here two hours from home.  I thank God becos I did not want to have something happen […]

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Thankful Thursday – October 15, 2015

It’s time for another Thankful Thursday post and this will be a quickie as I feel hurried.  I did get a wake-up call earlier in the work week to slow down tho.  I don’t like wake-up calls.  Kinda like a loud annoying alarm! 1.  So on the 4th, I saw some angles w/prism lights in […]

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