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Since I’m fast approaching retirement age, I’ve been on a quest to reevaluate my spending habits. Inspired by rereading Amy Dacyczyn’s The Tightwad Gazette, that I reviewed in my earlier post, Hero Worship, it occurred to me that saving more and using less could be as Plain as the Nose on My Face.
Tri-Colored Roasted Potato Salad came about because I’m on a diet. Did I mention that I’m on a diet? Oh – yes, I did {grin}. In these posts: Cankles and Zits Caprese Salad Roll-ups Coffee Banana Protein Smoothie Confessions of the Incredible Shrinking Woman Anyway, the 4th of July happened. As it does every year. Now Charlie and I weren’t planning…
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Cousins: The definition is missing the meaning, at least in our family. We are lucky, but I’d like to think many other families are as fortunate. If I were to write the definition of cousins according to my family it would go something like this: a playmate through childhood, sharing wonderful family memories. best friends through all stages of life,…
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Welcome to the inaugural post of the monthly series about what my husband, Charlie, read the previous month! For background on why I started this series, read my previous post: The Voracious Reader. Charlie reads all the time. Hours upon hours upon hours (lucky guy). So, this first post in this ongoing series is what Charlie read in June 2013.
“The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t wish away your days waiting for better ones ahead.” – Marjorie Pay Hinkley Tootles,
Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m seriously jealous of my husband, Charlie. Seriously. Why? Because he gets to read – a lot. Everyday. For hours. The Voracious Reader. Consuming such a great quantity of books that it is hard for me to keep him in books. Why do I “keep him in books” instead of him doing that for himself? …
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