I’ve got a crush – an orange crush – on this magnificent plant! It’s a “Mexican Bird of Paradise” and we’ve had it in our landscape for about 2 years. They are so beautiful at this moment that I picked some the other day and created the above bouquet by just placing them in this orange vase. I’ve taken multiple…
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Making a Grocery List Clipboard with My Personal Assistant
I have a Personal Assistant. How many of you out there have one of those? While I’m eternally grateful to have him in my life, he really doesn’t contribute much in the way of “assistance.” Yet, I keep giving him raises and singing his praises! Rather than being a great assistant, he is “resistant” of my many attempts at creativity…
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Getting There
“Feel pride in how far you’ve come and confidence in where you’re going.” – Author Unknown Princess P walking a tree-lined path in her Snow White costume – confident in where she is going. Tootles,
The Accidental Picker
This is my car, “Petunia, the Picking Pilot” on a day the girls and I hit a couple of garage sales. Confession: I’m an “obsessor”. To clarify, I am always at one moment/day/week/month, obsessed with something and when I’ve satisfied my “obsession” (possibly could be acknowledged as an “itch”), I move on to something else. But, there is always something…
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Crazy Mommy’s Kid-Friendly Silly Summer Spaghetti
The other night, I threw together something I called “Silly Summer Spaghetti”. I had 3 kids to feed that night (the Princesses P and a cousin), so I just looked in my fridge and decided to get creative with something easy and quick. Here’s the recipe: Above is the adult version of Silly Summer Spaghetti. And, for your listening pleasure,…
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The Floodgate
Since I just did my first voice memo about my dinner and I realized how easy it is, I decided that I would take a couple quick, quiet minutes to sneak into the garage and try this voice post out. I think I may have just opened a “floodgate” because I have so much running through my mind and so…
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