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Sugar Cookies, Pizzelles and Fudge
Last week, my sister mentioned that her boys would love to come over to meet my feline children. Her family had adopted two kittens over the past six months and it seems they have fallen under the spell of the purring furry kids, too. Since the kids are on Christmas break, I invited them to come over to my home to meet the kittens and to do some baking. The gang arrived in the late morning to meet...
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Gotta Love Sharing
Although I have kept journals for years, I have only been blogging for a few months. I am also an avid user of Facebook. I have noticed that many of my Facebook friends have their blogs linked to their Facebook accounts and wanted to do the same. A quick search on Google for “add Blogger to Facebook” pointed me to a handy little video to do just that. I quickly clicked over to the article “How to Add...
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It’s “Merry Christmas, ” Not “Happy Holidays”...
A recent conversation on Facebook was started when a friend of mine posted that she did not want to hear “Happy Holidays” or “Seasons Greetings,” but rather “Merry Christmas.” Her reasoning was quite sound: Jesus is the reason for the season. I do agree with her. Discussion ensued about Christmas programs now being called “Winter Programs” or “Holiday Programs” so that those who do not observe Christmas may be included in the festivities. There certainly has been a...
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Meet Kitty Number 3!
Last week, I adopted a new kitten. She is a domestic short hair, about six months old. I named her Ellie Mae Mews. The shelter I adopted her from, Catnap From the Heart, had been calling her “Muse” because she has so much to say. Ellie Mae has made a smooth transition into our household. My other two cats, Dexter and Jethro, seem to enjoy having her for a playmate. My dogs, Kelly and Chelsea, do not seem...
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Friends, Family & Fate
You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can’t forget. Those are your ‘friends.’Once again, life is showing me that people are placed within the lives of others for a reason. I originally met my friend, Beverly, some 13 years ago when her son joined the Cub Scout pack at the local school. Through the years we have been like sisters: we have laughed and cried together, we...