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Claiming My Blog 30 Jun 2013 | 08:55 pm

Follow my blog with Bloglovin As Reader comes to an end, I have decided to join several of my favorite blog friends on Bloglovin'. I have no idea if this is the best way to read blogs, but I am going...

Hospice and Hope... 27 Jun 2013 | 09:28 am

Our family has recently received some news, and I wanted to share it here with my blog friends. My sweet mother in law has been admitted to Hospice. This happened very, very suddenly a few weeks ago....

Finding True Love at 80 or Happy Endings Are Not Just For The Young! 3 Jun 2013 | 03:44 am

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE During the 1970's, this photograph was taken in my aunt's dining room at my maternal grandmother's wedding reception.  Lovingly known to everyone...

Rude, Crude, and Aesthetically Unacceptable... 18 May 2013 | 07:25 am

Got your attention, didn't I? Bet you're wondering why Mr. Magpie is wearing that look of stunned horror on his face. (He took this picture of himself and messaged it to me!) It has to do with the f...

Celebrating Steel Magnolias 14 May 2013 | 04:06 am

Truvy: What are your colors, Shelby? Shelby: My colors are "blush" and "bashful". M'Lynn: Her colors are "pink" and "pink". Shelby: My colors are "blush" and "bashful", Mama! M'Lynn: How precious ...

Mouse In The House! 3 May 2013 | 06:42 pm

Psssssssssssssssst... Hey, You! Yes, YOU! Would you like to swing on a star? Carry moonbeams home in a jar? And be better off than you are? Or would you rather be a mouse? A mouse is an animal ...

She Sells Sea Shells... 27 Apr 2013 | 06:44 am

Around this time two springs ago (yes, I've had this post stored in draft for two years and just found it!), I placed an order for a very special shell heart... A Mother's Day gift for my mother in l...

One Nation Under God, Indivisible... 16 Apr 2013 | 05:42 pm

Prayers to the Survivors and to the Victims of the Attack in Boston on Patriots Day. Out of respect, comments on this post (as well as all the others) have been turned off/hidden.  If anyone is visit...

In Loving Memory Of Our First Godson... 12 Mar 2013 | 05:50 am

Child of the pure, unclouded brow And dreaming eyes of wonder, Though time be fleet and I and thou Are half a life asunder, Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairytale. The wo...

BIG NEWS! I Just Got Word From England That Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant! 4 Dec 2012 | 02:52 am

And this time, it's for real!  Yes, Prince William is going to be a father, and this child will be the third in line to the British throne.  They recently changed the primogeniture law that had male c...

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