tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40899862911258473772024-03-13T03:06:12.428-07:00Old Maid NewIt is my belief that with age comes not only wisdom, but beauty as well. Thank you for visiting Old Maid New...a place where "all things will be made new again."Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.comBlogger663125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-56286694594861591032015-07-07T07:42:00.003-07:002015-07-07T07:52:45.133-07:00camera catch-up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
even though</div>
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i am blogging sporadically</div>
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at best</div>
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the intention is always there</div>
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and the camera proves it</div>
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the pictures it holds</div>
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aren't of family splashing in the pool</div>
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no...not those</div>
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i am firmly footed </div>
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in the moment</div>
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and for me</div>
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the lens distracts</div>
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much like those stupid</div>
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(but that's another post entirely</div>
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ha! yeah, right!)</div>
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the pictures in my camera</div>
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tell a story</div>
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or rather an intended story</div>
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of an outdoor concert</div>
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that found all those who braved the conditions</div>
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donning colorful tent-like ponchos</div>
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and even bigger smiles</div>
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that's not a flash</div>
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just as i got the shot</div>
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the stage lights</div>
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lit my gang up like that deer</div>
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in the headlights</div>
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there are rainy day fashion pics</div>
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that i wanted to share here</div>
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like a </div>
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<i>what to wear to an outdoor concert when it rains </i></div>
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it was going to be so good</div>
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another time</div>
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some day </div>
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in the future</div>
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when i am reminiscent</div>
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i can see myself sifting through</div>
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the many pictures wondering </div>
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who half the people are</div>
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<i>i have no idea</i></div>
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<i>but they sure know how to dress</i></div>
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<i>in the rain</i></div>
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moving forward</div>
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or rather scrolling forward</div>
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so many pictures</div>
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so little space...</div>
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i may have mentioned</div>
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our home is</div>
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an air-condition free environment</div>
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doors and windows are </div>
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sounds of life</div>
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fill my space</div>
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and a finished pool deck</div>
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beckons</div>
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lovin'</div>
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between the raindrops</div>
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this past weekend</div>
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was very nice</div>
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and allowed me to </div>
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finally!</div>
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get the outdoor furniture</div>
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out of storage</div>
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and i declared it officially summer</div>
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about that rain...</div>
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not weed</div>
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citronella</div>
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to combat that dreaded</div>
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MI State bird...</div>
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the mosquito.</div>
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the plants are</div>
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this has been an amazing</div>
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year for the</div>
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butterfly</div>
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and they are loving my milkweed</div>
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from weed to cupboard...</div>
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this was going to be a post</div>
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removing the gunk</div>
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that accumulates</div>
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and in the humid weather</div>
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almost grabs hold of you</div>
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as you try to open the</div>
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air-conditioning</div>
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my old friend</div>
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you are dearly missed</div>
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tried goo gone</div>
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the rag says win</div>
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but the continued stickiness said</div>
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a homeopathic remedy</div>
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blending oil with baking soda</div>
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and elbow grease</div>
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the after</div>
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after i gave it a spray of windex</div>
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to polish it it off?!</div>
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where was that smart phone when i needed it?</div>
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yeah i successfully</div>
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stripped the varnish off</div>
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and stained them windex blue</div>
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adding<i> paint cupboards</i> to the</div>
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what's next?</div>
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ping pong</div>
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stands at the ready</div>
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our badminton court</div>
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family and food<br />
things that certainly<br />
connect us all<br />
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<br />
good eats<br />
good times<br />
and<br />
funny sidebars<br />
that make your family<br />
uniquely yours<br />
and<br />
well...<br />
mine<br />
mine.<br />
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here's a scenario that just might<br />
ring a bell of<br />
familiarity<br />
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arriving home<br />
after a full day at work<br />
a grumbling stomach<br />
and an empty fridge greet you<br />
sure<br />
you could opt for carry-out<br />
but<br />
if you're anything like me<br />
(sorry if this is the case)<br />
you begin doing the math<br />
breaking down the upcoming purchase<br />
in terms of hourly rate<br />
thinking<br />
<i>is it worth 3 hours of my work day?</i><br />
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like magic<br />
the pantry and nature<br />
speak to you<br />
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canned tomatoes<br />
fresh parsley<br />
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onion</div>
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cucumber</div>
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boys who are willing to run to the store</div>
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for the missing ingredient</div>
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low sodium V8</div>
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armed with an idea</div>
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i begin the search for</div>
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the best vegan gazpacho soup recipe</div>
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funny thing</div>
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every time i google a recipe</div>
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i put <span style="font-size: large;">"the best"</span> in front of it</div>
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a little tip that hasn't failed me yet</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">:)</span></div>
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taking me to </div>
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toss all the gathered stuff</div>
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perfect</div>
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on a hot humid day</div>
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quick sidebar</div>
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in an attempt to save money</div>
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to get the family off the couch</div>
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and use that pool</div>
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i've declared this to be</div>
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(they love when i do this)</div>
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a summer without air-conditioning</div>
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except in extreme conditions</div>
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(i needed an out clause!)</div>
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hence</div>
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fans</div>
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cool showers</div>
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gazpacho!</div>
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don't know why i poured it all</div>
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into a soup pot first</div>
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maybe to encourage my gazpacho virgins</div>
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to think soup</div>
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not </div>
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to think meal</div>
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not appetizer</div>
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tell me</div>
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has anything like this ever happened to you?</div>
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as i was pouring the mix into the pot</div>
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i heard a crack</div>
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and the two little plastic hinges</div>
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holding the little lid in place</div>
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popped free</div>
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and broke off</div>
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i could only locate one</div>
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leaving me to think #2</div>
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was in the soup</div>
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great</div>
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<i>"chew carefully"</i></div>
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the savings i made wasn't worth</div>
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the cost of</div>
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future dental work</div>
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but good news</div>
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i stepped on it as i was getting</div>
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mug #2</div>
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cuz it really is the best</div>
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and told all to</div>
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eat free of fear</div>
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now normally </div>
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i'd end my post here with a cute</div>
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anecdote</div>
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this family of mine</div>
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keeps me laughing and i need to share the jokes</div>
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i love this one</div>
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maybe you've heard it</div>
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i can't tell you how many mornings</div>
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somehow</div>
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some way</div>
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the boys in my life believe</div>
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this means dishes are done</div>
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the soak that counts</div>
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requiring a second hot water soak</div>
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hmmm...</div>
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what up with that</div>
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???</div>
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then there's</div>
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breakfast pancakes</div>
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i've heard there are those</div>
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in the mixing bowl</div>
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not me</div>
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i'm onto<i> them</i></div>
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them being my guys</div>
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with my gang it's the count</div>
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that counts</div>
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one is one</div>
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and two is</div>
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two</div>
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i.e.,</div>
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one more than one</div>
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one more to</div>
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mentally</div>
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fill 'em up</div>
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they keep me laughing</div>
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i keep them guessing</div>
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it's the perfect</div>
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pairing</div>
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gotta love it</div>
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<b>BTW</b>...i'm loving Stephanie Tourles Creamy Cocoa Butter Lotion for Face and Body discussed in the next post...keep reading and google it if interested in finding the recipe. It's available on the web...gotta love that too :)</div>
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a rich vanilla cream</div>
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blended with</div>
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sweet orange</div>
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served in a cardboard cylinder</div>
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that once warmed</div>
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pushes up easily</div>
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while you savor each delicious</div>
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lick</div>
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yeah</div>
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like that</div>
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only</div>
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the scent takes you there</div>
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without any of the </div>
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<strike>guilt</strike></div>
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<strike>calories</strike></div>
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flavor</div>
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life is short<br />
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who i work with</div>
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when lunch time finds us</div>
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first impression </div>
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fabulous</div>
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then the after bite</div>
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of bitterness followed</div>
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taking me off guard</div>
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pretty strong</div>
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even though i used tender </div>
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young leaves</div>
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but saved the day with the main</div>
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dish</div>
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which paired perfectly </div>
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with the bitter leaf</div>
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Colin Byrne's Spicy Pasta</div>
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(google it...you'll want this one)</div>
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Who's Colin Byrne?</div>
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A character from a Susan Elizabeth Phillip's </div>
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novel </div>
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Ain't She Sweet</div>
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(because life's too short to read depressing books)</div>
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who enjoys his pasta with a kick</div>
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so do i</div>
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but</div>
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not quite as hot as he does</div>
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so i used only 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes</div>
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then topped with feta</div>
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and</div>
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kalamata olives</div>
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delizioso</div>
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alongside </div>
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sauteed dandelion greens</div>
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perfetto!</div>
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go ahead...</div>
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eat your greens!</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-28750274295501762532015-05-09T06:44:00.002-07:002015-05-09T06:53:21.940-07:00backyard forager :: dandelion leaves<div style="text-align: center;">
the conditions were </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>right</i></span></div>
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the timing</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>perfect</i></span></div>
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the sun</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>shining bright</i></span><br />
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who could ask for more</div>
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living on an acre</div>
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and a half</div>
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has its challenges</div>
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and </div>
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its rewards<br />
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i learned early on</div>
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that this family of mine</div>
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loves to play </div>
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outdoors</div>
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and they don't take it <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>easy</i></span> on the yard</div>
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biking</div>
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quading</div>
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badminton competing<br />
croquet playing</div>
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Frisbee throwing</div>
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ball catching</div>
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dog chasing<br />
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it sees a lot of action</div>
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a pristine </div>
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immaculate</div>
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plush manicured lawn</div>
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is a thing</div>
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found only in glossy magazines</div>
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or a drive through</div>
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a nearby subdivision</div>
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where each yard is a beautiful</div>
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shade of emerald</div>
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pulling in my drive</div>
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i see another type of beauty</div>
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in the</div>
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"weeds"</div>
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weeds that tolerate the hot</div>
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August heat</div>
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keep their nice shade of khaki<br />
intermingled with<br />
bright green crab grass<br />
beautifully self-maintained</div>
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without the constant watering</div>
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feeding</div>
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or treating with</div>
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-cides</div>
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necessary to keep the green</div>
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all that to say</div>
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my yard is </div>
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au naturale</div>
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like me!<br />
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i've trained my brain to think of</div>
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the dandelion </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>as a flower from heaven</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">my yard</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>God's flower bed</i></span></div>
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planting where He thinks best<br />
and</div>
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who am i to disagree<br />
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God don't make mistakes</div>
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is there any sweeter </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>mother's day gift</i></span></div>
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than a hand-picked bouquet</div>
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of dandelions</div>
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held by dirty, chubby little fingers</div>
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presented with</div>
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a big smile<br />
and love-filled eyes</div>
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i think<br />
not</div>
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this year </div>
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i turned my attention</div>
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to their leaves</div>
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i watch enough survivor shows</div>
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to be dangerous</div>
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and now</div>
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after a little research</div>
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i know<br />
i could live on these<br />
delicacies<br />
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when to pick:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>before the bloom</i></span></div>
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when leaves are tender<br />
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where to pick:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>where dandelions</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>prosper</i></span><br />
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what not to pick:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>roadside</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>chemically treated areas</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>doggie dumping grounds</i></span></div>
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in other words<br />
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i need go no further</div>
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than my </div>
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own backyard</div>
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(as well as front and side)</div>
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while dodging the dog kennel<br />
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with that<br />
common sense approach<br />
i went about the business<br />
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i hope you<br />
enjoyed this<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>garden tour</i></span></div>
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as i went about a little</div>
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backyard foraging<br />
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<br />
stop back for<br />
part 2<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>when i put these</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>garden greens</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>to good use</i></span></div>
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God bless the dandelion<br />
manna from heaven</div>
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what does your </div>
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garden hold?</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-6669236626767073822015-04-22T11:43:00.000-07:002015-04-22T11:43:15.619-07:00~the best part about vegan baking~<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>has absolutely</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>nothing</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>to do with </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>health benefits</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>or the fact that</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>to some</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>like me </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>:)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>it tastes better</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>because you know</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>there's good stuff</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>going in</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>while satisfying</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>that sweet tooth</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>often times</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>with fewer calories</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>to boot!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>but </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>that's not it either</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>sure there are growing numbers</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>of those with egg and milk</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>allergies</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>not to mention</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>new mamas</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>(hey jilly bean)</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>whose breastfed babes</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>can't tolerate dairy</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>and going vegan</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>just makes sense</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>especially if they'd like to enjoy </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>a few hours</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> of sleep at night</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>so...</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>when you want a cookie</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>and a cookie you </i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>must have</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>enter vegan baking</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rVBk4m-IgbA/VTfod1vALLI/AAAAAAAAKtY/hQd-lc8-99o/s1600/baking%2B002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rVBk4m-IgbA/VTfod1vALLI/AAAAAAAAKtY/hQd-lc8-99o/s400/baking%2B002.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>getting warmer</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>but</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>still not there</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>the number one reason</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>i encourage you </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>to try</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> vegan baking</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eP5FoiUV7fs/VTfpB1BCBcI/AAAAAAAAKto/XCwjrf0r9Ec/s1600/baking%2B007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eP5FoiUV7fs/VTfpB1BCBcI/AAAAAAAAKto/XCwjrf0r9Ec/s400/baking%2B007.JPG" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>you can lick the beaters</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>i seriously can't believe</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>that this hasn't been</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>talked about more</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>#lickthatbeater</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>followed by</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>scraping the bowl clean</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>with your finger</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>sampling</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>the raw goodness</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>without worry of</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>salmonella</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>just like when you were</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>a kid</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>remember</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> those days</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>of </i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>blissful ignorance?</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>well</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>they can once again</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>be yours</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Oh</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>happy day!</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-2996781868289620172015-04-21T07:15:00.001-07:002015-04-21T08:04:37.153-07:00top of the muffin to you<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>i don't get it...</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>the defining of things</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="http://stylonica.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/spring.jpg" height="266" width="400" /><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>case in point</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Old Maid New</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>a crafting</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>songwriting</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>God worshiping place</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>to hang out together</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KhEFhzUxSDc/VTZWmpvagDI/AAAAAAAAKrM/TL8iimQzb6U/s1600/spring%2B049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KhEFhzUxSDc/VTZWmpvagDI/AAAAAAAAKrM/TL8iimQzb6U/s400/spring%2B049.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>yoga </i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>one day</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>repurposing the next</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H7XmDAjDYcE/VTZWrkKuk8I/AAAAAAAAKrU/CBqTR75jhik/s1600/spring%2B053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H7XmDAjDYcE/VTZWrkKuk8I/AAAAAAAAKrU/CBqTR75jhik/s400/spring%2B053.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>lifestyling</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>vegan masterminding</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iW_0bsOeOTc/VTZWu3gisCI/AAAAAAAAKrc/Y1QRxQXdcIw/s1600/spring%2B059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iW_0bsOeOTc/VTZWu3gisCI/AAAAAAAAKrc/Y1QRxQXdcIw/s400/spring%2B059.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>throw in </i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>a wife's perspective</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>mother's club</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>homeschool woes and highlights sharing</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>grandmother's bragging</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WAFGyrUeKXk/VTZW764vfwI/AAAAAAAAKrs/fKhVd3SvucQ/s1600/spring%2B072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WAFGyrUeKXk/VTZW764vfwI/AAAAAAAAKrs/fKhVd3SvucQ/s400/spring%2B072.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>redecorating</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CPVSbbv9kCg/VTZW5bn7ExI/AAAAAAAAKrk/dpcNV0ZUREA/s1600/spring%2B065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CPVSbbv9kCg/VTZW5bn7ExI/AAAAAAAAKrk/dpcNV0ZUREA/s400/spring%2B065.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>maybe i should</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>organize my days</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>where mondays would be dedicated to</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>house-cleaning tips</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>tuesdays : creating</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>if only</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ymjj7mxLaHw/VTZW-ZpPDBI/AAAAAAAAKr0/_LRfSmYIqB0/s1600/spring%2B075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ymjj7mxLaHw/VTZW-ZpPDBI/AAAAAAAAKr0/_LRfSmYIqB0/s400/spring%2B075.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>if only</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>my mind worked that way</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>blessed are those who do</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--7I7Q5sKjxM/VTZXNURub8I/AAAAAAAAKsE/KM8GKN20huY/s1600/spring%2B077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--7I7Q5sKjxM/VTZXNURub8I/AAAAAAAAKsE/KM8GKN20huY/s400/spring%2B077.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>like you</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>however</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>one day i'm listening to country</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>the next ushers in a need</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>for Seger</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>i go with the flow</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>or try to</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>letting my inner child</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>that whimsical butterfly</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>direct my days</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>as much as she can</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>but alas</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> we all have</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>parameters</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>that prevent us from</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>fluttering off too far</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B2NfRS90wUc/VTZXPthGOMI/AAAAAAAAKsM/NK471a_rKEM/s1600/spring%2B079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B2NfRS90wUc/VTZXPthGOMI/AAAAAAAAKsM/NK471a_rKEM/s400/spring%2B079.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>and so it goes</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>today as i was making</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>banana nut muffins</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>from a whole foods workshop</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>topping them with my favorite stuff</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>~hemp seed love~</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>making a few small-sized</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> for</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>my little muffins</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>i thought of you</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>sure </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>i could wait for something </i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>really special to happen</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>before stopping in</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>or</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>i could sit for a spell</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>while munching on one of these beauties</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>and </i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>just say </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>hi...</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>how's it goin'</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>:)</i></span></div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-25961715508264390042015-03-22T08:03:00.000-07:002015-03-22T08:06:08.941-07:00inspired by :: marshmallow pops<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
ree drummond</div>
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aka</div>
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the pioneer woman</div>
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made these marshmallow pops</div>
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for her daughter's sleepover<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">
talk about your</div>
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coincidences<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
i was having a sleepover of </div>
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my own</div>
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who was busy</div>
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painting her masterpiece</div>
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what are the chances that i'd have</div>
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it was destiny</div>
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then again</div>
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ingredients</div>
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nope!</div>
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but straws will work in a pinch</div>
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melted chocolates in all flavors</div>
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notta!</div>
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slightly softened peanut butter</div>
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sprinkles?</div>
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oreo cookies?</div>
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no. no. and no.</div>
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chopped chocolate chips</div>
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for a peanut butter</div>
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marshmallow pop</div>
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are we genius or what?!</div>
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the first bite</div>
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confirmed it</div>
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yes we are!</div>
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our breakfast-dessert masterpiece</div>
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in their glamour shot!</div>
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thanks</div>
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pioneer woman</div>
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for inspiring fun</div>
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still having fun...</div>
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what have you all been up to?</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-88704971963539278472015-02-21T06:44:00.001-08:002015-02-21T06:44:01.706-08:00never too late<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>note:</i><br />
<i>i wrote this piece weeks ago and for whatever reason was unhappy with my words and decided against posting it...truly forgot about it until i stumbled upon it this morning...shocked myself when i saw the title sitting there in my unpublished posts... i clicked on it to remember what i had to say on the subject because these very words have been toying with my brain to the point that i have been writing a song with the same title...obviously something i'm trying to work out right now...so as you read this, please keep that in mind...it's an unfinished work in progress</i><br />
<i>i'm so close to figuring it all out</i><br />
<i>and i will undoubtedly share the findings here</i><br />
<i>until then</i><br />
<i> i will rejoice in the perfect imperfection.</i><br />
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life</div>
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a series of</div>
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baby steps</div>
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toward your genuine self</div>
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being true</div>
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being real</div>
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keeping it real</div>
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in a world full of one-liners</div>
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cliche or not</div>
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it presents its challenges </div>
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within this framework</div>
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of self</div>
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your mind is on a collision course</div>
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between</div>
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wants</div>
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needs</div>
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should's</div>
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should-not's</div>
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do's</div>
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don't-s</div>
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throw another being </div>
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into the picture</div>
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and the obstacles are doubled</div>
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quadrupled!</div>
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going beyond self</div>
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taking their perspective and feelings</div>
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into account</div>
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into consideration</div>
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filtering</div>
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the self<br />
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questioning<br />
self<br />
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unavoidable.<br />
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and<br />
left </div>
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wondering</div>
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what this</div>
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being real thing</div>
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would look like</div>
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chaotic</div>
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peaceful</div>
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miserable<br />
joyful<br />
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i'll let you know<br />
when i get<br />
there.</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-85525624669219193162015-02-02T08:41:00.000-08:002015-02-02T08:48:13.243-08:00artwork and musings<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><i>'...the more time you spend trying to meditate, the more time you have, because you bring more attention to the things that you're doing. Attention, expands time. If you bring more attention to a moment, then that moment is much longer. There's more that you can bring to the moment, more that you can take out of it. '</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><i>~author unknown</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><i>but i love it</i></span></div>
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letting that thought</div>
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as it</div>
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transforms my breakfast</div>
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from a simple wedge</div>
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the partial orb </div>
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taking an ordinary day</div>
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could be the blizzard conditions</div>
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whatever it is</div>
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i'm feeling</div>
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giddy as a school girl</div>
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an explosion of emotion</div>
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making its appearance</div>
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after the great snow</div>
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everything's gonna be alright</div>
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one has only to look</div>
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of contemporary art</div>
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to see</div>
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that what was true in my childhood days</div>
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I Love...</div>
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sunshine!</div>
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(upper left corner)</div>
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totally changes the mood</div>
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the sun is shining</div>
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once again</div>
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light source</div>
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most recently</div>
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brought to me</div>
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my girl Kierstin</div>
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who</div>
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because she wanted me to know</div>
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what i already knew</div>
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i am loved</div>
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holding hands</div>
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happy</div>
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hearts</div>
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a whole lotta</div>
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the snow</div>
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the wind</div>
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i will find</div>
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new insight</div>
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clarity</div>
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the attention</div>
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the attention</div>
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that expands time</div>
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and the moments</div>
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in turn</div>
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will be</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-21096468321964509942015-01-28T08:06:00.000-08:002015-01-28T08:28:35.743-08:00inspired by<div style="text-align: center;">
you never know when<br />
it will strike<br />
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yesterday<br />
while watching</div>
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Weather Channel's</div>
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Jim Cantore</div>
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giving credit</div>
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where</div>
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credit's due</div>
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he not only</div>
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reported</div>
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on</div>
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winter storm juno</div>
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with the gusto</div>
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that is </div>
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Jim Cantore</div>
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he strapped on some</div>
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snowshoes</div>
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and hoofed through nearly</div>
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two feet of powder</div>
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playing</div>
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exercising</div>
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oh yeah...</div>
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and working</div>
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in the past</div>
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i've seen him</div>
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ski while working!</div>
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this man </div>
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loves what he does</div>
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loves the great outdoors</div>
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you can read it in his eyes</div>
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totally in his element</div>
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it does a heart good</div>
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to see</div>
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a perfect balance of</div>
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passion and career choice</div>
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more than that</div>
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he got me</div>
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looking out my window</div>
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with</div>
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sunshine and temps</div>
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in the teens</div>
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and the long shadows</div>
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began</div>
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calling me</div>
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the list can wait</div>
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time to play</div>
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<i>a proving it</i></div>
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<i> selfie</i></div>
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a nearby metro park</div>
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was James' choice</div>
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and since he</div>
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agreed to my madness</div>
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i gave him that</div>
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we may not have been hit</div>
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with the blizzard</div>
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here in the Midwest</div>
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but there was</div>
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just enough snow on the ground</div>
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to provide some </div>
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resistance training</div>
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James </div>
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such a good sport</div>
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always willing to join me</div>
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we'll call it phys ed</div>
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other than our breath</div>
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the crunch of our boots</div>
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conversation</div>
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there was</div>
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quiet</div>
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the kind of quiet</div>
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be heard</div>
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in</div>
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winter woods</div>
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alone</div>
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without another human in sight</div>
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we enjoyed</div>
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the peace</div>
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that blue sky</div>
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confirmed it</div>
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this day was meant</div>
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encountered</div>
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with silence on that scale</div>
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every sound </div>
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had us turning</div>
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imagining</div>
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something</div>
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someone</div>
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was watching us</div>
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and oh</div>
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they were</div>
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close eye</div>
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on us</div>
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Jim Cantore</div>
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life is a gift...</div>
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as winter firmly<br />
establishes<br />
itself</div>
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time is increasingly</div>
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spent</div>
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indoors</div>
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life happens</div>
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within the four walls</div>
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of home</div>
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holds</div>
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music</div>
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songs studied</div>
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songs written and sung</div>
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ambitious endeavors</div>
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during January days</div>
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when determination </div>
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studying</div>
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a boot worn</div>
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on the Mediterranean Sea</div>
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an endless tournament</div>
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like a lady in waiting</div>
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encouraging</div>
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in its silent way</div>
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to sit together</div>
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to play a game</div>
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when the television</div>
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than </div>
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a guest</div>
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and the table</div>
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tells all</div>
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computer time</div>
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Italian time</div>
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magazine-ing</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>dreaming</i></span></div>
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about trying new things</div>
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cross-country skiing</div>
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trail hiking</div>
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so much learning</div>
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before settling in</div>
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for another Netflix movie marathon</div>
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gathering </div>
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providing the space and garlic bread</div>
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catch up</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-65814875323214279082015-01-12T08:30:00.002-08:002015-01-12T08:34:10.500-08:00for the love of complaining<div style="text-align: center;">
Like salt</div>
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in an exposed</div>
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wound</div>
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"Fiji...</div>
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you've never been?</div>
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...when my plane lands</div>
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I shed all my clothes</div>
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and for a week</div>
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I gallivant around the island naked."</div>
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--Mad About You</div>
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"I said YES to a big adventure...</div>
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and just this week</div>
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booked a flight</div>
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to Bali!"</div>
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--Amanda Soule</div>
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"We're going to Mexico</div>
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in February...</div>
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why don't you come?</div>
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I bet you could still </div>
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rock a bikini."</div>
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--D.B. @ the Christmas party</div>
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after a few beers</div>
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Always on the back of my mind</div>
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while holiday feasting</div>
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meager </div>
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though growing</div>
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summer attire</div>
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search through clearance sites</div>
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for a new bathing suit</div>
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Oh </div>
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the bother!</div>
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2014</div>
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with its record snowfall</div>
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proved to be difficult</div>
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for the housing industry</div>
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and so</div>
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my husband did not make quota</div>
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i.e.,</div>
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Aruba will not be seeing us.</div>
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What a relief!</div>
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Right?</div>
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Wrong!</div>
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For I remember...</div>
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the dread was immediately</div>
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when the plane went from cold to warm</div>
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when my feet hit the white beach</div>
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warm balmy breezes caressing my body</div>
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clothes traded in for a tankini</div>
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an </div>
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island surprise</div>
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ahhh...</div>
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in a word</div>
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lovely</div>
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the only thing that could have made</div>
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without co-workers</div>
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(who are great people</div>
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just Rudy and Jenny</div>
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being</div>
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Rudy and Jenny</div>
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damn near</div>
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perfect</div>
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not that I wouldn't be posting</div>
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a sad tale if the situation</div>
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were reversed</div>
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mind you</div>
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of having to lose 10 pounds in </div>
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3 weeks</div>
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or</div>
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finding a suit for my body type</div>
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with skin</div>
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whiter than snow</div>
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oh...</div>
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boo-hoo-</div>
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a sorry truth</div>
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about myself</div>
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I love the snow</div>
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I love the sand</div>
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do I love to </div>
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complain!</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-8844692837432559502015-01-07T07:56:00.000-08:002015-01-07T07:56:13.322-08:00winter blue<div style="text-align: center;">
If each month were assigned</div>
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a color</div>
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January's</div>
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would have to be given</div>
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blue</div>
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i did not take this picture</div>
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the closest i could find</div>
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in winter landscape images</div>
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that resembled a moment</div>
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that found me </div>
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without my camera</div>
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regardless</div>
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i knew at the time</div>
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all the shades of blue</div>
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the denim of my jeans</div>
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the slate interior of our ford pickup</div>
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driving through fresh snow</div>
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reflective of the glacial cloudless sky</div>
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perfect lighting that only nature can provide</div>
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couldn't possibly be fully captured</div>
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with a mere photo</div>
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at the time</div>
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i said aloud to James</div>
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<i>this is what winter looks like</i></div>
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winter blue</div>
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and we started a conversation</div>
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on how we wished we could</div>
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"capture"</div>
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such moments with a camera</div>
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alas</div>
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knowing</div>
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how fruitless</div>
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the attempt would be</div>
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for us at least</div>
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amateur photographers</div>
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its the essence</div>
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the feelings</div>
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the complexities</div>
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the whole of it</div>
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not just a small snippet</div>
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rather</div>
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the completeness</div>
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i think it's closely linked</div>
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to the emotions</div>
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that are stirred in you</div>
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a memory that is created</div>
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while at the same time</div>
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with years to go by</div>
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a memory tapped into</div>
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a reference</div>
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that was cataloged</div>
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for the very reason</div>
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you found yourself digging in</div>
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your purse</div>
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coming away with the realization</div>
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that you left both your camera and i-phone</div>
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home</div>
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so with a blink of the eyes</div>
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a prayer in your heart</div>
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because you are wise with those years</div>
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the hope</div>
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that this memory will be there</div>
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to hold onto </div>
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as a reminder</div>
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of how beautiful</div>
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January</div>
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can be.</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-74646187977743591072015-01-01T09:31:00.003-08:002015-01-01T09:34:17.957-08:00a new year<div style="text-align: center;">
With the blissful blur<br />
known as December<br />
behind us<br />
<br /></div>
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the work parties</div>
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the gift finding</div>
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the wrapping in colorful paper</div>
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the decorating with jewels from the attic</div>
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bringing to mind</div>
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Christmases past</div>
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the remembering</div>
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the snicker doodles </div>
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peanut butter cookies with blossoming</div>
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chocolate kisses</div>
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pecan roca candy</div>
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the card sending and receiving</div>
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the feeling of joy when the mail is brought in </div>
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a little pile assembled</div>
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opening each with a smile</div>
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the stressful moments</div>
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which I had hoped would pass me by</div>
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finding me</div>
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right on time</div>
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the Christmas Eve family service</div>
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singing of carols</div>
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two special girls at the alter</div>
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listening to a story with</div>
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growing impatience</div>
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the family gathering</div>
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smaller than usual</div>
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just as sweet</div>
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with all the trimmings</div>
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that make it</div>
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our Christmas</div>
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with all that behind us</div>
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we settle down</div>
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for a quiet night</div>
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alone</div>
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just the four of us</div>
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with plans for game night</div>
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traded in for</div>
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Netflix </div>
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binging on</div>
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Blue Bloods</div>
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tending to a </div>
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Christmas cold</div>
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that some did not avoid</div>
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game night will have to wait</div>
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instead</div>
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the warming by a fire</div>
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drink at hand</div>
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a pizza and Greek salad</div>
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celebration</div>
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the falling asleep</div>
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on a couch that bears my imprint </div>
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the wakening with a shake at midnight</div>
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to welcome in the new year</div>
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sharing of kisses</div>
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and wishes</div>
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and a secret</div>
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that you have a feeling</div>
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a hunch, actually</div>
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that 2015</div>
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is going to be</div>
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a very good year.</div>
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quite possibly</div>
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the best year yet...</div>
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and that my friends </div>
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is my simple wish</div>
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<br /></div>
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my prayer</div>
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for each of you.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year.</span></div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-38250447503510870352014-12-01T07:09:00.002-08:002014-12-01T07:09:42.144-08:00a joyful greeting<div style="text-align: center;">
with the turn<br />
of a<br />
page<br />
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i've gone from</div>
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not only</div>
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november to december</div>
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but</div>
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duck to goat</div>
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:)</div>
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earthy golden hues</div>
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dear friend</div>
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so good to </div>
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see you</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-8794004490102375102014-11-29T14:44:00.001-08:002014-11-29T14:53:45.491-08:00thankful, outrageously<div style="text-align: center;">
in the spirit of</div>
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giving thanks</div>
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we often look at the biggies</div>
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life</div>
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love</div>
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health</div>
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for which i am truly blessed</div>
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we may look to the small</div>
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often overlooked </div>
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beauty<br />
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nature's bounty<br />
of sunrise and sunset<br />
flower and fauna</div>
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clean air and water</div>
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for which i strive</div>
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to consciously</div>
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give due notice</div>
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and then</div>
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there are those</div>
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glimmers of perfection</div>
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that almost take your </div>
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breath</div>
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like that first</div>
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taste of the turkey</div>
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that has been filling your home</div>
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and it is declared </div>
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delicious</div>
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gathered around</div>
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in the smallest room</div>
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to be together</div>
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rolls in the oven</div>
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gravy made to utopian standards</div>
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(thanks, susie)</div>
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the traditional sides</div>
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kept warm</div>
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why</div>
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even the dogs</div>
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know</div>
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that something great</div>
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is about to happen</div>
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and they stay</div>
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close</div>
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while mom and sue</div>
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help every step of the way</div>
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cutting and chopping</div>
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stirring and tasting</div>
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providing the necessary dose</div>
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of laughter</div>
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sons who graciously help</div>
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wherever needed</div>
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a husband who not only carves</div>
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wow</div>
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a time for</div>
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thanksgiving</div>
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indeed</div>
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good food</div>
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good drink</div>
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fun words</div>
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served up with the </div>
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pumpkin pie</div>
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after dinner coffee</div>
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wishing it wouldn't end</div>
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that we could stall time</div>
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just this once</div>
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then</div>
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as if in answer</div>
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the snow began to fall</div>
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temperatures dropped</div>
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making room in my </div>
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crowded frig</div>
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road conditions worsened</div>
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and just like that</div>
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the fun was extended with</div>
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an overnight guest </div>
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holding onto this time a bit longer</div>
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we watched a movie</div>
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drank a hot toddy</div>
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before</div>
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finally giving in to sleep</div>
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waking with mom</div>
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enjoying her morning presence</div>
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over a coffee and a </div>
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big</div>
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breakfast</div>
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remembering childhood dreams</div>
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prayers</div>
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that a day</div>
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could somehow last</div>
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forever</div>
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and like any prayer</div>
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God answered</div>
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and granted a memory</div>
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that will do</div>
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just that.</div>
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amen.</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-38175237004818141462014-11-22T07:32:00.000-08:002014-11-22T07:32:25.759-08:00courage and creativity<div style="text-align: center;">
there are<br />
those days<br />
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that regardless of the weather<br />
quite possibly<br />
because of the weather<br />
you come to the<br />
decision<br />
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<i>yes!</i><br />
<i>let's go</i><br />
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sure<br />
you're already succumbing<br />
to the call<br />
of hibernation<br />
and it seems such an effort<br />
to go out<br />
in the evening<br />
which is quickly balanced by<br />
the knowledge<br />
that the winter is oh so long<br />
and you<br />
go<br />
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to see</div>
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to hear</div>
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a beautiful woman</div>
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speak to a hall</div>
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packed with other women</div>
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and a few men</div>
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who have pulled themselves from</div>
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their respective couches</div>
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as well</div>
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to brave the weather</div>
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to leave feeling</div>
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renewed</div>
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inspired</div>
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to write</div>
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dance</div>
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sing</div>
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create</div>
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their hearts</div>
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joy</div>
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words and ideas</div>
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freely shared</div>
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without apology</div>
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authenticity has a way</div>
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of speaking to your heart</div>
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and you just know</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-87467423871679331862014-11-21T10:58:00.002-08:002014-11-21T10:58:40.237-08:00this moment<div style="text-align: center;">
taking pleasure<br />
in the now<br />
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with a still life<br />
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<i>a trio in waiting</i></div>
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What child is this?</div>
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our family favorite...</div>
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Play a song.</div>
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Let your voice be heard!</div>
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Enjoy the stills </div>
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xo</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-29590766318430940022014-11-19T14:40:00.002-08:002014-11-19T14:40:58.615-08:00fwinter<div style="text-align: center;">
with record breaking temps<br />
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that chill to</div>
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the unprepared bone</div>
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"fwinter"</div>
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with pumpkins and autumnal wreaths</div>
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a sweet batch of parsley</div>
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that the local rabbit</div>
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lawn furniture</div>
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then </div>
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on my return</div>
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mr. gnome</div>
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with an expression that once spoke</div>
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a warm welcome</div>
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today stares back </div>
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like a ready or not</div>
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war cry</div>
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new season</div>
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with a warm</div>
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holiday</div>
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snovember</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-89267581503744006952014-11-12T05:05:00.000-08:002014-11-12T05:09:34.870-08:00kaylee's day<div style="text-align: center;">
how blessed i am<br />
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to live right up the street<br />
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to have the privilege<br />
of making the<br />
"important people<br />
who can pick me up<br />
from my pre-school bus stop"<br />
list<br />
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an early afternoon</div>
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can't sit still long enough for a picture</div>
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cookie break</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-82284281295957397062014-11-08T09:28:00.001-08:002014-11-08T09:33:22.331-08:00dear diary<div style="text-align: center;">
sorry i haven't<br />
been writing lately<br />
but some weeks<br />
get away from you<br />
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ideas and thoughts<br />
will pop in my head<br />
and i feel that old<br />
excitement<br />
to share them here<br />
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to you</div>
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one constant</div>
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because you have to eat</div>
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no matter how busy</div>
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pretty greens </div>
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on vintage corelle plates</div>
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to start the day</div>
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seriously good stuff</div>
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the recipe will require</div>
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light and moist</div>
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an absolute favorite</div>
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dare i say it</div>
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served alongside</div>
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crusty bread</div>
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as the last of the leaves are collected</div>
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halloween stored away</div>
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for a spell</div>
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a week flies by</div>
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forgive me diary</div>
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but there is </div>
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much living to</div>
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just last night</div>
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i talked my sister sue</div>
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first time for us</div>
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glow zumba party</div>
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with glo-sticks</div>
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followed by</div>
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every day may not be</div>
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a perfectly vegan life</div>
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correction</div>
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unpredictable way</div>
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vegan or nacho</div>
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dance or couch time</div>
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jack-o-lantern or cornucopia</div>
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always</div>
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enjoying</div>
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the</div>
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ps</div>
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to stop by again soon</div>
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please do the same</div>
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until then...</div>
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keep enjoying</div>
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xo</div>
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Old Maid Newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991284434693106958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4089986291125847377.post-19679995784741684832014-11-02T05:11:00.002-08:002014-11-02T05:11:49.966-08:00oh no i'm not<div style="text-align: center;">
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the one morning<br />
each year</div>
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that i look at</div>
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my clock and think</div>
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<i>late for church</i></div>
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