I have those boxes. You have them too. We’re smart enough to put them in “acid-free” boxes, but the photos are certainly not in a photo album. They are not organized, nice and neat, so that anyone can enjoy them. Technology has rescued us. Here, I’ll list some of the new scanners that will digitize [...]
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“Desert Salt” is a common ingredient in many Spa Exfoliation Products. It softens skin, removes dead skin and eliminates toxins. You might already have it sitting in a green box in your laundry room. It’s simply 20 Mule Team Borax. If it’s not there, try looking in the laundry aisle at the grocery store – [...]
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He came down with a fever. Lethargic, no other symptoms. The pediatrician ‘s nurse said to keep him hydrated; a virus is going around, and it usually lasts 5 days. Four days later, I make the call to the pediatrician again — because I’m thinking that by now, I should see that shift. You know the [...]
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Did I ever tell you about the time I almost invested $10,000 in my very own Chihuly Vase? After my fourth son was born, and he was still an infant, and my husband was out of town all weekend, and I was DETERMINED (I’m like that) not to let a sweet little baby stand in [...]
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Here are the answers to the little game from yesterday’s post, Little Known Code Words to Get Kids to Eat. Christopher, you did very well. Your right answers have this *. The “answers” come from Frank and Ernest. Georgia pie: is really Peach Pie — and Christopher was right with the “horticulture of Georgia angle” [...]
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I had a real-life encounter with Mr. Rogers, and a post on Just Thinking reminded me of this. He was the guest speaker at a public televison conference I attended. (Former life, former job.*) We thought he was going to teach us about children’s television programming, how to market the shows, and how to create [...]
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Several Kissing Techniques are explored, including the french kiss, the behind veil kiss and the against the wall kiss.
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Snow Ice Cream Recipe is Here: It’s at the bottom of this post: My children’s “I Come From” for today only, might read something like this … My Mom sent me to school, but it was closed… Three days in the row of having no school . . . Having the honor to accompany my [...]
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I WON! The George Ella Lyons I Am From Writing contest. For instructions for writing your own George Ella Lyon poem, read here: I am from formica counter tops, Sunrise Easter Services, brown cinnamon swirls made from leftover dough, and ice cream socials in the spring. I am from sunburns sprayed with Solarcaine, and homemade [...]
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