#WeekendCoffeeShare – Thanksgiving and My #MaryKay Debut Party

How about a slice of homemade pumpkin pie and maybe a cup of hot tea?  We have several flavors to choose from. It’s  been on the hectic side.  In the midst of making lemon meringue and pumpkin pie for a family get together for Thanksgiving on thursday, I was also getting the legwork done for … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare – Thanksgiving and My #MaryKay Debut Party →

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Flower of the Day – Nov 24, 2015

I was inspired to do this by Cee N. Photography  Not somethings I usually do (post pictures of flowers), but I have a picture from the other day and thought  “why not”.  Actually, I WAS going to just put the pic in a comment on Cee’s blog, but didn’t see a way to do so… … Continue reading Flower of the Day – Nov 24, 2015 →

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#NaBloPoMo – DailyPost: Outsiders

This is actually from yesterday on Daily Post – Outsiders. Being on theoutside looking in…  That’s pretty much been on the outside looking in.  Didn’t have hardly any friends, wasn’t invited to parties, didn’t have a date for prom.  But then I don’t know that I ever cared all that much.  I’ve never really worried … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – DailyPost: Outsiders →

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#NaBloPoMo – Share Your World: Week 46

Here’s another challenge, hosted by Cee Neur of Cee N Photography. Share Your World – Week 46 What type of popular candy you do not like to get? Is this a trick question, Cee?  I think I like most candies out there.  I will see that I am not a huge fan of cherry flavored … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – Share Your World: Week 46 →

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#NaBloPoMo – Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Patterns

Here’s my entry for this week Black & White Challenge   Filed under: Challenges, photo challenges, Uncategorized Tagged: Black & White, NaBloPoMo

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#NaBloPoMo – Follow Friday Fill In Fun

Each week  Hillary from Feeling Beachie posts 4 “Fill-In” style questions.  Here are the questions for this week’s challenge. I am ____ on ____ so ______ When was the last time you _________ I always make a wish when ____________________. . I wish I lived __________ because_____________. Here they are with my answers: I am … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – Follow Friday Fill In Fun →

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#NaBloPoMo – #SkyWatch Friday

 I do believe I took this photo this morning.  Litte bit of a haze as I recall Filed under: photo challenges, Uncategorized Tagged: NaBloPoMo, NanoPoblano, skywatch

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#NaBloPoMo – One Full, and Satisfying Day

Pretty routine friday morning.  Get up around 4:30 am.  Get son up about 6am or thereabouts (this morning he actually got up on his own).  Once I had my son off to school, It was back home to get hubby off to a physical therapy appointment (after a quick stop to pick up a key … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – One Full, and Satisfying Day →

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#NaBloPoMo – Share Your World: Week 45

Here is is this weeks Share Your World – Week 45 What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “fun”? I’m really not what you’d call an adventurous person.  For me, fun is more along the lines of mundane than anything else.  Give me a good book and a nice … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – Share Your World: Week 45 →

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#NaBloPoMo – #DailyPrompt: Secret Admirer

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Secret Admirers.” Me, Have a bouquet flowers waiting for me as I return home? That would be a surprise…  A welcome surprise but none the less a surprise.  Personally, I like roses – I mean who doesn’t, right??  A bouquet of Double Delights would be nice.   … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – #DailyPrompt: Secret Admirer →

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#NaBloPoMo – #DailyPost: No Apologies

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “No Apologies.” No Apologies What’s the one guilty pleasure you have that’s so good, you no longer feel guilty about it? I guess my one “guilty pleasure” would be sweets.  You could say I have one heck of a sweet tooth.  Some of my favorites are from … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – #DailyPost: No Apologies →

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#NaBloPoMo – #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, Nov 1-7

Bit late in the day for coffee at this point, although I did just enjoy a glass of soda. Yesterday I finally got the application turned in for my son to be considered for enrollment to Sonoron Science & Math Academy next year (in which he will enter High School.  The main issue look to … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, Nov 1-7 →

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#NaBloPoMo – Follow Friday Fill In Fun

Here are the statements as posted by Hillary over at Feeling Beachie  I think ____ is so tasty Sometimes I ____ about ______ ____keeps me_____________________. I got over ________________ by___________________. And my Answers: I think Pomegranate is so tasty. Sometimes I dream about being self sufficient. Mary Kay Timewise®keeps me Moisturized. I got over my fear … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – Follow Friday Fill In Fun →

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#NaBloPoMo – #DailyPost Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Today’s post is the Daily post challenge – Planes, Trains and Automobiles You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, or car? (Or something else entirely — bike? Hot air balloon?) As a child I always enjoyed sitting in the airport terminal,  when I would travel, and watching the airplanes  taxiing to and from … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – #DailyPost Planes, Trains, and Automobiles →

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#NaBloPoMo – Sorry I missed Yesterday

Yesterday I was pretty much on the go most all day.   Starting with a a check of my Mary Kay facial boxes (along with a quick run to my son’s school to pick up  some of his school work) in the late morning.    That took me a couple hours  and by the time … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo – Sorry I missed Yesterday →

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Photo A Week: Pretty In Pink.

Pink… My all-time favorite color. Decided to add color to my black outfit…. Fitting since I was headed to a a Mary Kay booth event the day I wore this (at which there was a black “MaryKay” t-shirt for me to burrow)   And there’s my “Pretty In Pink” gift set  Filed under: Challenges, photo challenges, … Continue reading Photo A Week: Pretty In Pink. →

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Two In One Day — Wowzer. A bit about yesterday’s booth event

So yesterday I did my first Mary Kay booth event (which I had said I would post about after the event…. It actually went well except that it was super slow.  We kind of expected that in the morning given that a lot of people were probably in church.  But we did expect it to … Continue reading Two In One Day —  Wowzer.  A bit about yesterday’s booth event →

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#NaBloPoMo & #ShareYourWorld

This month is both National Novel Writing Month and National Blog Post Month.  I’m participating in the latter on all 4 of my blogs, so be sure and check them out Taini Writes Life Happens at The Carrs Public Safety Tidbits So my post for today is for Cee’s Share Your World – Week 43 Okay, … Continue reading #NaBloPoMo & #ShareYourWorld →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, Nov 1 – Off to my first MK booth event

Howdy everyone.  Sorry I haven’t been doing much in the way of blogging lately….  Back in September  there was the excuse of the fall holidays keeping me busy, plus the starting of my business as an Independent Beauty Consultant with Mary Kay…..  Speaking of which,  I’m going to be doing a Facebook “debut”  party in … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, Nov 1 – Off to my first MK booth event →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, Oct 04

Looks like I, yet again, missed a week in the Weekend Coffee Share.  I never got around to doing last week’s CoffeeShare….  Figures. I recently made the leap to giving Pericope  a try.   I’ve only done a handful of scopes myself (between two accounts) – I think maybe half a dozen give or take. … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, Oct 04 →

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Friday Fill-In Fun – Week 233

Did you check out my Mary Kay Facebook page and Personal Website. “Always” and “Never” thinking  is (almost) always  wrong. The TV show Air Crash Investigation is (one of) my all time favorites because there’s a lot you can learn that also applies to other areas that are of interest to me. I want to discover … Continue reading Friday Fill-In Fun – Week 233 →

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Share Your World – 09/28/2015

Which way does the toilet paper roll go? Over or under? Under If you were a crayon, what color would you be? I’d say either Pink or Purple, seeing as how those are my 2 favorite colors.  Not that long ago, a good friend of mine wrote a short piece for me called “Purple Is” … Continue reading Share Your World – 09/28/2015 →

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#DailyPost: Lazy Learners

Is there something you’ve always wanted to learn but haven’t gotten around to? What is it and what’s stopping you from mastering the skill? Actually it’s something I’ve learned before, was actually certified in in the State of Oregon (If I could only find record of the certification – Did I only imagine that I … Continue reading #DailyPost: Lazy Learners →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, Sept 20

Hey everyone.  Got a couple quick things to share with you as we sit down for Coffee/Tea/What-Have-You.  I’ll try to make this relatively short.  As I write type this,  I am also in the process of emailing myself the rest of the photos I took from this mornings “Climb 4 The Fallen” event.  I’ll be … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, Sept 20 →

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#SkyWatch Friday: Sept 18, 2015 – 2

Saguaro against a Sunset Sky  Filed under: photo challenges Tagged: skywatch, skywatch friday

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#SkyWatch Friday: Sept 18, 2015

The sun is peaking through the tree branches.  Had to try several shots to get right angle to see sun but not end up washing out photo.     Check out other SkyWatch Friday enteies Filed under: photo challenges Tagged: skywatch, skywatch friday

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, Sept 06

Gosh,  Can’t believe it’s really been 2 months (give or take) since I last participated in the weekly Coffee Share – Make sure you head over to check out other “Coffee Shares” –  (hosted by Diane over at Part Time Monster). First, let me share the AWESOME news with you all….  Your ready for this???  I made my … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, Sept 06 →

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Quarantine

A month! I can’t believe I’m going to be stuck in this room an entire month. I might as well be in prison.  A month. That’s how long the doctor says it’ll take for them to find a cure for my disease – And they will find a cure, I am assured.  The good news. … Continue reading Quarantine →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, July 12 – 25

Joining in for another Weekend Coffee Share   I have to apologize for missing last weeks Coffee Share, and, for jumping in and out on this week so fast.  It seems like it’s been so crazy around here that I can’t even recall what was happening last weekend that I missed out…  Or maybe it … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, July 12 – 25 →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, July 05 – 11

Joining in for another Weekend Coffee Share Sorry to jump in and out.  To be honest, I nearly forgot all about doing our weekly coffee share in the midst of everything els I was working on….  If truth be told, there really ins’t much to share this week. I’ve been spending a pretty good amount … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, July 05 – 11 →

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I Don’t Hate People, I just (sometimes) Hate dealing with them.

For the most part I think people are pretty decent and good people.  I’ve made a number of friends on Facebook and Twitter that I would like to have the opportunity to meet in person. some day (yeah, wishful thinking)…  Plus I’ve made a few friends & acquaintances over the years.  Some I talk to … Continue reading I Don’t Hate People, I just (sometimes) Hate dealing with them. →

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Just Going Through the Motions

Having one of those days where I can’t help but feel as if sometimes I’m just going through the motions of life and that it has no real direction or meaning to it…. Before I go further with this post, let me just clarify that NO, I have no thoughts of ending my life nor … Continue reading Just Going Through the Motions →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, June 28 – July 04

Gonna keep this short…  I’m seriously behind on my writing for Camp NaNoWriMo.  Won’t go into details on that, you can head over to Taini Writes for more.  I did however wanted to share a quick cup of coffee for Part-Time Monster’s – Weekend Coffee Share.  I must say, I really enjoy these and Diane … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, June 28 – July 04 →

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An Interesting, Coffee-Banana, Smoothie

What do you do when you got some left over coffee smoothie and an over ripe banana that needs using??  Why you make an interesting smoothie, of course… Basically, I threw in the left over coffee smooth – which consisted of iced coffee, almond roca  creamer and ice cubes – the one banana (after cutting … Continue reading An Interesting, Coffee-Banana, Smoothie →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, June 21-27

Time once again for another WeekendCoffeeShare  For starters, can I interest any one in a Banana-Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter (maybe on the Peanut Butter) cupcake w/ chocolate & Peanut Butter swirl frosting.  I say maybe on the Peanut Butter in the cupcakes because it is yet undecided if I will add a small amount of … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, June 21-27 →

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Share Your World 2015: Week 25

Joining in (a bit on the late side) for Week 25 of Cee’s Share Your World challenge.    What did you or did not like about the first apartment you ever rented? Never had an apartment.  The first house we lived in was just under 1000 square feet on the main level.  There was also an unfinished … Continue reading Share Your World 2015: Week 25 →

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Sunday Stills: Tall Buildings

Not really a lot of tall buildings in my neck of the woods, but here’s a photo a took at either last year’s Tucson Climb for the Fallen event: And the view from one of the top floors: Really hope I get to go again this year :-)Filed under: Challenges, photo challenges Tagged: buildings, sunday … Continue reading Sunday Stills: Tall Buildings →

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Three

Last Week Cee’s Fun Foto challenge had us finding photos of two different things (Here was my entry).  This week the challenge  has to do with the number Three: Immediately I thought of my family of three (well four if you were to count our cat, Meekah). Taken a year or two  back at a … Continue reading Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Three →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Roy G. Biv

For this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge we are asked to incorporate the colors of the rainbow…  Either as a single photo or using several photos…  Here is my  photo If you look close, you can see the rainbow in the sky.   A rainbow that showed up on the heels of rain that threatened to … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Roy G. Biv →

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Two Different Things (or the #2):

Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures readily on hand (as I post from my phone) of 2 “different” items, the closest I had of 2 was 2 of the same (yet not exactly the same):   Both are soda’s, both are made using real sugar, both are Mountain Dew….  But the flavors are different (and … Continue reading Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Two Different Things (or the #2): →

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#PostaDay – Daily Prompt: Toy Story

Today’s  PostaDay question comes from  Emily What was your favorite plaything as a child? Do you see any connection between your life now, and your favorite childhood toy? I don’t recall what my favorite plaything was a child.  I have numerous pictures of me in a red wagon that I seemed to enjoy quite a bit.  I … Continue reading #PostaDay – Daily Prompt: Toy Story →

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Cee’s Oddball Photo Challenge: 2015 – Week 25

Saw these at the store several weeks ago….  Finally bought pack of each today to.  Tried the Citrus (“Shine”) one – Yum!! And then there’s my son’s ingenious method of fixing the screen on his tablet.  A bit wasteful on tape but it seems to work. Joining in on Cee’s OddBall Photo ChallengeFiled under: Challenges, … Continue reading Cee’s Oddball Photo Challenge: 2015 – Week 25 →

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Thursday Thirteen: Things I’ve Done

Thought I’d join Part-Time Monster for another Thursday Thirteen.  A while back we did a Never Have I Ever List (Read mine here).  This week the challenge….  and I have no idea where this challenge originates or how it really works, I’m just tagging along with Diana (?) from Part-Time Monster…  Where was I??  Oh … Continue reading Thursday Thirteen: Things I’ve Done →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, June 14 -20

Time once again for another WeekendCoffeeShare with PartTimeMonster I know it’s a bit late for some, but can I interested in a sort of coffee smoothie? It’s really actually kind of simple (if you can get the ice to liquid ratio correct. Basically, you make your coffee extra (or extra extra) strong and put it … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, June 14 -20 →

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Share Your World 2015: Week 24

Joining in on another of Cee’s Share Your World challenges.  If you’d like to join the fun head on over to this week’s challenge – Week 24 Based on last week’s poll results (Week 23)  Cee has decided on the following format To answer three random questions each week. Respond to a fourth item (I will … Continue reading Share Your World 2015: Week 24 →

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Follow Friday Fill-In Fun (June 19, 2015)

Each week Hillary, over at Feeling Beachie,  hosts Friday Fill-In Fun.  This week Tiffany  from Sounds Like Life to Me co-hosts and came up with these four questions for us: I drink a lot of _____ ______ are my _______ time of day _____is my guilty pleasure on _________ ____________ sums up the week I have … Continue reading Follow Friday Fill-In Fun (June 19, 2015) →

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Sunday Stills: Multiple Flowers

This weeks challenge, over at Sunday Stills, is to get at least two or more types of flowers in a single picture… So my question is, Does a Saguero, a dead cactus, and a dormant (?) rosebush count?   I hope so because there aren’t too many options for me to get actual flowers and I … Continue reading Sunday Stills: Multiple Flowers  →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – 2015, June 7 – 13

Whoooaaaaa, SHIT.  I’m not too late am I??  Hold on gotta check….. Phewww…  Looks like I’ve made it, with time to spare.  But I best get cracking on this week’s WeekendCoffeeShare with PartTime Monsters. So what’s been going on with you all this week? Me?  Not much really  My son was at camp this week … Continue reading #WeekendCoffeeShare – 2015, June 7 – 13 →

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Share Your World 2015: Week 23 (and a Poll)

This week on Share Your World, Cee also as a poll for us, but I’ll get to that in a little bit… For your blog do you basically use Mac or Windows applications.  What type of device laptop, desktop,tablet, phone or pad? Mac and either my laptop or my phone depending on the post I’m … Continue reading Share Your World 2015: Week 23 (and a Poll) →

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Cee’s Which Way: 2015 Week 22

for this week’s Which Way, I thought I’d use the photos of my son as he gets ready to head off for a week of camp.  This year, he’s going to two scout summer camps.  The one he’s headed to here is his third time going – the other camp, it’s his first.       Filed under: … Continue reading Cee’s Which Way: 2015 Week 22 →

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