simplicity amidst the chaos
Yea… I’ve been MIA. I’m so sorry. This past December, I lost my mother. She was 70 years old.After living with chronic heart failure, kidney failure, dialysis, surviving four strokes, two heart attacks, having a pacemaker, coming out of a five-month-long coma after a gallbladder removal surgery went very bad in 2014… her body was […]
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I know when it comes to birthdays, most of us think CAKE! This past weekend we celebrated my husband’s birthday. He can no longer make his sassy comments about me being about a month older! Ha! With Covid-19 limitations, we celebrated at home again. My mother-in-law came up for the day to celebrate with us. […]
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Hello again, everyone!Yep, you read that correctly. It’s April, and it’s snowing. Thank you, Minnesota for keeping us on our toes! Thankfully, it’s not a blizzard. But it was a little surprising to look out my window this afternoon to see giant, fluffy snowflakes flying around. Don’t plant in April. This is the way. This […]
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Hello, everyone!I hope all of you had a wonderful Easter weekend. On Sunday, it was beautiful here in Minnesota. We had a high of 74F with lots of sun and a few wispy clouds. It was glorious! On Saturday, I decided to make the orange gelatin my dad used to make for the holidays. It’s […]
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It’s Almost Easter! In true Minnesota fashion, our weather is all over the place. Many mornings I’ve had to turn the heat on in the house to then open the windows later in the day. As of now, there is no sign of an impending blizzard…yet. Easter is right around the corner. I can’t wait! Even […]
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IT’S SPRING BREAK TIME! My son is excited about no school for the week. For me, it’s the same daily routines. While the world is still finding new ways to do things with Covid-19, our break will be at home. Besides his streaming schedule and making YouTube content, guaranteed my son will be playing video games […]
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Happy Tuesday, everyone!I hope you enjoyed my post from yesterday about my birthday. This week we have two posts!Today I’m going to talk about why it’s important to take time to be creative. I am excited about this topic because during the last several months, I was able to get back to enjoying what I […]
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Hello, friends! I hope you all are having an amazing month so far. In typical Minnesota fashion, we have been enjoying our moody weather of warm, cold, rain, snow, rinse and repeat. Today the southern part of the state is getting hit with a bunch of wet, sloppy snow. In the Twin Cities and a […]
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Happy Tuesday, friends! It is beautiful here in Minnesota. We have had a little heat wave of 50’s and 60’s the last few days and I am loving it! However, I’m not loving all of the mud and ice in the yard. Today we’re supposed to reach the upper 60’s and I can promise you […]
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Happy March, everyone! I don’t know about you, but February was an odd month. At first it seemed to be cruising by, then it was like someone hit the pause button. I felt like I had a lot of time to finish things up, but I was also running out of time. Have you ever […]
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