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Wordless Wednesday: Empty Nest Syndrome
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Book Review: The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty~Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow
The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty~Year Friendship is an intimate look at the friendships of eleven women over a forty~year period. Interspersed with studies that highlight the importance of the development and maintenance of close relationships in the health and well~being of women, The Girls from Ames is part sociology study, part biography and part cultural reference book. The women came of age just at the tail end of the Baby Boom, so they are the immediate benefactors of the women’s rights movement and other social changes that marked the 60s, 70s and 80s. It was fun to read about the different hairstyles and clothes…
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Women of Faith Wednesday: It’s All in My Bag
Today’s Women of Faith Wednesday question is: “What’s in Your Purse and Why?” I’m embarrassed to answer that question. Hahaha Usually I carry bags big enough to tote a toddler. Tonight I happened to have switched to my “small” bag. Women always say they can’t switch bags because they always forget something in the original bag. Now there’s an art to switching bags (I’ll get to the what’s inside in just a minute)… If you follow my directions, you can switch bags every day and never forget anything again! Here’s the trick ~ you know all those little cosmetic cases you get when you purchase a bag? You use those…
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Review and Giveaway: Betty Crocker Mississippi Mud Supreme Bars (Closed)
I know, can you believe I’m reviewing Betty Crocker Mississippi Mud Supreme Bars on my blog? Trust me, I went back and forth over whether or not I would do this but, ultimately, I decided to review the Mississippi Mud Bars and offer a giveaway. Why? Because my children love having gooey chocolate snacks and I don’t mind them eating them. In moderation. That’s the key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle ~ moderation. Tonight my daughters, Miss 16 and Miss 14, had a choir concert so I thought coming home to some Mississippi Mud Bars would be a nice treat for them. And, boy, was I right! They’re easy to…
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Book Review: Friendship for Grown~Ups: What I Missed & Learned Along the Way by Lisa Whelchel
Like many women my age, I grew up envying the relationships between Blair, Jo, Natalie and Tootie on The Facts of Life. I thought the relationships between the girls epitomized everything that a friendship between girls should be ~ loving, supportive and genuine. In my child’s mind, I didn’t realize that the friendships were fictional. Lisa Whelchel, who played Blair, writes: “I think there is a certain irony in the fact that the television show I was on was all about female friendships, and yet in real life I had very little experience with close relationships.” This book is her exploration of what impeded her ability to develop close relationships…
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Get Your Vlog On Women of Faith Wednesday
Today I’m participating in two memes: Get Your Vlog On ~ hosted by Lizzie B. at lizziebtv.com and Women of Faith Wednesday ~ hosted by Women of Faith. To participate in Get Your Vlog On, record a video of yourself doing something, upload it and then link up here. To participate in Women of Faith Wednesday, read today’s question, answer it on your blog and then link up here. Don’t forget to visit your fellow vloggers and bloggers and leave them some comment love.
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Wordless Wednesday: Hatchlings
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My Girls Can’t Keep a Secret
No, not my daughters. I’m talking about those two mounds of flesh that are attached to my chest. Every time I turn around, they’re screaming as loud as they can “Daenel’s cold!” Yes, I’m talking about my temperature gauges, my tatas, my breasts. Do you have the same problem? Or do you have a problem with digging straps? Do your girls hang too low? Our breasts are one of our most obvious features. Not only do they help us get our sexy on but they also feed our children, which means they go through a lot of changes. As a result of these changes, seven out of ten women are…
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Women of Faith Wednesday: Girl, You are Loved
Today’s Women of Faith Wednesday question is “If you could go back in time and tell your teenage self one thing, what would you say?” Hmmm….there are so many things that my teenaged self needed to hear. Psalms 37:4 (NIV) says: “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Had I found the truth of that verse, I would have saved myself so much heartbreak and rejection. The biggest desire of my teenaged heart was to be truly and completely loved and valued. Not the boyfriend~girlfriend kind of love but that love that comes from having a family that instills in you a sense of…
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Wordless Wednesday: New Beginnings
