Living Outside the Stacks

Navigating through life away from the library.

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Where Bloggers Live: Favorite Holiday Tradition

First of all, I owe my cohosts an apology — I am so late on this post. It’s the end of the term and I’ve been incredibly busy trying to…

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18 December 2021
Style

Fab Forties: The Shirt Dress

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26 August 2019
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Ageless Style Linkup: The Unexpected

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3 September 2019
Photography

Bleu Wednesday: Her Story

unedited. Nikon D7500 | 15mm | f/5 | 1/125 | ISO – 1000 Sunday, ‎18 August ‎2019, ‏‎7:40:00 AM   edited. Do you remember Wordless Wednesday? It was a big…

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21 August 2019
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Where Bloggers Live: My Favorite Rainy Day Activities

Hey, y’all, hey! How are ya? NGL, I’m bouncing between absolute rage at the state of this country and childlike wonder at the Artemis II space mission. For the past…

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11 April 2026
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    Enter Crocs #SplashofColor Sweepstakes {CLOSED} #sponsored

    18 May 2013 / 0 Comments

    This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Crocs for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. If you’ve followed my In the Closet posts, you know that my wardrobe mostly consists of neutrals and earth tones. But every summer, I break out of that rut and start dressing to match the season. My color theory for summer is if you see it together in nature, you can wear it together on your body.

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    Daenel
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    Share Your Good News {In the Cafe}

    17 May 2013 / 4 Comments

    If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you know that I like to do a little something called “Fist Bump Friday”, where I encourage my friends to share something that has made them happy during the week. Sometimes we get so bogged down with life and the crazy that comes with it that we forget to recognize the good things. So I thought it’d be fun if we all shared and celebrated together. So please, share your good news in the comments below. Remember, it doesn’t have to be big or earth shattering. If it’s important to you, it’s important to me. This week I’m happy that I finally…

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    Daenel

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    Coffee Talk {In the Cafe}

    13 May 2013 / 1 Comment

    Hi, and welcome to Coffee Talk. In case you’re new here, this is where I share some of the great and not~so~great stuff that I find on the web. Topics range from news stories that leave me scratchin’ my head to DIYs that I think are absolutely clever.  And there may be a recipe thrown in here or there just for fun. 1. The big news story last week was the rescue of the three missing ladies in Cleveland. This story has so many victims beyond the missing women who I hope will have their requests for privacy respected: the women’s families, the abductor’s family members, investigators, etc. How does…

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    Happy Mother’s Day {In the Cafe}

    12 May 2013 / 0 Comments

    This is one of my favorite pictures of my sisters and me with my mom; it was the first time we’d ever seen snow. We totally gobsmacked.  I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day. I did absolutely nothing, which is exactly what I wanted. Thank you to my children who threatened to force me to spend the entire day with them. Follow my blog with Bloglovin

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    Share Your Good News {In the Cafe}

    10 May 2013 / 8 Comments

    If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you know that I like to do a little something called “Fist Bump Friday”, where I encourage my friends to share something that has made them happy during the week. Sometimes we get so bogged down with life and the crazy that comes with it that we forget to recognize the good things. So I thought it’d be fun if we all shared and celebrated together. So please, share your good news in the comments below. Remember, it doesn’t have to be big or earth shattering. If it’s important to you, it’s important to me. This week I’m happy that The Boy…

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    Rain Drops {In the Dark Room}

    7 May 2013 / 0 Comments

    This week’s theme for the 365 Project: 2013 Edition is “Water”. This is one of my submissions for this week; if you’d like to see the rest of my daily pictures, click here. Such an appropriate theme for this week, it has been raining almost every day. Well, no, that’s not true. It only seems to rain on the weekends or when I have the day off. A conspiracy? I think so. Follow my blog with Bloglovin

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    Makes Me Wanna Weep {In the Cafe}

    6 May 2013 / 3 Comments

    Hi, and welcome to Coffee Talk. In case you’re new here, this is where I share some of the great and not~so~great stories that I find on the web. Topics range from news stories that leave me scratchin’ my head and asking “What the what?” to DIYs that I think are absolutely clever and make me wonder who has time for that. And there may be a recipe or two thrown in just for fun. So grab a cup of whatever you fancy and let’s start chatting… 1.  Have you been following the case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor who’s on trial for the murder of 4…

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    Share Your Good News {In the Cafe}

    3 May 2013 / 5 Comments

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    Congratulations to the Hubs {In the Family Room}

    1 May 2013 / 12 Comments

    Effective 1 June, the hubs will be promoted to a Band 2 Manager at Proctor & Gamble! I am so incredibly proud of him. He started P&G as a technician with dreams of becoming a tech to manager promotee. That dream came true on 1 July 2011 {you can read about that here}. Congratulations, Tuck! Follow my blog with Bloglovin

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    Granny Square Afghan {In the Craft Room}

    29 April 2013 / 10 Comments

    For about a year and half, the hubs has been telling me that I need to make something for the house. And each time he says it, I agree and then I pack up whatever project I’ve been working on and I ship it off to a new home. My intent wasn’t to ignore him, it’s just that people would see what I was working on and want it so I’d give it away. But when we moved into our new home and started decorating, I knew I wanted to make something, I just wasn’t sure what. The hubs suggested a blanket for nights when we cuddle on the sofa…

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