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I love happy endings

Did you ever feel like you’re on a pendulum, and one side of the arc is sheer hell and the other is total bliss?  Well after a couple of weeks of the bad stuff, the good has not only begun, it’s snowballing into a massive mountain of goodness. I’m hoping the pendulum gets stuck over [...]

life goes on and sometimes gets better too

I’m writing this the day after a trip to see Minime.  It’s her birthday week, and yes we’re cornball and celebrate the whole week instead of just a birthDAY because we roll like that, and it’s fun!  We need more  fun! everyone does, so what the heck. Fun! So yesterday, BFF and I drove 4 [...]

Randomness

I was requested, by the person that I’m avoiding writing about, to start blogging again… so let’s be a little random… I made this today. Except I used organic whole wheat flour, organic bananas, and a little milk instead of the sour cream. It was Better Than Mom’s, even without the chocolate chips.  You really [...]

Hiatus, kind of

Hi Y’all, In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m kind of taking a break from writing. There are some things going on around me that need some TLC and not to be written about, so I’m taking a break. Life is good at Casa Grania, no worries here. The holidays were excellent too.  Thanks for askin’. [...]

Paying it forward sometimes pays off

Thanksgiving was pretty wonderful, thanks! How was yours? Roomie made his traditional and yummy green bean/potato/bacon goodness in a pot.  I made the turkey breast, stuffing (eh, too mushy), baked sweet potatoes, pecan pie, cheesecake, and opened the can of cranberry stuff.  That’s it.  I set the table with the good china and silverware, we [...]

My rings

I’m taking a writing prompt off of the NaBlo site for this one: Tell us the story of a piece of jewelry you own. Where did it come from, and what does it mean to you? I wear three rings that each have a story.  #1. I created a set of matching rings for minime and [...]

My first “A”

OK, here goes me being brave. Not many people get to see my photography. I took the larger version of this pic a couple of weeks ago from my cube at work. My office is 20 miles west of Chicago, 120 feet up in a high rise. Recently my view changed from industrial (on the other side of [...]

Here we go…

I wasn’t going to do this this year, I haven’t felt much like writing lately, but a couple of blog friends said they would if I would so I’m back.  I’m doing it. I want to see what they have to say, so it’s only fair that I come out of hiding too. NaBloPoMo starts [...]

I’m still here

In the last couple of weeks, I have Attended an awesome family party. My aunt and uncle celebrated their 60th anniversary last week. Many cousins came in from all over the country. It was so cool to see everyone. There’s so much love in our family, it’s really uplifting when everyone is in the same [...]

busy busy

This week at work, my department is changing locations within the building.  I’m one of three people on the team that are not tied to the phones so I moved my stuff today.  They are moving the phone jockeys in shifts so that the phones are covered. I’m thankful that I’m already moved but it was [...]