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Staycation, Meant to Be Spent Near Home
Song Lyric of the Day: Goodbye and it starts to snow / In the streets of Mexico / Goodbye, I am left alone / In the streets of Mexico Glenn Morrison (featuring Islove) / “Goodbye“ Yesterday when I wrote about my hopes for 2016, I forgot to include a big…
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Resolute
Song Lyric of the Day: ‘Cause all we need is love / And love needs sacrifice / But it’s sure worth the prize / If you get it right (eh!) / ‘Cause way up in the sky / There’s no such thing as blind Young Rising Sons / “High“ Last…
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Here’s to a New Year
Here’s to 2016 being a much better year than 2015 was. Seriously — 2015 can suck it.
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There and Back Again
Song Lyric of the Day: Many places I have been / Many sorrows I have seen / But I don’t regret / Nor will I forget / All who took the road with me Billy Boyd / “The Last Goodbye“ Last year I was ridiculously fortunate to be invited by…
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The Hot Flash Queen of East Tennessee Celebrates Fall
Song Lyric of the Day: I’m too hot (hot damn) / Called a police and a fireman / I’m too hot (hot damn) / Make a dragon wanna retire man / I’m too hot (hot damn) Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) / “Uptown Funk“ In case you were wondering who…
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Photoblogging: Mother’s Day 2015
For Mother’s Day this year, Rich and Coraline let me choose what I wanted to do since, as Coraline reminded me at least a dozen times, “it’s your special day!” I decided that I wanted to check out the brunch at The Cheesecake Factory, where I lived it up with…
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A Conversation With Coraline: Bird, Meet Bee
“Mommy, I really want a baby sister.” “I know. Tell your father since I can’t do anything about that without him.” “Yeah, because he needs to be at the hospital to help when the baby is born.” “Well … that’s, uh, part of it.”
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Things That Go Bump in the Night
Song Lyric of the Day: All I want is to be left alone in my average home / But why do I always feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone, and / I always feel like somebody’s watching me Rockwell (featuring Michael Jackson) / “Somebody’s Watching Me“ A few weeks…
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Finding My Me Time
Song Lyric of the Day: Baby you need time for yourself / I’ll give it to you / All the rest seems to logically follow Earlimart / “Time for Yourself“ I’ve read parenting blogs for several years now, even before I became a mom. As such, I have read a…