My Favorite Things #5

There are some things I feel I can’t live without, more favorite things…things I looooooove.
1) ZCover for my MacBook Pro laptop keyboard.  I bought it after J dropped a spoon of chocolate ice cream on my keyboard when we were on the island. I figured out how to pop the keys off my keyboard and clean it, [...]

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Not my favorite things

A rather twisted “twist” on my usual “my favorite things” posts. 
1. Dear J. You’re wrong by the way. My living room couch is NOT a comfortable sleeping couch. Sleeping on top of you, on the couch, now that’s comfortable. You just happen to have the luxury of being able to sleep virtually anywhere. Lucky dog. Still, [...]

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Underwear

It wasn’t until Red seemed to have outgrown all her underwear and I went to Target to get the next size up, that I realized I needed to replace some of my own.
So, I got her some butterfly undies and went to my section to check out the selection.
I was standing there in front of [...]

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Watching Movies

Leave it to J, he can always find a rerun of “Good Will Hunting” on television. Seriously. No matter the day or time.
We love movies. I always have, and coming together with J, we watch alot of them, especially independent quirky films. We’ve seen a great many, a most recent rental was “Bottle Shock”, about [...]

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20 comforting things

1. Blue singing to herself in the back seat of the car while Red reads “The Boxcar Children”.
2. Photos. Photos of the kids. Photos of good places I’ve been. Photos of my artwork. Photos of my family. Photos of J.
3. The ringing of Skype on my computer in the mornings.
4. Paying off the credit card.
5. [...]

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A break from this broadcast

I am going to break from my trip posts to post something very special.
I’ve known Paul since I was a kid, our grandparents were friends. I have photos of us from when I was about 5 years old and consider him a very good friend, even though I haven’t seen him for a few years. [...]

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Just what I need

I finally paired down my magazine subscriptions.
I am bummed because “Cottage Living” stopped publishing but they replaced it with “Coastal Living”.
“Real Simple” is still my favorite.
I cancelled “Martha Stewart” because I can’t ever duplicate anything she does in there, so it gets depressing.
“Bazaar”, a free subscription my mom gave me via her credit card company, [...]

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Some of the best places I’ve been

I lifted this idea from here at A MAUNDERER’S WANDERS blog.  This is not a complete list, considering my very tired state, with two kids home sick today, a potential snow day tomorrow (which means two kids home again) and a stuffy nose with sneezing.
Some of the best places I’ve been.

at 1am, down the road at [...]

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My Favorite Things #4

If you click on the “my favorite things” category,
you will come across others I have posted.
I should also title these “things that make me really really happy”.
A trip to the art store to buy paper and canvas. 
 

the sewing machine I have had since I was 13.
I love it because I can make things with it
 

the [...]

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Comfort Food Today

Despite that I forget to eat often when I am busy or stressed, when I crave something it is usually something comforting in the winter.
Today it was this.
Because it was a whopping ten degrees.
And windy.

big block of extra sharp cheese

this would be Fox Hollow Farm mustard
it’s got balsamic vinegar and garlic in it.
I live for [...]

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