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The following week, business was strong. Carron was so busy planning the fall promotions for the store that she had not given any thought to the recent break-in. However, all of that changed with a single phone call she received from a Sergeant Ferguson. It came at ten a.m. on Friday morning. Carron would never […]
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I began this wellness journey close to two years ago. At my age, I decided it was better late than never. Two and a half months ago, we returned from our wintering in Florida. Four days later, our governor proclaimed a stay put order. Two weeks ago, I weighed myself for the first time in
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I started making my own greeting cards about fifteen years ago. That was when I received my first handmade card from a friend. I began by making my own Christmas cards. That has expanded into making all the birthday, anniversary and special occasion cards that I send out to family and friends. I see my
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During this “Shelter in Place” we are under, I have a lot of extra time to work on my blog and my hobbies. One of my favorite hobbies is to scrapbook. I especially enjoy watching my design come together. However, I never feel the page is complete until I add the embellishments. For me, they
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A year ago, on April 19, 2019, my husband and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. He gave me a beautiful pair of diamond and amber earrings and I gave him a small brass commemorative sun-dial. On the 20th, our children and grandchildren treated us to presents and a wonderful family dinner at a fine
OUR TIME IN ENGLAND We woke up on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, to the news of a mass shooting at a concert in Manchester, England. Because of this, my son, David, warned me that there would be many armed police at the train station. When we arrived at Glasgow Central Station, I was actually quite
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About a month ago, I had a post titled, “Scrapbook Plus…My Creative Side.” At the end of the post I said a video would be coming to show how to create a simple scrapbook page. After watching a few other instructional videos, I have decided that I would post step-by-step instructions with corresponding photos instead.
On Tuesday, March 24, 2020, our governor issued a “Stay Put” order for the state of Michigan. You are allowed to go out to get essential groceries and medicines, go to the bank and check your mail. Other than that, you are to stay home. This means you don’t go visit friends or your children
“Six Ways an Extrovert is Riding Out the Coronavirus” Read More »
OUR ADVENTURES IN SCOTLAND Our flight from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam to Glasgow Scotland Airport took only a couple of hours. Once we had landed, went through customs and picked up our luggage, we grabbed a bus to take us to Queen Street Train station in Glasgow. The plan was to stow our luggage at
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-Exploring the Florida Panhandle- Are you a senior citizen who heads to Florida each winter or are you closing in on Retirement? Where are you headed? If you are not sure, let me give you some ideas. The last week of January we left the cold weather of Michigan behind us and were part of
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