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Naomi’s Christmas: Restorative Aloneness And A Childhood Spent In Retail

For the Mommas

Time moves more slowly when I’m alone, and it’s a very rare treat. And I so needed this time alone. And I so needed this time alone. I’ve got a lot to do, and it will get done, but it’s much more than that. Aging hasn’t dimmed my memories; au contraire, it has sharpened up the important ones and blurred the trivial.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

I also love to visit family (all our family is between 2 and 4 hours away) and friends, bake, and play board games. Playing board games with friends I really don’t like crafts, despite years of attempting scrapbooking, knitting, etc, but I do like advising on my fiancé’s woodworking projects. The mug shelf 2.

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How To Get The Holiday Gifts You Really Want

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

So, you just keep it, crammed into the closet, back in the darkest corner of the deepest shelf – where it won’t be found until your kids hold the estate sale after you die! It is so easy to accumulate stuff and sometimes so hard to get rid of it (sell it, give it away or even throw it away). But how can they do that? Not necessarily.

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