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  The New Year

  Posted on January 1, 2010 by Diane in 5 life, living
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  Tweet The new year is a time when we can figuratively start fresh. Really, there is but one second separating last year from this, but the new year is a psychological Spring. Last year’s issues are boxed up into a tidy package, and we are ready to either move on, rebuild or start over. I [...]

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  Happy New Year!!

  Posted on December 31, 2009 by Diane in 5 life
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  Tweet I have seen review-of-the-year slideshows and videos, so the idea is not new. Neither is the idea of thanking every one for a wonderful year. Thank you. If I missed putting your picture here, I’m sorry. If we haven’t met face-to-face, let’s do it and take a picture. I can’t wait to see what [...]

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  the crust

  Posted on December 25, 2009 by Diane in 5 life, living
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  Tweet The older kids have opened their presents; Jenny still isn’t home yet. They all got what they wanted- short list this year. But they seemed as happy as older children are- who can still remember the magic of Santa Claus, who have walked through a city of bright lights that reminded them of the [...]

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  Merry Happy

  Posted on December 24, 2009 by Diane in 5 life
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  Tweet I have been watching little debates bubble up and subside on twitter and elsewhere as to how to appropriately be a well-wisher. Words are important, I will have to admit that. They can make us cry, they can make us laugh, they can both sever and heal relationships. But I don’t believe that anyone [...]

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  Santa Claus and Recessions

  Posted on December 10, 2009 by Diane in 5 life
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  Tweet I came across this old post the other day: I started the tradition of wrapping everything, including the gift cards and stocking stuffers, when the children were tiny, and there were fewer of them. I remember one of my friends looking at me as if I had stuffed all of my intelligence into the [...]

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  Blessings

  Posted on December 8, 2009 by Diane in 5 life
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  Tweet TwitterQueens has chosen Mothers Fighting for Others for its holiday focus. What does that mean? Rocky Turner explained to me the urgency of their situation. Mothers Fighting For Others is a tiny group of people that is changing the life of girls living in an orphanage in Kenya. All of the money earned up [...]

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  Smoke Detector Stew

  Posted on December 7, 2009 by Diane in 5 life
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  Tweet …and this is a real recipe 1 lb stew beef – cubed 1 package stew vegetables (mine were frozen, store brand. Onions, carrots, potatoes, celery) 1 container beef broth- mine was 1 pint size 1 cup V8 type juice 1/3 cup flour water as needed. salt. pepper. oil to brown meat. Put beef in [...]

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  Top 10 Inspirational Quotes

  Posted on December 5, 2009 by Diane in 5 life
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  Tweet Sometimes I need it- a kick in the pants, a hand to pull me up, or a virtual hug. Every single one of us- unless they have been sheltered by others who have taken the blows for them- have experienced failure. So failure is universal. How a person deals with failure is not. 1. The [...]

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  Magic v2

  Posted on December 5, 2009 by Diane in 5 life
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  Tweet A blast from the past: from my old personal blog that I unearthed. From Jan 2007: Well, the holidays are over. Decorations come down today. The Christmas cactus that I accidentally left outside has inadvertently become an Apocalypse cactus. For Christmas, Jenny received a magic kit. It is actually labeled a “TRUNK of MAGIC [...]

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  I’m a new soul

  Posted on December 3, 2009 by Diane in 5 life
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  Tweet These past two or three years remind me of the years of my children’s toddlerhood. Just jam-packed. If you had asked me to predict where I am now from even a year ago, I wouldn’t have been able to guess. You can tell that from my old blog. I was just kind of thumbing [...]

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