by  Jen   

  My daughter’s wedding is coming up so I have been working on lightening the load to make things easier by cleaning and decluttering as much as I can. I was pleasantly surprised today when I got home to clean up my living room. I had two hours to work on it and didn’t think I would

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by  Jen   

It’s getting near the deadline for having all of my trim repaired and painted on my house according to the dreaded letter.  I did some of the scraping already and I started painting two of the windows.  I need to get them all done this weekend even though my daughter’s wedding is on Saturday.  Thankfully,

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by  Jen   

It’s my birthday!! I know it’s a little tacky to get so excited about my birthday but I can’t help it!  I mean even though it’s a beautiful day – the sun is shining and it’s in the 60’s – that’s not the biggest reason that I’m celebrating today. It’s my birthday so that means

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by  Jen   

Too much Tupperware?  I think I made a mistake.  Some friends asked if I wanted some Tupperware that they were getting rid of. I thought I was helping them out by taking their excess Tupperware off their hands but when they said they had a lot to get rid of, I didn’t think they meant

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by  Jen   

My house has what you would call the lived in look lately.  As I look around, I see too many coats and jackets, show shirts, lots of shoes, backpacks and laundry.  It’s definitely not one of those museum houses. We’re all constantly coming and going so things get set down and not picked up.  The

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by  Jen   

I can’t seem to catch a break this week.  Everything has been moving non-stop for days and there doesn’t seem to be any relief in sight.  It all started last Thursday, April 14th, when we left for the Midwest Horse Fair.  We spent four days there having a great time and returned home on Sunday

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by  Jen   

After spending four days at the Midwest Horse Fair, my body is exhausted and my head is full of thoughts!  I’ve been looking at photos that were posted by people on Facebook and Twitter from the fair.  I can’t believe I missed so much!  All those days there, how did I not see everything that

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