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I’ve always been a goal setter. Be it school, work, or money, I set goals. I don’t normally write them down, but they’re always front and center in my head. I just read a post by Millionaire Artist about her new goal screensaver - very creative. It got me thinking - should I write down [...]
Last year, we went to New Zealand in October to visit friends. We had just bought our first digital camera, and J spent lots of time testing the various features for taking close-up pictures. His subjects were generally flowers and plants, which seem to bloom with very little effort all over NZ. [...]
We didn’t spend any money last weekend. It wasn’t something we tried to do, and we didn’t even realize it until Monday.  Several years ago, when we were both working for a big company, we would often spend $200 in an average weekend. We worked very long hours during the week, so the weekend was our [...]
For weeks before our Hawaii trip, J was excited to learn to surf. I honestly think he would be thrilled to just spend the entire vacation on the same stretch of beach, and eat nothing but peanut butter sandwiches and surf. He’s been doing some sightseeing aswell, but I think it’s only for my benefit.Â
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We’re in Hawaii! OK, so we got really lucky. J’s sister and her family live in Hawaii, and we got airline vouchers when we flew to visit his other sister last spring and got bumped from our flight. So we got here almost for free, and have a place to stay. We’re having a great [...]
It snowed yesterday! I always like the first snow of the season. By March, I’m not as impressed with it, but for now, the winter wonderland is nice. Time to dig the winter coat out of the closet.  My brother found that coat for me at a thrift store about five years ago.  It’s a [...]
About five years ago, my sister-in-law got me hooked on scrapbooking. Before that, I was one of those people who made fun of things like scrapbooking, and yes, all of my pics were in shoe boxes in no particular order. But the more I looked at her albums, the more I was inspired. I had [...]
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