Harriet the Hamster

I feel like I closed my eyes on 23 December and when I opened them, it was 28 December. The time has flown by with so much activity.
Santa brought FG a whole lot of hamster supplies so we took the hint and bought FG a hamster. I have to admit Harriet is a cute little creature [...]

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Touring the Thousand Islands Region

Friday was a beautiful, sunny day and we headed north to tour a little of the Thousand Islands Region. Did I mention before this is where Thousand Island Dressing was invented?  We drove to the town of Clayton which sits on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The blue sky, blue river and white snow make it enchanting. [...]

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First Time “Alike”

We can check dressing alike off our things to do together list. My sister sent FG and I identical shirts so we took the opportunity to dress alike for the first time.
We’re not likely to do it again anytime soon but it was fun for a day.

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Whatcha Reading? Meme

Books on the Brain tagged me for the following meme:
Whatcha Reading? I’d like to know 5 things:
1) Whatcha reading?
2) How much have you read so far?
3) What’s it about? (in a sentence or two)
4) What does the title refer to?
5) Would you recommend it?
I’m going to do two memes because I just [...]

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Personal, Private or Public?

I love the blogging world.
I’m glad most blogs are public and available for me to read. There’s nothing like finding a great new blog about a topic near and dear to my heart. I was so bummed when the “Vegan Lucnhbox” decided to stop blogging.
Some of my friends have chosen to make their blogs private [...]

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Weekend Visitors

We enjoyed having visitors this past weekend. Not only was my mom here, but 9 of FM’s family came for his Change of Command. It was great to see everyone and I especially liked catching up with Julie, Liz and Linda who I haven’t had a chance to talk to a lot in the past.
One unfortunate [...]

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Just in Time

My mom, aka Grandma Betty, arrived on Sunday ~ just in time for our first big snowfall. It’s been snowing non-stop since Sunday night and FG even had her first snow-delay.
It’s a winter wonderland!

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Reading Trouble Meme

Books on the Brain tagged me for the following meme:
1) Have you ever gotten into trouble for reading?
2) Has reading ever SAVED you from getting into trouble?
3) What was the first book you read that you KNEW you would get into trouble if caught reading it?
1) NEVER have I gotten into trouble for reading. My [...]

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