I skipped the gym Friday. I was sitting on the couch after meditating, drinking water and staring into space when my daughter came down the stairs. It was a good hour before she usually gets up for school. She came over to the couch and crawled into my lap, pulled…
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Two weekends ago, my husband and I went to The Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown, West Virginia for a romantic getaway. I’m usually the travel planner; my husband doesn’t use social media and tries to stay off the internet as much as possible. However, he wanted to surprise me for my…
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In my home office, I have a gallery wall of music festival posters, concert tickets, and some personal photos. I use this wall as a. bit of a bulletin board, tucking thank you cards, photos, and tear-outs from magazines between the frames and glass. This week I was cleaning up…
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There are many lists of favorite over-40 women on Instagram and they regularly focus on their outfits and personal style. Since Instagram added Stories, it’s a peek into the everyday and mindset of individuals and one of my favorite aspects of the app. I love getting to know the person…
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Wardrobe Oxygen got a bit of a makeover, what do you think? If you’re reading by email or an RSS tool like Feedly or The Old Reader I encourage you to click and visit. Websites and blogs work hard to have their sites best showcase their content. Like your closet,…
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I had a whole different beginning to Weekend Reads and at 6:51 am this morning I deleted it. It all seems so trite with the kind of week the US had. I’m so glad the weekend ended with the government opening back up, if only for a few weeks. I…
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Okay folks, I finally watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. So many of you have recommended it over the past year, and I’ll admit you all were right. Karl and I started on the holiday break and fell in love so fast we slowed down, dreading the end of Season 2.…
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This week was my daughter’s 10th birthday. Ten years. A freaking decade. A decade ago, I made a human being and life changed forever. I can’t believe ten years have gone by, but then it’s also hard to imagine life without her in it. She’s a pretty terrific human being…
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