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Recycled Post: Adopting the Icelandic Tradition of Jólabókaflóð
Here’s another timely recycled post from Our Lemonade Days, my now-defunct family blog. Bringing Iceland’s Jólabókaflóð to Your Home I’ve always been intrigued by Iceland. For someone who lives in a tropical archipelago, I imagine it’s pretty much the opposite of what I know. Watching travel shows featuring it, I was further enchanted by its exotic (for someone Read more
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Ghosts of Strengths Past
The things I’m good at, they’re dwindling, but I still have some left. Here they are in random order: Languages – I’ve always had an aptitude for them even when I was a little kid. It wasn’t only that I had a gift for learning them; I was also very much interested in them. I Read more
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Cat Lady Post: The Catch in Cat Toys
Do you tend to get silly over cats? Do you find yourself spouting gibberish in an insanely squeaky voice to communicate with them? When asked about your boss, does your mind go to your cat? Does a considerable percentage of your income go to cat care? No, there’s nothing wrong with you. Cats rule, so Read more
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Waiting for Things to Be Just Right before Doing Anything
I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve restarted this post. There are just too many things I want to change about myself that I can’t decide which one to talk about. I started out with my doom-and-gloom Debbie Downer personality, then I switched to my unhealthy lifestyle, then I thought I’d get spiritual and Read more
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This Question Isn’t for Me.
As the mother of two boys on the autism spectrum, I have to deal with a lot of sleep issues. That’s why the question was rather triggering for me. It’s clearly not meant for me, so I perhaps I should have just ignored it, but I’m a whiner who likes to make my ails known Read more
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Recycled Post: Beloved Vintage Children’s Book Series, Part 1
Before This Small Life, I had several other blogs. I was doing well with the last one (Our Lemonade Days), but it encountered some technical issues that were too much for me to figure out. Not that it takes much to stump me when it comes to modern technology, but I had to let that Read more
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