Tonight is the Earth Hour 2009 event.  Turn off your lights for one hour, 8:30 - 9:30p.  And that is exactly what I've done.  There are no lights on in my house.  I am sitting here in bed, in the dark, typing this, talking about Earth Hour.  The point of this event is to show the world that we choose Planet Earth over...

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Attempted to make a chocolate mint cupcake, or a batch of them, this morning.  I went to ice them, and 'FLOP!' off the top went.    Now, Plan B.  (dont know what that is at the moment, maybe I'll paint a door in the meantime) ...

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Tonight, Heather Armstrong was at the Oak Brook Borders store for a reading and signing of her new book, It Sucked and Then I Cried .  Heather is the author of the most read personal blog, dooce, on the web.  I've been reading her blog now for about a year, year + half.  She is very realistic, not pretentious at all, and bottom line, funny. ...

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Monday was our last day in Philadelphia.  And when I say last day, I mean there isnt any reason for me to ever go back to Philadelphia.  We had to be at the church at 9:15a, for the service that started at 11a.  So to kill the time, all the grandchildren sat together in the pews and talked, remembered all the good stuff...

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Today we caught up with the rest of the family.  Its a weird feeling to see all of the cousins all grown up and parents.  But its also a good feeling to see we've all turned out pretty good.  All 12 grandchildren plus 4 great-grandchildren.  (no matter how many pictures that were taken, not one captured everyone's eyes open or smiling)   The people...

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We, my family + I, are in Philadelphia for a sad event.  My grandmother passed earlier this week.  She was 95.  She had an absolute great life.  I dont believe she had any regrets.  In her honor, basically the entire clan is in Philly for the funeral.  It'll be so nice to see everyone.  It'll be great to catch up and remember the childhood. ...

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Sundays should alwasy be spent with family or friends.  Or both.  I really do enjoy spending time with my family and friends sitting around a dinner table or being out shopping or going to an event.  Just having them in my presence for a few hour makes me feel good.  I feel good seeing them, seeing their happiness or helping them/listening to them...

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Today I was driving to work, and was stopped by a freight train.  I was admiring the sunlight and the bright blue sky when I thought, 'where's my camera?'.  Luckily, it was in my purse.  Today's freight.   I found this walking into the grocery store tonight.  What an awesome idea.  Not all books can be sold on ebay or craigslist.  Why not donate...

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I seem to forget that I subscribe to Body + Soul.  I cant remember when I got my last magazine.  It was a pleasant surprise today when I got the mail.  My favorite part is the last page.  This month's Ten Thoughts on Whole Living. -Give yourself time to consider what you most want to contribute to the world.   -Worth doesnt begin and end with a bank account.  Appreciate your true...

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Tuesday morning I watched on the morning news an interview of a kid who has become a YouTube star.  He has been filming himself singing or lip syncing.  He is 13, and he is funny!  Its a joy to watch this because he doesnt care what others think ... in fact he is quite courageous for putting the videos out on YouTube.  Good...

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I like this time of year for new clothes.  All the bright colors, light weight fabrics and simpleness about them.  A week ago I'd taken a day off work to take a stab at my to-do list.  I did get a couple of things on the to-do crossed off, but while doing so, I did some shopping on QVC, as daytime tv is...

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Today is March 8th.  Cant believe its March already and I am cool with that because that means spring is right around the corner which means warmer weather.  Yay! Its been raining here for the last couple of days.  I was out trying to run errands yesterday and I could feel my mood as less than par.  As I was walking out of...

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There has been quite a bit of talk about Twitter and twittering during the State of the Union address.  I signed up for Twitter earlier this year, at the urging of a friend.  Its fun.  You post what you are doing to the website, periodically throughout the day, week, month, however often  you wish.  There are some Twitterers who tweet often and others...

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You can now find my blog on Delighfulblogs.com.  It's a pretty cool feeling knowing that in the pool of 3200 blogs, I am in there somewhere.  What are the chances someone browsing thru this list and picking mine to read?  Probably minimal and that's okay.    I had to write a point of my blog and why I have it for the submission...

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