Not physically missing my camera, but emotionally.  I had left it at my brother's house last Saturday when I was over there to see the boys.  I wasnt able to take any photos from dinner with the girls.  Well, any decent photos, I should say.  My camera phone was able to capture the moment, and that is what the camera is for, right? ...

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I have said before that my faith needs a little assistance.  Its not the greatest.  Last week I stumbled upon a woman's blog, who for the life of me cannot remember!, who is a Christian.  Not sure if its reformed, born-again, etc...please forgive me, I am catholic.  All we know is catholic.  ;o)In reading this woman's blog, she closed out every post with...

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Many years ago Oprah promoted a gratitude journal, where you document 5 things you are grateful for from the day.  Like the millions of others who follow Oprah, I did the same.  I started my gratitude journal.  Unfortunately, I lost interest after a while and stopped writing down the good things.  I am a bit sad about that because I think if I...

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It's official.  T-ball season has started in Romeoville.  Each year the village and the rec department has a parade to kick off the T-ball season.  The parade, that is all of 10 trucks (10 teams), a firetruck and two police cars, lasts all of 15 minutes.  Its cute, though, to see the little ones all excited about their team and the game and...

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Today is Earth Day.  What are you doing to help the Earth?  There are many things to do...leave the lights off, recycle the cereal box, borrow a book from the library.  No matter what you do, make sure you do one little thing for Mother Earth.  She sure does give us a lot.  Today, I recycled paper at work.  I also elected not...

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Monday evening as I was driving home from work, my 17 year old niece called, and asked if I could take her and her friend to a concert.  Her friend couldnt go to this concert in Chicago without an adult going.  So, Sara calls and asks me to take her, to be the 'responsible adult'.  Ugh.  When did I become the responsible adult? ...

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Happy Easter everyone! Today, as no different from any other day, I am thankful.  Thankful for everything, for being alive, for walking, for family etc.  As I sat in church this morning, I could only think about all the good things in my life.  And when I say good, I mean everything is operational, no major flaws.  So I was thinking that there...

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I have owned an iPod now for 7 years, roughly.  And for 7 years, every day I browse thru my iTunes account looking for a tune or two to add to my iPod that will capture my mood, keep me motivated as I listen to it.  I rarely go anywhere without my iPod.  Its like a staple in my purse, almost as important as...

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I dont do this enough.  Buy fresh flowers.  Something about freshly cut flowers in a vase sitting somewhere in my house makes me happy.  Maybe its the beauty they bring.  I am constantly staring at them, admiring their beauty.  I'll never get tired of that.  Each Easter, I buy a bunch of pink tulips.  This year I went for the multi-colored tulips.  Still...

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Usually I am at Starbucks one or two times a week.  Sometimes three, depending on what is happening, where I am going, etc.  Over the last few weeks, I've been collecting the iTunes Pick of the Week cards.Last night I logged into iTunes and listened to the sampling of music I will get for free if I choose to download them.  I have...

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I love turquoise.  Turquoise earrings, bracelets, rings, necklaces.  All of it.  Love it.  I could own 16 pairs of turquoise earrings and they would all be so different.  This necklace my cousin made for me.  She has her own Etsy shop, Wrens Den.     I found these lovelies at We Dream in Colour, had to have them to go with this purple shirt I own...

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One of my personal goals for the year is to venture out of my activity box.  I seem to do the same things over and over.  Earlier this year I created a list of things I'd like to do, and they had to be free.  On this list was to take walks or hikes in the numerous forest preserves in the Chicagoland/Naperville area. ...

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