Project 52 – Who are you?

It’s the 1st week of Project 52, a weekly photography project thought up by the lovely ladies over at Everyday Eyecandy and Lipgloss and Binky.  I first heard about Project 52 from the lovely Natasha over at Houseful of Nicholes – it seems like I’m always stealing her blog ideas. Lucky for me she hasn’t…

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Why I Love Marsala

Each year Pantone comes out with the Pantone Color of the Year, and each year we hear all about why people love or hate that color.  This year I’ve seen a surprising number of people in the blog-osphere who down right hate Marsala. I have to say that I just don’t get it. Marsala isn’t…

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2015 Word of the Year

As the new year starts I’ve been seeing lots of posts again about people’s “Word of the Year.” I’ve always thought that was a great idea and this year I wanted to give it a try. Surprisingly, it’s a lot harder than you would think to come up with a word to help define how…

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Merry Christmas

The blog mice just wanted to take a moment to wish you a very Merry Christmas! We hope that your holiday is a special one, full of friends, family and the making of very happy memories.

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Christmas Pickles

I feel like I’m running low on pickles. I’d blame the mice for getting into the canned goods, but I know it’s really because it’s close to Christmas and at Christmastime all of my canned goods begin to disappear, finding new homes as they are given out as gifts. I’m actually pretty sure that Fr.…

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New Look

You may have noticed that I’ve been playing around with some updates around the site over the last few days.  I’ve changed up some of the artwork in an attempt to create a look that I feel reflects me a little better than the previous design did. Not that I didn’t love the old design.…

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The Art of Robert Millard-Mendez

I was going through files on my computer recently, and came across photos from Robert Millard-Mendez‘s show at Oakland City University in November of 2008. I had forgotten how much I enjoy this southern Indiana sculptor.

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Things That Make Me Unhappy

I love to complain, but there aren’t many things in life that make me truly unhappy.  Unfortunately, I discovered a new one last night.  It is not OK to be woken from a dead sleep at 2:30 in the morning by the fire alarm when nothing is actually on fire. I have a hard enough…

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Whining is the Opposite of Giving Thanks

… and other things I learned at the 2014 Indiana Farm Bureau Conference My husband and I recently spent the weekend at the 2014 Indiana Farm Bureau Conference at French Lick Springs and West Baden Springs Hotel in French Lick Indiana. We had a wonderful time. The Farm Bureau conferences are always fun and very…

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