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Vegan desserts, cupcakes

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Just found a new vegan dessert cook book here by Claire Gosse. The pictures look tantalizing! I'll be making some of these and posting pics and updates. I have been trying to eat vegan food more often, even got my puppy Navyaz vegan dog food because I know that's great for him. I watched Cupcake Wars this evening and Chloe of ChefChloe.com and on Twitter … [Read more...] about Vegan desserts, cupcakes

What makes you come alive?

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Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -- Howard Thurman My daughter and I recently took a mini-vacation to Charleston, SC.  Even with the fact that we were only gone for four days (and part of that was driving to and from) the time there was relaxing and thought provoking. The days were … [Read more...] about What makes you come alive?

Work and play

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How many people work a large portion of their adult lives in a career or JOB they don't truly enjoy? I know many many years ago people had the mindset of "go to college, get a JOB, retire, die" and that was it. It didn't matter if they actually enjoyed the JOB or not. It didn't matter if they got bored with it and wanted to change their line of work, they simply stuck to it, … [Read more...] about Work and play

Birthday thoughts & sale

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Well, it's almost that time of year again. I'll be 42 on 1/20 (yep, not afraid to say my real age!) It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ~e.e. cummings A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown Meanwhile, now's a good time to start "cleaning house" of what doesn't fit in with … [Read more...] about Birthday thoughts & sale

Instant gratification?

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Are we in an instant gratification society now? According to UrbanDictionary.com it means 1)immediate satisfaction; the quick attainability of happiness or of contentness. Yep, that sounds about right! Food is now instant, you can take something from box to microwave and have a "meal" in matter of a minute rather than cook from scratch. We have instant coffee, instant … [Read more...] about Instant gratification?

Caroling

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Today, Dec 20, is "Go Caroling Day" I had never really given it much thought, but here in S. Florida I've never (in 24 yrs) seen anyone going door to door Caroling. Anyone know why? Do any of you go caroling? (post comment below if you have any thoughts) … [Read more...] about Caroling

Lousy Customer Service thoughts

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Yes, I know it's the holiday season...it happens every year like clockwork. Christmas, then a few weeks later my daughter's birthday. Knowing that stores don't often restock items in time to wait to buy her birthday gifts I get them at same time as Christmas. So, if something I order online isn't in stock right then it's not a problem (or shouldn't be a problem) since odds … [Read more...] about Lousy Customer Service thoughts

What happened to gratitude?

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I just have to write about this tonight. As many of my readers know, I Freecycle a lot of items so they can go to someone else rather than trash them. Often times the items are brand new, still in packaging or possibly used once. Regardless, the items I give are always in excellent condition. Last week my teen decided to clean her room, thus I had a pile of things to get … [Read more...] about What happened to gratitude?

Networking tips

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This week as time permits I'll be blogging more here about some specific vendors that were at Pines Middle Green Fair yesterday. I am awaiting more photos and will be adding those to Pines Middle Green Fair's site, but am limited on what I can say there since I can't get personal there, but can here on my own blog! I wanted to quickly post a few thoughts about vendor fairs, … [Read more...] about Networking tips