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Twelve Today

Posted on March 13, 2014 by gracieed

  Woody turns 12 today.  In honor of his special day, I thought I would tell you the 12 Reasons I Love Woody.         1.  He loves to walk.  In fact, in the last couple of weeks, … Continue reading →

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Creative Randomness

Posted on March 4, 2014 by gracieed

If you knew me, you’d know that I’m a person that really likes things in order.  Themes make me giddy and anything you can put in a list fills me with a great calm. That being said, there are days … Continue reading →

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Merry Valentine

Posted on February 6, 2014 by gracieed

What??  Have you lost your mind, Grace?  “Merry” Valentine??? What’s going on??? Funny you should ask. This past November my grandpa (who is 94 and lives in England) fell and ended up in the hospital for a month.  Following that … Continue reading →

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A New Year

Posted on January 21, 2014 by gracieed

Since we’re almost to the end of January, you’re going to think I’m weird for posting my 2014 goals.  Actually I’m approaching the whole ‘goals for the year’ thing a little differently this year.  I LOVED 2013!  It was full … Continue reading →

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While I was gone…

Posted on January 15, 2014 by gracieed

Hello everyone.  I know I’ve been gone a while, but there are reasons.  My last post was on March 11 of last year all about Woody’s 11th birthday.  Despite my absence from the blogosphere, it’s been a very full ten … Continue reading →

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Eleven today

Posted on March 13, 2013 by gracieed

Woody turns 11 today.  I am shocked at how much time has passed because it feels like just yesterday that I brought him home. It was 2005 and I was volunteering at the Sacramento SPCA as a dog walker.  Actually I … Continue reading →

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Loving the Sunshine

Posted on March 2, 2013 by gracieed

At the beginning of the year, I started texting all my nieces and nephews (7 in all) a question every day.  It’s been a fun exercise that connects me with all of them every single day, and it also gives me … Continue reading →

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Project Life – Going Digi

Posted on February 23, 2013 by gracieed

Back in January, I wrote about my experiences with the Project Life system of documenting your life.  I identified what I believed where the things I did that resulted in an annual album that only included 2 months and about … Continue reading →

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Right now, I’m reading…

Posted on February 22, 2013 by gracieed

Next to dogs, books are one of my most favorite things.  I wrote yesterday about my new library experience and even posted this picture of a pile of library books. So what’s in this pile o’ books? From the top: … Continue reading →

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My new favorite thing

Posted on February 21, 2013 by gracieed

Want to know what my new favorite thing is?  It’s the library! Now I know the library isn’t a new thing and as a kid I certainly used it a lot, but not as an adult.  I remember taking a … Continue reading →

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