A new year, a fresh start. It’s like opening a new notebook and making your first list or drawing on the first clean sheet of paper (for those of us who are paper nerds). I have an organization-loving heart.
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Comfort and Joy - I’m experiencing that right now as I am cozied up on the couch with our little dachshund in a blanket, a cup of hot coffee, and watching the snow fall lightly through our french doors into our tree covered backyard.
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As the holiday season amps up, the weather turns colder, and our schedules start to get even busier with more activities, it does seems like a good month to stop and give thanks.
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I was just in our local coffee shop this morning and a fellow customer and barista were chatting about how they had both been to Philadelphia recently and how they both were so surprised about how great the city was.
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Apple picking, hot spiced cider or mulled wine, pumpkins on the front porch, roasted pumpkin seeds, football games, crunchy leave piles…when you think of this season a lot of great things come to mind if you live in the northern part of our country.
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Grand Rapids is a wonderful little city that has an amazing arts scene and growing food and microbrew presence that is constantly changing.
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The mornings start cool and the first few leaves crunch on the sidewalk as the kids walk to school. Fall is in the air and after such a humid summer, we all seem to gravitate towards pumpkins, apple picking, cider and donuts, and football.
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I grew up in metro-Detroit, and throughout junior high school I competed in public speaking competitions held on the campus of U of M.
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This past weekend my husband and I found ourselves alone for dinner. Both teenagers had work and friend commitments, so we decided spur of the moment to have a date night.
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