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Adventures in Gift Wrapping: It’s a Wrap!
If you poked your head out in East Texas yesterday and listened, really listened, you might have heard the sounds of paper ripping as the lucky recipients of gifts wrapped by Cindi and her elves from Festival of Flags and Gift Wrapping in Tyler opened their beautiful packages. Of course, most of us were too…
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It’s Christmas Eve and It’s a Wonderful Life
The gifts are wrapped–all nine million of them–and I am finally sitting in my chair taking in my favorite all-time Christmas movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Nine million gifts may be an exaggeration, but I know that I wrapped at least twenty or thirty per day since December 1, so what is that,…
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Comfy Sunday: A Boxin’ and a Wrappin’
Wow. My last blog post was before Thanksgiving! And now we’re on the home stretch to Christmas! How did that happen so fast? I finally have a few minutes to sit down and write so here goes. . . Friday after Thanksgiving was a good time to go to First Monday Trades Day in Canton,…
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Tree Tuesday: Pick a color, any color! Or not. . .
The trees in East Texas have reached their peak of fall glory and are now quickly losing their leaves in the rainy days and north winds. However, as I enjoyed the fall color on my local travels, I noticed at least one type of tree that doesn’t just turn one color. It turns at least…
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Wedded Bliss Wednesday: Selectively Strong Enough
We were leaving Canton First Monday a few weeks ago when Hubby made an intriguing observation. Actually, he posed it as a question. . . “Why is it that when women need something moved at home they get their husbands to do it, but when they are shopping they can lift and carry almost…
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