Today is the first official day of summer and I have procrastinated to the point that now I’m planning to do summer cleaning instead of spring cleaning. In addition to clearing out some physical clutter, I need to do a bit of mental housekeeping. Out with the old and in with the new!
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Today is Earth Day and I’ve been thinking about what I can do to be more eco-conscious. I recycle my newspapers, but that is about the extent of it. So, I’ve decided that I’m going to pay the extra fee that my county charges to recycle more paper products as well as containers […]

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One of the major highlights of my recent trip to New Zealand was meeting and interacting with the local people (AKA Kiwis) in an up-close and personal way. My husband and I had the priviledge of staying in the home of two wonderful Kiwis while visiting a small rural community near Wanganui. […]

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I haven’t added a blog post in the past couple of weeks because I was taking a break from routine and visiting the North Island of New Zealand. My husband and I were travelling with a group that included the men’s and women’s rugby teams from the University of California at Santa Barbara. […]

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