Outfits of the Day #ootd
I love to put together outfits. I find something calming and exciting in the process. And if I think I look good, I tend to feel great! Hopefully, you can find some inspiration here for feeling amazing in your own body.
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Inspired by Champagneista: Red Floral Kimono & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #81
Clearly, I have been finding inspiration all over the place in blogland recently! This will be the 4th post added to my Inspired By series in the past month alone. Way back when I first started my blog (nearly 3 years ago), I was trying to write a weekly post called Little Bits of Inspiration where I would share 5 of my favorite things that I had read on the internet during the preceding week. For some reason, I lost my gusto for that series fairly quickly and the posts became sporadic at best. I would keep a running list of posts and articles that I wanted to feature in…
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Inspired By Sheela Writes: Blogging Has Made Me Bolder
Blogland is filled with so many empowering articles and posts about body positivity and ageless style. While I am a huge advocate of those messages and can write equally inspiring and powerful messages suggesting that you all wear whatever makes you feel great regardless of age or body type, I am not necessarily so great at following my own words of advice. I often say how the most wonderful things happen when you step outside of your comfort zone and try something that you never before would have tried, but there are still lots of things outside of my own personal comfort zone that intimidate the hell out of me.…
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Raising the Future & Link Up On the Edge #102
Raising the Future. Oh boy. That is an intimidating responsibility, isn’t it? An obligation that must be taken seriously. One that we cannot approach by simply flying by the seat of our pants. The moment we bring our children into this world or assume custodianship of a child, we become primarily responsible for forming and shaping their world views. And their views of the world will determine how they go forth into adulthood, it will impact how they view all things, it will contribute to their reactions, their work ethic, their level of emotional maturity. Their beliefs and convictions on nearly every matter are influenced greatly by our own beliefs…
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Cleaning Up My Makeup Mess with Joligrace
People often say to me in real life and in blog comments, “I don’t know how you do it all with two young kids at home, running a blog with daily posting, managing social media, nurturing both virtual and real life relationships and friendships, and keeping your house in order.” Well, let me make this clear, I don’t do it all. My husband does a ton to keep the house in order. Much more than I do, in fact. If it weren’t for his efforts at home, our house would be completely overrun and buried in kid stuff! He does not, and will not, however, maintain my own personal mess!…
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The Truth About Random Acts of Kindness & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #80
I found this definition of random acts of kindness on Wikipedia, “A random act of kindness is a nonpremeditated, inconsistent action designed to offer kindness towards the outside world.” According to an analysis of this phrase and its origins, the original construction of random acts of kindness implied a level of anonymity which seems to have been lost in the current generation. A generation which has formed various groups throughout the world dedicated to sharing acts of random kindness. But anonymous or not, the world can use such acts of kindness even if they stray from the original concept of nonpremeditated and inconsistent. Premeditating and planning acts of kindness even…
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The Benefits of Boredom
When boredom sets in, most people tend to complain about it, especially children. My God, do the children complain. In a society that seeks constant stimulation, that old feeling of ennui can be quite unpleasant. We have all felt bored in our lives. Those times when nothing seems to engage you. You cannot find anything to do with yourself that is adequately interesting. A sense of dullness and tediousness seems to take over the days. It can be an unwelcome feeling indeed. And if you remain in a state of boredom for too long, it can often lead to feelings of depression or sadness. Because our minds need to be…
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When a Bad Dream Reminds You & Link Up On the Edge #101
Have you ever had a really bad dream that startles you awake and shakes you right down to your core? It’s as if you can feel your soul shiver and you can’t erase the images that flashed through your mind. Even after you have (thankfully) awaken from the dreadful reflection that your subconscious decided it was going to deliver to you. It’s dark. It’s creepy. It elicits feelings of dread that you thought you had conquered a lifetime ago. Yet, there they are again. Those old feelings that you believed you had laid to rest. Prominently displayed in your mind’s eye. Seemingly urging you to process all of those long…
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Frustration is Fruitless & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #79
When I woke up this morning to get this post written for publication in a less than a timely manner, I quickly discovered that my Wi-Fi was not working. Like not at all. After implementing all the basic troubleshooting techniques to no avail, I did a quick search on my phone to discover that Spectrum, my internet provider, was experiencing outages throughout their entire service zone of 25 states. Okay, then. That’s what I get for procrastinating. While the service outage is clearly not my fault, the putting off getting my work done in a timely manner is entirely my fault. So getting frustrated and angry at Spectrum and their…
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The Great Underwear Debacle: Chasing the Perfect Panties
Last week, I was having a conversation with a friend…a conversation about underwear. *There will be no pictures of underwear or me in my underwear in this post…just the insane musings of a twisted up girl wearing yet another kimono and some ill-fitting underwear. The conversation began with me complaining about the price of underwear and how my children hate to wear underwear. To be clear, I insist that my kids wear underwear to school. But on the weekends and during summer vacation, it is not a fight worth fighting. I figure when they are teenagers, it’s not going to much matter what I say. If they choose not to…
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It’s the 100th Link Up On the Edge
Just over 2 years ago, on June 16, 2016, I hosted my very first Link Up On the Edge. I didn’t even introduce it or anything, I just kind of threw it in at the end of the post as if I had been doing it forever! I was still using a selfie stick in my back yard for many of my photos back then. Not that my photography has improved much…I am still just using my iPhone camera, but I have graduated to a remote and tripod and have ventured out of my back yard…right on to my front porch for these photos that my husband took standing inside…
