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Happy Birthday Daddy!
My daddy falls into this category! His birthday was yesterday (October 9th). Sadly, we were busy with the underwater pumpkin carving that we celebrated on Saturday night. He said it was okay but it kind of bothered me that we did. My parents got their birthday (joint)/Christmas (joint) present a week earlier. I don’t think…
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Newton County Christmas for Kids & Chili/Non-Chili Cookoff and Silent Auction
Imagine it’s Christmas morning. You’re laying under the covers and wondering just exactly what Santa has brought and left for you under the Christmas tree. Now, imagine that your family has stumbled across some hardship in the form of loss of jobs, extreme medical bills, etc. Christmas might seem like just another grim morning when…
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D’Arpino’s Italian Cafe {Springfield, MO}
Back in 2009 I had a big group of friends that got together once a month and tried new restaurants. The girls liked to dress up so it was usually business casual or higher in dress, we tried to pick restaurants that were local to the area versus being a chain restaurant, and we went…
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RSV Paint {Joplin, MO}
A blog that I’ve followed for years, Jill’s World, up in Canada started discussing how she and her friends were attending a paint night. I wondered what that was. Basically, she and a group of friends go to a place, learn to paint, and have fun. How awesome is that I thought. I figured something…
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The Original Gringos {Webb City, MO}
Did you know that yesterday was Taco Tuesday? It was also National Taco Day (Oct. 4). What does that mean? Well, obviously you need to have Tacos for dinner. I guess lunch would have sufficed or better yet, both meals! :). My friend Jody met me at Gringos in Webb City for dinner. We know…
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I Painted a Purple Cat… or something like that
Do you get the reference? It’s from Girl Meets World. I love that show. I was a big fan of Boy Meets World back in the day. So anyway on Girl Meets World, Riley has a friend Mya. Mya is a great artist and Riley draws purple cats. I can barely draw a stick figure…
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Chiefs vs the New York Jets
We were back at it Sunday morning. Time to load ’em up and head ’em out… out to Kansas City that is to go watch our Chiefs play the New York Jets! I’d been watching the weather all week and we bounced around for Kansas City weather from 100% chance of rain to 60% chance…
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10 Fall Cleaning Ideas
Today is the first day of Fall. Does anyone think this year went by in a whirlwind? Wow! I can’t believe it but before we know, it’ll be Halloween, then Thanksgiving, and then Winter which means Christmas. Let’s throw in a couple birthdays in that mix and a couple anniversaries and Bam, the year will…
