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Let's Go Shopping-Filling an Easter Basket for a One Year Old

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It's Time to Go Shopping! It will be Jane's first Easter.  I was thinking I need to find few things to put in her Easter Basket.  I went to Amazon to see what I could find.  I did find some cute toys, and books plus a sweet bunny outfit.   Click on the links below and that will take you to Amazon.   I am an Amazon Affiliate so if you buy anything using my links I will get a percent of the sale with no added cost to you....Thanks!                          Hide and Squeak Eggs.                                    A fun Easter Book                                 "World's Softest Stuffed Animals"                            Cute Easter Outfit                                     Teething Ball and Training Tooth Brush.                             Sun Hat I was loooking for an Easter Basket on Amazon.  I could not find one that I liked.  I will probably order one from Pottery Barn Kids.   Happy Easter Everyone! KathieyV

Five Book Reading Wrap-up for March 2021

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  Join me for my five-book reading wrap-up! (There is an Amazon link to each book.  If you are interested in a bit more information, click on the link.  I am an Amazon Affiliate.  If you click on the link and buy anything at all, I get a percent of the sale at no cost to you...thanks:-) ********************************************************************************* Book 1  "The Thursday Murder Club" by Richard Osman Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Mystery Thriller Good Reads Rating-4.03/5 My Rating is 3.75/5 (click photo below to go to Amazon) Overview I found on Amazon. In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together, they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.  When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly finds themselves in the middle of their first live case.  As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox bu

Journal Prompt-Write About A Place Where You Feel Safe.

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I have not always felt safe. For me, safety came in the form of places, people, situations, and circumstances. My childhood home was, for the most part, physically safe but not an emotional safe haven. My married life was much of the same.  When my husband left me, I found myself alone in a big house backed up to a wooded forest. The location was dark and isolated, and no, I did not feel safe. It did not help that I came home from work one evening to the alarm sounding and a window broken and the back door ajar. I called the police and would later stand back as they entered my home with their guns at the ready, shouting "CLEAR" as they entered each room. There was not much sleep to be had that night as I lay in bed with a boarded up window and the concern that the criminals may return. My dog and I were both a bit traumatized by this occurrence.  Since that time I have moved. I now live in a townhome in a large community. I have many neighbors, and we informally look out for

Inspirational Quotes that Encourage and Bring Hope

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I am going to try to do just that! KathieyV

Shopping-Spring Porch Decorating-Let's Find a New Spring Wreath!

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 My small front porch looks a bit barren.  It is now the first week of March and time to decorate for Spring.  Let's see what Amazon has that is spring-related. (I am an Amazon Affiliate.  If you click on the photo links below and buy anything on Amazon,  I get a percent of the sale with no added cost to you.  Happy Day I love to put up seasonal wreaths, so I decided to focus on a few wreaths that I think are pretty. Wreath #1                                                      Wreath #2                                                     Wreath #3                                                      Wreath #4                                                     Wreath #5                                                     There are just a few ideas I found on Amazon.   My favorite is wreath #2.   Happy Spring, Everyone! KathieyV

New Books Releases that Caught my Eye For March 2021 with attached YouTube Video

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  Here are a few books that caught my eye that release in March 2021. (If you click on the photo of the books below it should take you to Amazon where you can get more info.  I am an Amazon affiliate.  If you buy anything on Amazon I will get a percent of the sale with no added expense to you.  Thanks!)   1-The Lost Apothecary Fiction, Historical Fiction by Sarah Penner This is her Debut Novel Release Date March 2, 2021 Good Reads gave it 4.06 stars                                                                Overview from Goodreads site A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them—setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman. Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register. One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest cus