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SPOILER ALERT: I’M MOVING TO SOUTH KOREA!!!

I’M IN! IT’S HAPPENING! I’M ACTUALLY GOING!!! Show of hands: who thought this would never actually happen? Oh, that wacky Bettye and her cockamamie ideas, she’ll never actually GO THROUGH with this!  I’m grateful for those of you who have been following along since the start of this journey back in 2020
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Where Bloggers Live: Kitchen Gadgets I Have Loved

Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes and lives? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, thoughts, and more! Annnnnnd we’re back! This
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Where Bloggers Live: Art & Collectibles

Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes and lives? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, thoughts, and more! Hey, cats & kittens!
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Vacation Diary: All The Other Days

I’ve had two high-point days, and the other days were pretty much equal mixes of paperwork, looking things up on the internet, webinars and consult calls, ebaying, afternoon movies, and trying (unsuccessfully) to eradicate ants and keep the kitchen sink drain unglogged. It was a hell of a week at sea, sir!
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Vacation Diary: Day One

I’m on vacation this week – yay! I don’t have anything too exciting planned; the week is gonna be heavy on erranding (one of my least favorite ings), but if you wanna come along for the ride… DAY ONE: Saturday Slept gloriously straight through the night with no wake-ups (very uncommon these
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The Most Boring Blog Post Ever: My Medicine Cabinet

Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes and lives? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, thoughts, and more! I take full responsibility
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Month in Review: March 2023

Better late than never, amiright?? I’ve been trying to put this together for two weeks but LIFE AND ALL THE THINGS. This is actually March and the last week of February, cuz the last time I updated it was middle of Feb. Plus, spoiler alert, NOTHING MUCH HAPPENED 🙂 After a long
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Where Bloggers Live: A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition

Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes and lives? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, thoughts, and more! Today we’re doing the
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Saying Goodbye, I Love You

(please indulge me this, I just felt compelled to write some thoughts) So, Katie just texted me “Happy Easter, my flight’s about to take off for New Orleans.” And I replied, “blah blah blah I love you SO MUCH.” As one does when sending off a loved one. And I thought…isn’t it
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Where Bloggers Live: Favorite Websites

Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes and lives? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, and more! Today we’re sharing our favorite
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Bi-Monthly Catch-Up: February 2023

Ha, is this what we’ve come to? Remember when you wished I’d JUST SHUT UP ALREADY? Ha ha…DREAMS DO COME TRUE. When I last caught y’all up, I was just about to leave to spend Christmas week with Katie in Florida. I ended getting caught up in Southwest’s holiday flight hell, not
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Where Bloggers Live: Pantries I Have Loved

Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes and lives? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, and more! This month we’re sharing our
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Where Bloggers Live: MY Favorite Bloggers

  Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes and lives? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, and more! This month we’re sharing
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A LiL’ Catch-Up

Last weekend I wrote THE most brilliant blog post ever (ha). It was all about what I’ve been doing instead of blogging daily; it was comprehensive and witty and revealing. AND THEN. The computer said NOPE and shut itself off (as it does all too frequently) and the post was lost. All
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Where Bloggers Live: Timeless Treasures: My Favorite Jewelry

  Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes and lives? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, and more! This month we’re sharing
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Where Bloggers Live: My Favorite Recipes

  Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes and lives? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, and more! This month is a
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Month in Review: October 22

Happy November. October is a blur for me. I didn’t do much cuz covid and post-covid kicked my butt…but I DID take a picture almost every day looking down from the driveway towards the pond below, I wanted to show the progression of season. On the last day of September I flew
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ November 7, 2022

I’m back! But I’m So Disappointed. Up til the landscaper came today there was a beautiful thick carpet of fallen leaves on the patio! I was so excited to come home and take a picture in them – and I came to find the patio all bare 🙁 Boo. I could have
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ October 19, 2022

Okay, now THERE’S a Fashion Schlub! Ha. Wow. Ha. Let’s just focus on the positive, shall we? Two points for pattern mixing. Polka dots + plaid. It’s hard to see in the photo, but the shirt has a thin line of sort of chestnutty mustard. I’d like the pairing even without that,
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ October 18, 2022

This was one of THOSE days. Where half the day you’re like RUH-ROH something is seriously effed up and while it’s not EXACTLY my fault I think I’m gonna be held responsible for it and why do I always have to feel this way?? And then you discover it was really just
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