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  • Homemade Gluten Free Brownies

    Ever since late January, I have been eating a mostly gluten free diet.  When I eat gluten, it messes up my body.  I get headaches or my energy level tanks out.  It sucks because it mostly with desserts.  Your body… Continue reading

    Homemade Gluten Free Brownies
  • Mine, Mine, Mine – Day 3 Part 1

    Join me on Saturdays for posts about our South Carolina trip. Today we are going to visit the Reed Gold Mine in Midland, North Carolina. It’s located about 30 minutes away from Charlotte. Best of all, it’s free except for… Continue reading

    Mine, Mine, Mine – Day 3 Part 1
  • Celebrating Tanya’s 40th birthday

    We didn’t think about where we were going to release the balloons. If we had only moved to the other end of the deck, we would have been okay. 3. Write a blog post inspired by the word: rise. Continue reading

    Celebrating Tanya’s 40th birthday
  • Sunset at Canandaigua Lake (Blog Post #3)

    “Join me on Wednesdays for photos of my trip to Rochester, New York.” After going to the mall, we went back to Molly’s house.  Her husband cooked us P.F. Chang’s lettuce wraps for dinner.  Yum! Even though we wanted to… Continue reading

    Sunset at Canandaigua Lake (Blog Post #3)
  • Reminds me of Hogwarts

    This is the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. Continue reading

  • Flowers Galore – Day 2 Part 5

    Join me on Saturdays for posts about our South Carolina trip. Today we’re visiting the Greensboro Arboretum. We only saw a small portion of the arboretum. The arboretum is 17 acres with 3 different entrances. We went to the Ashland… Continue reading

    Flowers Galore – Day 2 Part 5
  • Mongolian Beef Sheet Pan (GF option)

    Since I’m eating mostly gluten free, I haven’t eaten any Chinese from a Chinese restaurant since late January.  If I want any Chinese type food, I have to make my own or just lucky like I did in June when… Continue reading

    Mongolian Beef Sheet Pan (GF option)
  • Excuse Me, Ms. Jackson

    3. Write a post that begins and ends with the same sentence. I’m always saying I could write a book of stories from my teaching career. Today I was listening to Todrick Hall’s 4 the 2000’s when I heard some… Continue reading

    Excuse Me, Ms. Jackson
  • Walt Disney Elementary, Park Avenue, and the Mall (Blog Post #2)

    Join me on Wednesdays for photos from my trip to Rochester, New York. After Molly, my friend, picked me up from the airport, we went to to the Walt Disney Elementary in the Gates-Chili School District.  I wanted a photo… Continue reading

    Walt Disney Elementary, Park Avenue, and the Mall (Blog Post #2)
  • Remembering Tanya on the One Year Anniversary of her Death

    Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my sister’s death.  I honored her memory by releasing a balloon at a local park. I went to a local park to release the balloon instead of at her grave.  When I go… Continue reading

    Remembering Tanya on the One Year Anniversary of her Death