Away from home

My favorite blog carnivals

I like to participate in the following themed blog carnivals on a regular basis. If you’re looking for lots of posts on a specific topic, they would be a great place to start. The topics all relate to the categories in the Feels like Home menu. Monday Marriage Mondays Monday’s Muse Mouthwatering Mondays I am [...]

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Time Management for the New Year

Dear Reader, do you know who Julie Morgenstern is? Called “the queen of helping people put their lives in order” by the USA Today, Julie is the organization and time management guru. I saw her on The Oprah Show probably ten years ago, and I have never forgotten what she said that day about purging [...]

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My strange Christmas

I’m so sorry that things have been quiet around here, Dear Reader. I was away from Home for a week, and I expected to have internet access. Clearly, that didn’t work out. My laptop searched and searched for a signal, and it found nothing. So, I’ve been thinking of you, Dear Readers, but I wasn’t [...]

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Where To Start Websites

Last week, I participated in by posting a recipe that I wanted to try called Pecan Pie Squares. My first attempt at making Pecan Pie Squares from scratch is currently in the oven. It all boiled over the pan, but otherwise looks and smells wonderful. The Cookie Exchange was sponsored by a bunch of companies, [...]

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Il Divo: The Christmas Collection

Do you like to have music playing in your home? I do sometimes; the right music creates a peaceful and serene background for whatever I’m doing online around the house. Especially now, during the Christmas season, I love to play music whenever I’m home. Okay, having music playing in my home makes me feel sophisticated. [...]

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Pecan Pie Squares: Cookie recipe

You already know that I love pecan pie, right? I have been forever wanting to try the following cookie recipe, and I have not gotten around to it. Maybe this year? I got it from Allrecipes.com a year or two ago. I thought it would be a great recipe to share for Jen’s Cookie Exchange [...]

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Queen of the Road

Dear Reader, when was the last time you started reading a book, only to be convinced by page 7 that you were reading about yourself? It happened to me this past weekend. I had received a copy of Doreen Orion’s Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 [...]

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Make It From Scratch Carnival #91

Welcome to the Feels like Home edition of the Make It From Scratch Carnival! I’m honored to be the MIFS host this week, especially since it’s the week of Thanksgiving, and there are so many wonderful things going on because of the holiday. I’ve set up the carnival in the same way that I would [...]

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Friends of Home

I have a confession, Dear Reader. Are you sitting down? Feels like Home has way more friends than I do. Seriously. I have like, two friends, and we have the same DNA. Feels like Home, on the other hand, has at least eight friends. I think my blog is taking on a life of its [...]

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My inspiration

What inspires you, Dear Reader? I am reviewing a boatload of products for Type-A Mom and Foodie Mama right now, and I made a short video to go with my review of Baby Loves Salsa. You should do yourself a favor and watch it. So now you know. They inspire me. They make me happy [...]