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Just Another Telephone Dress

Erika August 13, 2018

This makes my second telephone dress and I like it probably as much as the other. Actually, maybe I like this one a little bit more than the other cause it currently fits better. This and a few others got …

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Dear Diary 2018: Weeks 31-32

Erika August 10, 2018

It’s been about two weeks since I last updated, and a lot has happened. I’ve lost track of the daily specifics so I am going to generally recap the best I can. We’re down to the last few days of …

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The Almost Happy Camper Dress

Erika August 9, 2018

Hello! It’s been awhile. During this short absence of mine, I made something and I thought I’d give you all a little sneak peek. I would love to say this dress is the newest to my always growing collection, but …

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Dear Diary 2018: Weeks 29-30

Erika July 30, 2018

Just when I thought I was on a roll! The busiest week of my summer break just happened and instead of blogging, or anything computer related actually, I was just trying to catch up. When you last heard from me, …

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A Day in the Life: Lake Day

Erika July 23, 2018

Our annual lake day has come and gone. We missed it last year, but happy to say after sitting another year, the jet ski still worked and all our lake stuff made it’s way into the garage – where it …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 28

Erika July 17, 2018

It’s like there’s a sound of crickets over here on the blog. Things have been quiet the last week, and I’ve got a couple reasons for it. Let me get to them in my regular old, diary style post: Sunday, …

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Photo Challenge Days 21-27

Erika July 10, 2018

Even though I haven’t been keeping up with this challenge on a weekly basis over here, it doesn’t mean I haven’t been keeping up at all. In fact, it is one of the things that I have been pretty regularly …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 27

Erika July 9, 2018

Another week gone and another post to write. We’ve hit the half way mark for the year folks, and I’ve been keeping up, for the most part. Besides floating the Buffalo, there wasn’t really too much that stood out about …

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Paddling Down the Buffalo River

Erika July 5, 2018

I think it was back in 2012 when the idea first hit me that we should float the Buffalo River. We’ve passed over this river many a time on one of our numerous trips to Nashville, and have known a …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 26

Erika June 29, 2018

It was a bit of a down week for me, not in a bad way, but I did have a few feel sorry for myself moments. A couple things that got under my skin this week: My feet have been …

Dear Diary 2018: Week 25

Erika June 25, 2018

Sunday, June 17th: Let me just jump right in to last week. Today was gonna be a busy one. Stephen had to check hive 2 to find out if in fact it was queenless. It appeared to be, so on …

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Photo Challenge Days 14-20

Erika June 19, 2018

Taking a thoughtful, skilled, themed photo for every day is proving to be a task. When the theme for the day is easy, not a problem; but when it requires a little more thought and creativity, it’s harder to come …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 24

Erika June 17, 2018

Right now I really feel like taking a nap, but it’s 6 in the evening and probably too late for a nap so I will catch up over here instead. This 24th week of 2018 was a very hot and …

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A Cactus Dress? Why Not

Erika June 15, 2018

I don’t usually follow the theme of, Everyone else is doing it so why don’t I, unless it has to do with a cactus dress, it seems. I grew up around sage brush and cactus, but never really liked them until I …

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Dear Diary 2018: Week 23

Erika June 14, 2018

I bring to you today another week of my life. I told you last time this week wouldn’t be as exciting, and I was right. Pretty much the bulk of my week was about deep cleaning the house. That started …

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Photo Challenge: Days 9-13

Erika June 8, 2018

Really the best way to learn to use a camera is to use it all the time. And I am not talking about point and shoot situations, I’m talking about figuring out all the settings and shooting in manual mode. …

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