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How I Did With My Fall Bucket List & My Winter List 2025

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We had a fabulous fall and with the official start of winter yesterday, I thought today would be the perfect time to share how I did with my fall bucket list and share some things I hope to do this winter. I'm not sure all that many of my co-hosts will be blogging about their bucket lists today but as always I do have a link up at the end if you'd like to join in.  My fall list included: 1. See 21 Pilots in concert with Evan--  Check! 2 . Take Evan to North Carolina to see the whole family--  Nope, since he started working in early October and it was only a seasonal job we decided to push this off until the spring.  3. See SIX live in theaters -- Check! Alec and I had a fabulous night in Providence and even met some of the cast afterwards.    4. Go to the immersive Monet exhibit with Alec --  Check!    5. Take some pretty fall hikes -- Check!   6. Take Evan on one last college tour (Nichol's college) - -Check! 7. Go see Hadestown with m...
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Top 20 Posts from 2020 'til Now

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 I often do a look back and pick out the most popular posts from the year and I've written one or two most popular of all time posts but I thought it would be fun to see what posts have been most popular since 2020. I decided to feature the top 20 posts of the last 5 years.  Of course there is some overlap between last week's top 10 of 2025 and last year's most popular of all time but there were enough "new" posts  mixed into the favorites that I thought it would be fun to share.    20.  Share Our Lives: How I Met my Husband-- published February 12, 2024 with 2,815 views-- This made me so happy to see in the top 20. I think our love story is cute but I love knowing my readers do too.   19.  2022 Disney/Universal Trip; Days #1 & 2 (Travel/Hotel & Magic Kingdom)--  published on August 29th 2022 with 2,824 views-- Oh I just LOVE our Disney trips and I'm thrilled that readers do too! Visiting the Magic Kingdom at the end of summer ...
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December's Monthly Musings 2025

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 I wasn't sure I was going to participate this month; first off I already had a post scheduled for the blog today (since it's the 3rd Thursday of the month it's time for the Ageless Style link up with all my co-hosts), but also because I read through the questions and thought my answers were going to be rather brutally honest and depressing. But this is life with young adults and not much family around...  1. We celebrate Christmas... and sometimes New Year's day. 2.  This year I think I'm holding firm at about a 4 or 5 (hey, that's up from the last time I was asked!)... I really have enjoyed watching Christmas movies and wrapping all the gifts. Even shopping was a bit more fun than usual as I went out IN person at least twice this year.    3. The only thing I'm making this year (as of right now) for the holidays is Christmas crack (saltine toffee) and I mixed up a batch on Tuesday that is probably mostly gone by now.    4. My favorite holiday movies ...
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