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Friday, March 4, 2011

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Christmas is around the corner

2010 continues to be an incredibly demanding year for me. Work takes most of my time as my children's college education costs remains the focus. My day job as a bookkeeper and my website sure keeps me busy.

The time for me is not now but I find the little time I can spend on my posts is a nice outlet. Yet it does seem I am unable to be consistent with weekly posts. I hope you still find yourself interested in what I write about.

Mostly i find myself researching something I am thinking about doing in my backyard and sharing what I find. Of course it ties into what I sell on my website, because that is what interests me.

I so love this time of year with family and much food and time to play games.

Merry Christmas

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gardenretreat: New Jersey, United States; I am mother of 3 children. Two are in college the one other is in high school. I have been a homemaker and bookeeper most of my adult life. At 50 I have started my own website business. It is scary and exciting at the same time. My husband is a hard working CPA. My eldest Katie, is a civil engineering major at Virginia Tech. My son, Joe is freshman at Ohio State. I enjoy following both schools in basketball and football. go hokies and buckeyes!! My youngest, Ally is junior in high school and a varsity runner.. Going to her races is fun

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