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When Christmas Finds Me in the Aisles
I don’t know about you, but for me, there comes a certain time of year when I can’t walk through a store the same way I do the rest of the year. It always starts the same way. I go in for something normal—groceries, household things, maybe just one quick thing I swore I was only going to grab—and somehow I end up drifting into the seasonal section without even realizing it. And then it happens. I slow down. Because the moment I catch those first Christmas displays going up, everything feels different. I start to get excited because Christmas is coming, and that has always been my favorite time…
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5 tips to protect your pet this holiday season
We all know that cats and dogs love to chew (and unfortunately swallow) a surprising array of household items. In fact, one of the most common claims we receive at Trupanion is for Foreign Body Ingestion. The holidays, along with all of its festive decorations, provides additional chewing opportunities – and potential emergency visits to the veterinarian – for our furry friends. So as we all start to deck the halls this holiday season, Trupanion, a leader in medical insurance for cats & dogs, offers up these 5 holiday items (along with related mishaps from Holidays past) to keep pets away from this holiday season. 1) Tinsel Tinsel and ribbon can…
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How To Make Mason Jar Gifts
Charlie and I were working on our Christmas Cards this morning when Charlie mentioned several people, he would like to purchase Gifts for. Later that afternoon I was talking to David, and he mentioned people he had thought of that wasn’t on our Gift Giving list he would like to purchase Gifts for as well. With David and Charlie adding extra people our Gift Giving Budget was blown to smithereens. This week I’ve been trying to figure out how to budget for these additional Gifts. When I went I online when I came to a post that showed us “How To Make Mason Jar Gifts“.…
Living a simple lifestyle from the front porch
