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Share Our Lives: Staying Warm in Winter

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This month for Share Our lives we're talking about how we stay warm in winter.     Having lived my whole life in Connecticut I have lots and lots of practice keeping warm in winter.        Wearing lots of warm layers     Dressing for the season when we need to be outside.     We keep throw blankets in nearly every room of the house and my favorite is the electric heated throw blanket.     We use our fireplace and wood stove in winter to keep the house cozy.     We have rechargeable battery heated gloves, winter jackets, hand warmers, etc. (I mean we don't all have ALL of those but several of us have one or two of those) and they really help when we have to be outside for long periods of time.     I used to be so awful at dressing for the weather and that made a big difference in how cold I always felt. I'm still pretty stubborn about it and more often than not my coat is thrown into the backseat of...

10 on the 10th; January 2026

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 Yay! Marsha's brought her 10 on the 10th back and I loved this month's prompt! Some months she asks us 10 questions and some month she just gives us a prompt. Both are fun to answer.    Oh I just knew this prompt was going to be so easy! Without listing crazy things I'd never do, I actually have had quite a few goals and things to do on my mind for years that I keep pushing off and pushing off because I really don't want to do them so here are 10 things I probably won't do this year (that I really probably should). Most relate to our house which is now 22 years old... 1. Repaint the baseboards/trim & doors (or any room of the house at that)-- our white trim and doors are really showing their age and use but the thought of actually getting down and repainting them is daunting so it's a task I keep putting off. 2. Remodeling the master bath (or any other room in the house for that matter)-- my husband and I have talked about a master bath remodel for years a...

Favorites & Highlights from December; One Sentence a Day

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 We had a lovely, if cold, December. Our Christmas was very quiet and low-key and despite my reluctance to celebrate this year we had lots of fun with family.... but I'm already starting to petition for a trip away for next Christmas.   1. So thankful for some great books from the library.  Gym, spent my day doing laundry, working on my painting, and reading. 10,169 steps.   2. So thankful the snow in the forecast was just rain today!  Evan and I headed to Nichol's for a shadow day in the rain, it was fun and informative, then I spent my afternoon running errands. 7,802 steps.  another library pick up!  3. So thankful I talked myself into going for a walk after lunch that turned into a mini hike.  Gym, then I spent my morning in the kitchen cooking up so many things; it was beautiful out so I squeezed in a walk after lunch and then worked on the blog until dinner. 10,521 steps.   homemade granola bars whole wheat everything bag...