• The Girl Thing

      These little nieces of mine, in their dress-up clothes looking at one another, dreaming of romance in castles and pretending they are grown-up… I told them I was going…

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  • The New Banner

    Wow, what a surprise! What awesome support. Number two banner was the crowd pleaser by a land slide though the other banners had there fair share of applause. Your votes…

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  • A New Banner for my Blog

      Banner Number 1 Molly playing peek a boo. Have you noticed the very plain banner on my blog? I want to change it, spruce it up a bit and need…

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  • The Festa

                            The Portuguese Festa begins with a parade. Tradition has it that a a little girl and young woman are both crowned Queen for the day. In the 14th century Queen…

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  • The Portuguese Festa

                          The Portuguese Festa (fes-tah) is about food, have you ever been to a Festa? Today in a small town called, Princeton in California, there is a Portuguese Festa.…

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  • I Spy with my Little Eye

                           I must confess that I enjoy spying on Molly (my five year old niece) as she spies on Chelsea and her boyfriend Mr. Espresso. I have found her spying…

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  • Sweet Surrender

                                         Sweet surrender. I didn’t know that I was holding on. I didn’t know. Until French Husband reached out and held me. Then I knew what I didn’t know before. That…

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  • Homecoming

                 More about the homecoming tomorrow.. Today is about red lipstck, listening to Chelsea's stories about the last four months in university, and of course checking out Mr. Espresso. The…

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  • The Aroma of France

                             Molly my five year old niece went with me today to the grocery store. While driving  there she told me she could smell France. I thought to myself that…

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