Word of the day: Artistry
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Today's word is... ARTISTRY
Definition of artistry (per Dictionary.com):
[ahr-ti-stree] noun
1. artistic workmanship, effect, or quality. 2. artistic ability.
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OT for Tooth Fairy
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OT for Tooth Fairy
Last week I shared a precious pic of Brayden displaying his first missing molar. Mere days after that post, Megan shared on social media a photo of Brayden and Camden, who both lost another tooth.
One day later, Megan posted yet another photo, this one showing Camden lost yet another tooth.
Read MoreThrowback Thursday: The tunes they are a changin'
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This #TBT piece by Lisa Carpenter originally published March 24, 2011 on Grandma's Briefs.
I'm proud to say my family is musical. We dabble in playing — a guitar and piano here, a recorder and ukulele there — but it's in the listening to music that we really excel. As a whole, our hearts, minds and ears are open to myriad genres, everything from classical to Christian, country to show tunes, hard rock to soft rock and many that aren't really rock at all. We even have our family favorites in the rap genre. (I must admit, though, jazz and easy listening rarely pass notes in our homes, our cars, our iPods, or Spotify queue.)
Music plays a prodigious and powerful role in our family, which is why...
Read MoreWord of the Day: Jubilation
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Today's word is... JUBILATION!
Definition of jubilation (per Merriam-Webster):
1: an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant
2: an expression of great joy
Jubilation on display:
Read MoreThrowback Thursday: 10 things I forget I love... until I remember
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This #TBT piece by Lisa Carpenter originally published February 21, 2011 on Grandma's Briefs.
I love jams and jellies. Chokecherry, strawberry, pomegranate, cherry. Yum! I eat jam or jelly nearly every day. On peanut butter sandwiches. On crackers. On toast. On English muffins. On bagels. (Not all in the same day, of course.)
Recently though, as I toasted an English muffin, I noticed the honey in the cupboard and decided to travel that oft-ignored culinary road. So I put it on my toasted muffin instead of jelly or jam, took a big bite, and instantly thought, "Yum! Why don't I have honey more often?"
I always forget how...
Read MoreThrowback Thursday: Valentine's Day Marshmallow Pops
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This #TBT piece by Lisa Carpenter originally published February 3, 2015 on Grandma's Briefs.
What you need:
20 large marshmallows
4 ounces or so vanilla candy coating, aka Almond Bark
festive decorative cookie sprinkles
20 lollipop sticks (popsicle sticks might work equally well)
What you do:
Have kiddos poke sticks into marshmallows, all the way...
Read MoreFinal football photos
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Final football photos!
With Sunday's (spectacular!) Super Bowl marking the end of football season, I figure I should go ahead and share my favorite football photos of the season. Photos I forgot to share soon after they were shot.
My favorite football photos of this past season are — surprise, surprise — of my three desert-dwelling grandsons. Photos not of them playing football, but watching football. Well, even better than watching football, my grandsons were attending their very first professional football game!
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