A Place Like This

Author: Valarie Budayr

  • I got the big picture

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    I have the photo bug really bad. I can absolutely attribute this to the blogs. Before I had a blog I left the photo taking to my husband.  To capture the treasured moments of each day and to recount memories of family tradtions and events, I started this blog. If we have stories we need…

  • A voyeur called Spokeo…Very Important

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      Greetings friends. I think you know by now that I keep things very positive here on the blog but today I have to share this information with you because I think you have the right to protect yourselves. Recently there is a new site called spokeo . They advertise themselves by saying"Not your grandma's phone…

  • 365: A Year of Good Things

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    The Year of Good things ProjectInspired by an incredible 15 year old girl, who emailed friends and family asking them to join her in recording one good thing each day in 2011. In her own words : “How many times do you think about the good things that happen in a day or a year…

  • New Year Gratitude

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     I want to wish each and everyone of you the happiest of new years. I am grateful for your daily visits and for the life we share together between our blogs. We have enriched eachother's lives, shared in triumphs and sorrows, watched children and beloved pets grow, oh yes, and the three C's…Craft, Cook, and Create…

  • A Front Row Seat

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    After days of hurried crafting, cooking, decorating, and merriment I can finally say "I'm ready. Bring it on!" Someone else in the same position is prancer here. I have it on very good authority that everyone is hitched, in a reindeer sort of way, and ready to go.   Dear friends, here's wishing you and…

  • The Candle Guardian

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    Greetings friends. Yesterday I took a completely harrowing journey. I had to go to Nashville to pick up Mimi from school. I had cancelled the same trip the day before because of an ice storm. We weathered ice, wind, rain, sleet, oh yes and let's not forget the pea soup fog, all hundred miles of…

  • Snow Star Tutorial

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    Today I'm off through the ice and snow to fetch our Mimi from University and bring her home for the holidays. While I'm away, I thought I would share one of my favorite things to make this time of year and that is the snow star. They look so impressive but are so easy to…

  • Tuesday Through My Winter Window

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    Today are left the remnants of our first fallen snow. It is miserably cold. So cold all the wool in the world will not keep me warm. I think it was 6 degrees with the wind chill this morning. The best part of a December snow fall, apart from sledding, is that school was cancelled.…

  • Happy St. Lucia

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    Ah it's so good to be back. My computer was broken all of last week and I really missed this space and all of you. Be sure I will come around visiting today.  First things first, however.  Last night we lit the advent star knowing that today is St. Lucia. St. Lucia in Sweden is…

  • This Moment

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    {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a great weekend.