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No Frustration Resolutions

I admit, I have been avoiding this as much as I try to avoid handwashing a sink full of grease-stained and moldy, macaroni and cheese-crusted dishes, and this time, I am not talking about having to change my two year old’s poop-stained diapers.  Believe it or not, I get frustrated with making New Year’s Resolutions.  [...]

New Years Revisited

It’s a Brand New Year!  It’s a Brand New Year!  The whole internet is abuzz with 2009 reflections and 2010 resolutions as a new year rings in and the old year rolls out, while the evening before, families and friends gathered and drank celebrated the night away.  I have to admit that since I have [...]

Email Out an Enticing Holiday Video E-Card

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I love What Is It Wednesday.  Besides, what can be easier more fun than taking a close up picture for everyone to guess?  Unfortunately, this week, I will be skipping What Is It Wednesday for the Frugal Housewife’s Decorating For the Holidays Blog Hop.  [...]

The “People Spirit” Stories

The shadows created by the flickering flames of the fire danced like ghostly visitors within the confines of the bamboo-and-straw-made Hmong home.  Outside, evening covered the village with her dark embrace.  The cool blackness, illuminated only by the the twinkling stars and a thin sliver of moonlight, heightened the eeriness of the night.  The straw-covered [...]

Hmong New Year Notes

No, I really am not confused nor am I trying to confuse you. This really is a post on the New Year. I know some of you are wondering why I am not writing a post on Thanksgiving or on Christmas when those holidays precede the New Year. That’s because the Hmong [...]