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a blog by Kim Russell

October 11, 2021

Halloween Decor 2021

I hate fall but I begrudgingly admit to enjoying decorating for Halloween. If you have a giant ivy pit in your front yard, put some foam graves there! And a skeleton. This year the graveyard expanded past the walkway. Don't forget the friendly ghosts. (we trim the ivy down from the wall after Halloween every year) And a not-very-friendly bat. Let's toss some plastic skills into the potted plants while we're at it. We also have a string of Mickey Mouse pumpkin lights in ...

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November 23, 2019

Skelly Saturday

Our Halloween decorations include a plastic skeleton head and hands that we jam into the overgrown ivy in our front yard. The trick-or-treaters love it. WM loves it too and this year asked if we could leave it out and he'd put a Santa hat on it for Christmas. With the fall being as it's been, I really don't care about the small things so I said sure. This is what I found this morning. The newspaper is usually left at the end of the driveway, meaning either the delivery person made a trip up ...

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April 4, 2017

Candle centerpieces

Two years ago, a friend of mine shared a Christmas centerpiece on Facebook. It was comprised of a battery-operated pillar candle in a glass jar surrounded by peppermint candies. I pinned it here. While I couldn't find green peppermints, I recreated the pin and it was really sharp. Usually Pinterest ideas fall flat, but this one is solid gold. And when Christmas ended I wondered what else I could do with it? So I started shoving various candies into the jar. For Valentines Day, I did ...

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December 5, 2013

Christmas in the cube city

My desk at TNP faces an aisle, so I get a little bit of eye-level flat area to decorate. I think I have 80% of of it covered. My shopping is done with the exception of the most difficult parents to buy for, Mr. Quiet and Ms. I Only Want a Card. (note to self: buy card.) I did the majority of it online this year, a first for someone who loves going out to shop. It was partially because the Cyber Monday deals were pretty good and partly because regular department stores don't carry cool niche ...

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I've been blogging for over twenty (2 decades! 2-0!) years and I'm apparently one of the few over-50 female bloggers who haven't sold out to THE MAN yet; hence this blog remains quirky, homespun, and unprofitable. No big. However, if you're from Disney, Doritos, or Dave Matthews Band, I'm open to talk about selling out.

I live in Southern New Jersey with my husband WM, and our dog Murphy. I'm an adult who likes Disney but not a Disney Adult. I used to work a fun (really!) office job in Philadelphia, but since March of 2020 I'm a work from home hermit. So if you're looking for a childless, slightly round, marginally boring GenX woman's blog to follow, you've come to the right place! :)

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The Duke and I
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by Julia Quinn
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
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Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Spare
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by Prince Harry
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Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
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Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
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