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    World Octopus Day

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    Can you believe today is World Octopus Day?!?!? I already love it! Since an octopus is my logo, I can’t help but celebrate World Octopus Day today! And if you’re wondering why my logo includes an octopus and an ice cream sundae, check out my post here. Octopuses are really…

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    Whole Grain Veggie Burrito Bowl

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    I found this recipe for a whole grain veggie burrito bowl a few years ago and can’t believe I haven’t shared it yet with all of my readers! As many of you know, my partner and I are not vegetarian, but we do choose to eat a number of meals…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/4/2021

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    What I Read I’m not sure why I even plan to read anything lately! Work has sucked up so much of my time, by the time I have time to read, I’m too tired! Although I reviewed two books for the blog this week – Melville and Change Sings, they…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/27/2021

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    What I Read I finished up Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and read Fix Her Up by Tess Bailey and I might be getting to end of my romance reading phase. I also re-read The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen. I like that I don’t have to…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/20/2021

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    What I Read I finally read Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo and I honestly don’t know why it took me so long! It’s currently on the long list for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. I loved how the story moved between characters and…

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    Director’s Thoughts – 9/15/2021

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    I survived summer reading! But, there isn’t really a better way to say it. We’ve run out of space! We moved into our current space in the late 1980s after vacating a much smaller location. In 2007-08 a feasibility study showed that we had in essence run out of space.…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/13/2021

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    What I Read In the past two weeks, I’ve only read two books. It’s been super busy at work. Our ILS had an upgrade and data migration going on for about a week and that wasn’t too bad. But, coming out of that, there were so many issues with data…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/30/2021

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    What I Read Well, an unplanned power outage that lasted almost an entire 24 hours led me to do A LOT of reading. It’s amazing what you can read when conserving your cell phone battery, without wi-fi and many of the modern luxuries needed to clean the house! I finished…

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    Quick & Easy (& Tasty) Chicken Meatballs

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    I’m sharing a new recipe today! I haven’t shared any meal plans recently, but this is one that everyone should try! I was raving about it a few weeks ago and sent the recipe to my busy sister. She just mentioned that not only did she really like it, but…