Julie Lyles Carr

I was up at 4 am. Yep. I was. But not for the sales. I was Just.Awake. But for those sales warriors of you out there, I thought of you. And snuggled deeper into my bed. And was glad I wasn’t elbowing my way through the toy aisle. But if you were out there, I salute you. And I’ve got…
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Last year’s Thanksgiving preparations apparently made me wax poetic. I think. Last year is a bit of a blur. But I thought we would revisit that moment of posting inspiration today while you chop and clean and scald and whisk and all the rest… (originally posted Nov. 25th, 2009) On the day before Thanksgiving, 1 of 8 said to me,…
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~My great-grandmother and her children…my maternal grandfather is on the far left~ I’m in the throes of Thanksgiving cooking and baking, cleaning and burning. Yes, there has already been a cheesecake incident.  It’s still edible~if you’re not real particular. And in all the preparation, I pull out an old family cookbook, a little comb-bound compilation put together one year for…
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I posted the Octa-Rules last week. In all their glory. But, as I expected, they are already out of date. Hence the need for yet another amendment. Which, I’m sure, will not be the final adjustment we will need to make to The Rules. So please update your Octa-Rules as needed, just so you can stay current. Here’s the latest:…
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