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One peasant blouse, 4 ways
Whenever you buy a new piece of clothing, you want to have a variety of ways to wear it in mind. You may choose to change up accessories, different bottoms or layers to create new outfits. In this post, I am using a blush peasant blouse I found on the clearance rack at Target. Since the blouse has interesting details such as the tassels and the details at the collar and sleeves, I created different outfits by changing shoes and bottoms. With joggers and brown sandals I love these joggers! I can dress them up for a date or down for a casual outfit. This particular pair from JCpenney is…
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Literacy magnet letters center
I remember a parent asking me one year at the beginning of the school year how many years I had taught and how many children I had. I guess she was concerned about my youth and wanted to make sure I was the right teacher for her son. While I have not been in the classroom for years now, I do have 6 years of experience in at the elementary level and also taught at the preschool level. I used the following literacy center with my third graders but also with 4 year old too, just using it for different activities. Storage Storage is important: you want your child to…
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Republic of Georgia, part 4, canyon and caves
After returning to Tbilisi for a few days, we traveled to Kutaisi, a city in West Georgia. We used an app called Map.Me to get there. This app was a life saver since it does not use date but the gps on your cell phone. You can use it in any country! Kutaisi is a great home base to visit wonderful monasteries (Gelati and Motsameta), the Bagrati cathedral, Prometheus Cave and Okatse Canyon. Bagrati Cathedral We visited this cathedral a few times since it was a 5 minutes walk from our hotel. It is an 11th century cathedral that is a UNESCO world heritage site. We attended liturgy there on…
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Inspired by Jodie Filogomo
Once again another blogger, Jodie from Jodie Touch of Style (and her moms) has sparked my interest with her theme for the week. During the last week of March, they styled black and white with bright colors, pastels and. In my case, I went with a simple combo of black and white with black and white. The shirt is from Shein which right now is only is plus sizes. This ruffle short sleeve tee is now $9 which is close to the price I paid for it. This is the only time that I have bought from Shein but I will say that the shirt has really held up to…
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Favorite board games
I grew up playing board games with my brothers. I remember playing Monopoly and if I didn’t get Board Walk I would give up! We played Scrabble, Mille Bornes, the Game of Life and a few more games. Once of my favorite games that I wish I could find was a game that had you touring France following different routes: I am hoping to find the game for sale somewhere on my trip but as of right now I don’t see it anywhere for sale. Since I try to limit screen time for my children, when they are not playing outside or reading, I encourage them to play board games.…
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Republic of Georgia trip, our road trips (part 3)
Welcome back to our little series recapping our trip to the Republic of Georgia. Today I will share our 3 day excursion outside of the capital. We were hosted in a little house on someone’s property in the town of Surami. It is about a 3 hour drive from Tbilisi. Our hosts welcomed us with a meal when we arrived and the rest of our meals were prepared in our little kitchen with the food we brought with us. Electricity was turned off a few hours that evening and we did have access to spotty wifi which we only needed for posting pictures on Facebook and Instagram. We spent one…
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Inspired by Jaymie Ashcraft (navy and olive combo)
Look # 1 Today I am sharing with you 2 outfits featuring olive and navy. Those are not colors that I usually combine but after seeing it on another blogger (Jaymie Ashcraft), I got inspired to see what I could create from my closet. As most of my post, I do not have links for my clothes because most of them are not new and also because my aim is to help you take advantage of what you already own and what you may want to add to your closet to help you create more outfit combinations. Use the colors or the type of clothing as your inspiration just as…
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Tbilisi, the food, the market (Republic of Georgia part 2)
Welcome part to my series of post about our trip to the Republic of Georgia. Today I will share about the food (I could fly there right now just for some hachipuri or kinkali!) and my visit of the market. Fresh food One thing you will notice when you visit the Republic of Georgia is the fresh food. Meals are most often served with a tomato and cucumber salad, cheese and fresh bread. Ingredients come fresh from the market if possible and our experience at Hotel Gomi and our stays in the country proved that! The food is delicious! The market After our first visit, I knew that I wanted…
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Republic of Georgia family trip (Part 1)
I wanted to dedicate several post to our trip to Georgia last May because if you are like I was a couple years ago, you may not know where Georgia is on the map and may not know there is a country called Georgia. We actually have a number of Georgian friends and had already been introduced to the culture and food. Georgia borders Russia and Azerbaidjan as well as Armenia and Turkey. It is a beautiful country full of history, Orthodox churches and monasteries, and breathtaking scenery. This past trip was our second trip there. We are grateful to have friends there and each time my father in law…
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Linking up with Sentence a Day
You can link up and join on Foxy’s Domestic Side as well as others! March 2019 3/1 Been making it to the gym 4-5 times a week, yay! 3/2 Tackling a bit project: the garage! 3/3 Garage makeover finished 3/6 BLOG WENT LIVE! 3/7 1st soccer game for N (5 years old). I am the coach for his team. Lots of fun! 3/8 My oldest was invited to his first middle school party at the roller skating rink. Fun and bruises! 3/9 J. scored 2 goals in soccer. Hubby cleaned a tub of junk in garage and we ended up with $80 in Home Depot store credit for unopened items.…