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Hi! My name is Margot. My blog is about the things I love to do. That could be what I'm reading, places we visit, my family, food, or whatever else is happening. I hope you'll stay and visit a while.
Contact me by email: joyfullyretired (at) gmail (dot) com.
What I’m Reading Gods In Alabama
Sizzle
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Read-A-Longs Clarissa
My Book Rating System A = Excellent in every way
B = Very good story
C = Good/Average
D = Poor
F = So Bad I couldn't finish it
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Christmas shopping is so much nicer during the week when everyone else is working! Unless you – like to shop with everyone elbowing you to get at what you are looking at you like to wait in long lines for the privilege of handing them your money competitive shopping is your hobby [...]
My husband, Jay, just came in with these three roses. Can you believe it? It’s November! This would not happen if I were still employed and living in the mid-west. But here we are: retired, visiting our son in California and able to walk his property and pick roses that grow in [...]
One day my nine year old granddaughter said something like, “When I’m old like you . . .”. Oh dear. She called me the “O” word. Its not as if I think I’m still 15, although inside I still feel like that. I only have to look in the mirror to see my age. I [...]
I’m a wife (44 years), mother (three grown-ups – a son, two daughters) and “nana” to two beautiful girls (9 and 3). I’m also a daughter, sister, aunt and friend. I’m a former Human Resource Manager – former meaning I’m RETIRED! As in most seasons of my life, I’m having a really good time in [...]
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What You’ll Find On My Blog: *Book Reviews Click the button to go to my 2012 Book List
2012 CHALLENGES:
- Library books: 13/30
- Agatha Christie: 31/87
- American Battle of Prizes: 2/3
- British Battle of Prizes: 2/3
- European Challengwe: 0/5
- Foodies Read 2: 5/20
- What’s In A Name 5: 0/6
- Classics: 3/50
- Persephone: 0/3
- Virago: 0/3
Total books read: 37
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