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When Doing It Yourself Is No Longer the Best Choice

When Doing It Yourself Is No Longer the Best Choice First published on Sixty and Me My husband has always

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Home Patty Grasher

Welcome. I’m Patty Grasher, a guidebook author, radio host, and local book event organizer in Southwest Washington. This site brings

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Recreating a 1908 Vancouver Cookbook, One Chapter at a Time

I seem to have zero energy but I have started a tiny new project. When I first came to Vancouver

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My Journey to Write a Cozy Mystery

This is probably going to be very boring to 99.9 percent of the world. Maybe I should make that 99.99999

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Free Jigsaw Puzzles Online for all Ages

Free Jigsaw Puzzles Online Playing free jigsaw puzzles online offers a wealth of benefits, making it a valuable pastime for

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Detours & Side Trips

So I am bit more spasmodic with my daily as usual but continuing on.   Since I always have a good

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Christmas makes us better

Today’s Sunshine: “We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” Laura Ingalls

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Basic Ingredients of Christmas

Today’s Sunshine: “Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly Merry Christmas..” Peg Bracken So

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Start making more mistakes

Today’s Sunshine: “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” John

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Be yourself

Today’s Sunshine: \”I think you have to be what your are. Don\’t try to be somebody else. You have to

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Things work out best

Today’s Sunshine: \”Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.\” John

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Many ways of going forward

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.\” Franklin D

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Every expert was once a beginner

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: Every expert was once a beginner Have started a 90 day plan to get my business

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Good things take time

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “Good things take time\” John Wooden   If you like these notes will you please share

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Have Faith

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.\” Sonia

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With the new day

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. \” Eleanor Roosevelt It looks like

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