Category: April Blogging Challenge
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Dolly + Zeb
Saturday morning I got up, leisurely sipped my tea, and then finished making a pasta salad and a goofy-but-cute card. It was a typical Oregon April day, chilly and drizzly, and it was the day of Dolly and Zeb’s wedding. Well, their reception, rather. They like to do things their own unique way, so only…
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April Birthday Week
There’s a particular week every April when most of my close female friends have birthdays. First Ashlie on April 16, then Phoebe on April 17, then Esta on April 20, then Jenny on April 21. (If your birthday falls on April 18 or 19 maybe we’re destined to be close friends someday, lol.) For today’s…
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The Eclipse 2024
It’s hard to describe just how much the 2024 eclipse mattered to me. Seeing the 2017 eclipse was one of the top highlights of my life. Maybe even the best moment of my entire life. Not just the uncanny, indescribable, mind-bending beauty of the eclipse itself but the whole day—from camping with my cousins to…
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April Blogging Challenge (And the End of the Christmas Quest)
It’s April 1—you know what that means! No, I’m not trying to pull a prank on you. I’m just here to say that once again, the Smucker Writers are doing the April Blogging Challenge. This year, besides myself and my mom, my sister-In-Law Phoebe will do a couple of posts, as well as my brother…
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How to Communicate Kindness
Note: This was originally posted a year ago on my Patreon, but today I decided to share it on my main blog to close out the April Blogging Challenge In the past year especially, I’ve seen a lot of online posts about racism. Inevitably, someone in the comments will say something to the effect of,…
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ABC Post 16: Nine Life Hacks I Made Up (That Actually Work!)
I’ve always secretly wanted to work as a life-hack inventor. Surely you’ve seen those weird videos that pop up on Instagram or whatever. They promise to give you amazing life hacks to, say, repurpose old jeans. Next thing you know you’re watching someone turn jeans into bizarre unflattering bedroom slippers, sequined chaps, or ugly chairs,…
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ABC Post 13: What I’ve Been Reading Lately
I’ve been extra tired the past few days and don’t have the energy to post about important and potentially controversial topics like MLMs or artificial scents. So I’m gonna do an easy post today. Are you feeling nosy about what I’m reading? Well then this is the post for you. I try not to read…
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ABC Post 11: Some Happy News + A Few Updates
Yesterday I received some happy news, but before I get to that I want to give a few updates about some of my previous posts in the April Blogging Challenge. First, a great number of people commented on my last post to express their disappointment that the prune juice didn’t lead to me having to…
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ABC Post 8: Squandering My $5 Tax Refund
When money comes to one unexpectedly, the best thing to do is squander it. 30 years from now you won’t remember or care if you spent your money on practical things like bandaids or cupcake liners, but you WILL remember the wonderful day you carelessly squandered. (I realize that this sounds like bad advice. But…
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ABC Post 6: Making Memes of Me
I read an article recently that claimed that the only good thing left on Facebook is private meme groups. I’ve found this to be semi-true. Tiktok has more interesting content, Twitter has more news and current events, Instagram is better for actually keeping up with people…but Facebook does have one thing going for it, and…
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 