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October 23, 2025

Fall Treat Time – Caramel Apple Dip

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A great fall recipe that is simple and sure to please the most discerning palate. Don’t miss out on all of the great apple varieties that are featured this fall. There are a ton and now is the time to make some dip to go with them. Continue reading →

February 26, 2025

Five Photos: Five Stories – Day 3

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Revisiting a series of posts I did in 2015. Enjoy. The rules of Five Photos; Five Stories are to post a photo a day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo. It can be fiction or non-fiction, a poem or a Continue reading →

June 9, 2017

Need Some Fun Reading? Check Out These Blogs!

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Reading blogs is something fun, isn’ t it?  If you are reading this you must agree.  I have so many that I try to read regularly and somehow I keep adding more to my list.  No wonder I find it hard to get things done Continue reading →

May 5, 2016

And Now A Word From Our Sponsors

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My recent attendance at the BAM (Bloggers At Midlife) Conference  allowed me the opportunity to meet with some great companies who were sponsors of the conference.  It takes a lot to put together a successful conference and one of the most important pieces is getting appropriate Continue reading →

April 20, 2016

Breathe. Drink Coffee. Start.

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I posted on Facebook this morning that I simply needed to: Breathe. Drink Coffee. Start. You see I am coming down off of a high.  You know what I am talking about.  One of those mountain top experiences that changes you.  That was what I Continue reading →

April 14, 2016

BAM! #BAMC16 That Is

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Today I wing my way to Las Vegas for BAM –the Bloggers At Midlife Conference and boy am I excited!   Last year Sara of Travel with Sara and All In An Iowa Mom’s Day and Laura of Cat Tales With Laura I and were Continue reading →

October 15, 2015

I Am Blogging This

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As a blogger I find things everywhere to write about.  It is kind of a joke in our family and I am sure it is the same in many families where there is a blogger. “So Mom, you gonna blog about this?” “Why do I Continue reading →

September 24, 2015

Bloggy Conference at Cedar Point

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Last weekend I got to attend BloggyCon15 – my very first weekend blogging conference.  I was pretty pumped about it for several reasons. Number one it was being held at Cedar Point which meant it would be close to my family so I could combine Continue reading →

May 11, 2015

Things I Learned in Chicago #NIBTravel

Beth Ann Chiles/ Blog, Friends, Life stories, Photography, Travel, Writing/ 23 Comments/ 5130

There will be a multitude of posts coming over the next couple of weeks detailing our North Iowa Blogger trip to Chicago.  Suffice it to say it was everything I had hoped for and more.  The 8 of us had a great time. Friendships were Continue reading →

March 12, 2015

Mug ‘O’ Comfort Swap Reveal

Beth Ann Chiles/ Blog, Blog Hop, Food, Home Improvements/ 13 Comments/ 4341

I joined in a blogger swap sponsored by Chaotic Goddess Swaps a while back and today is the day I share with you what my fabulous partner sent to me to make my winter day a bit brighter. I was matched up with Marlene from Continue reading →

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
5 of 5 stars
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
3 of 5 stars
Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
5 of 5 stars
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
4 of 5 stars
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
5 of 5 stars
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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