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  • Decluttering for the Summertime: Week 1

    • May 17, 2016
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    • Organization, The Widow Life
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    Typically, there are two times of the year when I really feel compelled to deep-clean: the start of the calendar year and the start of the school year. However, I…

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    On Mother’s Day

    • May 9, 2016
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    • The Widow Life
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    There are holidays you expect to be especially hard after you become a widow. Father’s Day, for sure. Christmas too. But like most aspects of widowhood, reality is often a…

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    When Everything Goes Wrong (and What to Do About It)

    • May 2, 2016
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    • The Widow Life
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    I should have seen it coming. After all, there is no better way to ruin plans than to share them with the world. Last month, I confidently posted about how…

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    Come, Be Social With Me

    • April 16, 2016
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    When it comes to blogging best practices, it seems as though you’re expected to have a Facebook page, a Twitter handle and an Instagram feed where your readers can connect…

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    I spent 12 hours alone at Epcot with a 3 year-old and a 6 year-old…someone give me a gold star.

    • April 12, 2016
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    • The Widow Life
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    True story. And the 6 year-old was under the weather too. Why would I do such a thing? Well, the high school band was going to Disney for spring break,…

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    The Power of Procrastination…to ruin your week.

    • April 1, 2016
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    I have a monthly ritual. It’s nothing too meaningful, but it’s certainly consistent. It goes something like this: the last day of the month arrives, and I am frantically typing…

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    It’s Good Friday

    • March 25, 2016
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    Today, the Christian world lapses into silence and mourning as we remember the passion and death of our Lord. In the months before and after Tom’s death, I found my…

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Maryalene LaPonsie

In a former life, I was a legislative staffer. Now, I am a personal finance writer, mother of five and keeper of memories for my late husband.




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  • It's just a matter of time before the clouds and snow arrive so we're soaking up the sun while we can.
  • It's their lucky day. I try not to buy ice cream too often, but Meijer had a ton of toppings and cones on the clearance cart so who am I to deny fate?
  • Morning ambition: make this paperwork disappear from my desk by afternoon.
  • Was back on old stomping grounds yesterday. Man, I miss working here.
  • Every year, our local community turns pink to support those impacted by cancer. Our team didn't win the big football game, but I like to think we all came out ahead last night.
  • It's not pretty, but it's not supposed to be...Hagrid's wasn't! My son saw this cookbook by @dinahbucholz in the library and just had to borrow it. I told him to pick a recipe and, of course, he picked the birthday cake that Hagrid made in Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone. Took two hours, but Mom gets props for only losing her temper once. ;-)
  • I am all for the natural look, but my yard is looking a bit ridiculous. Our lawn service hasn't been out to mow for a month since a dry July burned up all the grass. Now that the rain has returned, the weeds are taller than the dog. Left what I hope sounded like a rather desperate message on Monday for them to come mow this week. Here's to hoping they show up today!
  • So our dear Mr. Fish died about two weeks ago. I think a stretch of very hot weather + an un-air conditioned house did him in but maybe he had some injury from when all the water leaked out of his tank. However, my daughter decided it was time to resurrect the empty tank and brought home some new fish. That ended up being a rather traumatic experience that has resulted in a pictus catfish swimming around the tank with some netting in his fin. She also bought what I believe must have been the ugliest fish in the store but shhhh...don't tell her I said that. She said it didn't have a label, but I think this is goldfish??

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