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Your Challenge Today!  Re-Visit a lost personal or family Tradition by enacting it again.  Change it, reinvent it, revitalize it– whatever.  Ramp it up.  Make it cool.  Bring some fresh ideas and energy into it!  Earn 100 Stars!

When my granddaughter was little, we planted peas every year.  It became a little tradition — something just between us.  When the pea pods matured, we would stand out in the sun, shelling peas, popping those sweet bits in our mouths and laughing as we tossed an errant pea or two at each other.  But then, as life surely progresses, circumstances unfolded where I didn’t have the time to take care of the garden.  I was too busy taking care of the man who built it.  Then, we moved.  Not to be deterred, I slowly began constructing a new garden.  Each year I added one bed, and…

Hi-ho!

This is my Butzfrau (Lady scarecrow — Lady Boogieperson) that I made for my garden this year.  Louisa Lolly is posing for a front porch pic.  I don’t know about shooing off the birds and deer; but, my girl certainly scares the bejeezus out of the delivery people.

Today’s Challenge — Make Yourself Pretty!  Today is a super easy day!  Give yourself a home spa day.  Why not try a lovely scented bath with candlelight, soft music, and warm, fluffy towels!  Earn 25 stars!

Working From Home?  Be careful of Jammie Disease!

Although working in your jammies can be somewhat enticing at first, after a while, it can become downright depressing.  My grandmother hailed from West Virginia and she was insistent that you always changed out of your nightwear each day.  She said that dreams, night spirits and such nestled into the fabric, and could make you tired…