Phew! We just got back from a whirlwind vacation at Disney World, and I am exhausted! We went to Downtown Disney and the T-Rex restaurant, Epcot, Animal Kingdom (twice), and Magic Kingdom. This trip was a bit different than our usual trips because we tried some new things, so I’ll be reviewing some of our…

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I didn’t realize how long it had been since I last wrote. I got caught up in the whole NaNoWriMo experience in November, and all my free time was spent on that. Then I had a publishing deadline of December 10th, and I had to get the completed manuscript in by midnight, which I did…

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I will continue to update this as I find more festivals and things to do this month, so I will be leaving this as a sticky post for now. Please scroll down for more recent posts    4th Annual Sarasota Pumpkin Festival, October 26-October 28: 12pm-10pm daily. The Annual Pumpkin Festival is set to take…

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I had this great pumpkin carving idea for my preschooler. See, in Florida you can’t just carve a regular old pumpkin and leave it on your doorstep, a reality I learned when I first moved here in 2000. All you get from that is a large, wet, moldy mess on your front porch, and that’s…

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I print out a lot of things for The Younger to use, like worksheets, tracing patters, coloring pages, etc., and I go through so much printer paper and ink! I’ve been going broke keeping up with all the stuff I do, so I need a place that has cheap ink! Meritline has all sorts of great…

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