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New Year's Resolutions: 2018

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   While 2017 may not have been the best year on a national or global scale, it ended up being a great year on a personal scale. It started off to a rough beginning, but ended up having a massive turn around about half-way through the year concluding with me having a total perspective and attitude shift for the better. It was a year of self-discovery and pursuing things I love. A year of learning more about the world around me, and a year of learning to give back. So, I have high but realistic hopes going into 2018 that the year will be at least as good as the end of 2017 was and that I will continue growing as a person. My resolutions for 2018 are a little different from my usual ones, but I am excited for them. My Motto for 2018      First we'll start off with my personal motto and reminder for the year: life may not get easier, but it can get better . It's kind of simplistic and cheesy, but I think it's a positive twist on the depressing rem...

Chocolate Covered Oreos

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                       This is my first post with a Christmas theme! I'm a bit excited. I have a little party I'm going to tomorrow, and I wanted to bring some sort of cute Christmas treat. After spending way more hours than necessary on Pinterest I noticed a lot of people having some type of varied chocolate covered Oreos. I loved the idea (even though I don't even like Oreos) and decided to make my own!                                        ~ Ingredients ~ 1 pack of Oreos (shocking I know) 1 bag of Candy Melts (I used the Dark Cocoa ones)                                    ~ Optional Toppings ~ Crushed candy canes...I found it was easiest to crush them up by putting them in a Ziploc b...

Autumn Advantages

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It's FINALLY fall! Even though the weather may not realize that it's supposed to be chilly out, I'm going to start embracing fall now that it is October. To me autumn means crisp morning walks (or sitting on a porch swing if you hate exercise as much as I do), comfy sweaters, and cozy cardigans. It means an excess of pumpkin spice EVERYTHING, apple picking, hayrides, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, and crunchy leaf piles. Anticipate  the start of cozy nights wrapped in a fluffy blanket sipping hot apple cider from an adorable fall mug.  Autumn also means the reinstatement of loads of adorable fall decorations, DIYs, and desserts.  Even without those advantages, fall would be the best season as it has TWO holidays: Halloween and Thanksgiving.   One of the most important steps to really usher in fall is to light autumnal candles. My current favorite fall candle is  Spiced Citrus which is redolent with the scents of apple cider and a faint touch of cloves. ...