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Marmot Fun Fact: Photo by  Pascal Mauerhofer  on  Unsplash Marmots hibernate for 8 months out of the year and, while sleeping, their heartbeat drops to 30 beats per minute. Also, the only US holiday named after an animal, Groundhog Day, is named after a marmot.

Several weeks ago I was doing another round of scrolling through Pinterest looking for more blog prompts/ideas to write about or get ideas from. And one of the prompts that I came across was in a month-long challenge for the month of February. Since there were several prompts that involved the topic of love, because of Valentine's Day, I decided to write down a few of them. One of the questions that I wrote down is "How Do You Show Love?" Instead of trying to come up with an entire post just on how I show love, what I did is I shared this question on social media so that people could respond. And here are the responses that I received to this question. "Through my actions towards someone." "Small Comforts." "Entertain others, care for my legacy." "Doing something for someone." ------------------- Based on these answers alone, we can see that people have different ways that they show love as it correspond...

This is a recipe that a family friend found in the Fix-It and Forget-It cookbook a while bag and shared with my family. It is delicious and is a family favorite. And it is such an easy recipe to do that you can make it in the morning or around lunchtime and it will be ready when you sit down at the table for dinner. Photo by  Steve Tsang  on  Unsplash Taco Soup 2 pounds ground beef, browned 1 small onion, chopped and sauteed in ground beef drippings 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 1/2 packages dry taco seasoning (my family makes our own seasoning mix) 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning 1 tablespoon dried minced onion 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1-quart water 15 oz. can black beans 16 oz. can tomato sauce 16. oz. diced tomatoes Combine all of the ingredients in a 5-quart or larger crockpot. Cover and cook for 1 hour on high and reduce to low for 3-4 ...

Don't doubt what you're capable of! # MondayMotivation Grammarly* *Reposting this from the Grammarly Facebook Page

I want to start off by saying that I am not the best at being organized. Whether it’s with blogging, writing a story, or in life. Sometimes I can be organized, but that doesn’t happen very often. taken by me in 2017 Normally when I blog, I am sitting at one end of my dining room table since I don’t have my own desk space. But over the holidays my laptop and everything that normally sits on the table has been in my backpack since two of my siblings came home for several weeks and then we had two parties at our house. So I have been a little bit more organized than I normally am. Though when it’s not the holidays and we aren’t hosting what feels like a million events at our house, my laptop is out on the table. And I typically have a notebook or two, some pens and other items, like mail and my car keys sitting next to my laptop. Of course, I do try to keep things organized when I am camped out at the table for a while either writing a novel/story or working on a blog pos...