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Creating a Beautiful Life: Taking Some Time Off

May 19, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

Taking Some Time Off

The Life With Dee tagline is “creating a beautiful life”. I truly believe that’s a worthy goal but in all honesty, I sometimes struggle with it. Too often I get caught up in “busy” and fail to take time to focus on living. Next weekend we will be hosting the 10th annual Happyland Music Fest…

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Inspiring Books ~ A Few Favorites

May 17, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

Inspiring Books

Ever since I can remember I’ve loved books. As a kid I spent much of my free time behind the closed door of my bedroom reading. I’ve always loved to escape between the pages of a book. Over the years I’ve encountered many, many books which I’ve loved and been inspired by. Here are a…

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LWD Giveaway!

May 16, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 9 Comments

LWD earrings giveaway

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a giveaway so let’s fix that, okay? Thanks to the generosity of the owner of Avian Designs, I’m giving away a pair of these earrings, handmade and created from up-cycled leather:   Avian Designs has a beautiful collection of earrings available, including these which I own:     What’s…

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Menu Monday ~ May 15, 2017

May 15, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 7 Comments

Menu Monday

This week’s menu features Brazilian Black Beans, Chicken Caprese and “Busy Day Swiss Steak”. Then things get busy and that’s the end of cooking for me for the week.  Dee’s Menu Monday Brazilian Black Beans (Instant Pot recipe) rice salad Tuesday Caprese Chicken steamed Yukon Gold potatoes salad carrots Wednesday Busy Day Swiss Steak mashed…

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Scaling Back For Summer

May 9, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 3 Comments

Scaling Back For Summer

Summer is fast approaching and a new season is often a good time to reevaluate our daily schedules and routines. I’ve decided I’ll be scaling back for summer, at least in some areas of my life.    Last week while on vacation in North Myrtle Beach, I read the book, Essentialism, by Greg McKeown. It’s…

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A Week at North Myrtle Beach ~ Our Vacation

May 9, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

A Week at North Myrtle Beach

We spent last week at North Myrtle Beach sitting by a pool, watching the ocean, and basically nothing else. It was awesome!    If you know me personally or have followed me online any length of time you probably know that David and usually vacation in New Orleans a couple of times a year. For…

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Homemade Thousand Island Dressing

May 3, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

Thousand Island Dressing

I learned to make homemade Thousand Island dressing as a kid. It is so simple it hardly qualifies as a recipe but I was asked to share so here goes.  Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Life With Dee! Thousand Island Dressing Print Yum Homemade Thousand Island Dressing Ingredients3/4 cup of…

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LWD Book Club ~ May 2017

May 1, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

LWD book club May 2017

A new month! That means it’s time for the LWD Book Club selections for May. Our May book choices reflect this month’s blog themes of self-development, creativity and happiness.  Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Life With Dee! LWD MAY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin “Gretchen Rubin…

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Menu Monday ~ Guest Post Recipe Roundup

May 1, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 5 Comments

Menu Monday - guest post recipes

I love doing theme menus once in awhile to break up the monotony. This week we are going to focus on reader recipes which have been shared with me as guest posts. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Life With Dee! Menu Monday – Guest Post Recipes   Did you know…

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