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French Friday ~ Designing My Life

September 13, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

    I’ve long been a member (and moderator) of the Yahoo Group, French Chic. Participation has slowed in recent years, probably because of Facebook and other social media options. But several of us are hoping to revive the group because it has, in the past, served an important role in our lives.    I’ve…

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Filed Under: Films, French Inspiration Tagged With: conscious living, dinner, French Chic, French Friday, French music, POW, The Great Gatsby

National T.V. Dinner Day

September 10, 2013 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Did you that today is National T.V. Dinner Day? And do you know the story behind them? Check out this short video: Interesting, huh? Did you grow up eating T.V. Dinners? We did occasionally. Mom let us each pick out our favorite and as I recall, we did eat them in front of the t.v….

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Project Of the Week (POW)

September 10, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 3 Comments

I got a “brilliant” idea this morning at about 6 a.m. while I was trying to decide if I’d be able to go back to sleep. David had to leave early and will be away this week on business. That’s when I decided I ought to pick a project to tackle while he’s away. I…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cleaning, housework, ironing, plants, POW, Project Of the Week, projects

Weekend Warriors

September 9, 2013 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

I think we’ve just about got this weekend thing figured out. You should be exhausted by Sunday night, right? David had one heck of a week at work and was more than ready for Friday night. We went to the Statesman Lounge to hear Mandala perform and to reveal the gender of her baby due in…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Breakfast Club, DJ Yachtsman, friends, fun, Mandala, Rowdy Folk, The Great Gatsby, weekend

Missed it again…

September 7, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

Yesterday was National Fight Procrastination Day and I meant to post something on the subject. But I never got around to it.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: holidays, procrastination

What I’m Into (August 2013 Edition)

September 6, 2013 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

I’m a bit late with this but better late than never, right? It’s been a long and busy day (I’ll blog about it later) so this edition of “What I’m Into” may be a bit light on elaboration. Celebrations This month we celebrated the life of my dear uncle. David, my mom and I flew to…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Celebrating Womanhood, grocery haul, Hopeful Leigh, Hurricane Katrina, Prius, Van Morrison, What I'm Into

My birthday weekend

September 4, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 5 Comments

David took me to Oklahoma City and Dallas this past weekend to celebrate my birthday. I feel utterly spoiled. And exhausted. Hey, if you don’t come home tired you aren’t doing it right. Right? Right. We headed to “the city” (that’s Okie-speak for Oklahoma City) Friday afternoon. We didn’t get out of town until 3…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: birthday, Candlewood Suites, Chileno's, Dallas, Deep Ellum, friends, fun, live music, Mickey Mantle's, Mojo's, OKC, Our Mother's Martyr, Shiloh, Skirvin Hotel, trees, Tucker's, weekend

Menu Monday ~ September 2, 2013

September 2, 2013 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Click here, here, or here for more menu ideas! Monday:We spent the last few days celebrating my birthday in OKC and Dallas, only arriving home a little while ago. That calls for a super easy dinner.  grilled hot dogs chips fruit Tuesday: I bought a jar of sauce to make butter chicken and a jar…

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New Orleans is…

August 29, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

Eight years ago today the world watched New Orleans drown and thus began the “should it be rebuilt” refrain. Fortunately the people of New Orleans don’t much care what others think so they doggedly set about putting their city back together, one house, one restaurant, one bar at a time. Those who call New Orleans…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Adolfo's, Antoine's, Apple Barrel, Hurricane Katrina, muffuletta, New Orleans, Willie Mae's

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