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funwhy education is importantwhy expectations are badwhy grandmothers need Geritolwhy grandparents love grandkidswhy influence is importantwhy influence matterswhy it's important to feel safewhy it's important to read to babieswhy kids love grandparentswhy learning about internet safety is importantwhy listening is importantwhy not giving Christmas gifts did not workwhy safe spaces are goodwhy safe spaces are importantwhy safe spaces matterwhy talking to children is importantwhy we are downsizing Christmaswhy we blogwhy we celebrated Christmas with no giftswhy we love David Biedrzycki's bookswhy we need to learn to say nowhy we should not be so quick to judgewhy we shouldn't make assumptionswhy what we say matterswild animalswindwindy walkwinewinter 2018winter decorwinter housewinter snow 2018witcheswomen's clothingwondersword of the year 2018wordswords that mean middle agewords that mean oldwords used to describe middle agework forceworkdays vs weekendsworkingworthwrap-upwrite it downwriter's blockyard workyes or noyogayoung artistsyoung mothersyoung women entrepreneursyummy recipeszerozero tolerancezucchini grilled cheesezucchini lasagnaLivin', lovin' and laughin' in an empty nest. Come on, y'all- let's get our laugh on!https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)Blogger1552125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-8312275717964415080Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-08-21T08:57:58.095-04:00Wednesday Medley Another Wednesday has arrived! The teachers have been back at school since last Wednesday but it's the first day of school here for the students so I want to give a first day shout out to my TeacherDaughter, all my teacher friends, and all those sweet kiddos and their parents to have a most wonderful school year! Ok, we're back on Wednesday with the Medley! It's all about WIND today so get https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-flying-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-3842346895614497562Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:39:00 +00002019-08-14T17:39:43.548-04:00Wednesday Medley We're back on Wednesday with the Medley! It's all about V-J Day today so get your history hats on. Join us to find out how many meddlers remember the stories their history books told them.  1.  I'm sure many kids today have no idea what V-J Day is all about. If they go to school they do. Unless they forgot. Did you have a loved one who fought in WWII? Not a loved one but a https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/08/blowing-up-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-2527945037783061536Sun, 11 Aug 2019 14:32:00 +00002019-08-11T10:32:41.637-04:00cookingempty nestempty nestersWhole30Whole30 detoxingWhole30 foodWhole30 in the cityBut, wait. You don't live on a farm and your garden is usually unsuccessful so how can you participate in Whole30 because isn't that doesn't that require organic foods grass-fed beef and so on? It may shock you to know but just because you live within a town or city limits doesn't mean you aren't health-conscious especially when it comes to food. One thing I love about this area of the https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/08/whole30-in-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-8759183566838564301Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-08-07T05:30:06.480-04:00Wednesday Medley We're back on Wednesday with the Medley! It's all about lighthouses today. Have you ever been to one? Join us to find out how many meddlers have and what they think about lighthouses!  1.  Let's start with a number! How many lighthouses have you visited? Only 2 or 3. There is one only 3.5 miles from my house. This one-- This is the Sullivan's Island lighthouse at Fort https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/08/lighting-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-8981885082484005549Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-07-31T05:30:01.837-04:00Wednesday Medley Welcome to another Wednesday and the Medley where we meddlers come to partake in a weekly meeting of the minds in the sharing of our week. Please feel free to join in! Just click the Medley picture below, answer the questions on your blog, and link up on Terri's blog!  1.  Is there a National Park near where you live?  Well, we have the Francis Marion National Forest and https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/07/parks-and-wednesday-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-8740118339704284316Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-07-24T05:30:07.905-04:00Wednesday Medley Hello, Meddlers! Hahaha I LOVE that Terri calls us meddlers. Anyway, here we are at Wednesday, again and we have a birthday in our family! I might have mentioned it in the Medley today. Ha!  Terri chose two subjects from this week's National Day Calendar for this week's Medley. Family is important to all of us, I believe, so let's talk about cousins and aunts and uncles today.&https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-family-birthday-on-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-859020844833992820Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-07-17T05:30:06.650-04:00Wednesday Medley Well, y'all. It's here. The oppressive heat and humidity characteristic of a low-country summer. The last month, after the oppression of May, made for outside play and exploration with Tucker and plenty of pleasurable, lengthy morning meditations. It's over. Tucker can have it. I did make it out yesterday morning and wondered whether hot meditation is as beneficial as they say hot yoga is. Onhttps://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-miscellaneous-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-9115928834397949641Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:26:00 +00002019-07-03T08:26:34.724-04:00Wednesday MedleyIs it hot in your neck of the woods? Mother Nature turned up the heat and humidity here this week which means Tucker and I are spending a great deal of time inside. We do have an outdoor event on Saturday and I hope it doesn't do me in but there is no way I'm going to miss it because somebody is turning THREE!   Thankfully, the Medley is an indoor activity so I don't have to give it https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/07/red-white-and-blue-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-5549220181313948776Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:01:00 +00002019-06-26T08:01:46.601-04:00Wednesday Medley Here we are again. The weeks continue to fly by but who cares when the summer heat is on! I'm just keeping my head down and getting through another summer though I do come up for the occasional birthday. LOL And the Medley!  1.  Who knew there was a day to celebrate parchment paper?!  Good grief. They'll honor anything these days. Do you ever use parchment when youhttps://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/06/parching-heat-and-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-6085433416271067728Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-06-19T09:00:22.408-04:00Wednesday Medley Is June going by quickly or is it just me? At least the weather has been pretty nice around here. Even on hot days, we have a lovely breeze that still has a hint of cool within it so we've been outside a good bit. The tomato plants are healthy and producing blooms but my wildflowers are not doing a darn thing so I planted some different wildflower seeds yesterday. I'll keep y'all posted. I https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-big-orange-cat-and-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-300152863487311712Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-06-12T05:30:04.599-04:00Wednesday Medley We've finally been getting some daily rain around here and it has made all the difference in the lushness of the backyard. And in how often the lawn gets mowed. It's all good, though! Just about anything is better than that nasty heatwave we had for a few weeks in May. Or all of May. Anyway, thanks to the rain, I saw these yesterday morning--- Ok, let's get to the Medley! 1. https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/06/smiling-and-loving-through-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-4485721536388323419Wed, 05 Jun 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-06-05T10:02:07.774-04:00Wednesday Medley Looks like the heat wave has passed. For now. I know he'll be back but Tucker and I can actually go outside and enjoy the yard for longer than 2 seconds. Now, if we can just get Mother Nature to give us a bit of rain. Not flood rain but like we usually have, a little thunderstorm every afternoon through the summer months.  Ok, enough about the weather although y'all know I'm going to https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/06/looks-like-heat-wave-has-passed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-7419110506474173505Wed, 29 May 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-05-29T05:30:06.818-04:00Wednesday Medley Holla! I've missed the last two Medleys, dang it. The really sad part? I actually wrote the posts. I just forgot to post them. Not this week! It's been so hot here it's messing with my mind. But we've still managed to have a little fun. I find if I get outside by 6:30 AM I can sit out there for almost an hour to watch the sunrise, meditate, and water the tomato plants this little cutie planted--https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/05/holding-it-together-with-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-5887196685427408644Fri, 17 May 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-05-17T05:30:07.678-04:00#idumasdaughter weddingfamily weddingNashville weddingweddingDon't worry, Y'all! There's just one more after this one (maybe 2 because there are so many photos) and I'll be all finished with the wedding posts. Well, until the professional photos come back and then there will be one more with some of her amazing photos. Raise your hand if you've ever had a happiness hangover because I've got one and it hasn't let up one bit since Saturday. No, Friday. Oh https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-wedding-part-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-6842254761567907801Wed, 15 May 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-05-15T07:56:13.283-04:00daughter weddingFranklin TNNashville weddingPuckett'srehearsalrehearsal dinnerweddingwedding rehearsalI promise we did more than eat but there does seem to be a good bit of that going on during this whole wedding week thing. That's because when you're in Nashville you simply HAVE to take advantage of the amazing food they have there. So, we did. But today's post is not just about super yummy food in a totally fun setting. It's also about family. And it's about family because ours grew https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-wedding-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-6477407854235115579Tue, 14 May 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-05-14T05:30:04.232-04:00#idumasdaughter weddingdaughtersempty nestfamily weddingNashvilleNashville weddingPuckett'sI'm working on the wedding post. The post of THE day. The post I'm having to stop writing every couple minutes because I cannot see the computer screen through the happy tears of joy that keep streaming down my face. Speaking of tears streaming down my face, I decided to have my hair and make-up done on THE day for THE event and if you know me you know I do not 'do' my hair and I do not wear https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-wedding-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-7413210935582726162Wed, 01 May 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-05-01T05:30:09.097-04:00Wednesday MedleyI am trying to change my thought process about the seasons in an effort to embrace each one as I did as a child. It's difficult when I live in an area that sees winter and summer but I can still wear flip-flops in winter because it just doesn't get that cold here. Fall and spring tend to last a day or ten and that's it so I feel cheated every year. Anyway, I was looking for literary quotes about https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-medley-of-may.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-8744903235424453923Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:28:00 +00002019-04-22T09:28:48.348-04:00A-Z ChallengeEaster 2019Easter gatheringfamily gatheringsistersThe letter of the day is, S. And S is for sick and that's what I was and that's why letters P, Q, and R are MIA. Ok, also they're missing because I couldn't come up with anything I wanted to write about but mostly it's because I was sick. I'm not one to get sick very often so when I do, I'm a very unhappy camper about it. I don't want to be bothered, I don't want to be waited on, I don't want tohttps://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/04/it-is-what-it-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-7665331276520778986Thu, 18 Apr 2019 00:13:00 +00002019-04-17T20:13:34.247-04:00Wednesday MedleyHello, Wednesday! I started to say, "Hello, Meddlers" but that didn't sound right even though we are participating in the Medley. Ha!   Some of you know I'm participating in the April A-Z Challenge and was so excited when I thought today's letter is---P! How lucky is that?! I don't have to stretch anything because today is National Haiku POETRY day so I'm all set!  EXCEPT for one https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-old-wednesday-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-8825129686171736946Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:32:00 +00002019-04-16T14:03:33.905-04:00April A-Z challengegood newsn is for newsopinionspread positivityI've been pretty good at avoiding the news due to an event which took place in 2016 because it's been nothing but embarrassing and I prefer the news not to feature misogynistic, racist, fear monger, hate-filled, narcissistic lunatics but that's another story altogether. And not at all what this blog will ever promote. This post is about the news I do follow. The segments featuring positivity. https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-news-i-prefer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-6726168263812829794Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-04-15T05:30:02.221-04:00April A-Z challengecookie decorating with toddlersfun with toddlersgrandparenting is grandtoddler messAnd some icing, there's going to be a mess. A BIG mess. And no one will care because the toddlers will be having such a grand time and that's all that really matters in the scheme of things. Yesterday, I took Lula Mae to visit Opie because cousin time is the best and thought taking cookies and icing to decorate those cookies would be a wonderfully delightfully fun idea. M is for mess. Someone https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/04/if-you-give-toddler-cookie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-6744679562727004399Sat, 13 Apr 2019 20:47:00 +00002019-04-13T16:47:49.727-04:00April A-Z challengegrandparentingl is for lessonslessons from grandchildrenlife lessonstoddler energytoddler lessonsI've learned a lesson or two from having two grandchildren in the toddler phase of life the first being I'm so glad I don't have them every single day because toddlers are not the easiest people on earth. Perhaps I don't remember the days I had toddlers in the house on a daily basis or perhaps I was younger and could keep up. It's probably a combination of the two. The energy alone will exhaust https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/04/toddlers-know-best.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-4734659497072596319Sat, 13 Apr 2019 02:44:00 +00002019-04-12T22:44:51.592-04:00April A-Z challengecooking in the kitchenfamily mealsgrandmotherkitchenkitchen table Most of this post is a re-post of an earlier post but K is still for kitchen at our house so... The kitchen has always been a gathering place for my family for as long as I can remember. The women in our family have probably spent over half of their lives in their kitchens and I am no different. I spent countless hours conversing with my grandmother as she prepared meal after meal- three mealshttps://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-kitchen-table.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-1128875135353196156Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:01:00 +00002019-04-12T09:01:44.350-04:00April A-Z challengecute toddlerj is for jugglejugglejuggling toddlerYes, this is a day late but I couldn't think of a J word that would allow me to be clever...Ha! I thought of a few ideas but they all required some deep thinking and I just wasn't in the mood for that so I thought of a few more and realized I'd really be reaching and end up sounding ridiculous so... J is for juggle. I might have missed out on clever, but I've got cute covered. I'm workinghttps://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-juggling-boy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-6477703807555862587Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:30:00 +00002019-04-10T08:36:33.853-04:00April A-Z challengeWednesday Medley Here we are back at Wednesday and I'm still trying to get through the A-Z Challenge which is NOT easy. I couldn't figure out any other way to combine the letter I with the Medley except to discuss feelings and siblings in the intro so, here we go-- It's National Siblings Day and there is no word beginning with the letter I to work into this post other than to give y'all a little story. https://emptynest1.blogspot.com/2019/04/i-is-for-many-words-and-m-is-for-medley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Empty Nester)14