Category Archives: Sunday Pause (Paws)

Sunday Pause (Paws): For The Season

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It’s Sunday! Time to kick back, relax, and enjoy the season.

This time of year, the Christmas season, I spend most of my time shopping, decorating, and wrapping presents. All of it is preparation, then it comes and goes in what seems like a minute.

This year, I am trying to really enjoy the season by spending more time with loved ones. Last weekend I spent an entire day making Christmas cookies with a few long time friends. Yesterday I spent the day with my niece. We went to a craft show and out to eat. Today our family is going to see “The Nutcracker.” Great memories in the making. This is what it is all about.

It is good to remember that although there are many fun activities this time of year, the season is not about what we can get or can get out of it, but actually should be more-so what we can give. Maybe give an offering at church, volunteer at a homeless shelter, or donate money to an animal organization. There are many people and animals out there in need.

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Sunday Pause (Paws): Down Time

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It’s Sunday! Time to kick back, relax, and enjoy some down time.

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I did just that yesterday. Me and a couple of friends got together yesterday and spent the entire day baking cookies. I don’t know if you can actually call this “down time”, it’s a lot of work. But it’s the fun of not worrying about anything else but making delicious treats, having great conversation, a great meal, and a few laughs.

I am posting today’s post later this morning than I usually do because Continue reading →

Sunday Pause (Paws): Waiting

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It’s  Sunday! Time to kick back, relax, and wait.

Wait for what? Well Cino is waiting under the tree for Santa Paws. 🙂

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I read something recently that went something like this: Don’t live for the weekend, but live each day at its best. Good advice for all of us whether waiting for the weekend, waiting for Christmas, or even waiting for something scary like results. We can enjoy each day and all it can bring if we allow it. Continue reading →

Sunday Pause (Paws): Fun & Games

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It’s Sunday! Time to kick back, relax, and have some fun!

Now that Thanksgiving is over the Christmas season has begun! I put my Christmas tree up and am officially in the spirit. (I gave a different look to the picture giving it kind of a frosty covering. Just having more fun playing with photos). Almost every ornament on my tree has a memory attached to it.

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Sunday Pause (Paws): Thankfulness

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It’s Sunday! Time to kick back and relax!

With Thanksgiving only days away, this is a good time to push the pause button and think about what we are grateful for.

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The picture above is a project an old co-worker of mine did with her family this year and hung on her wall. I thought it was such a great idea I had to share it! Continue reading →

Sunday Pause (Paws): Things You Enjoy

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It’s Sunday! Time to kick back, relax, and enjoy the things you enjoy doing.

I enjoy writing poetry and a more recently discovered passion of photography. Not even the photography as much as the editing and fun you can have with one single photo.

Below is an image I had fun creating to go along with a poem I found on Facebook. (Note: I contacted the author of the poem and she knows I am using it)

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Sunday Pause (Paws): The Little Things

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It’s Sunday! Time to kick back, relax, and enjoy the little things.

What are “the little things?” They are having a cup of tea, talking to a friend on the phone, spending time with your pet, lighting & enjoying a scented candle…wait a minute. These are not little things at all, rather they are the big things.

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Sunday Pause (Paws): Cozy Up

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It’s Sunday! Time to kick back, relax, and with the cooler weather upon us, cozy up under a blanket.

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I gathered a few pictures together of some pets doing just that. Continue reading →

Sunday Pause (Paws): For Autumn, Take Two

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It’s Sunday! Time to kick back, relax, and really enjoy nature.

Autumn is my favorite time of year! It’s a comfortable temperature, super cozy, and absolutely beautiful. You definitely need to take a pause and look around at nature this time of year.

My family and I recently went to an arboretum to enjoy the trees changing colors. I mentioned in last Sunday’s post that I might get a few more pics before all of the leaves fall off of the trees and on this day I did.

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Sunday Pause (Paws): For Autumn

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It’s Sunday! A time to kick back, relax, and pause for change.

Change can be something we are excited about or scared of. Change can be good and it can be bad. When it comes to season changes this can also be good, bad, or exciting, depending on how you look at it. Well right now we are smack dab right in the middle of my favorite season…autumn. This change is good and so beautiful!

I have gone on a few day trips lately and tried to capture some of the beauty of autumn. We aren’t having our best year for leaf colors, but it’s still out there.

I ran across this on a sidewalk in a town I was visiting. I thought it was perfect for this post.

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