Married mother of 4 boys, avid reader of the Wall Street Journal, great at research -- such as finding the best way to making a $5 bottle of olive oil taste like a $100 bottle. I do yoga every day, and a lot of the things I say people think are funny -- and I didn't mean it to be funny.
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I saw many friends this weekend, and attempted to explain Pinterest to you… but I needed a visual. So, for all of you curious about how you can use Pinterest to boost your creativity and enhance your life (really, it does!), this is it. Pinterest becomes, like a chameleon, what you need, giving you solutions [...]
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I took that blank canvas board that has been sitting in my garage for at least five years now, and threw some book pages on top. The book has also been sitting on my shelf for about five years… a memoir from an author I have never liked. Funny, now that I’m ripping pages out, [...]
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We were all playing kickball out on the,yard. It was a cool night, and the breeze was picking up the leaves on the trees, causing them to make that swaying sound. I looked at my son, and said, “this is good sleeping weather…” He looked at me dumbfounded, so I added, “you know, when it’s [...]
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He bought this little red wagon for me, on my birthday, during our first summer at the lake. It’s been used to haul wood for the fire pit, weeds that invaded my garden, leaves, rocks to edge the garden, kids, sand, turtles and frogs. It has been the perfect addition to the lake house, [...]
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The boy, wearing the same bathing suit costume as last year, spied a turtle. Or more than one, for that matter. He camped out on the hill, net in hand, for hours… stalking the turtle. The turtle, you see, could “hear him,” if he got too close to the water. Once again, he could be [...]
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When I was in middle school, living in small town USA, I was enchanted by that new modern living room that took place in my own living room, on the small colored TV screen with a group of people called, “The Jefferson’s.” (I told you it was a small town.) Mary Tyler Moore’s decorating style [...]
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with flying colors, even. Source: itsallbeendonebefore.tumblr.com via Emily on Pinterest You can come over and check if you don’t believe me. Plus, you could just ask my kids… they know… Click here for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Dick’s Sporting Goods from BlogHer and Gatorade from 6/1/11 – 6/30/11
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It’s Easy To Let The Morning Get Away From You. You may have your to-do list in hand, but there are distractions… breakfast, the birds, and ultimately deciding which job you’re going to tackle first. That’s why it’s always best to leave just a little something unfinished, just at sunset, so that when the sun rises, [...]
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