As a teen I loved shopping with my best friend. We ventured in to our city’s shopping district many, many weekends. We browsed. We tried on clothes. We looked at clothes that were way out of our budget. We laughed at clothes that we thought were ugly. My friend and I bought clothes that...
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Did you know that October is National Pork Month? I must admit that I don’t keep track of National month of this or National day of this. So, for all of you out there who like me only realize it is National month of this through reading a blog post or seeing a Facebook...
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I wasn’t the last person to jump on the Harry Potter bandwagon. I first learned about the books back when my oldest was in elementary school. She quickly zipped through Junie B. Jones and the Magic Tree House series. Before long she was chomping at the bit to read something else. She was a...
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From time to time, I receive items for review. When I receive an item from a PR agency or the brand itself, I ALWAYS use the product. In fact, I wouldn’t agree to a review UNLESS I or someone in my family can use the product…play with it, wear it, listen to it, or...
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It’s funny how things change, isn’t it? Growing up in England I was never without a coat, always carried an umbrella, never wore shorts, and generally sported a sweater 10 months of the year. During the so-called summer, I wore slighty lighter clothes, but still wore sweaters at night....
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Running. Driving. Picking up. Dropping off. Phew. I’m exhausted just reading through this list. Since school started we have not stopped running. It’s a blur. It’s all a blur. I have three in school, and my husband is a school administrator. Should be easier for me to have everyone...
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The school year is a marathon not a sprint. That’s what I keep telling myself. We’re in the swing of everything now. School. Homework. Chores. Sports. Games. Activities. You name it we’re doing it. The sights and sounds of summer are a distant memory. I’ll have to re-live the beach memories through photos like...
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I’m not what you would call a clotheshorse. I have clothes in my closet from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. Now not all of the clothing fits, but the fact that I have decades old clothes shows you that I don’t purge my closet often. I’m a bit of a hoarder. Periodically I have...
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Is there anything better than breakfast? I could eat breakfast for dinner, lunch, and well, breakfast. Eggs and bacon, pancakes and waffles, omelette and frittatas, you name the breakfast food and I will eat it. And, of course, I’m all about coffee…endless cups of coffee…bottomless pots of coffee. Yum! I discovered eating out for...
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Let me make one thing clear. I’m not a gamer. I’m the parent and wife of gamers, but not a gamer myself. In fact even in my heyday of gaming, I probably played Ms. PacMan about once a year. I never had an Atari or a Commodore, though my husband did. I don’t use...
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