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You know how it is. You find a notepad. Select a working pen. Gather your thoughts. Put pen to paper. Take a breath. Get totally overwhelmed. Take another deeper breath. Decide what needs to go first. Make the first notation on your to do list. Make a second entry. Third entry. Fourth. Fifth. Tenth...
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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Boy Scouts of America for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. We all feel the need to belong. Somewhere. Someplace. Or with someone. As a 3rd grader in my small town in New Jersey I was a scout. I wore my uniform proudly....
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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Carbonite for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. A few months ago everything in my corner of the web was hunky dory. That is until I heard that my blog host’s backup server and main server had failed. I was speechless. Clueless. And...
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The roar of the crowd. The sea of red. The beer….oh my goodness the smelll of the beer. I was a tween when I was taken to Manchester United. I had my red woolly scarf. I don’t remember eating food at the game. But the roar of the crowd is an abiding memory. Loud...
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Another of my posts over at Oyster Locals Blog. Did you know I write about DC? — Lego? Blocks? Buildings? Are your kids as obsessed with constructing as mine are? My little guy eats and breaths Lego… From morning til night. He even brings a Lego guy or two to school so he doesn’t...
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A PSA for my Readers… I was contacted about a worthwhile campaign. Would I post about a campaign if it wasn’t worthwhile? You know I wouldn’t. So read on… Candace Parker has teamed up with the Playtex® Sport® brand for the “Unstoppable Moves” video series…. Every time a clip of unstoppable moves is uploaded,...
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A few years ago my children were obsessed with Club Penguin and Webkinz. My girls loved creating a world online. My oldest would dress her penguin in an array of clothes. My middle would play games. The wolds they created were fun and sweet. Have you heard of A Better World? A Better World...
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I don’t “get” Star Trek. There I said it. When I was first married I watched all of the variations: Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, as well as the movies. I even had the poster from Star Trek Generations framed. I liked the shows, but watched because more because my husband was watching them....
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I’m not a weepy person. I don’t cry at the drop of a hat. My steeliness was thrown out the window as I watched the 9/11 film at the Newseum at the end of the summer. I sat with my three children and husband while we watched a short movie chronicling what happened in...
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Our family plays games. Not all the time. We’re busy with school, work, homework, sports, and music practice. When we get a chance to play games, it’s good family time. One of the themes of this blog AND our family is that we “Seize family time one dinner/movie/game at a time.” Oh, we have...
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