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So this week I changed out curtains so they went with the xmas stuff better but I didn't even THINK about the doors! I mean. The doors totally do not coordinate around here. Home Depot you say?
Commented Dec 21, 2012 on Holidazed by the Chalkboard Project: I blame Pinterest AND @TheNextMartha at This Full House
Holidazed by the Chalkboard Project: I blame Pinterest AND @TheNextMartha
In this house (full as it is) DIY projects are gauged by three very important factors: 1. My husband's analytical mind: I'd mention something about this or that getting done and then he would agree with me, using graphs and/or spread sheets and then submitting a final paper in nothing less th...
That's a long time. Congrats on being writerly-ish for that long.
Commented Sep 7, 2012 on In Blog Years, I Should Be Friggin' Rich! at This Full House
In Blog Years, I Should Be Friggin' Rich!
9 years ago, I had a momfriend over for a playdate (remember those?!?) and, while we did share stories about our kids, fueled by tall glasses of spearmint iced tea and assorted kid-friendly snacks (probably fishy crackers and gummy bears, don't judge!) my friend and I waxed poetic about the d...
Fantastic. All of it.
Commented Aug 17, 2012 on #Blogust: Leave a Comment, Save a Child, Enough Said. at This Full House
#Blogust: Leave a Comment, Save a Child, Enough Said.
This post is my contribution to the United Nations Foundation's Shot@Life Blog Relay for #Bloglust: 31 bloggers, one each day in August, are writing about people from our communities who have inspired us. TODAY, IT'S MY TURN TO HELP: EVERY SINGLE COMMENT LEFT ON THIS BLOG POST RAISES $20 TO H...
No. Thank YOU for sitting with me. I knew that being surrounded by people I love would really be the point to the whole thing. And it was. Miss you. (PS- check the tag line on my blog header)
Commented Aug 8, 2012 on #BlogHer12: Blood, Sweat & Tears AND More Sweat at This Full House
#BlogHer12: Blood, Sweat & Tears AND More Sweat
This was my 6th time attending BlogHer yet here I am again, sitting for nearly an hour in front of a blank screen, wondering "Where in the heck do I start?!?" Yeah, I'm hanging out with Busy Mom...WHAT?!? I could choose to begin by telling you some crazy-assed story of nearly popping a blo...
I love that Dr. Mayor is an excellent example of an educated woman reaching new exploring heights. Women can go to college, explore, have a family and continue to discover the world. Do men work under this same scrutiny? My husband travels all the time. When are we, as women, able to stop the judgement? When are we, as women, able to say "Right on with your family and your awesome exploring self?" I say now. Now is the time Lilian.
Commented Nov 10, 2011 on Balancing extreme careers and home life at The Work/Life Balancing Act
Balancing extreme careers and home life
A few days ago, I set out to talk to Mireya Mayor who wrote a book called Pink Books and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer. I thought the book was about career transition and that the topic would make an interesting column. But when I first began talking ...
I agree and people need to set their own twitter rules. I don't follow everyone back either. I will follow back if they reply to me or if their stream is interesting enough. I will also follow people even if they don't follow me. If I find them interesting, that is what matters to me. The one thing I am against on twitter are those who use programs that are set up to follow people. Seems so ingenuous. You can always tell who they are because they follow about 1,500 more people than who follow them. I steer clear.
Commented Jul 20, 2011 on 12 Most Compelling Reasons I Do Not Follow Everyone Back at Aliza Sherman: She Knows Social and Mobile
12 Most Compelling Reasons I Do Not Follow Everyone Back
A good blog post gets a conversation going or really gets you thinking about something, often in a different way than you might usually think of it. Such was the case with @tedcoine's post 12 Most Compelling Reasons I Follow Everyone Back which I just finished reading. I completely disagree wi...
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I love paper products. I wonder if I have anything like this near me. I probably do. Would love for my kids to journal.
Commented Apr 6, 2011 on Maine Festival of the Book: Rock Star Artists at the Book Arts Bazaar at Creative HeArt
Maine Festival of the Book: Rock Star Artists at the Book Arts Bazaar
What: The Book Arts Bazaar Where: USM's Wishcamper Center, Portland, Maine Produced by: Maine Reads For book and paper junkies like me and my daughter, Sunday's Book Arts Bazaar was a little slice of paradise. Part of the Maine Festival of the Book, the bazaar featured book and paper artists f...
I think it's sweet that your dog is your child.
Commented Feb 16, 2011 on Further Proof That I Think of My Dogs as Children with Fur at Bopril
Further Proof That I Think of My Dogs as Children with Fur
Jack has always been a sensitive sort of pup, but lately, I fear he has far surpassed what one can logically define as sensitivity. Prone to shaking that is actually more like a constant body vibration, he is literally set off by anything and everything, with no discernible pattern or theme. The...
That was a SNOprah of the decade! I was snowed in for two days. BUT, I had plenty of stormmeat.
Commented Feb 16, 2011 on snOMG! at Bopril
snOMG!
Well, the hype has turned out to be true this time. For days now, we've been inundated with promises of a "deathstorm," "snoverload," "snowmageddon," "snowpacalypse," and good old-fashioned "blizzard." There was to be wind! and snow! (lots!) and drifting! and white-out conditions! I think the ma...
I'd be pulling my hair out. And when it was over? I'd go shopping. For hats. And other stuff. Like shoes. And possibly more wall art. Revenge by credit card.
Commented Feb 4, 2011 on He's Totally Bitter at BloggingDangerously
He's Totally Bitter
My children are 8, 7, 5 and 4. My husband is a stay at home dad. For a few years there his days were INSANE. He would wake up and start feeding, dressing, bathing, WIPING and transporting children. This would continue all day. At one point we had three children in diapers at the same time. ...
What? I'm totally judging you based on this post.
Commented Jan 12, 2011 on The Crazy in My Head: Judgey McJudgerson at BloggingDangerously
The Crazy in My Head: Judgey McJudgerson
I pride myself on being particularly non-judgemental. I like to think that I have enough going on in my own life that I don't have time to be peeking out from behind theoretical window blinds worrying about what other people are doing. I also like to think that even when I have time to notice ...
I love my heating pad.
Commented Dec 30, 2010 on 220 Volts* of Marital Bliss at BloggingDangerously
220 Volts* of Marital Bliss
Before you get all smarmy on me and think, "there she goes again..." let me start by saying, it's not a vibrator. And I know you won't believe me when I tell you, It's BETTER than a Vibrator. At some point you have to turn a vibrator off, but this? This goes ALL NIGHT LONG. And a vibrator may o...
Like others I can totally be myself on twitter. This may not always be a good thing but for me it's gold. Enjoyed this.
Commented Aug 27, 2010 on The Point of Twitter at BloggingDangerously
The Point of Twitter
I've been meaning to write this post for a long time. A friend of mine - who is a professional writer - asked me what the heck the point of Twitter is. And I have to admit that I totally understood where she was coming from. Twitter has been around for something like 4 years and I've logged ex...
I worked in a golf country club once. Trust me when I say that those places are not as conservative as you might think. ;)
Commented Apr 28, 2010 on Up and Down Like a Fiddler's Elbow at BloggingDangerously
Up and Down Like a Fiddler's Elbow
Let's start with an update from yesterday. The RESOUNDING complaint in the comments was that the post ended without the gory details. People, you HAVE to TRUST ME. If there were anything worth sharing I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. The truth is that he was obviously NOT a serial killer (or I would no...
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