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Happy Valentine’s Day, friends. Today is a day of love and kindness, friendship, romance. It’s a day that some call wonderful and others hate. I myself have called it “Stupid Cupid” day more than once. I realized I was looking at it wrong. Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about having someone love you….you can make it about what makes…
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Here’s something I bet you didn’t know – we have had a fridge for a long time (too long) that worked fine unless you tried to put a fair amount of food in it. When I say a fair amount, I’m talking like maybe 2 grocery bags full of items that may go into the refrigerator.I’m not talking about cramming…
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I’m guessing that you’ve probably heard of Blick Art Materials. Some of you may even have had the pleasure of visiting on of their stores! We have one about 45 minutes from my house- I need to get over there. I haven’t been since we moved to this house going on 8 years now. Blick Art Materials focuses on offering…
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Aquaphor was one of the first brand names I remember other moms recommending on a message board when we were trying to conceive our first child. It’s so great, they said. So versatile. Great quality. So obviously, as time progressed and I got pregnant, and started preparing for baby, I purchased some of Aquaphor’s Baby Healing Ointment. At first, I bought…
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No Más Oppression! No Más Censorship! No Más Silence! Change can start with two simple words…NO MÁS! Freedom of expression and freedom of speech can wield some pretty amazing results. Big things, little things, in between things- many of these happened because one person said “no more.” or really, NO MAS! Someone has to start. SomeONE has to say,…
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Here’s the thing about resolutions. I break them. I mean, not in the “oh screw it, it’s been 4 days, gimme chocolate” kind of way, but more of a “oh, right. I fully intended to create time in my schedule do to things just for me and kept pushing that further and further back” so here we are in early…
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