I love to read.  It’s rare that I sit down like I used to, for hours at a time, curled in a chair with a good book, a pot of tea on a table by my side and a cat in my lap.  One reason- I no longer have a cat.  Two more reasons- two [...]

My search for a “not ugly” and not black camera bag took a while, but I found one!
Check out my video review:

I love the bag; the fact that I could pick the fabric and “make it my own” was a big plus! Also the versatility of the strap: it can be worn over the shoulder, [...]

Wow, you all have done some nasty laundry! I guess I’ve got it pretty good with two little girls who aren’t nearly as messy as I initially thought!
The winner of the one month supply of All Small & Mighty is:
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8
Timestamp: 2009-06-25 01:45:07 UTC
Kara H says:
June 19, 2009 [...]

I’ve almost completed my 30 day challenge on the EA Sports Active.  I’m truly impressed with the definition in my arms and shoulders.  You can read the final post by clicking here.
Don’t forget that you can sign up to win one of 5 EA Sports Active from BlogHer!

Remember the bag I told you about?  The one that came with the detergent?  (Have you entered my contest yet???)
Anyway, I’ve got a full write up about the bag over at Have Kid Will Travel.  Check it out.

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Timestamp: 2009-06-10 02:35:00 UTC
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Cindy B. in Montana says:
May 27, 2009 at 11:57 pm
http://twitter.com/sendtocindy/status/1944426550
You tweeted your fingers off…
Everyone else be sure to visit Katie’s Kreations and 55 Maple Designs for great trinkets at terrific prices!

I am half way through my 30 Day Challenge with the EA Sports Active.
It’s still giving me a great workout (I could barely move last night after the hold squats- 40 seconds!  OUCH!) and I am noticing changes in how I carry myself, how my clothes fit and my endurance levels.
I’ve received many questions [...]

I gotta tell you…  I love Twitter.  If it weren’t for Twitter I wouldn’t have “met” Katies Kreations who also designs jewelry at 55 Maple Designs. And, if it weren’t for my “thanks for following me” message we wouldn’t have had a dialogue which led to me spending quite a bit of time at her [...]

Congratulations Cindy B. of Montana said…
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You’ll be groovin to Yanni Voices !
(The random # was 15… For some reason the images aren’t working, but I do have it… I’ll add it as soon as the images are up again.)

You may remember those little slide games- they had tiles in them that slid, one space empty, so you could get them in the proper order. I loved those. In fact, I’ll still pick one up and slide those little tiles around if I see one.
So when Out of the Box games (best [...]

OK, so I have this event coming up… Thursday. I’m hosting it so I want to look nice. Problem: I have nothing to wear! No, I’m not joking. I haven’t been shopping since January- and then I only bought 2 shirts. And, in case you hadn’t noticed, it’s not [...]

Yep, you read that right… Yanni. No, I have not been transported back to the 1980’s. In fact, I didn’t even recognize the music as Yanni the first time I heard it. To be even more honest I didn’t recognize Yanni himself.
The CD that is in constant rotation is the Yanni [...]

While I’ve been very, very fortunate in the sickness department with my kids (don’t hate me, but neither of them have vomited yet- knock on wood) we have had our share of diarrhea from Rotavirus which, in young children, is often a “wait and see” sickness quite often including a trip to a clinic for [...]

If you know me (or you’ve been reading me for a while) you know that I am not “green”. In fact, the whole “green” movement has almost made me change my choice of favorite color.
What I am, however, is a frugal girl who grew up dirt poor on an Iowa farm. (My parents [...]

Last weekend the girls experienced their very first live theater performance at the beautiful Wang Theater in Boston. Thanks to Mom Select we all enjoyed Thomas & Friends Live.

The girls both enjoy watching Thomas on TV so I knew they would be interested- at least for a few minutes. But I didn’t expect the [...]