My husband and I are in the middle of house hunting in Columbus, Ohio. We met while living in Columbus so it really is home for us and we are looking forward to getting back to living near our friends and closer to my family (and further away from his ).

The one thing I forgot [...]

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I’ve recently taken up cooking and baking as hobbies. I’ve always been interested in eating, but the intricacies of the perfect dish have always eluded me. I just finished one of Wilton’s cake decorating courses (they are offered at Michael’s stores, and other places as well) and I’m looking forward to delighting my young kids [...]

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Now maybe it’s just me, but when I start a new diet healthy lifestyle, I usually jump right into it full force. The challenge is keeping it up. So having just recently started on the Big WW, I’ve decided that it was time to try my hand at some new recipes (mind you, [...]

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Nearly five weeks ago, I had our daughter, Nora. It’s been a joy, but extremely challenging. In search of an answer to our cranky daughters cries, I decided to check out the “top 3 baby things you couldn’t live without” thread.
The number one contender was a Boppy Pillow. My review? In the beginning, it wasn’t [...]

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Since we are still flooded with questions about resizing images, I’m guessing not everyone has heard of Picasa. At least not since Google bought it in 2004. It’s a powerful photo manager/editor that goes head-to-head with Photoshop Elements.
The complete version of Photoshop is more widely used by professionals, and “photoshopping” soon became the verbiage of [...]

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Have you ever been in that awkward situation of having been given a flowers by a co-worker, maybe for your birthday? Or have you ever been away on a business trip, and happened upon the most amazing flowers thinking they’d do wonders for your drab hotel room? Well, if so, the folks at [...]

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An anonymous former editor recently took a big jab at chick lit and the women who write it in Boston’s Weekly Dig, a website devoted to culture and current affairs. Chick lit authors were not amused.
I will admit that I’m not the biggest chick lit fan. I loved Bridget Jones. I have [...]

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Remember Tickle Me Elmo? Remember grown men and women fighting over the last one in the store? (Ah, the barbaric days before internet shopping…)
Well, Tickle Me Elmo is turning 10 this year, and he’s back. Yesterday, September 19, Fisher Price is releasing the 10th Anniversary Edition of Tickle Me Elmo, TMX (the X stands for [...]

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Avast ye scurvy scum! Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day!! Argh! If you’re like me, you’ve heard of this, peripherally, but had no idea what it meant or why it was so popular. According to the official website, it was basically two guys who just kind of started doing it, then Dave Barry got [...]

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One is silver and the other is gold…
I’m trying to get our name out there in the Blog-o-sphere. So everyone, please say hello to Technorati and our new friends that might stop by to visit from time to time.
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