Ah, hometown dates. A chance to see how much one family can embaress a woman.
I was slightly worried for Sadie at the dinner table with her family. It doesn’t seem like praying happens very much at the dinner table anymore, so between the praying and her mother asking Lorenzo about what he’s looking for [...]

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As I was sitting in line at the Starbucks drive-through this morning, I started thinking about all the unwritten rules of etiquette that are unenforceable but nonetheless I expect people to know and follow. There are a lot of them.
In this case, I was thinking of the Drive Thru Rule: If you have a massive [...]

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I’ll admit that on ocassion I can burn some toast (though let’s be honest, I’m usually burning the bagels, not the toast).  But now, thanks to Inventables, I can have perfectly browned toast at my beck and call. Just think of all the toasty goodness creations that you can make. The possiblities are endless.  And [...]

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We are expecting our first baby shortly…hopefully very shortly. When I say first baby, I should be more clear. We are expecting our first human baby. We already have two furry ones, and the furry ones are very accustomed to being the center of our universe (as they should be…they are very [...]

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In my local parents’ magazine this month, there is an article about Instant Message (IM) lingo and it’s effect on children in school. It focuses on the popularity of programs, such as IM, and blogs and how it encourages IM speak. IM speak is a condensed language where capital letters and punctuation are rarely used. [...]

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She’s back, that’s right, the person with the most time on her hands, the unemployed (okay, okay, I know she wants to call herself a socialite), Erica has already made her return. She gets the task of asking two questions to the remaining six bachelorettes and deciding which of those two is most hones. And [...]

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Sometimes, when you’re out and about, you need nothing more than your cell phone, a Starbucks card and a lip gloss to be feeling pretty and good to go. And now thanks to the fine folks at Bourjois, your go to stash just got a little more streamlined. This beauty attaches directly [...]

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Growing up, I remember my mother’s singular scent quite well- Estee Lauder’s White Linen. She had the parfum spray, the powder in its shell shaped little puff box and the lotion, and she wore it most every day. My grandmother also had a signature scent (well, besides mothballs); she wore Emeraude, which to me is [...]

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There are only 12 months in a year, and 1,943,543 causes that want their own month, so it stands to reason that there is going to be some overlap. As we are all aware, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. You can’t not be aware of it- from the pink soup cans to the balloons [...]

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The night starts out with the nine girls trying to out sing one another in order to get a date alone with Lorenzo. These girls should all do what I do – reserve their singing for: the car, the shower, church and any future babies. Some of these ladies were downright BAD. [...]

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