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I have been thinking a lot about allergies lately. I have suffered with serious allergies for years but my husband has never been bothered by them. Therefore I was hopeful that our children would be spared. Unfortunately, it is now obvious that at least our oldest child has inherited my tendency to “over react” to [...]
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Congrats! You are looking to make a lifestyle change…a healthy household. Many people have made this decision for years. Some successful. Some, not so much. However, I think it’s important to change more than our diet if we want to succeed. If you are looking for a healthier lifestyle, you probably already know to cut [...]
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Laptops have made a powerful impact on our society. It seems like you can’t go anywhere nowadays without seeing someone on one. Unfortunately, there are several ergonomic features which are compromised for the sake of continence and portability. Screen size, keyboard spacing, and posture all play a huge role in the ergonomic factor and should [...]
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If you are like my family, you enjoy spending time outdoors, grilling, playing, gardening, and entertaining. Some months we are outside far more than in, so we make sure our yard is more than just a place to grow grass. Landscaping, social areas, and an area to cook and eat are all areas that you [...]
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Please keep in mind that this is a guide about shopping FOR kids, not WITH kids. Shopping with kids is a whole other topic that would require the expertise of someone who has had years of experience with many children and other wild animals. Like one of those super-nannies, or a lion tamer. Also, short [...]
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I’ve always thought we were well prepared for emergencies at home. I spend a lot of time finding the best ways to survive everything from scraped knees to natural disasters. Imagine my surprise when I found that I wasn’t quite as prepared as I thought I was when there was a massive city-wide power outage [...]
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For the gardener, winter can be a tedious season with little to do outside in the yard. But the closing out of fall can bring a rush of seasonal jobs that you shouldn’t ignore. After all the typical late-summer harvesting chores (like all the repetitive chopping, peeling, freezing and canning), I really enjoy the change [...]
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Hobbies aren’t just for retirees. Ralph Waldo Emerson once observed, “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better”. While I’m not quite ready to give up cable and move to Walden Pond, I find his ideas pretty attractive. I have been “experimenting” with a clean, orderly home and a fulfilling job [...]
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I am so excited. My sister and I are talking about setting up a family blog where we can post articles about what we’re doing in our own homes, and can, hopefully, get our other siblings on board with posting what’s going on with them. Not only will this help us keep up with our [...]
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Every year about this time, I begin to think over what I want to do to prepare my garden for the winter, and also what I want to plant next year. In fact, the fall is my favorite time in the garden because I get to spend most of my time thinking about what I [...]
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For the past year or two I have been really focused on getting in better shape. This has not always been easy for me since, like most Americans, I lead a pretty sedentary lifestyle. Even though I did have a time when I got a good bit of exercise chasing the kids around, that was [...]
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If you’re like me, you’re already thinking about what to get some of your more difficult relatives for Christmas this year. I am particularly concerned to find the right present for everyone this time around because it will be the first major holiday in a while that I have not been pregnant or nursing. So [...]
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I have to say that nothing cheers me up during the hottest days of August than to think cool, crisp Christmas thoughts. So today I’d like to talk a little about early Christmas shopping. Just think how wonderful it would be to greet the early days of December with all your gifts already purchased and [...]
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You cannot watch television for more than a few minutes these days without seeing an advertisement for a new allergy treatment. I always perk up and pay attention when I see these because I have suffered from allergies all my life. I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t sneezing or weeping over some sort [...]
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As most of you know, my kids are still pretty young, so I am not too worried about teen issues yet. However, I was talking to my friend Kate the other day and she was telling me that her son, Kyle, has to take driving lessons but doesn’t want to. Fortunately for her and the [...]
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Have you ever had one of those terrible moments when you realized you had totally forgotten to get a gift for event and it was that night and you had a sick child and can’t get to the store? Me too. Recently. And I’m still embarrassed. But I have a great idea.
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Now from the sublime to the mundane. While I’d love to keep writing about our adventures in motorcycling, this blog is all about balance and life is not all fun and games. So, in addition to shopping for a motorcycle, we are also planning a much needed and long overdue laundry room renovation. Why the [...]
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Many people ask me how I manage to keep my sanity while being a wife, working from home and keeping up with three kids. Well, the truth is I struggle with balance just like everyone else. One of my biggest challenges is finding some “couple time”with my husband, Dave. However, we’re working on a new [...]
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I have a good friend who loves to say that no good deed goes unpunished. While I generally think of myself as an optimist, I have to admit that I sometimes think she is right. In this particular case, the good deed is buying a table saw for my husband, Dave, for his birthday, and [...]
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