Go Green With the eBay Green Team & a chance to win a $1000 eBay gift card!
I know, I know… “going green” is so trendy. But really, we should all be doing what we can to reduce, reuse and recycle. I do a pretty good job of recycling. I even compost! Well, for 2 weeks now! In fact, the eBay folks even posted a composting FAQ that I have found to [...]
Dunkin Donuts is in the Coffee Business
UPDATE: Fact: I don’t have a Dunkin Donuts near me. Fact: As far as my bent toward not being able to reisist baked-goods goes… this fact is probably not so bad. Fact: Dunkin Donuts is also in the coffee business… Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee at Grocery. Fact: You can find it at your local grocery store! Here’s [...]
My Progress: The iVillage Kickstart Your Weight Loss Challenge
So. 3 weeks in and I have lost 6 pounds! SIX! Six is great, but with how hard I’ve been working at it, one would think I’d be my dream size now. But not so much. My 6 week goal is 12 pounds total, but I am sensing a resistance. Per usual, when I get [...]
Trapped
OK. Maybe that title is a TAD bit DRAMATIC. But. Here I am… house-bound… ish. Due to snow. I am left wondering… what to write… what to write… Do I write about the snow? See? SNOW. See? KID IN SNOW. I could go on forever about the snow. But I won’t today. That’s so… so… [...]
A Lens-Eye View
I decided to bring my computer and me out of my cold, dark office and join the land of the living… the kitchen table. School was cancelled, but I still had work to do. Seriously. I DID HAVE WORK. I may have Facebooked. And Tweeted. And also spent a few too many minutes on Modcloth. [...]
The Appendix: Not to be confused with the appendix
??? I’ve had a bit of a bothersome belly ache lately. Sciatica? Dislocation due to an overly-motivated workout? Regardless… I’m not feeling right. Off and on. For a few days. Just a nudge of discomfort… enough for me to feel complainery… but not enough for one to feel the need to enlist the help of [...]
A Song About Martin Luther King Jr. and A Big Bright Sun
So. I found this new song. Well, new to us. Great Big World by Kari Kimmel I was in the car, taking my girls to school when I played it for them for the first time. Almost before a word was sung, Lucy squealed, “THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE SONG!” The next day we were [...]
Confession: My sparkly water addiction
I love sparkling water. Perrier, San Pellegrino… sparkle, sparkle! But living here in the PNW (Pacific NorthWET), we have Talking Rain. And I am so much a sparkling water lover that, well… one might call me a sommelier of sparkling water: San Pellegrino has super tiny bubbles… Perrier bubbles are a bit bigger… Talking Rain … [...]
JOtS and the Dog
Let’s see… I got a sexy new camera for The Christmas… and I LUH HER. I am not a photographer. Nor am I a reader of manuals of electronics. So I mess around. With her… my camera… but not in a “back seat of the car” sort-of way. To be clear. Though, I will confess… there [...]
Give a kid a hot dog (and permission to microwave it…)
Have you ever given your 6 year old permission to cook her own hot dog in the microwave? You know… since she knows her numbers and all… 44 seconds. She knows how to press the number 4. Twice. Right? I gave her a nod of permission to proceed with her culinary feat… She INSISTED she [...]
