For weeks after I had gotten a product sample of Wet Ones antibacterial wipes, I kept forgetting to put the Handi-Wipes travel kit in my diaper bag. Then, I would have a thought when I was out–I wish I had my antibacterial wipes for…. Wiping off hands as well as the Potette at an outdoor [...]
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Since having a child, as many of you, I have had a variety of experiences from the disgusting to the unbelieveable to the sublime and enlightening. As I was reflecting on mother’s day this week, I realized that my relationships with mom friends I have forged along the way have been my lifeline. As grateful [...]
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We live near the mecca that is DC–with free museums that abound…art, science, history, culture, the entire Smithsonian collection at our fingertips. I love a good Smithsonian visit, don’t get me wrong, but for the toddler set an entire building of don’t touch! gets a little old. Enter Port Discovery Children’s Museum in Baltimore, 30 [...]
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Like thrift store shopping, Nature Centers are a place I didn’t really know existed before kids. Now, just like I can have the thrill of outfitting my child for a season for $20 or less at a thrift store, I can enjoy watching my child explore nature with little or no cost. In the [...]
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I have to admit, I wasn’t a big thrift store shopper before I had a child. I didn’t like Marshall’s, Ross, or any big store that didn’t seem well-organized and necessitated looking through racks and racks of clothing. Nordy’s, Gap, Banana Republic were my favorite places to shop, and I have to admit to loving [...]
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I love to travel. LOVE. TO. TRAVEL. However, life circumstances over the last 18 months have dictated that we mostly stay put in our community , so when given the chance to hop a plane to a city I’ve never seen, but always heard about, I took it. Vegas, Baby! It wasn’t until I arrived [...]
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My love for cherries motivates a lot of my “green” actions, I am horrified that they may someday cease to exist because of honeybee colony collapse, or lack of water, or change in weather patterns or all of the above. For this reason, we’ve done some things to reduce our load on the planet: “Green” [...]
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I have to say that I do love my kitchen gadgets…the food processor, kitchen aid mixer, and don’t get me started on the joys of my immersion blender, I would have to write a whole other post on that one. Today, I will focus on a kitchen tool one uses almost every day: the peeler. [...]
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The month of August has flown by for me in a flurry of power-outages, cramming in end-of-summer fun, teaching a ton of fitness classes while everyone else is on vaca, and hitting the ground running with a new client for Full Circle Partnerships, who needed deliverables stat. Collaborating with Plaid House Designs to create advertising and a [...]
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As busy moms, the challenge of juggling multiple schedules, managing money and sharing milestones can be overwhelming. This fall, harness the power of FREE Internet-based programs to create streamlined processes. Cozi is a family calendar program that syncs with both Outlook and Internet based calendars, and has a function to upload your child’s school calendar. [...]
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