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Garage Sale Friday

Posted on April 8, 2011 by admin

It’s baaaaack!  Now that spring has sprung, and my youngest is off to school, mommy has a little time for garage sales again!  Visited just two sales this morning, and even so, was a little late to the punch, but … Continue reading →

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Cultural WTF: Hope for us all?

Posted on March 9, 2011 by admin

On a canister of complimentary plastic combs at a local spa: “Lasts Forever! (and that’s a long long time) Take One!  It’s Unbreakable — it says so right on the comb Token of our appreciation” Couldn’t everything just be labeled … Continue reading →

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Cultural WTF: grocery store edition

Posted on March 8, 2011 by admin

Little sign affixed to my grocery store cart: “Holiday Star Cookies: Just 3 ingredients!” 1. Store bought cookie dough 2. Store bought frosting 3. Blue sugar Ummm….with the exception of ‘blue sugar’, these are not “ingredients”.  Pssst…..you want to make … Continue reading →

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Cultural WTF: A picture essay

Posted on March 7, 2011 by admin

“Go ahead.  Get it.  You know you want to.” In the fitting room of our local TJ Maxx.  As if desire were the only consideration when deciding whether to make a purchase. Tweetgovernment,politics news,politics news,politics

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The Nook Pebble Mattress – a real review from a real mom

Posted on January 17, 2011 by admin

True story: I spent $550 on a mattress for my infant son.  Based on that, you may imagine that I dropped some serious coin into his nursery, creating a space that looks right off the page of the best baby … Continue reading →

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Why I Hate Facebook

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin

Okay, okay, I can’t even keep up the pretense: I don’t hate Facebook. At all.  In fact, I love Facebook. Imagine this: all of the people in your life, past and present, available to you at the touch of a … Continue reading →

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Absence of process

Posted on March 24, 2010 by admin

In so very many ways, we are living far different lives than our ancestors did. The division is even palpable going back only 100 years; in terms of human history, this is only a flash in the pan, but one … Continue reading →

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CIE Holiday Shopping Guide

Posted on December 8, 2009 by admin

News recently broke (and unbroke) about the unsafe levels of the toxic compound antimony on this Holiday season’s hottest new toy, Zhu Zhu Pets.  Until then, it seemed like a great gift for the times: inexpensive, simple, and oh so … Continue reading →

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One Small Step to a Sustainable Holiday

Posted on November 30, 2009 by admin

Amid all of the pre-Thanksgiving buzz last week about Black Friday, a TV news reporter stood in the middle of a well known Big Box store, holding up some of the great deals to be had.  Among her selected items, … Continue reading →

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Diapers: Cloth or Disposable?

Posted on November 24, 2009 by admin

When I was expecting the Little One, I dreaded this question.  For me, it was like the “paper or plastic” question that you feel like you never really have all of the information necessary to make an informed decision (and … Continue reading →

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