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Oh, how we adore our screen time in my family. Among us are a blogger mother, a Twitter-addicted father, and two app-lovin’ kids. The decision to limit screen time came by necessity as we had all but simply stopped talking as a family. It hardly seemed reasonable (or practical) to enforce screen time limitations without following by […]
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When I started this blog in the wee hours of January 3rd 2010, I had no idea that blogging was like a thing. I soon realized people made money from it and obviously, I wanted to be one of those. I worked my ass off, wrote for free, spread my words anywhere and everywhere that […]
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Listen girls, Valentine’s Day is upon us – ready or not, committed or not, it’s here. Rather than look to another to solidify the wonders of love on this special day, let’s take this opportunity to splurge on statements of love for none other than ourselves! I had the rare and amazing opportunity to interview Heather […]
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If you’ve ever known someone who couldn’t take a bad picture if they tried, you also know that they’re usually the same person who shares pictures all over social networking sites where they look awesome and you…well, don’t. Since camera shyness is hardly an option in today’s snap and share society, check out these simple tricks […]
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This new year (like every new year of my adult life) I mentally calculated lessons learned, lessons lost, and what I hoped to achieve in the upcoming 365 days. As I sat down to pen my personal goals, I began to write a parenting manifesto of sorts. One that begins and ends with my offerings […]
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Dear Mommy Friends, This post has sat idle in my head for a few weeks now. Every time I sit down to write it, I stop myself because I’m not feeling witty enough, resolved enough, or candid enough to share the contents of my heart in a way that will be best understood. It’s a weird […]
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~My last post for Babble.com~ Dearest Babble readers, It is with a heavy heart that I write this final post for Babble. I’ve documented the good times, the bad times, the scary times and all the laughter and love in between. In the 602 posts I’ve written on the Babble platform, I’ve received buckets of […]
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By now your Facebook and Twitter feed is probably riddled with resolution goodness. It’s not that I mind public displays of New Year’s resolutions, I just happen to think life changes are highly personal, maybe even a little bit sacred. Then again, I get the whole forced accountability and support that comes from making a […]
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Well friends, another Christmas has come and gone much, much too quickly. This Christmas we packed up the kidlets and traveled to Grammy and Poppy’s house in the land of Lost Wages. If covertly packing Santa’s toys (including two very cool and very huge Fliker scooters) wasn’t hard enough, BooBoo was battling one totally nasty, […]
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Wishing you and yours a truly magical holiday season and prosperous New Year! XOXO
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The Untitled GenX Podcast
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