Don't let Thanksgiving get over run by Christmas

Don't let Thanksgiving get over run by Christmas
I've seen a few posts on Facebook from my retail working friends about this campaign to " Say No to Shopping on Thanksgiving " and I think its …
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Matchbook Classic Movies: Watch for Free

Matchbook Classic Movies: Watch for Free
{May 2014 Update: If you are here from the Throwback Thursday Link Party , welcome! I hope you enjoy this post and my blog. Grab a cup of coffee and stay awhil…
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MPM: Week of Nov. 25

MPM: Week of Nov. 25
Well last week was crap as far as planning goes. I worked late 3 nights in a row and made my parents feed me when I came to pick up Lucille. But now its T…
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Around Town: Week of November 24

Around Town: Week of November 24
Its almost Thanksgiving! And my baby girl is 7 months old tomorrow. Oh my goodness, how time flies. We went to Ancil Hoffman Park on Friday and had a great …
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TGIF! My favs from this week...

TGIF! My favs from this week...
First I had to share this picture. I know a lot of people have been getting beautiful sky photos around Sacramento lately, thanks to the change in weather. M…
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Checking things off, in style.

Checking things off, in style.
I love a well styled checklist. If you are a fan of the online magazine " Matchbook " you might already know that they put out some very stylish chec…
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Happiness is...

Happiness for me is being with my family. Its worth is immeasurable and while I don't think "pursuing happiness is our purpose on Earth"... it s…
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A new look at CPK

A new look at CPK
This past weekend was busy. Full of family, fun, love and good food. We had Lucille's baptism on Saturday, which is a pretty big party for Greeks even when…
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MPM: Week of Nov. 18

MPM: Week of Nov. 18
Well we had a crazy fun packed weekend. Saturday was Lucille's baptism and Sunday we went to Apple Hill (scratch another thing off the Fall Bucket List! ) …
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Friday Fixation: BabyBug

Friday Fixation: BabyBug
I grew up with Cricket Magazine , as I am sure some of you all did. Cricket Magazine and Highlights Magazine were two magazines that I credit with flaming my l…
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Training Time

Training Time
Well, I went and did something totally outside of my comfort zone. I signed up to run a half marathon in March. The Shamrock'n Half Marathon is March 16…
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Thanksgiving 2.0

Thanksgiving 2.0
Back in 2009 (at the beginning of my blogging life) I did a post on adding a new twist to your Thanksgiving and shared some recipes that I had found that we…
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Menu Plan Monday (or Tuesday)

Menu Plan Monday (or Tuesday)
Meal planning time again. I know I'm off a day for MPM (menu planning Monday) but yesterday was a holiday so it barely counts. Here is the plan: Monday…
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Thankful for...

In the month of November many people take the time to reflect on things they are thankful for. I thought I'd take a moment to be thankful today. I'…
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The sleep conundrum

The sleep conundrum
People love to tell you how important it is to get a good nights rest . I don't mean to pick on this Daily Worth article, its just the most recent one I&…
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Friday Fixation: Links for Fall

Friday Fixation: Links for Fall
Well, the weather is starting to cool (finally) and I'm sure it will be raining in no time. Time to start looking for things to do inside. Warm soups, wa…
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Birchbox: Hits and Misses

Birchbox: Hits and Misses
I've been getting Birchbox delivered for 4 months now (the 5th is in the mail!) and I thought it might be a good time to share some of the items that I…
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Don't change a thing, baby girl.

Don't change a thing, baby girl.
Well, like I mentioned, I am trying to participate in NaBloPoMo for November and post once a day. Blogher provides some prompts for participants to help get …
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Fall Cleaning

Fall Cleaning
Ok, I've been chipping away at my Fall Bucket List . I watched Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown this past weekend (Lucy was much more interested in …
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MPM: Week of November 4

MPM: Week of November 4
We had a great weekend full of mommy daughter bonding while daddy was in Vegas playing with friends. Now we are back to our routine this week. Here is the plan…
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Around Town: Happy November!

Around Town: Happy November!
I just cannot believe that 2013 is almost over. This year has been a big blur. I was dreaming about what my baby looked like a year ago -- and now I get to w…
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Friday Fixation: Happy Links

Friday Fixation: Happy Links
TGIF! Hope everyone had a good Halloween. We enjoyed celebrating with our little munchkin. We passed out candy so we knocked another item off the Fall Bucket…
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