Like most people (I think!?), I give my parents a hard time about their lack of knowledge in the technology department.
But I always oftentimes try to patiently assist them when they have questions about how to do things on their computers or need help their iPods.
Don’t get me wrong, they do better than a lot [...]

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The other day I was chatting online with my new BFF Thom Filicia, whom you probably know best from Bravo TV’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and most recently from The Style Network’s Dress My Nest.
OK, before I go any further, I should probably clarify something, for credibility’s sake. Everything I said in that [...]

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Tonight I will write a list. I will title it Things To Do in 2009.
They won’t be resolutions, per se, but rather things I want to accomplish within the next year. Because as fast as the years seem to fly by, there’s a lot - big and small - one can do in 365 days.
Among [...]

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Around this time last year, I came across a copy of Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon, one of my favorite books from childhood. The goodnight theme seemed to tie in perfectly with summer’s farewell, and I wrote the following post to sum up my thoughts about it.
Since we are once again saying goodnight to the [...]

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As of September 5, we will have lived in our house for two years. That’s almost 731 days of staring at a white primed-but-not-painted wall. It’s time for some color.
Last month I asked you, my readers, to help me decide which color to paint my bedroom. MyPerfectColor.com had sent me 5 different paint samples of [...]

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It’s up to you! (thanks to MyPerfectColor.com):

The colors (in the can and on my wall):
1) Benjamin Moore 1676 - Northern Air:

2) Benjamin Moore HC-67 - Clinton Brown:

3) Benjamin Moore HC-9 - Chestertown Buff:

4) Benjamin Moore HC-159 - Philipsburg Blue:

5) Benjamin Moore HC-127 - Fairmont Green:

The back story:
Steve and I have lived in our current home [...]

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