Reading over my most recent posts, I realize that I haven’t gotten very personal on my blog lately, even though this is, in fact, my personal blog.
Most of my writing is about fun, light-hearted stuff, which is great because there are a lot of fun, light-hearted things going on in my life right now.
But there [...]

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Kristina over at BabyCenter’s MOMformation wrote about how her husband is a big baby when he gets sick.
Kristina, you are so not alone. It is part of the male DNA, I have come to realize.
Steve has had a little sniffle for the past few nights, and the world has pretty much had to stop because [...]

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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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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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My hair is pretty easy to manage - it’s long, straight (except when it’s super humid) and pretty thick.
That being said, given that it is long, straight and thick, if I use a shampoo and conditioner combo that just doesn’t work with my hair type, the results are less than desirable. You know what I’m [...]

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