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Growing up in England v. Growing up in America #EnglishMemories
British History 101 with a Beefeater Guide at the Tower of London I grew up in England and America, and even Italy for a short while. When I’m talking to someone about my childhood, I often base my...
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Giving Back: Starting a Family Tradition (Part 1)
As my children get older, I want to teach them to give back. I want giving back to be a part of their lives. When they were little, we would talk about people who had very little. I would show them...
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I’m Angry at My Wisdom Teeth
I’m angry at my wisdom teeth. I’m angry that I have to have three small cavities filled on three of my teeth. I’m angry that these three small cavities are in my wisdom teeth. I’m angry that my...
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Giving Back: Starting a Family Tradition (Part 2)
Giving back. I teach my children to give back. I encourage them to bring in food donations…toys for an adopted family…mittens for the “Christmas Glove Tree.” Basically, if the school or church asks...
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I’m Unstoppable with @UbyKotex #UbKKmart #PMedia #ad
Disclosure: This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and U by Kotex but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #UbKKmart I use the phrase “on the go”...
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Vacation Disasters: My Kingdom for a Rental Car #travel #vacation #London...
Hovering around at Universal Studios Orlando Have you ever thought “Phew! At least nothing else can go wrong!”…and then it does? A few years ago, my family and I took a much anticipated vacation to my...
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To Zip the Coat Or Not? Letting Kids Fail and Grow #greatschools
Disclosure: I was compensated for writing this post. I’ve done it. I’m sure you’ve done it too. As parents, we’ve all done it at one time or another. Scene: Your home. Your child struggles zipping his...
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Start the Conversation with #GrabtheGoodies @GoFAAR @AskListenLearn
I can be an ostrich. I can bury my head under the sand. Sing La La La when confronted with a situation that makes me uncomfortable. But I’m an adult. I can’t avoid unpleasant conversations with issues...
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Getting a Good Night’s Sleep #FoodforSleep
If Bo (Jackson) knows football. There’s no doubt that I know sleep. Sleep and I go waaaaayyyy back. In fact, I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I have had insomnia…and I would...
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Support Teen Through @GiveForward #Love>Hate
Unless you are living under a rock, you know about the Ice Bucket Challenge. I couldn’t check my Facebook timeline without seeing 5 or 10 Ice Bucket Challenges. By some strange twist of luck, I did...
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Zap! Pow! Kachow! #MarvelUniverseLive
Last week was rough. Busy. Hectic. Stressful. I barely had time to do anything extra. Everyone got to school, work, but that was it. I haven’t had a start to the school year this crazy in a very long...
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Following, Not Leading Your Child’s #JourneytoCollege
My oldest child is a trailblazer. She’s my “out of the box” thinker. She does everything her own way. She’s the child who informed me after a lengthy timeout when she was 7 that she would do what I...
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Catching Up with #Supernatural Season 9
I rarely watch shows in real time. I only watch DVR’d shows. I go through the DVR every day or so and watch my DVR’d shows. If I am not watching DVR’d shows, I’m watching on Netflix. Unfortunately...
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The Grand Opening…or So I Thought
What can I say? I was naive. It seemed perfectly plausible to me at the time. A new recreation center was opening in my town. So my sister and I decided to be the FIRST people at the opening of the...
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Living…uh…driving in a van down by the river…
I’m like a broken record. If you tell me you are looking at a new car. If you post about your car search on Facebook. If I even get an inkling that you are car shopping, I will tell you about a...
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You Can Find Me Writing Here: My Writing History Part 1…
If you ask my family, what I do all day they would all say “play on the computer.” Grrr. Not true. I have to beg to differ. I do A LOT of things during the day. I work from home. I write on the...
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A High-Protein, Satisfying Snack Chip #QuestChips
I always have the munchies. Not so much during the day, but definitely in the evenings. I know I shouldn’t snack late at night. I should be good. I should say no. I should capitalize on good eating...
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You Can Find Me Writing Here: My Writing History Part 2
To catch up on the first part of My Writing History click here. Now here’s Part 2 of My Writing History. I wrote very little in the early years of raising my children. I desperately wanted to write...
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Gluten Free Cereal from Malt-O-Meal
My mother never asked what cereal I wanted for breakfast when I was a child. There were exactly two types of cereal in the kitchen cabinets. Corn flakes and Farley’s Rusks. This is not exactly...
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Win a Trip to New York or San Diego!
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Atlantic Luggage for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Is the weather getting you down? Do you long to take a trip with your family? Well, you are...
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