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"It's April 22nd, and everybody knows today is Earth Day..." I have been an environmentalist since I was a small child and I saw a presentation on my school about the importance of recycling. With the zeal of a new convert, I did what I...
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Image courtesy of David R. Tribble Passover begins tonight. It is absolutely my favorite holiday on the calendar, partially because of the food. Matza ball soup! Matza brie! (It's like French Toast, but with matza). Charoset ! Gefilte fish! Manischewitz...
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Image courtesy of Ericd J and I do not really go in big for Valentine's Day. Case in point: tonight's dinner. We will not be going out to a restaurant, partially because that sounds like our version of Hades on earth. Instead, we're going...
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This afternoon I finished my 500 mile challenge with an 8 mile "run" at the YMCA, where I completed nearly all of my miles for the year. Much like when I completed my first half marathon in 2007, the end of the challenge was decidedly slower...
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Image courtesy of Fagles , because it didn't occur to me to take any pictures of the 30,487 cookies I personally baked. This happens every year . The holidays somehow manage to sneak up on me, and I find myself the week after Chanukah putting together...
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Just in time for my second post on gift wrapping alternatives, Bankrate posted this video on Friday. While they offer two of the usual options for gift wrapping without spending money--newspapers and shopping bags--I was intrigued by their third suggestion...
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When my sister was a little girl, she hoped to grow up to be Lynda Carter. Well, no. She actually wanted to be Wonder Woman when she grew up. That was why I was delighted to find this toy Wonder Woman , complete with invisible plane, which is suitable...
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Image that has ab solutely nothing to do with th is post but that I thought was a nice picture courtesy of Thomas Hawk from San Francisco, USA Mary Hunt totally understands debt. After 12 years of shopping 'til they dropped, she and her family found...
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1. Waking up at 4 am after a tryptophan-induced food coma is cruel and unusual punishment. Really, I feel like Mussolini did something similar to people he didn't like. 2. Those Thanksgiving leftover sandwiches aren't going to make (and eat) themselves...
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Pictured: what an enormous turkey looks like when it goes into witness protection. You may recall that last year, J's company provided us with our giant Thanksgiving turkey . It's a nice, old-school gesture on J's company's part. This...
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