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14
Oct
If you are interested in reforming or refining your eating habits, run, don’t walk, to buy Katie Kimball’s book, Healthy Snacks to Go: Over 45 recipes to get you on your way with real food, fast. It’s on sale now for 99 cents (Kindle version). You can’t beat that with a stick.
I have her book, Smart Sweets, which I seriously love. So, I am perfectly confident that Healthy Snacks is just as fabulous. I just bought it and can’t wait to look at it.
If you don’t have a Kindle, never fear. You can download a free Kindle app for your computer to [ ... ]
Category: Cooking, Health, Parenting, Travel
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21
Jul
I’m not overly fond of the term “bucket list,” as in what you want to do before you kick the bucket, i.e. die. I wondered where that term came from, so I looked it up. It’s not pleasant, so in the interest of staying family friendly, I won’t share. Look it up if you’re now dying to know, no pun intended.
Anywho, I was thinking of what other things, besides ziplining, I would like to experience or accomplish in my life. I think most people get sucked into living a rather careless or too careful life, depending on how you look at it. I [ ... ]
20
Jul
I crossed off something on my bucket list while I was at a conference in Utah last weekend. At the closing party, the sponsors offered a limited number of tickets to a zipline. I’ve never even seen a zipline, unless you count the one my husband’s uncle has strung between two trees about 8 feet of the ground. Not exactly the same.
I wasn’t nervous, though my companion needed some encouragement.
When it came time to harness up, I was able to get my first good look at the ride down. I was surprised that I couldn’t see the end. It didn’t feel [ ... ]
Category: Christian Living, Family Life, Parenting, Travel
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16
Jul
I returned home yesterday after a five day trip to a social media conference in Utah. It will take me the next six months to implement just a portion of what I learned at Evo ’12. I guess it’s fair to warn you that you will start seeing some changes around here. I hope you like them because it would be a real drag if I spent the time and money to make changes, and you hated them. The end result, I hope, is a site that better serves my readers.
For now, I want to enumerate why I’m glad to be home:
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Category: Entrepreneurship, Family Life, Parenting, Travel
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12
Jul
I am an old work traveler. In my previous life as a corporate worker bee, I traveled frequently, as in almost every week from week six to week 34 of my first pregnancy. I learned how to scrupulously plan my business travel since I was often going multiple places in one trip. I didn’t always fly from Point A to Point B and back to Point A. Point C and D and maybe E might be thrown in.
Free travel tip: Always rent the same color rental car. At least you know what color to look for in the parking lot. [ ... ]
Category: Entrepreneurship, Travel
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04
Apr
I’ll say it from the beginning, we loved the King Tut exhibit. We regularly visit museums, so our children aren’t pre-programmed for high energy entertainment. They understood that some of what we saw would be somewhat beyond their comprehension but that this exhibit, in particular, was pretty special. Both because it came from a foreign country and because it was ancient history, as in thousands of years old.
We have done a considerable amount of reading on ancient history over the last few years, and I plan on wrapping it up this year. So, the [ ... ]
Category: Family Life, Parenting, Travel
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02
Apr
In our 15 years of marriage, we have not taken many vacations. Most of our trips have been to see family or stay with friends. We were never entirely on our own in an unfamiliar place with all 5 kids. So, we decided to stick our toes in the water before we struck out on a massive vacation. We went to Houston, spent the night in a hotel, and went to the King Tut exhibit.
First, going somewhere for the first time will always take approximately 25% longer to get there than it should. [ ... ]
Category: Family Life, Parenting, Travel
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20
Jan
My theme this month has been about character, in case you hadn’t picked that up yet. So, I thought I’d write eleven reasons why character is important and why kids need to be trained in character. So, here goes.
1. Kids aren’t born with character.
Did you ever see a baby go to sleep early just to make it more convenient for his parents? No? Me, neither. Babies are great little bundles of snuggles, but they don’t know the first thing about manners or kindness.
2. Kids are born knowing how to lie, manipulate, and be selfish.
Asked my 2 year old who ate [ ... ]
Category: Christian Living, Family Life, Parenting, Travel
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20
Jan
Are you tired of Paris? This is the last day, so hang on. If you want to read my previous days’ adventures, here is Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5.
I was able to drag myself out of bed Tuesday morning and get ready to meet my friends for a morning of shopping. My knee was better, though I still walked somewhat slow and stiff. My feet were about to fall off, and that’s no lie. A week later, and they were still sore. But I made it to the metro station, and we took off [ ... ]
Category: Travel
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20
Jan
Four days down, two more to go. If you want to read my previous days’ adventures, here is Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4.
I planned to knock several must-sees off my list on day 5. I was going to start at Notre Dame and then visit Musee de l’Orangerie. When using the Metro, it pays to have a plan or you’ll find yourself wasting tickets and time jumping from one area of the city to another. The station going to Notre Dame was the closest to my apartment, so I wanted to go there first. Then, it [ ... ]
Category: Travel
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