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Sponsored Post: Celebrity Cruises: Top 2 Itineraries

With a guest: staff ratio of 2:1, a cruise on a Celebrity liner is like no other. Boasting incredible service, attractive decor and some top quality itineraries to choose from, when you book Celebrity cruises, the world will be your…

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Go Bears!

Is anyone watching Cal dominate Louisville? Yowsers. The Bears are looking real good. Such an exciting game. GO BEARS! I have been working all weekend so this is a very nice break. Yeehah. Have to be in the office at…

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Confessions of a Hoarder

No, I’m not a hoarder. I’ve either had roommates or lived in a studio or 1-bedroom apartment ever since I left for college. So how much of a hoarder can I be? Well a lot. A lot for me. Now…

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Apartment Rental Bust?

An article in the WSJ yesterday projected that, while rents continue to increase, the overall rental market may be cooling as the housing market continues to rebound. Exactly! Now is the time to put the brakes on the home search…

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Money Monday: Real Estate Bubble

Hey people, if you haven’t noticed, we are experiencing a housing bubble: skyrocketing rents, zero inventory, and astronomical offers in terms of both volume and price. This is not the time to buy. Back away, people. Back away! I’m completely…

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Treasure Island Flea Market

I am under so much pressure right now, I feel my heart is going to burst out of my chest. Work is insane. I’m in escrow with the sale of my condo closing any day now. And we still have…

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Our Adopted Boys

Here are the two babies we ‘adopted’ over the weekend. Hyper Timmy is in the foreground. Timmy loves to cuddle and gets super jealous if we start petting the other dog. Laddy is the big fat Cavalier King Charles in…

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Fashion Friday: Brows

Not only was it a holiday weekend, but this is the last weekend before the close of escrow on my home. I’ve kept mum on the sale because I didn’t want to jinx it, but we’re all set to close…

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Good Friday

My previous post ended on a whimper, and I don’t ever want to be viewed as someone who isn’t tremendously grateful for everything in her life, so let’s start today–Good Friday–off with a bang. First, I want to thank all…

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Where’s Baby?

I’m starting to lose hope because nothing seems to be working. All the acupuncture, vitamins, gluten-free, sugar-free, fun-free eating hasn’t helped a damn bit. How do I know all this hocus pocus crap doesn’t work? Because I haven’t gotten my…

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