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January 7, 2014

Real Estate Update: 2 Offers, 2 Days

Heads up that I’ll be out of commission for a while. Starting yesterday, I’ll be working 12 days straight. That means, while you’re all watching the NFL playoffs and the Golden Globes this coming weekend, I’ll be going blind staring…

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January 3, 2014

New Year’s Hike

Happy New Year’s! 2014 is going to be the best ever. We started the year with a sunny drive to Point Reyes, only to end up hiking in very foggy Abbotts Lagoon. It felt like we’d been transported to Ireland….

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December 27, 2013

Pregnancy Question #1: Epidural vs Drug-Free

I have a ton of questions when it comes to pregnancy, labor, and parenting. I’ve decided I might as well go straight to the source…my readers! I’m sure you all have plenty of advice to give me. I want to…

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December 24, 2013

Christmas Hope

Heavy heart this Christmas… Last week my friend’s wife was overcome with a rare bacterial infection which resulted in an emergency c-section at 36 weeks. Their beautiful little girl passed away after a short time on this earth, and now…

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December 21, 2013

Minted Holiday and New Year’s Card Collection

  Above is the card designed by Minted that we planned on sending for Christmas, but never had time because pregnancy and poisoning kinda got in the way! Minted is my favorite card shop. Not only are they based in…

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December 18, 2013

Do You Trust Your Spouse to Marry the Right Person?

Dean hates talking about death. It’s a subject he’d rather avoid. Whereas I’m big on planning and dreaming up worst case scenarios—which is why I’m such a good business person. The thought of spending money on mausoleums and expensive burial…

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December 16, 2013

Money Monday: I’m a Belieber!

I don’t know much about Justin Bieber except that he’s a pop star, but I can honestly say I love him. After the destruction of Typhoon Haiyan on the Philippines, Bieber began to raise money for the cause by tweeting…

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December 15, 2013

Holiday Update

It took me a week to recover from food poisoning. I only managed to eat a few bites at every meal, and all the fatigue of my first trimester came back to haunt me. I went to bed by 9pm…

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December 9, 2013

I’ve Been Poisoned

I had a nice quiet day to myself yesterday since Dean is traveling for work. I went to one of my favorite restaurants for brunch, but mid-way through my meal of corned beef and eggs, I felt horrifically ill. I…

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December 5, 2013

Bloggers: Are you 100% confident your readers are getting your responses to their comments?

This is a public service announcement to the blogging community. Bloggers: Quality control your responses to comments! Your loyal readers are commenting and inputting their email addresses for a reason. They absolutely should be getting your responses returned to them…

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