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August 13, 2013

Cakestyle Closing Shop

I received an email this morning letting me know that Cakestyle, a personal stylist service, has closed down after nearly 2 years in business. That’s not long at all! This is why starting a business scares the crap out of…

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August 12, 2013

Money Monday: Do your blog readers get an emailed message when you respond to their comment?

Y’all ready for me to admit wrongdoing / fault / business fail? Since this blog is my own little personal P&L, I need to treat it as a business and I have failed you! Honestly, I didn’t even realize it…

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August 11, 2013

Caring for Ourselves After a Miscarriage

Dean and I have spent the past few days resting and doing indulgent things we wouldn’t normally do. Here’s how we’ve been caring for ourselves after the miscarriage… Caring for Ourselves After a Miscarriage: Staying up until 1am. Sleeping in…

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August 8, 2013

We Are Pregnant!

We are pregnant! We were pregnant. And then we were not. For the second time in only three months, I have miscarried another baby. Please God it’s not fair to fill your heaven with our little babies. You already have…

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August 6, 2013

What to Do in Lake Tahoe During the Summer

We went to Lake Tahoe a couple weeks ago and had the best 3-day vacation ever. We are so lucky to live in the Bay Area. I would buy a vacation home in Tahoe if it weren’t for the four…

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August 3, 2013

College Series: The Key to Success is Primary School Education.

You know how they say that breakfast is the most important meal? It makes sense, right? You load up on all the eggy and starchy goodness early in the morning to sustain you for the rest of the day. It…

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August 2, 2013

Health Blurbs for the Brain

It’s been a while since I’ve posted about all the tidbits of data I’ve been reading. Here’s a special Health Blurbs for the Brain. Introversion got you down? Act like an extrovert! Wall Street Journal article here. The taller you…

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August 1, 2013

The3six5: November 14, 2012

The3six5 was an online collaborative project nominated for a Webby Award in 2011. It captured a daily perspective of 365 individuals from all around the world beginning January 1, 2010 and ending December 31, 2012. I was proud to be…

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July 30, 2013

College Series: Stop the Advertising!

I have been wanting to write about college for quite some time. Not about my own college experience, but whether it is even worth it to send our kids to college these days. It’s a pretty loaded question and a…

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July 29, 2013

What’s Good Enough for Tom Cruise…

Didn’t I say in my previous post that the Waiheke Island Yacht Club has their PR cranked up? Like way up? Well well well, looks like our favorite Scientologist paid a visit yesterday to the worst restaurant in the San…

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