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Entries from January 13th, 2010

Haiti

January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Current Events

photo by: British Red Cross
This photo has just haunted me today.  I don’t know anything about the boy other than he was injured in the earthquake and was receiving care in a Port-au-Prince hotel.  I would consider myself a somewhat jaded person after years on working in the nonprofit sector, but this tragedy has really [...]

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Why I Hate My Local Barnes and Noble Store…

January 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Gripes

Back in the beginning of December,  I purchased a set of Christmas cards at a Barnes and Noble, that is not my local Barnes and Noble.  They were made of a lovely card stock and had a bird sitting on a branch on the outside and Season’s Greetings written on the inside.  Simple and lovely.  [...]

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Hey look kids, there’s Big Ben, and there’s Parliament.

January 10th, 2010 · No Comments · life

photo by: vituh
This year we celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. We had decided on gifts to mark the occasion and then we were both hit with inspiration.  Instead of buying a piece of jewelry that would sit in a box and instead of buying the complete works of Robert Heinlein in their leather bound editions, [...]

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2010 Reading Challenge

January 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books

Last year I found J. Kaye’s Book Blog a little too late to join her reading challenge. I was determined this year to join the fun. I am challenging myself to read 100 books in the coming year.  I have decided to make the challenge a little more challenging by stating that they have to [...]

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Favorite Things

January 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Food, Gifts/Products

Philosophy’s Cinnamon Hot Dots

Sephora is the only distributor of Philosophy’s Cinnamon Hot Dots body wash. This is the only cinnamon based body wash I have found in a while. My husband loves it!
Fresh’s Sugar Lip Treatment

I hate chapped lips and I have tried just about every lip balm, chap stick, lip gloss etc. out there [...]

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