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  • Making a List and Checking it Twice

    News flash! I’ve finished with nearly half of my holiday shopping list. What a shocker. It is truly amazing what one determined, and overly caffeinated woman can do in one hour. (What is today’s perfect Starbuck’s beverage? Holiday shopping = a double shot peppermint mocha, no whip.) No budget-minded woman heads into the war zone, […]

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  • I Need a Teenager

    I never thought I would say this, but right now I wish I’d had kids when I was in my early 20s. I’ve always been fairly happy about our decision to wait on children. Being child-free, particularly in your 20s, gives you a certain amount of freedom while you still have energy and desire to […]

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  • Thank You

    Today is Veterans Day. I grew up next to an Army base. Many members of my family are veterans. One of my grandfathers bought a red poppy for me to wear in rememberance every year. College friends left school to fight in the first Iraq war. I cried when a boy I babysat was killed […]

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  • Listening to the White Noise

    I love November 5th. No more frantic last-minute pitches. No more doomsday music-filled ads. The election is over. Americans have spoken and soon we’ll be able to sort out truth in action from campaign fiction. Quite frankly, it’s time for all of us to move on to the business of working and living. It’s almost […]