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A Drink for Your Beats

February 21, 2012

This week, I’m circling the wagons and concentrating on family. So while I’m doing other things, I thought I’d give YOU something to do. My Very Good Friend Terry introduced me to Drinkify recently. Prepare to be entertained…. It works like this – type in who’s spinning on your turntable (or if you’re under 60, [...]

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Wasting Time AND Doing Good – At the Same Time!

February 7, 2012

The Internet is sucking the life out of me. There, I’ve said it. Between e-mail and Facebook and Words with Friends and Pinterest and StumbleUpon and CraftGawker and shopping on Amazon and reading all the great blogs I follow…sometimes I feel like the entire day is blown before I’ve actually torn myself away from the [...]

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How to Save Big on Car Rentals

October 28, 2011

This fall I discovered another reason to love Costco – they offered deeply discounted deals on car rentals. Prior to this my usual car rental M.O. was biding for a car on Priceline – a hit or miss affair that usually took me several days of bidding to get close to what I thought was [...]

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How to Eliminate Blind Spots When You Drive

October 19, 2011

Several weeks ago while running errands, I listened to “Car Talk” on National Public Radio (one of the most entertaining shows about cars you’ll ever listen to.) At the end of the program, Tom and Ray, the show hosts, encouraged going to their website to learn about a technique for adjusting your side-view mirrors that [...]

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This and That…The Thinking Edition

October 13, 2011

Three thought-provoking articles I’ve come across over the past few months and wanted to share: The Top 5 Regrets People Have On Their Deathbed I bookmarked this article last May and its been meaningful to me this month for many reasons. Two words…read it. What is Decision Fatigue and Do You Have It? Well yes, [...]

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Little of This, Little of That

August 31, 2011

Today’s post is a hodge podge of interesting links: Last week I wrote about things you can do with an egg carton and yesterday I saw this fun use of an egg carton as gift wrap. In response to 10 Fabulous Things You Can Do With Maps, my cousin Mary, posted a link to one [...]

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Music That Makes Me Happy

June 6, 2011

When I was a little girl living in Small Town Texas, I would listen to the local AM station every day waiting to hear “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” by Nancy Sinatra. When it came on, I would jump up on my bed and dance like crazy. I have no idea what made me [...]

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Practical Tip of the Week: Adjusting Your Rear View Mirror

January 26, 2011

The way cars are built these days there are lots of blind spots. At first I thought this was me and then I came across a post on Consumer Reports Money Blog about product designs that are getting worse and it specifically mentioned the narrower windows and large roof pillars that are the trend in [...]

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This Caught Our Eye

September 29, 2010

Have you ever longed to drop everything and take a long road trip? Husband/wife team Karen Catchpole and Eric Mohl are traveling the Americas. They’ve already spent two years in Canada and the US and are currently in Mexico with the goal of eventually making it to the southernmost tip of Chile. Follow them here. [...]

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This Caught Our Eye

September 23, 2010

If you are a parent of a 20-something check out this fascinating piece from The New York Times Sunday magazine. It’s long, thought provoking, a little scary and will definitely give you some new insights. Here’s a fun do-it-yourself project to lift your spirits after reading the 20-Something article (above.) Check out Make Your Own [...]

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