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Tech Tuesday: Diggity for digging through social media

April 30, 2013

Here’s the common situation: A super smart friend, let’s call her Julie, who always has easy cooking shortcuts when I go to her house, posted a question on Facebook asking about family dinner ideas. I remember that I loved at least five of the ideas Julie’s friends shared in the comments, but now I can’t [...]

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Personalized Mother’s Day Cards (discount)

April 27, 2013

This is sort of advertise-y, but I love sending cards with my kids’ pictures on them. I’ve used Treat.com to send sympathy cards, birthday cards, and thank you cards throughout the year. I’m simply a huge procrastinator when it comes to getting something in the mail, but somehow ordering online helps me get it done. [...]

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Tech Tuesday: On-demand parenting advice

April 9, 2013

If all the top parenting experts were your best friends and available in that “call me anytime” way via skype, then your middle-of-the-night feedings might start to look a little bit like KidsintheHouse.com. Worried that you’re holding your baby too much? A top pediatrician will reassure you. Have questions about if you’re producing enough breastmilk, [...]

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Tech Tuesday: How I use Pinterest to solve my fashion angst

January 15, 2013

If my closet could magically fill itself with well-fitted (pressed!) clothes that suited my shape and whims without me ever having to set foot into an apparel store, I would be a very happy girl. I hate shopping; I like having cute stuff but not all the picking and sore feet that goes along with [...]

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A few thoughts on family holiday cards

November 29, 2012

As I documented last year, I am a bit obsessed with family holiday cards. (See the ones I actually sent out in 2011.) I love receiving them, so I feel obligated to send them. This isn’t an obligation I resent, actually. I look forward to selecting them and mailing them out. I realize MANY people [...]

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Love or shove: holiday outfits for little kids

November 11, 2012

Buying holiday outfits for my kids is not a tradition I’ve embraced so far in my parenting career. Well, not totally true. I do buy holiday jammies every year. What I mean is a fancy party dress with patent leather shoes or a little man-style outfit that is specially selected for holiday parties. When I [...]

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Activity #195: Teach your preschooler about money

July 10, 2012

Fellow rookie parents, I discovered a website for teaching kids about money and I wanted to share. Wait, don’t click away just yet. I realize how boring that sounds (“Teaching about money.” Blech). But really, I could argue that teaching your children about money is one of the most important things you’ll do as a [...]

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How many places can you walk?

September 23, 2010

Sometimes Heather and I worry that we are making assumptions about our readers’ lifestyles that aren’t true. We assume everyone lives in a place like we live, where you can walk to a dry cleaner, corner markets, and to some pretty great destinations if you are willing to push a stroller for 15 or 20 [...]

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Trade your babe’s clothes up with ThredUP

February 15, 2010

I recently received an invitation to become a founding member of thredUP kids and want to share the link with you guys. Heather and I are big proponents of the adult clothing swap, and have brought kids clothes to our swaps, but never had enough focus on kids to organize that piece of it. At [...]

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Save money on cool stuff with bTrendie

January 17, 2010

Hey you. Have you heard about bTrendie? Shhh, not so loud. bTrendie was launched by a group of parents who love great sales but hate generic, mass-produced clothes that all look the same. Don’t know what I mean? I was at a birthday party last weekend in which my sons had the same shirts as [...]

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What’s good

March 17, 2009

We marketers often talk about “trusted brands.” Everyone wants to be a trusted brand so that consumers will buy from them for the rest of their lives, adopting whatever new product the brand launches. Each consumer is unique and we formulate our own reactions, some emotional and some logical, to the product choices we face [...]

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Congratulations Crock Pot Lady!

January 15, 2009

Stephanie did it. She set out to make 365 (gluten free!) meals with her crock part in 2008 for her New Year’s Resolution. Dang. And I thought I liked lists and challenges. I asked her for her favorite favorites of the year and this is what she told me: I don’t really have favorites, but [...]

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