Life is a mashup of toys and gadgets, hobbies and recipes, kids and odd socks, all held together with love and duct tape.
Penguin publishing sent me a leftover pre-publication copy of “Savvy,” by Ingrid Law, and asked me to help get the word out about an upcoming summer reading program for kids. I had seen “Savvy” mentioned in Reader’s Digest, as a “don’t miss this” summer read. And since I’m between installments of “Twilight,” and finished with [...]
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Okay, I know the term “nano” is being used inappropriately in all sorts of pop culture references, and I just did it again. Sorry. But I wanted to emphasize that this little terrarium is tiny. And cute! I love growing houseplants and vegetables. I’ve spent many dollars and hours working on the garden this year, [...]
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This post is all about self-promotion, in more ways than one. First, I’m promoting my post over at Posh Mama, where I do a weekly feature on something tech or geek related. And second, this week’s post is about self-promotion! So how’s that for a double-whammy of ME? If you’re interested, go take a look. [...]
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Here’s a quick geek goodie in honor of US Independence Day. This pretty “pi” pie plate would be perfect for any kind of pie. It has several dozen of the digits of pi around the rim, with a big pi in the center! You might remember the “pi” pie I featured on my Sugar & [...]
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Well, my Dashing Man in Brown (okay, I may have a bit of a shopping crush on my UPS guy) brought me a very special delivery today. My new “baby.” It’s a MacBook! I’m getting it all configured according to my personal preferences, and I love it already! So, I know I’m going to be [...]
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I found out this morning that one of my Squidoo pages has been awarded “Lens of the Day!” I’m so excited. What a nice way to start the day. The winning lens is called How to dispose of batteries properly, and it has lots of information on batteries, recycling, and switching to rechargeables. If your [...]
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