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Avoiding Holiday Temptations

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This post brought to you by Slim-Fast. All opinions are 100% mine. I’ve already told you about my 24 year history of losing weight after pregnancy. It’s a long, sad tale — and I’m still dealing with it. I still need to update you on the saga of the past few months, but first I’ll [...]

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Holiday Travel Discounts Are Not Science Fiction

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I married a geek. Or is it a nerd? I can never remember. One of them is supposed to be cool and the other one not so much. My husband is definitely on the cool end of science genius. My dad also has a scientific PhD. And my brother-in-law. My sister, a master’s degree. Our [...]

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Protect Your Designed Life

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This post brought to you by Norton Small Business by Symantec. All opinions are 100% mine. Lifestyle design is all about living the life you want. For many of us, that means creating a muse and owning a business. I started my first business in 1987 and my husband started his first in 1996. Some [...]

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Get Yourself a Pool Cover

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I’m not much of a winter person. I want the snow to start falling the day after Thanksgiving and to stop — completely — on January 2. That’s when spring should begin, steadily growing warmer and warmer. Today, with the Lindon, Utah, temperature sitting squarely at 26 degrees fahrenheit, I’m fantasizing about our pool. The [...]

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More Mailboxes

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Recently I told you that after a year of living in the house, we finally got our mailbox finished. I simply posted to find a mason, and within a few days, it was being completed. Now, every time I back out of the driveway, I feel good. And so does Sam. For 12 months, approaching [...]

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Natural Cures for Depression

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Suffering isn’t ennobling, recovery is. Christiaan Baarnard sait that. He’s a medical doctor. I’m not. I don’t pretend to be one or even play one on TV. In fact, although I’m not some a anti-medicine fanatic, I have spent my life noticing the almost inherent arrogance of doctors who don’t seem to notice how very [...]

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Home Decor Magazine Looks

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A have a new friend and neighbor down the street named Kim. She lives in another custom home — her husband is a contractor. Her home is another version of the modern craftsman. When we were building and trying to decide on some of the subcontractors, she invited us over to look at some of [...]

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Long Memory for Sarcasm

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Alana (18): Caleb, get me a spoon. [Caleb (8) rolls his eyes.] Alana: Where did you learn to do that? Caleb: From yooooooou! Alana: Um. No. Caleb: Yeeeeees! I saw you do it. At the dinner table. At the Harmon’s house! [We rented Harmon's house when Caleb was six.]

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Bathroom Vessel Sinks

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If you’re looking for a seriously modern punch for your custom home, think about adding a vessel sink or two. What is a vessel sink? It’s a free-standing sink that that is placed directly on top of a counter. They are most often used in bathrooms. Vessel sinks come in a wide variety of materials: [...]

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Post Cyber Monday Christmas Deals

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Black Friday has come and gone. (We slept in, decorated the house, and went to a movie.) Cyber Monday is history. (I spent a couple of hours using some of my very best online deals.) But if you think the bargains are gone, you’re wrong. They’ve just begun! I’ve gathered some of the very best, [...]

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Wanted to…

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This guest post from Lenny Mcknight I knew I wanted to Get TXU in Houston but I had to wait until I actually moved to Texas — the good news is that I love it here and I was able to find an amazing little house right up the road from my work. I think it’s a [...]

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Cheap Eyeglasses

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I’m all about saving money. In difficult economic times, it’s even more important to squeeze every penny out of your purchases. Sometimes that means selecting lower quality items. Not everything needs to last for centuries or provide professional quality results. If my preschooler wants to learn to paint, I’m not going to buy the same [...]

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Spruce Up Your Mailbox

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We recently finished our mailbox with the stones used as an accent on our house. It looks beautiful and blends nicely with the home design. Rather than use the tacky, plastic, glue on numbers you see everywhere, we added a more substantial set. The finishing touch — designed to help both mail carriers and visitors [...]

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Principle-Centered Home Education

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This is the third in a three-part homeschooling series. It was first published in 1996 in Super Learning Tools. Although my theories have morphed somewhat over the years, this series represents the beginning process of forming and implementing our homeschool and educational philosophies. In the March/April issue, you learned that we are not unschoolers and [...]

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Why I Do Not School-at-Home

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This is the second in a three-part homeschooling series. It was first published in 1996 in Super Learning Tools. Although my theories have morphed somewhat over the years, this series represents the beginning process of forming and implementing our homeschool and educational philosophies. When my husband and I, at the suggestion of our oldest daughter, [...]

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Why I’m Not Unschooling

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This is the first in a three-part homeschooling series. It was first published in 1996 in Super Learning Tools. Although my theories have morphed somewhat over the years, this series represents the beginning process of forming and implementing our homeschool and educational philosophies. When I joined the growing home education movement I was astounded to [...]

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Family Friendly Comedy

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This post brought to you by American Family Insurance. All opinions are 100% mine. We didn’t watch a lot of TV when I was a kid, but when we did, it was always something the whole family could enjoy together. And if there had been questionable programs on television back in the day, my parents [...]

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Great Cell Phones for Seniors

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of TracFone. All opinions are 100% mine. Long before my dad moved in with us last February, my brother, sister, and I began worrying about him. He lived alone and — for entertainment — he drove mile after mile. Every day. In fact, in the [...]

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Let’s Hear It for Humans!

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Puppies vs. Babies. All opinions are 100% mine. I love animals. At least in theory. When I was a young girl, I brought home every stray — and admittedly some not-so-stray — puppy or kitten I saw. I wanted a house full of pets. [...]

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Alternative Wedding Ring Metals

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When I got married, in 1985, wedding rings were simple. Women got a yellow gold band with a big old diamond (usually round, maybe marquis) plunked in the middle. There might be a diamond or two (or four) added for embellishment on the side, perhaps channel set. Men got a relatively simple gold band. It [...]

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