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Unfinished Business: Resolutions
It’s New Year’s Eve morning, and I’m up bright and early to savor one last day of gluttony, sloth and various other deadly sins before my shiny new halo arrives promptly at midnight. This time last year, I made – … Continue reading
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The Ghost of Thanksgiving Future
Remember when you were a kid and there was that one holiday where your whole family would get together and eat turkey and cranberries and be thankful and stuff? Leading up to this splendid feast, there was a whole season … Continue reading
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The Engagement Effect
Allow me to gush for a moment, as I’m recently engaged and thus, have been granted a full year to be “that girl” whose kissy-faced photos and lovey-dovey pearls of wisdom shall plague your every social feed. While I vow … Continue reading
The Vacation Roller Coaster
In reality, I’m just a short week away from a seven-night Caribbean cruise with some girl friends. In my world, I’m three days of shoveling 14 tons of landscape rock in our backyard, one business trip to New Jersey, and … Continue reading
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Popcorn and Pinot
People love to talk about movies – the talent, the writing, the singing skills of what’s-her-name. They will tweet it, blog it, and small-talk it over drinks. But ask someone to tell you their favorite movie and they’ll freeze up … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, Entertainment, Humor, Movies, Wine
Tagged 80s, bordeaux, Breakfast Club, cabernet, movies, pinot noir, Pitch Perfect, wine
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The Wonder of Sky Mall
I’m in the process of building a new home with an egregiously large kitchen. So during a recent flight when I saw the top corner of the Sky Mall catalog peeking out of the seat back pocket I couldn’t help … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Humor, international travel, Mobile, Nostalgia, Technology, Travel
Tagged airlines, sky mall, Southwest, united, Yeti
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
I’ve added a new word to my vocabulary since I’ve moved to Colorado: “neighborly.” I’ve never had cause to use the word myself, although I vaguely remember Mom once say, “well, shooting our shutters with a BB gun wasn’t exactly neighborly.” … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Home, Humor
Tagged colorado, moving, Mr. Rogers, neighbor, neighborhood, neighborly
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Things That Go Beep in the Night
Like Pavlov’s dog, every time I hear a beep my hand moves reflexively to my smartphone. I quickly thumb through my recent alerts to find the source of the notification and find closure only when I’ve tapped away all the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Phone, Technology
Tagged GPS, smart bathroom, smart phone, smart scale, smart watch, smartphone
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Get Back Inside the Box
The children in my family have a long-standing gift-opening tradition. After excitedly ripping away the paper on the giant something-or-other our parents painstakingly tracked down, funded and gift-wrapped just for us, we marvel at our new possession for the requisite … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, Humor, Nostalgia, Work
Tagged inside the box, jack-in-the-box, out-of-the-box, outside the box
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White Elephant in the Room 
We’re Not in the OC Anymore, Toto
So I’ve moved again. And after a very official two-hands-and-two-feet count I can now claim to have lived in nineteen homes across six states and spanning three continents. I could blame Military Dad or Traveling Mom but seven of these … Continue reading →