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3 Things for Saturday

3 Things

3 Things for Saturday

No Comments 04 September 2010

Live: Rocking on the front porch with a light breeze and zero humidity. Love: The Little Man woke up saying “Moo! Mooooo! Mooooooo!” Yes, he was pretending to be a cow, probably from all of the Old MacDonald. I was still in bed, and just heard his sweet little moo’s through the doorway. It was [...]

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3 Things for Thursday

3 Things

3 Things for Thursday

No Comments 02 September 2010

Live: Singing the first part of ‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ and LuLu and Little Man singing the part with the animal, then finishing in chorus “E-I-E-I-O”…and I know, we sing ALOT!! Love: Tim Gunn on Oprah. Enough said. Learn: Sometimes you have to look at something from a different angle. When Man was emptying [...]

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3 Things for Tuesday

3 Things

3 Things for Tuesday

2 Comments 31 August 2010

Live: Reenacting the Wizard of Oz. LuLu was Dorothy, Little Man was Toto, and I was Auntie Em, Glinda, the Wicked Witch, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, and the Wizard. Love: The cashier at Wegman’s remembered my son’s name, and she met him 2 months ago!! Little things do mean a lot. Learn: Green Tea [...]

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3 Things for Monday

3 Things

3 Things for Monday

2 Comments 30 August 2010

Live : Laying in the grass with LuLu and Little Man counting each others fingers and toes. Love : My first cup of coffee was heaven. Learn : We rely a lot on power, but it’s really fun to ‘disconnect’ and do things the old fashioned way. Our power went out for a few hours [...]

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The Caterpillar Came Knocking

Life

The Caterpillar Came Knocking

No Comments 27 August 2010

Last night while the Little Man and I were out food shopping, Michael and LuLu were on the porch. A caterpillar was crawling at Lu’s feet. According to Michael, she jumped about a mile high. She was scared, and didn’t want it to crawl up her leg. Michael explained to her that the caterpillar is [...]

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The Art of Saying “No”

Balance

The Art of Saying “No”

1 Comment 12 August 2010

I was working with a client who was frustrated about having no time. We did a Day Dump exercise, and we could plainly see why. Her daughter was involved in nine extra-curricular activities. Yes, nine. Every night, my client drove her daughter from activity to activity. With the activities came the volunteering, donating, buying. She [...]

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We are Born in Awe: Who Were You Born to Be?

Life, Quotes, Self-Love

We are Born in Awe: Who Were You Born to Be?

10 Comments 02 August 2010

My husband and I always say we feel like Millana (aka LuLu) and Ewing (aka Little Man) have been in our lives forever. We can’t even remember a time without them, and are blessed to have them in our world. We have learned more from them over the past 4 years…they are the loves of [...]

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What Inspires You?

Life, Quotes

What Inspires You?

No Comments 28 July 2010

What Inspires You? The word “inspire” means to stimulate an action, to elicit, to bring about, to motivate. But, if you dig a little deeper into the definition, “inspire” really means to “breathe life into” – so, let me rephrase my question, what breathes life into you? What fills you with passion, energy, contentment, peace?

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