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Entries for August, 2011

Wholly Guacamole! That’s Delicious – Win a Cooler of Guacamole

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This contest has ended. Winners were picked using Random.org and are:
Cooler of Guac – Lori (#4)
Coupons – Barb (#44) , Gianna (#61), Chris (#11)
Thank you to everyone who entered!
I recently tweeted with the fabulous people at Wholly Guacamole on Twitter about how much I love guacamole. I’m not really a foodie, but guac is [...]

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Meeting a Desperate Woman in a Parking Lot…What Would You Do?

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This past weekend I was finishing up back to school shopping with my daughters. We left the mall and were walking to our car when I was stopped by a desperate, upset woman wearing scrubs.
The first thing she said to me was “I’m going to cry.”
Her face looked like it.
She went on to explain to [...]

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Take 5 Minutes & Breathe…

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Spa Week Daily & Yogi Elena Brower have issues a challenge – can you stop everything, sit and breathe for five minutes every day?
Somehow, this challenge spoke to me. I have been trying to make a conscious effort to breathe deeply. I’m a stress monger and find I take short, rapid breaths in my attempts [...]

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The Help – A Must See Movie

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I was lucky enough to see a screening of the new movie, The Help, while at BlogHer in San Diego last weekend. The movie opened Wednesday.

I have to admit that I was completely naive about the movie. I knew there was a book, I knew it involved women and I knew it had something to [...]

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Recovering from the Conference Hangover

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I have returned to the motherland (where I practice motherhood on a daily basis) after attending BlogHer in San Diego this past weekend.
BlogHer is a 2-day, jam packed conference for women bloggers. It’s full of bloggy sessions, networking, an expo hall, parties and more swag than you can shake a stick at. Someone said it’s [...]

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