How to hold your baby when you need both hands for taking a picture: (Totally stolen from 22 Words because it made me snort out loud.)

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Edna St. Vincent Millay Last Thursday I finally finished unpacking Abby’s room – from our move in June. The girl just has too many toys. They stayed in boxes for a long time because we hadn’t figured out where to store them. That morning, I woke up with a plan, and after two hours, I’d [...]

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So last week Charlie and I were at a conference, spending our days in seminars and our evenings at receptions at John Maxwell’s house. Really great teaching and interaction with conference attenders, but kind of exhausting. At the final reception on Sunday we were all a little punchy, so it wasn’t really a big surprise [...]

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Dear Pinterest, I want to thank you for being you. For being there for me when I need a shot of creativity. Your funny sayings and beautiful gardens amuse and enlighten me. I’ve wasted many an hour browsing furniture arrangements and drooling over desserts. I’m inspired by much of your varied content. But I feel [...]

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Last week it finally arrived! You might remember that Charlie and I had the chance to travel to Greece and Turkey this past June. Well, when we were in Istanbul, we decided to buy a souvenir. We could’ve gotten a coffee cup, like we always do when we travel. In fact, we did get a [...]

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Long, long ago, before I discovered blogging, I spent about a year obsessed with crocheting. After teaching myself the basics, I went on to learn more and more intricate stitches. And I bought a lot of yarn. In fact, you might say that I went a little overboard on the yarn. Down in our basement [...]

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I was gonna say that this has been a busy week, but then I always say that. So I’ll just tell you that it’s been a distracting week. I have to leave it at that for now. Anyway, since I’m already distracted, let me tell you about some stuff that makes me happy. Things I [...]

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…when you cross a Japanese kickboxer, wrestler, mixed martial artist, actor, essayist, calligrapher, choreographer and singer for a band called World Order? This guy. And this really cool video shot in New York. Genki Sudo apparently choreographed this phenomenon too. I have no idea what he’s saying, but I want to watch it over and [...]

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I know not everyone has an iPhone. (Why IS that? Catch up with pop culture, already!) But today I thought I’d share some of my favorite iPhone apps. These are apps that I use on a daily basis, often many times in one day. I hope they’re helpful to you… Twitter – Dear Twitter, I [...]

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Hi there! [this is me waving] Just stopping by for a minute to wish you a Happy New Year! Kids are still home from school, so life around here is … an adventure. Keeping up with work while the kids are home has been – I’m not gonna lie – difficult. So in some ways [...]

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