tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43825461432060107172024-03-04T22:38:09.652-08:00Bold Beautiful Brainy - A Life Well LivedSnapshots of a bold, beautiful, brainy life well lived.b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.comBlogger365125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-76693400002097444672013-09-13T12:14:00.001-07:002014-02-28T12:40:12.102-08:007 Things to Love About Summer #1 | Learning Awesome New Things with23andme.com<!-- 23andMe: DNA Project (Product Review) / Clever Girls Snippet --><script src="http://member.clevergirlscollective.com/track?u=597&g=677" type="text/javascript"></script><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As summer winds down, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I loved going back to school </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And it wasn't just because of the new schools and supplies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was totally that nerd. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Right on up through college.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yep, that ivory (or is it ivy?) tower</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">At Cornell, I started off as a genetics major. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So it was with a squeal and a plea like no other</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">for a <strong><a href="http://clvr.li/16fnaYZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">23andMe</a></strong> campaign to pry open and peek at my genetic code.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, it wasn't at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They send you this super cute <strong>#23andmeDNAkit</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And, if you elect to do so, you can start getting messages from long lost relatives</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Some of you know that this past February, we lost our daughter Sunshine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">During our first trimester, we did a standard Triple Screen. It consisted of a general genetic history make up, an ultrasound and some basic blood tests to tell us the probability of Sunshine having a genetically inherited condition. While there are some things they can rule out based on me and my husband not having conditions, other things due to chromosomal irregularities were a bit harder to rule out completely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">That's when I first became obsessed with genetic testing.<br />And wanting access to more of it.<br />Without it costing a billion and two dollars.<br /><em>(Interesting note, when <strong>23andMe</strong> first started, they charged $1000 for the tests)</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Because of our Sunshine experience with the medical realm of genetic testing, <br />it was pretty easy for me to understand the <strong>23andMe </strong>process of giving you very user friendly data about your likelihood of devolving certain conditions related to your carrier status of certain genes. <br />Basically, your genetic code can account for a lot of who you are, but it isn't everything. <br /><br />Also, genetic testing is still so relatively new that there are only so many things you can even test for. <strong>23andMe</strong> has a pretty comprehensive set of 240 pretty common health reports that they base your genetic findings on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What I loved beyond the medical information was that with a quarter million members, <strong>23andMe</strong> is the largest DNA-based ancestry service worldwide. <br /><br /><strong>At $99 per person, <br />you can join in and have 23andMe fun with genetic ancestor</strong> <strong>matching</strong>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There was a time when I was obsessed with genetic testing. <br />Between potential blood clotting disorders and recurrent pregnancy loss issues, there are more and more options for testing available on the market. While medical testing should always include conversations with your doctor, what I loved about <strong>23andMe</strong> is that it is plastered all over the fertility boards as an easy, accessible, first step for genetic testing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Because you actually use saliva for the testing, you don't have to find someone to draw your blood and so you get access to lots of tests at a super reasonable price. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Also, the website itself and the results are in super user friendly format. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There are great forums to get help if you don't understand the concept of probability (ie, the probability that you will get diabetes based on your genes vs the definitive answer as to whether or not you actually have diabetes) and the ancestor fun making...that is going to make my fall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So what say you? <br />Are you interested to know more about who you are and where you come from? <br />Is $99 an accessible enough entry point for you to dive in and get some genetic answers?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Check out what other folks are learning <br />with their <strong>#23andmeDNAkit</strong> on Twitter and Facebook.</span></div>
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<i>I was selected for this opportunity as a member of <a href="http://clevergirlscollective.com/" target="_blank">Clever Girls Collective</a> <br />and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.</i></div>
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As we wind down through my list of favorite things about summer,</div>
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<strong>Oh summer...how I missed you. </strong></div>
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Growing up, my most FAVORITE meal of all times</div>
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Of course, back then, it was all about the original flavor.</div>
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began with the salads that my mom would make with our sloppy joes.</div>
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As I grew up, my meals started to consist of stuff that I "canned" myself</div>
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And the meals looked yummy like this</div>
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I've done turkey versions of sloppy joes and tofu versions too.</div>
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The summer is just totally clicking by around these parts.<br />
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So we've examined <b>5 things<br />that I love about summer</b>.<br />
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I love <b><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/07/7-things-to-love-about-summer-3-coming.html" target="_blank">coming and going places</a>,</b><br />
<b><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-6.html" target="_blank">seeing awesome movies</a>,</b><br />
<b><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-7-fla-vor.html" target="_blank">indulging in favorite childhood memory lane treats</a>,</b><br />
gardening,<br />
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being the <b><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-5-house.html" target="_blank">hostest with the mostest</a></b>.</div>
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at 10:30 pm on some summer nights),</div>
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for the 17 days that it shows up around these parts</div>
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I like my meal prep to be super quick and easy.</div>
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This is where</div>
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saves my day.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Those of ya'll who know quirky old me in real life<br />know that I don't do fresh chicken.</span></div>
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and I am just saying<br />
that me and that <b><a href="http://clvr.li/18KVJXB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kraft Recipe Makers</a></b> simmer sauce<br />
may just be new best friends.<br />
Let's not even talk about that too tasty<br />
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Tonight,</div>
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I just followed the tip on the back of the box<br />
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(they say breaded tenders...I say nuggets...even easier).</div>
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Tomorrow night...you will just have to stay tuned<br />
for THAT trick up my sleeve.</div>
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After this super simple summer family meal<br />
thanks to <b><a href="http://clvr.li/18KVJXB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kraft Recipe Makers</a></b></div>
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I got right back out in the garden.<br />
There was a harvest to be had after all.</div>
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And peaches to can.</div>
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Though I just threw together the back of box option<br />
with some substitutions<br />
(they suggest pineapple and red onion in their recipe,<br />
I just used super sweet bell peppers and carrots in mine),<br />
there are actually three prep options that each <b><a href="http://clvr.li/18KVJXB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kraft Recipe Maker</a></b> comes with.</div>
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This was SUPER EASY<br />
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I specifically chose the sweet and sour chicken version<br />
because I knew I would be able to make tomorrow's gig<br />
out of something designed for chicken.</div>
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But there are actually <b><a href="http://clvr.li/18KVJXB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">7 different varieties of Kraft Recipe Makers</a></b>.<br />
Each one comes with two savory sauces<br />
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there's a little something for everyone.</div>
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These technically will feed five.<br />
Since it is just me and my better half<br />
(and the puppy who would eat a whole plate of whatever if we let her)<br />
I had enough simmer sauce and finishing sauce left over<br />
to go at it again tomorrow night.</div>
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And that is after two hefty servings tonight.<br />
Love. That!</div>
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Head on out to Safeway</div>
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and find your <b><a href="http://clvr.li/18KVJXB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kraft Recipe Maker</a></b> over by the meat aisle.<br />
I know.</div>
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Fake out for the veggie lovers in my life.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While my <a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/07/7-things-to-love-about-summer-3-coming.html" style="color: #793e01; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">#3 fave thing about summer</a><br />entails being the hostess with the mostest,<br />I gotta admit that I detest cleaning up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you know we have been having the jam up at my place. <br />And by "jam" I really mean jam.<br />As in we had ourselves a little canning party!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just so you know, there is absolutely<br />NOTHING</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">clean<br />about a canning party.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In between soaking greens in fortybajillion rinses of "fresh water"<br />and trying to keep a good lookout for #CleanHands,<br />the bathroom got OVERTIME<br />handwashing duty.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Though I prepped my bathroom with this </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">super cute yellow hand towel</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">at the end of the night,</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://clvr.li/cgckht" rel="nofollow" style="color: #793e01; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kleenex Hand Towels</a><br />won by a mile.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I thought that cute,</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">newly domesticated folks,<br />would be smitten with my cute yellow towel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And maybe they were.<br />But at the end of the day,<br />the Clean Hands Campaign<br />won hands down and the vote was for using<br /><b><a href="http://clvr.li/cgckht" rel="nofollow" style="color: #793e01; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kleenex Hand Towels</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I thought back on my travels and all of the hands washing<br />and hand drying I was doing,<br />the more I think about it,<br />the more I cannot say that I disagree.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Because really, with cloth towels,<br />how do you KNOW that someone washed their hands long enough<br />or at all<br />(I know, that deserved a gross out alert)<br />rather than just wiping off on the cloth towel?<br /><br />There is no mistaking when a <b><a href="http://clvr.li/cgckht" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kleenex Hand Towel</a></b> has been used.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And that is a very (VERY)<br />good thing.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As a master composter,</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">after using these, <br />I am totally good with disposable</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(compostable)<br />Kleenex products.<br />Just want to make sure that people don't flush these<br />although it looks like that once used, they would be fine even being flushed.<br /><br />If "fine" for you is having thousands (millions?) of others<br />thinking the same thing<br />and then the aggregate result being not so cool.<br /><br />Compost for all!<br />#CleanHands AND Clean Earth!</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Why use a damp, germy, overused towel<br />when you can join the Clean Hands Campaign<br />and use <b><a href="http://clvr.li/cgckht" rel="nofollow" style="color: #793e01; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kleenex Hand Towels</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Speaking of which,<br /><b>your odds were really good for winning your own set.</b><br /><br /><b>Congrats to Tara</b><br />who will be stopping into town next week<br />and getting her own box of hand towels to try out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you didn't win, don't cry.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At 2.99 a box, you can try out your own.<br />Snap some up today!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I cannot wait until later in August <br />when we have our annual BBQ for the tourney.<br />The only thing messier than a canning party<br />is a BBQ.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Especially around my parts.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Are you ready to party?<br />Wanna come over to my shindig?<br /><br />It's going to be epic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: orange;">I was selected for this opportunity as a member of </span></i><i><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://clevergirlscollective.com/" style="color: #793e01; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Clever Girls Collective</a></span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.</span></i></div>
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b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-46688576192206914952013-07-26T06:00:00.000-07:002013-07-26T23:14:26.057-07:00Party Prep with Kleenex Hand Towels<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">So.<br />My <b><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/07/7-things-to-love-about-summer-3-coming.html" target="_blank">#3 fave thing about summer</a></b><br />really deserves a bit more commentary.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">As I mentioned, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">one of the things I love about summer<br />is that this<b> is the time of year<br />when people are always coming for a visit</b><br />or we are going for a visit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Settled back in at home,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">One thing that my better half is pretty adamant about<br />is that we have all the goods necessary for people to wash their hands in the bathroom.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Usually, this means washing our super cute yellow hand towels<br />and getting them hung up just right.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I'm also going to put the <b><a href="http://clvr.li/cgckht" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kleenex Hand Towels</a></b><br />on the back of the toilet tank.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Let's see which one's people prefer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">What say you?<br />Would you use my cute yellow towel<br />when you came over OR<br />would you join the Clean Hands Campaign<br />and use <b><a href="http://clvr.li/cgckht" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kleenex Hand Towels</a>.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b><br />Let me know in the comments<br />(or on facebook or on twitter)<br />what your preference is<br />and you might win a box of your own.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>You, of course,<br />can still enter by </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I posted the two photos above and you can </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">comment on any of those photos about how you sure could<br />use some #CleanHands.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Bonus points for being clever and finding a non-party photo<br />to get all #CleanHands on.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Winner will be chosen by July 30/31st ish.<br /><br />Just join in the convo for your chance to win.<br />Are you ready to party?<br />Wanna come over to my shindig?<br /><br />It's going to be epic.</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange;">I was selected for this opportunity as a member of </span></i><i><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://clevergirlscollective.com/" target="_blank">Clever Girls Collective</a></span></i></div>
<i><div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="color: orange;">and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.</span></i></div>
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b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-62368611435258735012013-07-21T06:00:00.000-07:002013-07-21T20:02:46.400-07:007 Things to Love About Summer | #3 Coming and Going (for a visit) with Kleenex Hand Towels<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Well now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm back from the oppressively hot east coast.<br />I did NOT <a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-7-fla-vor.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>indulge in my favorite childhood treat</b></a><br />(although it would have been totally appropriate).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We thought about <b><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-6.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">seeing another awesome movie</a></b><br />but after seeing that one in California,<br />there wasn't much that was going to top that.<br /><br />Though my back was bugging me a lot before I left<br />and I seriously considered taking my <b><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/07/7-things-to-love-about-summer-4.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">well-researched opinion about</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/07/7-things-to-love-about-summer-4.html" target="_blank">back arthritis </a></b>into my chiro, instead, we left the garden and headed east.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Heat wave aside,<br />one of the things I love about summer<br />is that this<b> is the time of year<br />when people are always coming for a visit</b><br />or we are going for a visit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">While this past week, we were the ones going,<br />we're steadily sliding into coming season.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">We have some pretty big life events coming up<br />and to that, we'll be hosting a gig or two to close out this summer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Last July, <br />right about this time,<br />I <b><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2012/07/handy-house-guests-use-kleenex-hand.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">showed you how we got our guest spaces hostess ready</a></b> <br />with <b><a href="http://clvr.li/cgckht" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kleenex Hand Towels</a></b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I mean, what is not to love about being next to Godliness<br />with this level of cleanliness?</span></span><br />
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<br /><br />In my travels this past week,<br />I spent a lot of time drying off on cloth hand towels.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">As a master composter,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I am totally good with disposable</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">(compostable)<br />Kleenex products.<br /><br />Especially when you consider that in the U.S. alone, <br />people do that exact same drying routine<br />200 billion times per year.<br /><br />On towels that look clean.<br />But really...<br /><br />Why wash your hands<br />only to dry them on a dirty towel?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Why use a damp, germy, overused towel<br />when you can join the Clean Hands Campaign<br />and use <b><a href="http://clvr.li/cgckht" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kleenex Hand Towels</a>.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>I'm getting ready to host a shindig<br />and guess what will be in my bathroom?<br /><br /><a href="http://clvr.li/cgckht" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kleenex Hand Towels</a> of course.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Want some for your next gig?<br />Well I'll tell you what.<br />I've got some to give away.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Since I know most folks visit this here blog via a reader<br />of some sort,<br />I'm not going to MAKE you jump here to comment to win.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Instead, let's make it easi(er), peasy(er).<br /><br />You can follow me on Instagram.<br />I'll be posting photos as I get ready for the party of the century<br />(which I'll blog about here, of course).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Comment on any of those photos about how you sure could<br />use some #CleanHands.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Bonus points for being clever and finding a non-party photo<br />to get all #CleanHands on.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I'll even throw in some extra special<br />extra summer fun on top of the <b><a href="http://clvr.li/cgckht" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kleenex Hand Towels</a></b> for the winner.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ready to have some fun?<br />All you have to do is comment on any of my Instaphotos<br />with a clever (or dull) #CleanHands comment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">You don't have to follow me (but you'll want to to see the winner)<br />and you don't have to comment on the blog <br />(but you'll want to because commenting is cool).</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br />Winner will be chosen by July 30/31st ish.<br />Don't have Instagram?<br /><br />If you click my widget for Instagram photos to the right<br />over there ---------------------></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">you can actually see what you're missing out on.<br />I think you might even be able to comment via the web.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: orange;">I was selected for this opportunity as a member of </span></i><i><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://clevergirlscollective.com/" target="_blank">Clever Girls Collective</a></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange;">and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.</span></i></div>
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b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-9489652244412026922013-07-01T13:33:00.001-07:002013-07-01T13:33:33.887-07:007 Things to Love About Summer | #4 Gardening (with Lifescript)<img alt="Tracking Pixel" src="http://ec2-54-244-107-86.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/tracker.php?cid=00DE0000000eHXcMAM&pixel=1E000000I6A8uIAF" />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />So let's see.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Summer is now, officially, well under way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-7-fla-vor.html" style="color: #793e01; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">sucked down my fave childhood treat</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">and </span><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-6.html" style="color: #793e01; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">I've seen an awesome movie</span></b></a><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">or two</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">and I might have had chance to </span><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-5-house.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">party like it's 1999</span></b></a><span style="color: #333333;">.</span></div>
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But when all is said and done,<br />
there is something about<br />
daylight<br />
when you live close to the land of the midnight sun<br />
that makes summer<br />
totally about gardening<br />
and being healthy for me.</div>
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Thing is,<br />
I totally inherited my green thumb from my granny.<br />
I think I may have also inherited her rheumatoid arthritis.<br />
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You see,<br />
she had the most gorgeous gardens <br />
(floral and edible)<br />
on the block.</div>
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I loved being out in the yard with her.<br />
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The other day,<br />
as I was out and about in my garden,<br />
I started to notice some mannerisms<br />
that made me think about my grandmother.</div>
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I remember growing up,</div>
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that she really could not bend her knees<br />
to pull flowers or weeds.<br />
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I remember growing up,<br />
that she would lay the water hose in her garden beds<br />
rather than hold a trigger sprayer or even use her fingers to<br />
"splay" the water.</div>
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I remember growing up,<br />
that she would wince as she<br />
wrapped her hand around a sturdy weed to give it a tug.</div>
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As I spent time in my own garden,<br />
I was noticing that if I couldn't sit on the grass<br />
(ie, because it had just been watered)<br />
that it was really painful for me to bend my knees to get close to my beds.</div>
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I noticed that<br />
I rarely use my sprayer<br />
without the auto on switch.</div>
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I noticed that after a couple of hours of </div>
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pulling and tugging in the garden<br />
my hands would be on fire.</div>
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Aside from the green thumb that I got from my granny<br />
I started to wonder if maybe, I had also inherited her<br />
<b>rheumatoid arthritis</b>.</div>
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Being the curious girl that I am,<br />
I decided to get to know a bit more<br />
about who I am.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">I sent off a kit to</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><b><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.23andme.com/" target="_blank">23andme</a></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></b>and I quickly jumped over to <b><a href="http://www.lifescript.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Lifescript.com</span></a></b>to study up on <b>rheumatoid arthritis</b>.</div>
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I checked out the <a href="http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/rheumatoid_arthritis.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Rheumatoid Arthritis Health Center</span></a><br />
and boy was I floored.</div>
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First, it should go without saying<br />
that I'm a girl that likes to read.<br />
Anything, really.<br />
But especially really <b>GOOD,</b></div>
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really <b>approachable,</b></div>
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really <b>legitimate<br />consumer health information</b>.</div>
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I might have gotten a bit consumed by my time on the<br />
<b><a href="http://www.lifescript.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Lifescript.com</span></a></b> site.<br />
<br />While I personally love<br />(and write my own)<br />health and living advice<br />I actually like that the site<br />has writing by professional health writers, experts and physicians.<br />As in, lots of medical advice<br />but by professionals who get that<br />people need it to be in plain English.<br />
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While I ended up on the site<br />as I was exploring Rheumatoid Arthritis,<br />I love that they have information<br />on other prevalent medical conditions related to women's health.<br />
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<b>I wish they had a Fertility Health Center</b>.<br />1 in 8 couples struggles with fertility issues<br />and this is a significant women's health issue.<br />
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To that, they do have a general "Women's Health Center"<br />and if you drill down there, there is a link for infertility.<br />
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Alas, I wish it had it's own Health Center on Lifescript.</div>
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<br />Interestingly, as I was looking into some of my <br />Recurrent Pregnancy Loss issues<br />there were lots of references to Humira and Prednisone.<br />
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Who knew that by exploring my arthritis link<br />I might end up on those meds anyhow?<br />
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Anyhow,<br />as I researched <b>rheumatoid arthritis</b><br />here are some of the things I found interesting<br /><br /><b><span style="color: orange;">1.</span></b><br /><b>Yoga is good</b>.<br /><a href="http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/rheumatoid_arthritis/tips/8_steps_to_staying_active_with_rheumatoid_arthritis.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">8 Steps to Staying Active with Rheumatoid Arthritis.</span></a><br /><br /><b><span style="color: orange;">2.</span></b><br />
<b>Tired, stiff and achy?</b> Maybe it's arthritis.<br /><b><a href="http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/rheumatoid_arthritis/basics/symptoms.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Symptoms</span></a></b><br /><br /><b><span style="color: orange;">3.</span></b><br />Did all that work to <b>harvest the garden</b>, now what?<br /><b><a href="http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/rheumatoid_arthritis/living_with/recipes.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">6 Recipes for Rheumatoid Arthritis</span></a></b><br /><i>(including a tasty leek, asparagus and herb soup)</i><br /></div>
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Time to get offline<br />(and off the keyboard)<br />and back into the garden.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Lifescript’s Rheumatoid Arthritis Health Center features tips, quizzes, recipes and articles<br /> – all by professional health writers, experts and physicians – <br />covering common RA symptoms, <br />foods that compose an anti-inflammatory diet, <br />new RA therapies and more.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> Please visit the </span><a href="http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/rheumatoid_arthritis.aspx" style="color: #e34272; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Lifescript Health Center on Rheumatoid Arthritis</b></a><span style="color: #333333;"><br />for more information.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e34272; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.lifescript.com/" style="color: #e34272; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>And to check out this free website, click here!</b></a></span></div>
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b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-65304033820206471202013-06-23T06:00:00.000-07:002013-06-23T09:56:21.744-07:007 Things to Love About Summer | #5 House Parties with Gevalia<!-- Gevalia Make Friends (House Parties) / Clever Girls Snippet --><script type="text/javascript" src="http://member.clevergirlscollective.com/track?u=597&g=667"></script><img style="display:none; width:1px; height:1px" src="http://assets.clevergirlscollective.com/pixel/p.png?a=campaign&gid=667&uid=597" /><!-- END Clever Girls Snippet -->
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">So let's see.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Summer is now, officially, well under way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">I've </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-7-fla-vor.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">sucked down my fave childhood treat</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">and </span><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-6.html" style="line-height: 18px;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">I've seen an awesome movie</span></b></a><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">or two.</span></span></span></div>
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Now it is time to <a href="http://www.80svideos.tv/play.php?vid=162" target="_blank"><b>party like it's 1999</b></a>.</div>
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like it is the sunniest summer we've ever had in Seattle.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">I cannot attest to the truthfulness of that last statement.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I CAN. however, attest to the effect the sun has had on my garden.<br /><br />See, lilacs!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Lilacs in bloom mean it is time for a shindig.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ideally, this would be in my garden </span></span></div>
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(where I spend all my time).</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">But this is Seattle and summer here</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">is truly coffee weather.<br />Mostly because, it is always coffee weather here.<br />Just throw some ice in it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Cue </span><b style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://clvr.li/17SAJuF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gevalia</a></b><span style="line-height: 18px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">You see.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I am so not a coffee drinker.</span></span></div>
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I know.</div>
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I'm not sure how they let me live near Seattle either.</div>
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All things said, <b>I LOVE TEA</b>.</div>
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And all sorts of DIFFERENT tea.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">or visitors who feel like a trip to Seattle isn't complete without a sip of that other stuff,</span></span></div>
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Keurig® K-Cup® Brewer, perfect for a quick <b><a href="http://clvr.li/17SAJuF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gevalia </a></b>fix.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The really great thing is that these single serve </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://clvr.li/17SAJuF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gevalia</a></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> offerings</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That cracker was the hit of the day.<br />tasty thin cracker <br />smear of goat cheese<br />dab of apricot jam<br />smaller dab of mint chutney<br />fresh mint leaf on top.<br />Splash of fig balsamic vinegar on the plate. <br /><br />They were SO yummy. <br />hit of the day. <br />High maintenance of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <b><a href="http://clvr.li/17SAJuF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gevalia</a></b><br />went absolutely stunningly<br />with the cracker bites.<br />And with strawberries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />I love summer get togethers.<br />growing up,<br />in between playing school<br />(because I was a nerd like that, I would play school during the summer break)<br />and doctor<br />(not like that ya'll)<br />when we played house<br />I can tell you that we were hosting parties all the time.<br /><br />Mud pies and all.<br /><br />now that I'm all grown up<br />I don't host nearly enough parties<br />but when I do<br />I like to make sure my guests are taken care of.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I totally love that <b><a href="http://clvr.li/17SAJuF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gevalia </a></b>comes in these one cup servings<br />so that we can hang out in the yard<br />reminiscing about our little girl parties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What parties are you looking to hold this summer?<br />Where's my invite?</span></div>
<p><em>I was selected for this opportunity as a member of <a href="http://clevergirlscollective.com" target="_blank">Clever Girls Collective</a> and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.</em></p>b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-54774665334069760122013-06-11T06:00:00.000-07:002013-06-11T08:14:34.711-07:007 Things to Love About Summer | #6 Exclusive Movie Previews - Man of Steel<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">So aside from <b><a href="http://b3hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-things-to-love-about-summer-7-fla-vor.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">making mud pies in the back yard</span></a></b>,<br />another thing I love about summer</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">is having the time to go to the movies.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><b>Especially when I get to go to opening nights and exclusive premieres.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">Ever since I can remember,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">I seriously wanted to be an astronaut.<br />Then Challenger exploded while I was watching in class.<br />So I figured keeping my feet on the ground<br />and my butt in a chair in the movie theater<br />might be a safer exploratory route.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">One of my fave movies growing up was Super Man.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">So you can imagine my squeals of pure delight<br />when I was settling in to watch another remade sci fi flick<br />and the trailer for <b>Man of Steel</b> came on.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">Now. I know there is <b><a href="http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/05/movie-trailer-time-limit/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">debate about the length of the Man of Steel trailer</span></a></b>and to those folks, I say<br />"Give me MORE!!!"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">I get it though.<br />My husband doesn't like sitting through movie trailers.<br />Heck, we hardly go to the movies<br />because we have a sweet set up at home.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">Battle aside, you MUST run yourself to Twitter, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"> Facebook, and Instagram and use the hashtags, </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">#SeeSteelFirst and #ad </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">so that we can all get pumped about this movie together.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">While we won't have to drive through June blizzards<br />signaling the end of the world<br />to get there,<br />he will make an epic effort to totally get in the mood<br />for the <b>best flick of the summer</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">Walmart is providing the opportunity for movie go-ers to purchase tickets to the </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">Man of Steel</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"> premiere showing at 7 PM on June 13th, 2013 in every Walmart Electronics department across the country.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">I mean really.<br />How could you miss this?<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is just in time for Father's Day.<br />You can take your super man to the movies<br />and make him feel all special for seeing it<br />before the rest of the nation gets in on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yay to WalMart for this super unique, first ever partnership and offer!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Purchase tickets to the exclusive pre-screening of <i>Man of Steel</i> [PG-13] on <br />June 13th, 2013 at 7 PM at your local Walmart!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tickets can be purchased in the Electronics Department and include an exclusive </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>1. </b>Go to your local <b>Walmart</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>2. </b>Visit the <b>electronics department</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>3. </b>Purchase your EXCLUSIVE <i>Man of Steel</i> <b>prescreening tickets</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(available in 2D or 3D)</span><br />
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b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-23610172013601229562013-06-10T18:00:00.001-07:002013-06-10T18:00:21.354-07:007 Things to Love About Summer | #7 Fla-Vor-Ice Freezer Pops
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<p style='font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>When I was but a young girl,<br/> I hung out in my granny's yards<br/> making mud pies all day long<br/><br/> Here's some grainy proof.</span></span><br/><img style='width: 520px; height: 445px;' src='https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/602329_850960187125_1026038174_n.jpg' alt=''/></p>
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<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>When we came back in from playing,<br/> my grandmother had many different ways<br/> of practicing her love of us.<br/><br/> One of my favorite was the special occassions<br/> when she would go into her deep freezer in the middle room<br/> and she would come back out with a fist full of <strong>Fla-Vor-Ice</strong> pops.</span></span></p>
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<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>Back then I didn't know it, but as I was reading up on <strong>Fla-Vor-Ice</strong> pops,<br/> I'm starting to realize more and more how health conscious my granny was.<br/> There were always options and choices for us.<br/> I know she thought sweet kids needed sweet treats.<br/> And she also wanted to ensure that our parents <br/> wouldn't have to deal with sugar rushed kids at pick up.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>I didn't know it back then, but the reason why we<br/> always wanted the "real" ice pops (and not the off brands)<br/> was because <strong>Fla-Vor-Ice </strong>pops are made with real fruit juice.<br/> And we were kids who ate real fruit out of the garden<br/> and we could tell the difference in straight out goodness.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>The other great thing about them was that<br/> we barely had to stop playing<br/> to eat them.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>We didn't have to sit at the table with a bowl of ice cream.<br/> We didn't have to sit on the porch to spit watermelon seeds<br/> (to avoid accidently seeding the garden).<br/> We could take them anywhere.</span></span><br/> </p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'><strong>Fla-Vor-Ice</strong> pops actually made us feel rich.</span></span><br/><span style='font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;'>We could rarely afford to get a treat when the ice cream truck came around.<br/> Sometimes, when we were especially down about that,<br/> we might get a bonus pop to suck on.<br/><br/> Now that there are sugar free versions of <strong>Fla-Vor-Ice</strong>,<br/> the cool thing would be that my diabetic granny<br/> could sit out in the garden and enjoy a pop or two with us.<br/><br/> My memories of <strong>Fla-Vor-Ice</strong> was of the Original fruit flavors.<br/> My favorite flavor was "purple"<br/> We were kids, we didn't know that "purple" wasn't a flavor (smile).<br/> Grape, so it was.</span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;'>Now as a big kid, I totally want to try the Tropical flavors.<br/> Maybe those will create new flash back memories<br/> to awesome times in the islands.</span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;'>All things considered,<br/> there is a <strong>Fla-Vor-Ice</strong> for everyone!<br/><br/><strong>Fla-vor-Ice</strong> is a "mom approved" snack. <br/> My mother stopped buying ice cream<br/> once she realized she could placate us with a <br/> much more affordable, less messy and much healthier snack.<br/><br/> Get your <strong>Fla-Vor-Ice</strong> love on<br/> by checking out <strong><a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=27251&oid=9876083'>Fla-Vor-Ice on Facebook</a>.<br/><br/> What flavor do you love?</strong></span><br/><span class='placeholder'><img title='Hosted by imgur.com' src='http://i.imgur.com/rO0mPpJ.png'/></span></p>
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b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-23864141607958115332013-05-22T01:00:00.001-07:002013-05-22T01:00:45.567-07:00Bank Owned Home Community Gardens | #Social Power
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<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-family:georgia,serif;'><span style='font-size: 14px;'>I was reading up on Social Power<br/> and the best snippet I came across<br/> described it as <br/><strong>a platform<br/> that harness the untapped power of social media<br/> to resolve everyday issues.<br/> #SocialPower</strong></span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-family:georgia,serif;'><span style='font-size: 14px;'>This minute of your life<br/> will fill you in on the details:</span></span><br/> </p>
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<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-family:georgia,serif;'><span style='font-size: 14px;'><span class='placeholder'>Over at #SocialPower, I'm <a href='http://socialpower.com/people/user_803/'><strong>Following B.</strong></a><br/> I love the interface of the site<br/> (though, admittedly, it wasn't immediately intuitive to me)<br/> and in less than five minutes, I had <a href='http://socialpower.com/i/600/Bank-Owned-Home-Community-Gardens'><strong>my issue</strong></a> set up.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-family:georgia,serif;'><span style='font-size: 14px;'>It is gardening season.<br/> I am frustrated by how hard it is to get a slot in a community garden.<br/> All the while there are vacant houses all around.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-family:georgia,serif;'><span style='font-size: 14px;'>Community gardens in the front and back yards of Bank Owned properties<br/> seems like a really neat win - win solution to me.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-family:georgia,serif;'><span style='font-size: 14px;'>All I need are 999 more people to at least THINK this issue has potential.<br/> You can support it by going to <a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=27059&oid=9794873'>Social Power</a> and supporting, commenting on, and sharing my issue <br/> across your networks.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-family:georgia,serif;'><span style='font-size: 14px;'>As I say on my issue page,<br/> the yards of many Bank Owned Homes are eyesores.<br/> Let's do something productive about that.<br/><br/> Neighborhoods win, banks win and future homeowners win.<br/> Set up correctly, there is no loser in this scenario.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-family:georgia,serif;'><span style='font-size: 14px;'>So what do you think?<br/> Are you in with me?</span></span></p>
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b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-8103625967870898342013-05-21T16:00:00.001-07:002013-05-21T16:00:56.525-07:00I Love Lilies | Sponsored iBulb
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> I'm in full gardening tilt around these parts.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Between my backyard<br/> my sideyard<br/> and my P-Patches <br/> (yes, plural)<br/> you had better believe<br/> that I'm growing some lillies.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> I LOVE to grow lilies in my garden.<br/> Most folks hear "lilies" and think of traditional day lilies.<br/> Or is that me?<br/><br/> What I've always loved<br/> (and fallen more in love with lately)<br/> are cala lillies.<br/><br/> Like most flowers,<br/> I love how there are smallish versions<br/> all the way up to GIANT versions.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> And on the cala lily front<br/> I just found a gorgeous pink version <br/> that is just too cute for words.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> I know lots of folks see big, gorgeous, day lily blooms,<br/> and immediately think there is no way they could grow them.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Fear not.<br/> Lilies are super easy to find in the pot.<br/> Home super stores, flower shops, and grocery store flower stands<br/> are givens.<br/><br/> Around my parts, lilies are popular farmstand offerings.<br/> Even in pots which makes them the most fun.<br/><br/> I love Day Lilies mixed in with tulips.<br/> With lilies, you really only need a few in a bouquet<br/> to really make a modern statement.</p>
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> And if you get really creative and mix in a variety of bulbs<br/> you can really create some WOW power.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <img style='width: 320px; height: 213px;' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PqgHN5OL0y8h3kGuvP-kroANWbaD7tBqsotpktfwCX_XmG6BYDfNH-ePoZNX6tZ_0FOEgMX9fR-Osupa93Bne4pjKj-ZjmaTwgT-WKgrSDYU_3judobB7p71cPnpDwGP5e36PuGl1DQ/s320/Lily+Burst.jpg' alt=''/></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Need more eye candy?<br/> Check out these bits of bulb inspiration and really neat bouquet ideas<br/> on <strong><a href='http://pinterest.com/ibulblilies/'>Pinterest</a></strong>.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Home grown from bulbs or picked up in pots.<br/> Lilies are super easy to care for<br/> with lots of bang for your buck.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> I'm personally partial to calla lilies (so sleek)<br/> but any lily will make your day.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Throw in some gladiolus and irises<br/> (especially beared irises)<br/> and your love for lilies will explode.<br/><br/> What is your favorite lily?</p>
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b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-71657851783565297852013-05-21T14:00:00.001-07:002013-05-21T14:00:35.292-07:00Baby Registry Must Have | Mombo nursing pillow | Sponsored
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<div style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>I was just settling in to this life changing experience before me<br/> and I had finally let down my guard and stepped foot into a Babies R Us to complete a registry.</span></span></div>
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<div style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>As I was walking through the giant store of all things baby,<br/> there were three products that completely baffled me.</span></span></div>
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<div style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>Likely, I was baffled because most of these products <br/> require actual baby in tow<br/> to know what REALLY works or not.</span></span></div>
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<div style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>So when Comfort & Harmony <span style='line-height: 22px;'>(makers of mombo™)<br/> reached out and asked me if I wanted to try a mombo™<a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=26875&oid=9731029'>nursing pillow</a><br/> I was totally all "yes" and "please"<br/> because kindness is a good thing.</span></span></span></div>
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<div style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'><span style='line-height: 22px;'>Fast forward a little bit and we all know how best laid plans<br/> often don't work out.</span></span></span></div>
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<div style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'><span style='line-height: 22px;'>So this will be a bit different kind of review.<br/> I want to be up front with you that you will not get a review from my<br/> bouncing bundle of joy on this product.</span></span></span></div>
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<div style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'><span style='line-height: 22px;'>Instead, you will get a review from a mom-to-be<br/> who is overwhelmed by all the registry choices on the market<br/> who is willing to fork over the funds for "the best"<br/> but really just wants some clue as to what "the best"<br/> really is.</span></span></span><br/> </div>
<div style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'><span style='line-height: 22px;'>And who totally goes out and buys baby stuff<br/> like nursing pillows<br/> before baby is here<br/> because I like to be prepared like that.</span></span></span></div>
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<div style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'><span style='line-height: 22px;'>In short, this is a review for all of you Type A gals<br/> who want a way to buy practical items<br/> when you don't have all the pertinent facts in front of you.<br/><br/> I'll speak from a place of having bought<br/> (via Craigslist and the Just Between Friends local sales)<br/> my own versions of some of the other options on the market.<br/> I'll tell you why I do (and don't) like the mombo™ I was sent<br/> compared to the other contenders<br/> out on the market.</span></span></span></div>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>So here we go!</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><font face='georgia, serif'>Here is the </font><span style='font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 22px;'>mombo™ that I received<br/><img style='width: 239px; height: 320px;' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEComH8QdD_bX5qyg9KpXK-U2xGcUucn8XeMnN1i7oBlXNNRhAYYI38XweQ01uIdt36WIphGNapGUy6R7OR5ft87loRVTKJuoPbybO9WoFKpM2VvoFoKl2TWytxs1nMjErgjDdkBKE__w/s320/B3HD+Mombo+1.jpg' alt=''/></span></span></p>
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<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'>Right off the bat,<br/> all things considered,<br/> I loved that it came<br/> in a sturdy plastic cover<br/> so that you can store it away<br/> for next baby.</span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><img style='width: 239px; height: 320px;' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmm5pHdDh6A8AD6hU7r5BOhAtpuPWp3l00ey35gbPziZw6NNQgc5Wb1y2G7BQVseVqYWOrV10j8vETQoNN9D9k3NqwJJrYm34YikIbn1rQlS36O5pYpKI-Zy8-jCMlvoBfwuIct8TS6sg/s320/B3HD+Mombo+Cover.jpg' alt=''/></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'>Love those velcro snaps.</span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'>Also,<br/> I really liked the two sided design<br/> that offered super support on one side<br/> and could be flipped to be super soft on the other side.</span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><img style='width: 240px; height: 320px;' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9mIdmfsgMuWJMncjXWYcLWSuHUUf6UEwTTowSf8jAZFVfdoArLA8H28n6fSKgdNuDVW64SMWiwPtOAZOBY8XvCjOM2cU-c4HkvTwORsO_ZUygCq5wTx4c90rI0hAUbYpG15NfTBb3Aw/s320/B3HD+Mombo+Used.jpg' alt=''/></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'>That thee is the firm side.</span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'>Also, while baby may or may not love vibratory massage<br/> I know *I* sure as heck loved inserting the removable massage "button"<br/> and going to sleepy town with my <span style='font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 22px;'>mombo™.</span><br/><br/> It was soothing and helped me to get into the "relax, relate, release" zone<br/> that I've panicked myself into while trying to figure out the nursing gig.</span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>What didn't I like?<br/> Well.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>How do I say this?</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>I don't think I am huge.<br/> Frankly, everyone says I'm looking mighty fine lately.<br/><br/> But the thing is that this <a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=26889&oid=9731029'>infant nursing pillow</a><br/> isn't for you to NURSE with <br/> (as in sit it on your lap comfortably and anchor it to your body)<br/> if you have larger tatas OR a slightly larger girth.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>I'm 5'11<br/> (on a short day)<br/> and wear a size 18.<br/> Which, for a shorter girl would TOTALLY<br/> zap the dual functionality of this pillow.<br/> But at 5'11<br/> with plenty of torso to spare,<br/> it really felt kind of awkward<br/> to try to adequately wrap the pillow and set up <br/> a proper "shelf" for baby to nurse on.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>It would still work GREAT as a baby support <br/> (ie on the floor)<br/> and the vibratory function still works great<br/> even if you cannot wrap it totally around you.<br/> And because the vibration unit is removable,<br/> I'd honestly be happy getting this as a gift<br/> for the baby support and vibration unit alone.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>But if you need a nursing pillow specifically<br/> and you're just a touch larger than me<br/> an adjustable version would be awesome.</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <span style='font-size:14px;'><span style='font-family: georgia, serif;'>Just my "what's best for mommy" opinion.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">today<br /> I am awake and alive</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">Yesterday<br /> (and many days before)<br /> I was not.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">Awake that is.<br /> Alive, I was.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">Recently, the makers of Vicks NyQuil sent me a sample<br /> of the liquid version of ZzzQuil.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">I was down to try it<br /> because not so long ago<br /> I actually bought my better half<br /> the pill version of ZzzQuil.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">I was apprehensive about buying him sleeping pills<br /> so I was looking for something a bit more natural<br /> or at least something that was a known entity to me<br /> in the scary "pill for everything" aisle at the grocery store.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">That was when I first stumbled on ZzzQuil.<br /> And when I started struggling to get a good night's sleep<br /> it took everything in me to get one of those pills down.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">Not because ZzzQuil is bad (I'm getting to that)<br /> but because me and pills are bad.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">I just psyche myself out and I can't get them down my throat.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">So here comes liquid ZzzQuil to the rescue!</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">What I love about ZzzQuil is that it works. Fast.<br /> Evidently, it's active ingredient diphenhydramine HCI<br /> has something to do with that.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">I'm no chemist (though I did get into Cornell as a wannabe geneticist)<br /> so you'll have to look that up.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;">I also love love LOVE that it is in liquid form for me<br /> and in pill form for him (<span style="line-height: 22px;">LiquiCap® to be specific).</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">And of course I bought it because it said right on the package<br /> that it is non-habit forming.<br /> Heck, even 12 year olds can use it.<br /> Which, of course, made me skeptical<br /> that it would do the deed on my 6'6 better half.</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">And it did!</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">Which of course made me less skeptical about it working on me.</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">And it did!</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">There are about a million and one other things I loved as well.<br /> For instance, nothing is more frustrating<br /> than fighting your tamper proof med packaging<br /> when you are sleep deprived.</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">The packaging was SUPER easy to hack into.<br /> which is a good thing for me in my no-kid house.<br /><br /> It has the standard kid proof stuff too,<br /> but not the Ft. Knox packaging I've experienced lately with, say,<br /> my chewy prenatals<br /> (that don't have enough iron in them because people who want to be moms<br /> are not responsible enough to keep chewy iron filled candy looking meds away from their kids.<br /> I digress...)</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">Just. Saying</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">And a lot more ready for hot yoga.</span></span></span></h3>
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Tis the time of year<br/> where backyard prep is in full swing.</p>
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> My husband tried to talk me out of that<br/> because of how difficult he figured it would be to stain said deck<br/> year, after year.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Come to find out,<br/> the Flood<b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;' id='docs-internal-guid-3ace7638-688f-d255-0606-c0e98f0ad03f'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>® Wood Care <a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=26519&oid=9702873'>Staining Made Simple</a> </span></b><b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;' id='docs-internal-guid-3ace7638-688f-d255-0606-c0e98f0ad03f'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>interactive selection guide<br/> would have taken all of our worries away.</span></b></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>Check that.<br/> It would have made it easy enough<br/> for me to select,<br/> pick up</span></b><br/><b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>and use products<br/> that would have made the wood deck<br/> no maintenance at all.</span></b></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <b style='font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>For him at least.</span></b></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>Which would have meant a wood deck for me.<br/><br/> Alas.<br/> No wood deck.<br/><br/> But we DO have some awesome adirondack chairs<br/> that we need to assemble.</span></b></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>Let me tell you.<br/><br/> Last year,<br/> I got some Freecycle chairs<br/> that I took apart<br/> and painted<br/> and then couldn't<br/> FOR. THE. LIFE. of ME<br/> put back together again.</span></b></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>So we went ahead and bought some<br/> unfinished Adirondack chairs from Home Depot<br/> (for a great price, google them)<br/> and now I want to stain and finish those.</span></b></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>I love that the <a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=26521&oid=9702873'>Flood® Wood Care</a> Staining Made Simple guide<br/> makes it super easy to plan out everything you need to stain a huge deck<br/> or a simple set of adirondack chairs.<br/><br/> I walked through the guide and it's so easy to use.</span></b></p>
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>Even in my severely sleep deprived state,<br/> in a few simple steps,<br/> I could pick out a lovely shade of Petwer Gray Solid Finish stain.<br/> My walkthrough also suggested a cleaner for my project<br/> and made it super easy to find my retailer of choice close to home.</span></b></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>Which means, in our case, we can get more chairs<br/> and the stain all in one stop.</span></b></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>The best part of the widget though,</span></b><br/><b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>was the videos.</span></b></p>
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<p style='text-align: center;'> <b style='line-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>They are super quick snapshots<br/> that show you how to use what you just bought.</span></b></p>
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Right now,<br/> they are running a <br/><a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=26523&oid=9702873'>Flood Better Backyard Sweepstakes</a>.<br/><br/> You can enter for a chance to win<br/> a $1,500 gift card or one of 12 $10 gift cards given away daily.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> All you need to do is like Flood<span style='color: rgb(102, 102, 102);'>® </span>Wood Care<br/> on Facebook and share the sweepstakes for more entries.<br/><br/><b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;' id='docs-internal-guid-3ace7638-68b6-d875-ba81-012edd924cb8'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>Enter the </span></b><b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'><a href='http://goo.gl/CFN2U'>Better Backyard Sweepstakes</a></span></b><br/><b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;' id='docs-internal-guid-3ace7638-68b6-d875-ba81-012edd924cb8'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>and remember, the sweepstakes ends May 17, 2013.<br/><br/> Almost as good as winning the funds, </span></b><br/><b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>there are plenty of free tidbits from the goodlife<br/> if you follow Flood Wood</span></b><span style='color: rgb(102, 102, 102);'>®</span><b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'> Care on Twitter.</span></b></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>Just so you know, here's the lowdown on the legalese.</span></b></p>
<p style='text-align: center;'> <b style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;' id='docs-internal-guid-3ace7638-68b6-d875-ba81-012edd924cb8'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;'>*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Legal residents of the 50 United States (D.C.) 18 years and older. Ends 5/17/2013. To enter and for Official Rules, including odds, and prize descriptions visit http://goo.gl/CFN2U. Void where prohibited. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. You understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Facebook. </span></b><br/> </p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Once I finish those chairs,<br/> I think I might need to finally tackle my <br/><a href='http://pinterest.com/B3HDtheBLOG/woody-love/'>Woody Love Pinterest Board</a><br/><br/> Here's a simple project from my Woody Love Board<br/> I pinned via <a href='http://www.centsationalgirl.com/'>Centsational Girl</a><br/> You will actually have to click through my Pinterest Board to get to the post.</p>
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> And we actually need to tear up our carpet downstairs<br/> and we're thinking of putting in hardwood floors.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=26521&oid=9702873'>Flood® Wood Care</a> might actually make a project like this doable</p>
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> I pinned that to my woody board via Houzz and <br/> it is by <a href='http://abkasha.com/'>a+b kasha designs</a>.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Just. Saying.</p>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">that building yet another home isn't environmentally friendly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>1. Newly built homes are more energy efficient.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> Here in the PNW, that really matters. <br />From what I've seen, <br />newly built homes give you the option to do the obvious <br />(like choose specific products you want used in construction)<br /> AND it gives you the option to think outside of the box <br />for instance, choosing your window size and placement <br />really matters for energy efficiency. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>2. Newly built homes can be personalized to fit your needs.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">Rather than bringing in heavy machinery after the fact <br />(and impacting your neighborhood vegetation) <br />to add on additions or replace/repair aspects <br />of your pre-owned home to fit your needs, <br />you can be thoughtful about your needs and build to suit. <br />When you are building it all at once, budget, size and scope <br />often get people to scale back their wants <br />to a realistic set of needs and that is totally green.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">And they save on world resources.<br />Usually, for home ownership, when we spend money on our homes, <br />it is on products for home improvement. <br />Especially when you live in a house that NEEDS improvement <br />vs a house that you WANT to just tweak a bit. <br />All to say that there is a big difference in the supply chain involved <br />for products like bolts screws and studs (more likely to come from other countries) <br />than for products like paint and garden plants (which might even be locally available). <br />It is green to put less of a drain on diesel and oil <br />and all of the other resources necessary <br />to get you the home improvement products <br />you might need to make your already almost perfect house <br />your own with a newly built home.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">These are just some of my own ideas about why I love owning a new home.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">Overall, I love owning a home instead of renting a place to stay because,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">because I love having a piece of this world that I can share that is all me.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">Homeownership was daunting at first.<br />Actual home purchasing even moreso.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">If you want to know more about Buying New,<br />Check out Start Fresh, Buy New's <b><a href="http://clvr.li/XqTRfR" target="_blank">website</a></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">Even if you don't want to know more about Buying New,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">I bet you want to test your knowledge about <br />Buying New with a <b><a href="http://clvr.li/XqTRfR" target="_blank">shot at winning $10,000.</a></b><br />So get on that already.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><br />But almost 5 years removed from my most recent home purchase<br />(but not that many months removed from a refinance)<br />I can say homeownership<br />of a new home<br />has been the best adult decision of my life.</span></div>
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> You know it is rough times<br/> when your thoughts about "going home"<br/> primarily revolve around<br/> the stores you would shop in<br/> and the restaurants you would eat at.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> So is it a problem that when I think about<br/> going home to El Paso, TX<br/> most of my thoughts revolve around<br/> eating at Chicos Tacos<br/> and shopping at the Dollar General?</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Back in the day,<br/> the Dollar General<br/> was where I would go<br/> to stock up for the annual house move.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> What? You didn't move apartments/homes<br/> every year at tax time?<br/> Overshare much?</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> In any event,<br/> with $20 in your pocket,<br/> you could set up your kitchen and your bathroom<br/> and pick up a few really cool other things too.<br/><br/> What I never DID know<br/> was that you could also get <br/> styled pretty there.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> I mean, I knew you could buy toiletries and even makeup.<br/> But I didn't know you could buy some of the hottest fashion trends around.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <span class='placeholder'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.circularhub.com/pub/dollargeneral-catalog?type=2'><img alt='Dollar General Spring Apparel' src='http://i.imgur.com/WpUNzAu.png'/></a></span></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <span class='placeholder'>I think I did create a baby basket<br/> full of goods from Dollar General<br/> so I think I knew that they had<br/> cute baby goods.</span></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> But as summer comes around<br/> and I find myself dressing in really simple<br/> shifts and the like, I really don't feel like<br/> I need to pay $50 for a jersey knit maxi dress.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> And I definitely don't need to pay $90 for the cute bracelets and earrings<br/> that would take that simple dress to simply stunning.<br/><br/> This, my friends, is where the <a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=26287&oid=9639647'>Dollar General Apparel Book</a> comes in.</p>
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <img style='width: 400px; height: 388px;' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNffL6ogEs0gJOdDtXKINPF5BEC7b8tnCWxwPeaFowO2OKnEgTRIW0r2AJ934MHoSHjWchQ2k9Tpczz-Sd4k8-edoZ0S385UDP9xIgSqdAIXIoQ8hSgpf0WGFERGPI2jgRsHoObjcY4jM/s1600/DG+1.jpg' alt=''/></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Leaving the short dress and the hat behind,<br/> I'd totally buy everything else on this page.<br/> I even have the perfect sweater to make that maxi dress work ready.<br/> Those cute socks are to die for.<br/><br/> The rest of it would be great<br/> for yoga class<br/> or gardening.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Speaking of yoga class<br/> (Hatha Hot Yoga and Yin Hot Yoga...that's a post for another time)<br/><br/><img style='width: 400px; height: 365px;' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGCnGkG_RLWCSwPoh8q2zQEy3HQ-ORp7_zOllNyZKq2EEqR8ctSWHh34K47pB8ez9A0wNMnlgPe3T90ca1UdtoeGYqmpHxR-5KmvDZqg_8fY9_O2DQuH4FKTwcBIw6-cJ7mtBefWGsDU/s1600/DG2.jpg' alt=''/></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> $8 Yoga capri pants<br/> and $6 - $8 performance bras and tees<br/> are prices I could layer on with abandon.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Yes.<br/> I have to layer my performance bras and tees.<br/> TMI?<br/> Not.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> But even those super cute<br/> jean looking knit capris in fun colors.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Those would work with my curves AND the colors can not be beat.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> I could stop there.<br/> But why?<br/><img style='width: 400px; height: 361px;' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXDogpsfnhuWVmzhmA7SyMy9j8D8898VKogaIBhNsnsuhWIiSGHM7x16bzDtHffcMVHwmyJZqFi-TMJRYAWTKpiqA1Pnb3QPkrnB7x0JyjAhnonNpFMSRpS2o3VFJgcceaOTmBCqXoIo/s1600/DG3.jpg' alt=''/></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Before Yoga, I thought I was going to take up swimming again.<br/> With a $16 swimsuit, I could totally afford some flippers and goggles.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> <img style='width: 400px; height: 367px;' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4aO4mPIQCL31Hgp95JYA6o0w3ei2gHxxEOz02RyVOycbtCQD_FXiG7VoUvXL5Xsv_xuO6MZ-4GIJAfG_zfFDd69Q-XmRuozfVHIzidQJTq9EJThzKztz3Z23GLxq29mD7OD1zU4LL0U/s1600/DG4.jpg' alt=''/></p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> And do you spy what I spy?<br/> That $5 Missoni-ish iphone case?<br/> It, alone, would ALMOST be worth <br/> spending the points to get home and buy it.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Just. Saying.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> You should totally <a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=26289&oid=9639647'>like Dollar General on Facebook</a> and follow <a rel='nofollow' href='http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=26291&oid=9639647'>Dollar General on Twitter</a>.<br/><br/> Clearly, they are splashing out with pops of color<br/> and awesomeness<br/> that can't be missed.</p>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Surpise!</span></b> <br />I’m still
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If you hang out on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/FollowingB" target="_blank"><b>personal Facebook page</b></a>, <br />then you know that
life has been full of unpleasant surprises lately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Which is kind of shocking for most people because I am the
luckiest (in a good way) person most people know. That considered, I’ve had some time to
unearth some long papered over surprise talents and reconnect with other not so
secret talents. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For instance, it is no surprise to most folks that I am a
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Other folks think I’m not really all that hot on cooking.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Given that the two go hand in hand,<br />it might be a bit of a
surprise that I actually LIKE cooking and baking. <br />Especially when it comes to turning food from
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">and growing Kale for kale chips.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Let me tell you. Homemade
chips are a hassle to make. No matter how easy the veggies may be to grow. And living in the Pacific Northwest renders a
good part of the year worthless for healthy snack making for this amateur.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So imagine my surprise <br />when <b>Green Giant</b> contacted me about a huge
surprise they have going on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In this day and age, eating healthy is HARD when you’re a
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Eating healthy and finding time to make healthy food to eat – that’s magically
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And <b>Green Giant</b> has mad talent with their new Veggie Snack
Chips <br />that taste super great. <br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">They are SUPER tasty <br />(probably because I’m on a sweet potato
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">and I’m not
saying they are sprinkled with magic <br />(because I’m certain they are NOT)<br />but it
was the first time in a while now <br />that I could open a snack bag, <br />eat something
really delicious <br />and be satiated BEFORE getting to the guilty bottom of the
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If these are NOT magic
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> I guess it is true that the grass is always greener at your neighbor's house.<br/> Except not here. Because our grass is ALWAYS greener than our next door neighbors.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> A little Lime never hurt a yard.<br/> Just. Saying.</p>
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<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> There is one set of apartments, one home for rent, a commercial property (surprise!)<br/> and a set of townhomes that I didn't know about in the next community over.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> Awesomeness. <br/> Confirmed some things and learned some new things.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> I was kind of shocked to see the commericial property pop up<br/> BUT it was actually kind of awesome. It is a cute place at a great price.</p>
<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 22px; text-align: center;'> I could use it as an art studio if I was even that far along.</p>
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Annnnnd a happy new year to you!</div>
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You know. There was a time when I ALMOST<br />
got to stand in Time’s Square to watch the ball drop.</div>
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Seeing as I like to look cute if I might be on tv<br />
AND<br />
I hate the cold (check that, I HATE the cold)<br />
that didn’t happen.</div>
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Pregnancy issues aside,<br />
I received a couple of samples of the new <a href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=24965&oid=8972159" rel="nofollow">No nonsense tights and leggings</a> in the mail.<br />
And let me tell you.<br />
If I were the fly by the seat of my pants type<br />
(or, the seat of my leggings),<br />
I might just have been dancing it up in warm,<br />
fashionable style this New Year’s in NYC.</div>
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Now.<br />
I know some of you are thinking that<br />
no grown woman expecting a child in less than five months<br />
should be thinking about anything so form fitting as tights.<br />
Or even leggings for that matter.<br />
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Oh but you would be so wrong!<br />
These tights are super comfy and super DUPER cute.<br />
I love the texture and pattern that they give to a super simple outfit<br />
and in this season of layering…you just cannot go wrong.<br />
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And that isn’t even taking into consideration that you could totally be a last minute party girl (just saying)<br />
and totally hit up Target, Wal Mart or even Safeway (yes, I spied!!)<br />
and pick up a pair of show stopping, style making awesomeness that won’t break the bank.<br />
These are so seriously affordable that I can even get away with a whole closet full<br />
before my better half starts eyeing the Visa statement.<br />
(and I have a VERY big closet)<br />
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So you’re not a party girl?<br />
Well neither am I. I do, however LOVE my winter boots and my big sweater dresses.<br />
Usually, two bits that just do NOT go together.<br />
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However.</div>
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I was playing around in my closet an holy heck!<br />
If I’m going to be indoors (with some heat)<br />
I can pair the tights with a belted sweater dress, some thick long socks and my boots<br />
and I actually look cuter than cute. All about the accessories.</div>
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And if, instead, I’m heading out to check out my hubby on the slopes,<br />
I can toss on the leggings with an unbelted long sweater layered over a colorful tank and toss on my snow boots and it is ON!</div>
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I should note. The tights and leggings look great with more than just snow boots.<br />
I’m just in that moody, sullen, cozy up with me stage right now and I might or might not have not one, but TWO pairs of new snow boots.</div>
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Though some girls are totally on the splash of color kick,<br />
and No nonsense has some serious "lipstick for the legs" going on<br />
(I mean seriously, check ou this video).</div>
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I’m all about the neutrals.<br />
What I love about these new No nonsense styles is that even their neutrals are rich!<br />
For example, I got Pop Black Leggings. and these awesomely textured gray tights.</div>
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Sometimes, the coolness of an accessory is in the texture or layer it adds<br />
and I LOVED the texture and pattern of these gray tights I received.</div>
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Frankly, as a sista girl, I’m not trying to pull off yellow or purple.<br />
So these were PERFECT.<br />
I love that there was this subtle texturing and pattern. <br />
On their own, they are a little statement piece because of the attention to detail on these.<br />
Love. That.</div>
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All said, you should totally like <a href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=24967&oid=8972159" rel="nofollow">No nonsense on Facebook</a><br />
and follow them on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/benononsense">https://twitter.com/benononsense</a>).<br />
Who knows? </div>
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Maybe you’ll run into style guru Jill Martin as she dishes fashion tips on Twitter<br />
and kicks off a Facebook contest where you and a friend could win a chance to meet Jill in NYC<br />
for a shopping spree.</div>
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I mean seriously, Jill is the NY correspondent for Access Hollywood.<br />
And she wrote the NYT bestselling book we all live our lives by on an almost daily basis.<br />
Or am the only person always screaming “I have nothing to wear!” as I try to get to work in the morning?</div>
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In any event, go win that.<br />
So long as that friend is me.<br />
Okay, that friend doesn’t have to be me.<br />
Not guilt tripping you at all.</div>
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But before you go - help me decide.</div>
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Do I rock the tights or the leggings with this outfit?</div>
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You decide.<br />
Or, when you win your trip with Jill,<br />
ask her for me.</div>
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Happy New Year to all the sexy ladies out there.</div>
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We will all be burining it up in our new No nonsense leggings and tights.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>So.</i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We all know that there is going to come a time</i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In an effort to keep it keeping on here</i></div>
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<i>and to free up some time to start another blog </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(yes, because I'm crazy like that),</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I'm going to do a bunch of different series here.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>This one - B3HD the Early Days - will be</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Because they existed on a totally different blog.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>That was back in the day when we first moved in and were all in DIY mode.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rather than just link up to those posts,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I'll go ahead and repost them here.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Enjoy!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i collect vintage board games</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but primarily just so that I can have their pieces</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Though I may be down and out with the head cold of the season,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">that doesn't mean you need to miss out on the Lane Bryant fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As promised, we have not one but TWO</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">winners of $30 Lane Bryant gift cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before you have your little heart crushed </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">please rest assured and keep reading.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because I might know a little something something</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">about how your life <b><i>COULD BE</i></b> forever changed tomorrow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">with a few little tweets in an epic twitter party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First things first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Drumroll please...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Winner #1 </span>|<span style="color: orange;"> </span><span style="color: #444444;">Mary Happymommy</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(LOVE the leather shimmer blazer on her board)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Winner #2 </span>|</b> <b><span style="color: #444444;">Laurie</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I would TOTALLY pay her $30+ to be my personal shopper (smile).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">RSVP: <a href="http://clevergirlscollective.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ad0eab069c1a6535670768879&id=7278f60e51&e=0dc744c49b" style="color: #007180;" target="_blank">http://clvr.li/128tjBx</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don’t forget! <br /><span class="il">Lane</span> <span class="il">Bryant</span>’s <b>“<a href="http://clevergirlscollective.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0eab069c1a6535670768879&id=6f175c5752&e=0dc744c49b" style="color: #007180;" target="_blank">12 Days of the Most Wonderful Surprises</a>”</b> goes until <strong><span class="il">December</span> <span class="il">16</span></strong>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can unlock a new surprise offer every day on the <a href="http://clevergirlscollective.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0eab069c1a6535670768879&id=0deb665670&e=0dc744c49b" style="color: #007180;" target="_blank"><span class="il">Lane</span> <span class="il">Bryant</span> Facebook page</a>. </span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once More - The Details:</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>What:</strong> <span class="il">Lane</span> <span class="il">Bryant</span> “Holiday Fashion Fun” Twitter Party</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>When:</strong> Mon 12/17 noon PT/3pm ET</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Where:</strong> On Twitter! CleverTweets: <span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://clvr.li/SYaCNf" target="_blank">http://clvr.li/SYaCNf</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Follow:</strong> Hashtag <strong>#LBHoliday</strong> <a href="http://clevergirlscollective.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0eab069c1a6535670768879&id=85553859f7&e=0dc744c49b" style="color: #007180;" target="_blank">@CleverGirlsColl</a> <a href="http://clevergirlscollective.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0eab069c1a6535670768879&id=143d113b48&e=0dc744c49b" style="color: #007180;" target="_blank">@<span class="il">LaneBryant</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>RSVP here:</strong> <a href="http://clevergirlscollective.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0eab069c1a6535670768879&id=61d2abaaf8&e=0dc744c49b" style="color: #007180;" target="_blank">http://clvr.li/128tjBx</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Prizes:</strong> 18 $30 <span class="il">Lane</span> <span class="il">Bryant</span> gift cards</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was selected for this opportunity as a member of <a href="http://clevergirlscollective.com/" target="_blank">Clever Girls Collective</a>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.</span></div>
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b3hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12662181460362433845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382546143206010717.post-75186610755314519922012-12-07T06:00:00.000-08:002012-12-07T19:23:46.647-08:00Shine So Brightly | Lane Bryant Giveaway | Sponsored<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Click <a href="http://bit.ly/Vh8iOn" modo="false">here</a> for surprise offers announced daily through Dec 16.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So the holiday season is upon us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And wouldn't you know that being pregnant is the PERFECT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">justification</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">for going out clothes SHOPPING!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Conversations go a little like this<br />in my house nowadays</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"You spent $97 at Lane Bryant??"<br />"Well, yeah."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"But didn't you just spend $126 there last week?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Well, yeah but you see, I outgrew those clothes already."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was about time for my weekly trip<br />when I got an offer a curvy sister could not refuse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lane Bryant is sponsoring a little mini shopping spree for me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(and for you - we'll get to that).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In any event, I have a few different holiday parties to hit this year</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">so I figured I wanted to get a <b><a href="http://www.lanebryant.com/plus-size-tops/dressy-tops/4019c17817/index.cat" target="_blank">dressy top</a></b> that would wow the folks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">who would be gawking at my midsection all night anyhow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One that immediately caught my eye was this one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">as I channeled my inner <b style="font-style: italic;">Nene Leakes </b>fabulous self.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thing is, while I was convinced to rock a strapless gig for the best day of my life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really REALLY think the girls would not be having it right about now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So instead, here's the look I was working with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"GIRL - you gotta flaunt those curves!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And I'm all "I know, I KNOW!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's the thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm finally (FINALLY!!) starting to show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So that top, is all kinds of mysterious</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"is she, is she not" awesomeness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not only is it comfy, but it is ALSO</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">sparkly and shiny for the golden child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As for the other curvy curves, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm gonna do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm gonna rock <a href="http://www.lanebryant.com/plus-size-accessories/tights-leggings-socks/control-top-studded-leggings/15834c14878p160005/index.pro?Mcatn=tights%2C+leggings+%26+socks&Mcatpn=accessories&Mcatg=category_root&Mcatp=cat_15834%406000&Mcat=14878%406000" target="_blank"><b>leggings</b></a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because really, leggings with bling are just such an obvious choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As to really highlight those sexy legs?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'll try some <a href="http://www.lanebryant.com/plus-size-shoes-wide-width-shoes-for-women/heels/rhinestone-heel/15331c15726p151514/index.pro?Mcatn=heels&Mcatpn=shoes&Mcatg=category_root&Mcatp=cat_15331%406000&Mcat=15726%406000" target="_blank"><b>sparkly rhinestone heels</b></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who am I kidding?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They will come off, but I'm preggers and I get to do that kind of thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At least my toes will be cute coming and going.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As with any of my outfits, it is ALL about the accessories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.lanebryant.com/plus-size-accessories/jewelry/rings-pins/polished-oval-ring-by-lane-bryant/15834c18279c18283p159159/index.pro?Mcatn=rings+%26+pins&Mcatpn=+jewelry&Mcatgn=accessories&Mcatgg=category_root&Mcatp=cat_18279%406000&Mcat=18283%406000&Mcatg=cat_15834%406000" target="_blank"><b>This ring</b></a> or<b> </b><a href="http://www.lanebryant.com/plus-size-accessories/jewelry/rings-pins/lane-collection-inkwell-cocktail-ring/15834c18279c18283p167098/index.pro?Mpper=15&Mpos=16&pageSize=15&Mcatn=rings+%26+pins&Mcatpn=+jewelry&Mcatgn=accessories&Mcatgg=category_root&Mcatp=cat_18279%406000&Mcat=18283%406000&Mcatg=cat_15834%406000" target="_blank"><b>that ring</b></a> (how about both?!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and a cute pair of earrings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">with a pair of aviators for the sun that never comes out here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also have some really awesome black Lane Bryant necklaces</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">from seasons long gone that I STILL (and what)<br />rock with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Come to think of it,<br />this look is high school Caperettes all over again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Black and Gold forever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gooooooo Matadors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And I still say, And what?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Show me what you're working with this holiday season!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm off to shop this afternoon after work because today's surprise offer is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Any black pant/jean $25 </i><i><i>(</i><i><i>In stores and online)</i></i></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Sassy cotton panty - 6 for $32 (</i><i>In stores and online)</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maybe I'll find some black velvet pants instead for my ensemble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And now, you've made it this far and it is YOUR TURN.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lane Bryant is totally one of my favorite things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So how about we kick off some fun "favorite things" giveaways<br />with not one, but TWO $30 gift cards to Lane Bryant?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You should be screaming like you are on Oprah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To enter, pin your fave Lane Bryant look </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(can be just an image from <a href="http://www.lanebryant.com/">www.LaneBryant.com</a>, don't have to go all Polyvore on it)<br />to your own Pinterest account (can be any of your appropriate boards)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">using the hashtag #LB12Days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then leave a link to your pin in the comments section below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you're not the type to check back for your winnings,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">then leave me an email address so I can contact you if you win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You have ten days to get your sassy on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Winners will be announced December 16th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Go forth and pin!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remember - there will be TWO winners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">So you Know (aka, the disclaimer):</span></b> I was selected for this opportunity as a member of <a href="http://clevergirlscollective.com/" target="_blank">Clever Girls Collective</a>, <br />and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own. </span></div>
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