photo credit: @mohammaddadkhah via Unsplash Cup of Joe shared one of these posts again recently, and it’s been a while (2+ years!) since I shared my own list of small, inexpensive things that make my life better. So here’s an updated version. An apple slicer In particular, this apple slicer*....
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I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2022 photo credit: @jessbaileydesigns via Unsplash Well, the countdown is on, friends. Four weeks until Christmas. We have officially entered the most wonderful time of the year busy season. While I love the holiday season, I always...
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Happy New Year, friends. I hope you all arrived safely in 2022. And no, it’s not “2020 too”, damnit, and no repeat of 2021 either, although I do understand the sentiment that just because the clock struck midnight and we switched to a new even-numbered year, nothing has really changed....
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The last few weeks have left me sad, frustrated, and overwhelmed. I think those are valid feelings with everything that has been going on lately. The death of George Floyd in police custody has ignited the nation, once again, and in the middle of a pandemic at that. And rightfully...
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photo by Miller Mobley/The Hollywood Reporter If you asked me to think of one person who could bring people together, who could sit down with anyone and have a meaningful conversation, who could shut up and just listen and learn, it would have been Anthony Bourdain. His show “Parts Unknown”,...
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By now, everybody must have heard about the mass shooting that occurred at a gay night club in Orlando over the weekend (or you must be living under a rock). These things are happening way too frequently now and at first, I debated if I really wanted to post about it...
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I finally made a trip to Ikea a couple of weekends ago. It’s one of the places people love or hate (or so I heard), but I definitely fall in the former camp. I think Ikea has a lot of beautiful, affordable designs and while everybody can rather easily spot...
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So, as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to talk about YNAB – You Need A Budget – a nifty little budgeting software. A friend had mentioned it on Twitter a little while back and initially I was only mildly interested and thought “yeah, maybe I’ll check...
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