21 Apr
Who doesn’t want really white teeth?
What’s amazing is that a decade ago the teeth whitening industry really didn’t exist… My how things change…
Years ago, when you could only buy Go Smile whitening strips at Saks, I headed over there and went to pick myself up a package; one of my girlfriends worked there at [...]
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21 Jan
Yesterday History was made. And even though I could have braved the cold and ventured downtown to the Capital Buiding on Metro, I did not. I chose to have the best seat in the house: I watched the Inauguration on TV.
There is enough written and there will be plenty more written about [...]
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08 Jan
Drumroll: Hello! So here we are at the People’s Choice Awards !!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, not really, I’m sitting on my couch… watching the People’s Choice Awards. But I’m blogging as I’m watching, so the blogcast – stream of consciousness thing is going on. Woo Woo!
Here we go…
-This Queen Latifah thing/opening in the [...]
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06 Jan
When did wigs go out of fashion? And I’m talking about the white powdered wigs, not current wigs or hair–extentions… And more importantly, when they did go out of fashion and people were onto the next ‘fad’ or fashion trend –
Did people say to each other, ‘Oh my God, can you believe [...]
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20 Nov
YESTERDAY, I got up at 5:45am. I did not shower, is as my routine, primped and headed downtown to help out with a wonderful student conference for Young American Broadcasters- a foundation set up to mentor young people interested in broadcasting. In my ‘former life’ I was Director of this organization.
The conference [...]
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21 Oct
I actually have GOOD news for moms with cell phones.
If your daughter or son likes to play with your cell phone- LISTEN UP!
My son loves to ‘pretend’ to call people on my cell phone. He has his own play cell phone(S), yes, that’s plural. But I still occasionally let him ‘pretend’ with [...]
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20 Sep
Check me out at DC Metro Moms, talking about consignment shopping in the DC area!
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04 Jun
His lunch was packed, school bag in hand, buckled in his carseat… I drove down the street toward my son’s preschool. We stopped at the first light. There was a Ford Expedition in front of us.
“That’s a Ford, Mommy!” My son gets excited about EVERY make and model of car, van, SUV and truck.
“Ex…pe…di…tion”
“That’s right, [...]
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01 Mar
I’m preparing our taxes for our accountant.
Even when we are getting a refund, taxes don’t put me in a great mood.
I look at Social Security withholdings on my husband’s W-2. Then I remember that we are the generation that will somehow support the aging ‘Baby Boomer’ generation.
Social Security? I’m not feeling [...]
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