Formerly Gracie

My 5 Tech Resolutions for 2012

December 29, 2011

It’s that time of year again. Away with the old and in with the new! As 2012 approaches, I’ve decided to make some serious changes to my life. My digital life, that is… 1. Computer Back-up Squared Away. We have three levels of back-up in our house– in the Cloud, on an external hard drive hooked […]

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Safety First with the New Bipper bSafe App

December 28, 2011

When I was 19 years old, I spent the Spring semester of my sophomore year at my college’s campus in Rome. For six glorious months, I not only reveled in the Eternal City, but was also strongly encouraged… nay, kicked off of the campus… to explore the far reaches of my EuroRail pass every weekend, […]

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Chores, Choices, and Kids’ Allowance: What’s the Right Approach?

December 22, 2011

From time to time, the idea of giving an allowance is subversively bandied about Scout’s school. The classes participate in a monthly service project. One month it’s collecting coats for kids, another they are collecting gently-loved books for a local shelter. It’s all very sweet and wonderful. However, I was a bit taken a back when, a year […]

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4th Annual Bloggy Holiday Card Exchange!

December 19, 2011

It’s time again for the Annual Great Bloggy Holiday Card Exchange and here is ours. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Everything to all of my friends! I am so very happy to have all of your in my life (and in my laptop). I am, indeed, very blessed. As I do every year, I made […]

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How to Help A Mother Out? Host a Diaper Drive in You Community

December 7, 2011

There are very few thing that you really need in this life– food, shelter, clothing…. For parents, diapers are unarguably a necessity as well. There are many established programs and agencies intended to handle food, shelter, and clothing. Now that we are squarely in the middle of the holiday season, you have probably even noticed initiatives to provide toys and books to needy […]

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Attention Holiday Shoppers, Save Time and Money with These Seven Helpful Budget-Happy Appys!

December 5, 2011

Today, I am being featured over on Type-A Parent, where you can find my post: Top 7 Shopping Apps to Save Money and Time This Holiday Season Just because you avoided Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and chose to patronize a coffee shop instead of a local toy store on Small Business Saturday, doesn’t mean you missed out […]

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Lessons in the Value of Things

November 30, 2011

I knew I had it all wrong when last Christmas- surrounded by a mountain of presents and a house full of family- my children could not have cared less about the presents. Both of them opened one gift, loved it, and quickly lost interest in the rest in favor of playing with their aunts and […]

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Is Your Home Battery Controlled?

November 28, 2011

As you can imagine, my home is pretty tech saturated. Bings, bops and beeps, tap-tap-tap. Some days, we truly ARE the big green room in Goodnight iPad. So, it’s easy to overlook a little button battery in a story book, light-up wand, or desk clock. After two kids, I’ve grown accustomed to tuning out a lot of […]

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