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Introducing the All-New 2012 Honda CR-V

November 27, 2011

A redesigned, all new Honda 2012 CR-V was debuted at the LA Auto Show before Thanksgiving. A few weeks prior, I was invited by Honda to gorgeous Park Hyatt Aviera in Carlsbad, California on a convert mission to test drive this fabulous new car for myself. No Tweeting. No Facebook. No blog posts until it […]

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Thanksgiving 2011: Grateful for One Another

November 24, 2011

Source: parents.com via Grace Duffy on Pinterest Everywhere I went yesterday, people kept asking me if I was hosting Thanksgiving, what I planned to serve, and who I was having over… “Host” is quite an ambitious word for what I do every single day, which is put a meal on the table that […]

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Shopping and Saving from your Sofa with Sam’s Club New iPad App

November 23, 2011

I took my first and decidedly LAST foray into the Black Friday darkness last year…Within 15 minutes, I resumed my originally stance of “Shopping? um… that’s what the Internet is for”. So, the day after Thanksgiving, stuffed with turkey and pie, I plan to be on my sofa in my pajamas and curled up with my iPad. Just […]

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10 Great Apps for Your Holiday Food & Drink

November 21, 2011

Whether you’re hosting, guesting, or just hanging out this holiday season, here are 10 apps to make your holly a bit more jolly, put more figgy in your pudding, and make you shine like a Food Network STAR! Cooking 1. How to Cook Everything App If you are a fan of New York Times columnist Mark […]

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How A Kitchen Hack Does Thanksgiving Dinner

November 18, 2011

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, have you made your menu plans yet? I love cooking and I’m brilliant at it! So of course I have… Umm… Correction. I love to eat. I’m a competent cook, but mostly, I’m a kitchen hack. So when Whole Foods offered a sample pre-cooked turkey dinner and all of the […]

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Teachable Moments with Marble Jar, the Positive Parenting App

November 17, 2011

When you start thinking of parenting in terms of an overall context and an end goal, as I have recently started to do with Marble Jar, certain behaviors suddenly go from being an aggravation to a teachable moment. Realizing that things aren’t necessarily about being “bad” as opposed to “good”, we’ve shifted the conversations to the difference […]

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Goodnight iPad: A Modern Take on Goodnight Moon

November 15, 2011

On my children’s bookcase, there is a tatter copy of Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon. It arrived as a baby gift for my first born and has been a well-loved bedtime favorite in my house ever since. Over the years, I’ve seen various iterations of this book, including Goodnight Goon and Good Night San Francisco, but its latest revamp gives this […]

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The Parenting Philosophy Behind the Marble Jar App

November 14, 2011

Marble Jar is a clever little parenting app inspired by Parenting On Track™, a program that emphasizes the relationship strategies for guiding children towards positive behaviors, rather than quick-fixes and behavioral controls. The goal is to teach parents practical and collaborative methods that encourage every member of the family to participate in the life of the family, according to […]

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