I feel like The Harried Mom is speaking directly to me this week. First, her post about showing Star Wars to her son got me thinking about my own connections...
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Childhood Dreams, Part 2
So yesterday I wrote about fulfilling my childhood dream of becoming Luke Skywalker. But as I look back on it, I wonder why I didn’t want to be someone else–someone...
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Childhood Dreams
The Harried Mom has a post about showing Star Wars to her 4-year-old for the first time. It was originally released when I was eight, and it made a powerful...
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Birthday Fun
I’m a big fan of how I grew up. And I’ve always imagined giving my children the kind of birthdays that I enjoyed when I was young. But there are...
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Talking About Sleep (But Not Doing Much Actual Sleeping)
Saturday was weird. Baguette woke up and then decided to nap at 9:45 a.m. for abut 45 minutes–just long enough to get a second wind. She finally fell asleep again...
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5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
15 iconic TV shows to guess on re:blog How many can you figure out? What’s Your Color Personality? on Better Homes and Gardens Mine was coral. What’s yours? Lisa Belkin:...
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Blog Update
If you’re looking for a blogroll, check out my Links page. I’m trying to clean up my side column, and this is the first step. But help me out here–what...
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Listen to the People Who Matter
I work in marketing, and in my line of work you hear a lot about influencers–they’re not necessarily the people who buy your product, but they are the people others...
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5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
Australian Company IAG Rewards New Moms for Returning to Work on Shine from Yahoo The opposite of being mommy-tracked. 15 International Food Etiquette Rules That Might Surprise You on Budget...
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My To-Do List
There are a lot of things I want for Baguette. The big thing, of course, is an innate sense of self-worth. She has that now, and I want to do...