The Active Family

I spent today at my parent’s house, and decided to be a good little doobie and work on cleaning up the basement. It has been my father’s pet project for years, and walking downstairs, I figured out why it’s taking him so long!
My parents are serious pack rats. Actually, my entire extended family are all, […]

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But the will to see her children again allowed her to live.
This is one of the best stories I have seen come through the pipeline in a long time. After leaving her job as a waitress last Wednesday, a woman by the name Amber Pennell stopped at a store, and was headed home when her […]

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I’ve been writing an awful lot about vacations this summer, at a time when a lot of people are trying to make their next mortgage bill. Trust me, we aren’t well off by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, our finances are pretty tight right now.
Although, to be honest, they are tight on purpose. […]

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Man, I’ve blown it big time this week. I’ve hit fast food places more times this week than I have all summer, and I’ve been sampling waaay too many sweets at work. Not only that, but I’ve barely been working out, and I slept through my Pilates class this week!
The kicker is, I KNOW that […]

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While reading one of my fellow ChattyWomen’s posts, I was intrigued by her mention of progesterone, and decided to look into the topic more.
I was quite surprised that progesterone effects far more than just reproductive issues. The site also details how it helps with stress levels and weightloss.  While I generally don’t recommend using “artificial” […]

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I received an email from one of my subscriptions today that was too great to keep to myself. It detailed a bunch of truly great lunch ideas for elementary school age kids.
The lunches made great use of the “laptop lunchbox“, which I happen to already have. While pricey, it gives you the ability to portion […]

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I know a few of my fellow Chatty Women focus on finances and various ways to save money. I’ve learned some incredible tips from them already! I thought I’d share my most recent form of savings, since I got some great deals.
Those who have read previous posts probably know that I work for Starbucks, which […]

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Oy.
I don’t know how much more I can take! I have my three kids, plus another I’ve been watching for the summer. They are just at each other’s throats all the time. Today alone they were up at 6:30, and started fighting from the get go. By the time 8 am rolled around my two […]

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This weekend my husband and I took the kids to my parents’ house to help my mom with her annual canning. Not many people I know still do their own canning!
My mom really wanted to show me how to make my grandparent’s recipe for bread and butter pickles. I’ve helped before, so I knew the […]

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My email has been flooded daily with new ads for every kind of weight loss “secret” you can imagine. I’ve seen everything from Hoodia to the latest and greatest Acai berry. Along with all the ads come the promise of the greatest and fastest weight loss ever!
My completely not-a-professional-talk-to-your-doctor-before-taking-any-pills advice would be to exercise (pun!) […]

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