The Active Family

My daughter’s birthday was last weekend, and I had purchased this guitar set for her. I ordered it online from the Disney Store, but it’s everywhere now, and with great sales.
The set comes with a play guitar and a headset microphone. The guitar itself works well, if not a bit loudly. The headset leaves a [...]

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If your kids are anything like mine, having to stay inside, surrounded by goodies and cousins, is a recipe for disaster. My kids get wound up like little toys, put them down and zooom! off they go, causing mayhem wherever they tred.
I do have a short list of activities that are tried and true for [...]

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I’ve officially hit a plateau in my weight loss. I’ve been consistently losing a pound or two a week, but I haven’t lost any at all for at least 3 weeks in a row! Granted I need to take into consideration all the stupid candy I’ve been eating since Halloween, but I’ve been trying to [...]

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Hah! I have to post this, I was just sitting down going through my coupons and my daughter (6 on Sunday…tear…) brings to me her Christmas List….aka the Walmart Toy Catalog.
I decide to humor her and we thumb through the pages together. Again, I say…HAH!
Poor delusional child. She was under the impression that whatever she [...]

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If you read through my last post, you’ll notice I felt awful last year that we were so rushed. This year we are cutting out all the crap, and going back to enjoying the holiday season as it was meant to be. We will have our holiday party again, we will be making gifts for [...]

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This year we are cutting waaaaay back on the commercial aspects of Christmas. Partly due to the economy, but we really made this decision last year. I’m so tired of running around crazy, stressing over if I bought nice enough presents, and burning gas, energy, and stress over seeing e.v.e.r.y.o.n.e.
Last year my husband and I [...]

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I’m still on a quest to find the perfect spot for a family vacation, and I think I’ve found the ultimate family getaway!
The Outer Banks of North Carolina are absolutely gorgeous, and I found a site that leases out the finest of vacation homes. The one I saw has 12! bedrooms, bathrooms, a pool, a [...]

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I’m on  a mission to get rid of my gut! Since it is my primary focus, I am sharing some of the exercises I do regularly to get my tummy in shape. No more muffin tops unless they are coming out of my oven!
One of my favorite side and hip reducers: lay on a mat [...]

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When talking about body shapes, I am definitely an apple. I carry all my fat around my middle, while having the skinniest little legs. It looks ridiculous. Whenever I gain weight, my abdomen is the first place it hits. It wasn’t until I hit my highest weigh ever that it started showing in my butt [...]

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Sure, the profits tanked, and people are crying the end of Starbucks. Let me tell you folks, Starbucks ain’t goin nowhere.
I’ve been there as a Barista for almost a full year, and the atmosphere in our store hasn’t changed. We still have regulars coming in multiple times a day, we still have the craziest busiest [...]

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