I really really love wheat like only a Mormon can love wheat. We’re supposed to gather a year’s supply of food which for many people ends up being several barrels of wheat stored but never used. I have hundreds of pounds of it in my garage along with other food items, working towards [...]

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101 Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World by Gary Vaynerchuk
In 101 Wines, Gary V unveils his 1st list of favorites and recommendations. Gary’s wine picks for 2008 span many prices, regions, grapes, and styles, ensuring that wine novices and sophisticated oenophiles alike will expand their wine horizons while learning more [...]

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Walking into a night club in the middle of the day is a really odd feeling. Especially when it’s gorgeously sunny outside, and scorchingly hot. Walking into a nightclub on a sunny day in Seattle with children in tow is even stranger. And yet, that is exactly what we did this past [...]

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We were lucky enough to have a nice breakfast with the COO for Great Wolf Lodge, Kim Schaefer and some other fabulous ladies who work with her. She’d like to give one of you the chance to experience the Grand Mound, WA location of Great Wolf Lodge and has offered a free night’s stay [...]

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A representative from the Issaquah-based Belli skin care company contacted me a while ago, offering product samples for review on Seattle Mom Blogs. I love working with local companies and I was also drawn to Belli because their products are developed with pregnant mothers and babies in mind. Specifically they attempt to keep [...]

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When I was pregnant with CJ, I obsessed over many things.  How many teeny-tiny washcloths to buy.  Whether to go with the expensive but highly fashionable crib or the cheap but just as functional one.  Whether CJ would turn out to be a GIRL even after the ultrasound led us to believe otherwise… and if so, what would we do with all [...]

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This week I dove into my review copy of Gorgeously Green by Sophie Uliano and I love it! I feel like there’s so much hype, misunderstanding and fear around the green movement. No two people seem to define “green” the same way and very few of us have identical goals and motivations for [...]

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Well, Charming and I took our two oldest to the Children’s Film Festival Seattle on Saturday. We chose a program called “From the Heart of Sweden: Animation with a global reach.” This is our report.
Due to some incredible planning, we managed to arrive about an hour early and much to our disappointment, people that arrive [...]

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