Living in an apartment usually means living with boring walls painted either a harsh flat white primer or a sickly looking tan color that may sit somewhere between a cream and true tan. This is because these colors are easy to obtain, can be applied cheaply and do not require a large amount of...
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Over-indulgence is my middle name. I can eat out every night of the week. In fact, I would prefer to. However, this isn’t very realistic for a number of reasons: health, wealth, etc.. This is a common theme throughout my life and I’ve had to make some adjustments in these...
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A few years ago I decided I wanted to work from home. My children were getting older, but not in school full time yet. I wanted to be home to enjoy some of their preschool years with them and had been slowly cutting back my hours at work until eventually I was...
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Lately, I have been feeling pretty restless. All work and no play tends to get me like that. Nevertheless, I have been brainstorming and I want to throw a kick-butt party. My idea: friend-made art party! My vision is to have some very delicious punch (spiked or not, your guest’s choice) and a few of...
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We have had some awesome weather here in the Midwest the last couple of days. The sun is shining. The snow is melting. And the temperature has hovered around a bearable 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The blue skies have put a smile on my face and a salad on my plate!...
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Has a friend or family member ever asked you to join them for an outing that you knew would be just awful, yet you agreed? And the reason you quickly agreed was because the only excuse you could quickly think of was the silly, cliché saying, “Oh sorry, I have to clean my sock...
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