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A fangirl mom-of-three trying to balance her love of family, books, baking and nail polish while spending most of her hours waiting for the kids in the pull-through lane at school.
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ser·en·dip·i·ty – (srn–dp-t) n. pl. ser·en·dip·i·ties1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.2. The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.3. An instance of making such a discovery. Sometimes, little moments of serendipity hit you and they leave you feeling oh so very happy. Like when you discover a new favorite drink at your neighborhood […]
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Oh, some of you know the drill. I’ve been tagged, viciously by armloads of people I used to care about. And now I feel backed into a corner and forced to do this. So for all of you who tagged me and you know very well who you are here is apparently what you were […]
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Alex and I started a journey almost exactly a year ago at the Nevada Caucus. Alex got a rare opportunity to be part of the process thanks to our wonderful precinct leader, Billy. Alex got to ring the bell to gather everyone to vote. As a poli. sci. student, I loved the opportunity to participate […]
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I know, you’ve been waiting with bated vampire breath to read my review of “Twilight.” I have to admit that after seeing the Midnight Screening on Friday morning, I was left with a Not Like The Book But It’s Still Good feeling. Oh, there were parts that bothered me…a LOT…especially a much loved, pivotal scene […]
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So if you’re wondering where I will be tomorrow night at 12:01 am, let me stop your guessing. I will be viewing the much anticipated “Twilight” movie after consuming mushroom ravioli (it’s in the book, trust me on this) and pomegranate martinis (because, well there is a vampire theme). Here enjoy my favorite clip from […]
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I am sure you already guessed that we were glued to our TV set last night, waiting for the results. Alex had a map of the United States and was labelling the states red or blue as the results came in. For once, the kids didn’t ask to turn to the Disney channel. We made […]
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For those of you who have known me for a while, i.e. decades…well, my love of All Things Star Wars will not come as a surprise. Last time we were in Disneyland, they had this show called the Jedi Training Academy where children were picked out of audience for a chance to battle with none […]