Category Archives: Your Stories

Fashion Friday | Building a Shoe Wardrobe

I love this post from Jo-Lynne Shane. I’ve been doing some hard core closet editing and shoe shopping to fill some gaps. I may have to photo my own top ten too! xo, CB Jenn left this comment a few weeks ago, and I thought it would make a fun post. What I’d really like help with…

Vittana Reaches Goal of 100 Students Funded

Just a quick follow up to my post about Vittana. I was thrilled to co host the March 8th (International Women’s Day) Twitter party in support of their goal of raising funds for the education of 100 women. They did it! From their press release: Vittana, the non-profit organization that has pioneered online, person-to-person micro-lending…

Earth Day Through a Child’s Eyes (Via Playful Planet)

Our friends at Playful Planet made this lovely Earth Day Video. We just had to share!

Spring Cleaning: Making Outfits for my Boys

Every morning we get 4 kids, aged 4 through 15, out the door by 7 am. It’s not easy. Particularly for the littler ones, aged 4 & 7. They’d be happy to dress themselves daily. But I’m not so sure the school wants to see them in Mario PJ bottoms that are two sizes too…

Mother’s Day with a Message. Minus the Marketing.

My inbox has been full of Mother’s Day pitches for the last two weeks. There are products and services that “Mom will Love!”  Top ten gift lists. Reminder services. Floral arrangements. Humanitarian aid causes. Even a stop smoking device. But I’m not biting. For the first year that I can remember, I don’t particularly want…

Retail Therapy for Instagram Rockstars?

Did you hear the news that Facebook bought Instagram yesterday? For ONE BILLION DOLLARS? I cannot even type that amount without imagining Mike Myers in the Austin Powers series. Mwah hahaha. Wouldn’t we all love to sell an app for a billion dollars? I’d be happy to sell one of mine for a fraction of…

Passover vs. Easter via the Daily Show

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook My kids are home for Spring break and I have not yet recovered from the festivities that were our Passover Seder. For the record we did have fun. I have the photos of the kids…

Butterfly Jungle Opens at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

There are few things as magical as a brightly colored butterfly.  Catching site of one can make your whole day. Catching site of thousands – from Blue Morphos and Owls, Monarchs and more, can make your entire Spring Break. These creatures will be fluttering fantastically at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Butterfly Jungle from…