Are you a creature of habit? Well I am. I love a routine, a habit, the same stuff, the same places, the same people, and my comfort zone! In our family’s case, we always go to Cape Cod in the summer for our family vacation. I mean after all, I have…
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What’s Old Is New Again! But Is It Classic Style?
Growing up as a preppy kid in Connecticut, I wore Tretorns for sneakers especially on the tennis court. Tretorn is a Swedish company established in 1891. Almost a century later in 1980, my favorite coffee table book, “The Preppy Handbook“, cemented the Tretorn as our must-have fashionable sneaker, and the…
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Let’s All Make Reading Books Cool Again
Not sure what’s gotten in to me—it must be the new year. Instead of goals and resolutions, I’m putting out my intentions and making a few small changes. Big goals and big resolutions are overwhelming me, so instead I am just starting with some small tweaks to my daily life. One…
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Changin’ It Up In 2018
Happy New Year! We just returned from an amazing few days of fun in the sun in Florida. It was a very last minute decision to make this trip. We were supposed to go skiing in northern Vermont, but Mother Nature had other plans with extreme arctic record low temperatures…
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Christmas came early…lessons from my husband
This is an emotional post. There are many reasons why I want to share this journey with you all. Mostly, I want to help others, I want to inspire others, and I want to motivate others. I’d like to start by saying my husband is one of the most amazing…
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The Gratitude Attitude
Having gratitude is such an important factor in our lives. Finding a few moments where you can reflect and focus on what you are grateful for can be so helpful. If we can all focus more on what is going right in our lives, we can see all the good that…
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Why We Have a “No Shoes” Rule In Our House (and You Should Too)
Do you take your shoes off at the front door? If you answered no, then you are most likely bringing in all types of germs and bacteria into your house. A study done by the University of Arizona found an average of 421,000 different bacteria on shoes. That’s a lot of bacteria! The biggest…
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Moving? Tips to Stay Sane and Organized (I’m still trying to be both…)
How many times in your life have you had to pack your bags, load the cars and trucks, tape the boxes, and move? Some of us have moved more times than others, but the process is always the same—long and tedious—but the end result is so rewarding. New place, new…
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Keeping It Zen: Healthy Balance Between Work and Family Life
Keeping a healthy balance between work and family life, especially as we transition from the school year into summer, can be a little tough. Let’s be honest! With the kids around more often, sometimes we want to pull our hair out as we try to keep them entertained and work at the…