I am a blog ambassador for the Dirty Girl Mud Run in Seattle, taking place on May 18th. My registration fees were waived as an ambassador. It’s scary just typing that phrase: “My first 5k.” Here’s the deal: I’m 32. I’ve never been in what I would call ‘good’ shape until this past year. I [...]
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Apr 2013
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Apr 2013
Disclosure: I received a product to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own. A couple of months ago, I received an email from Cassie Shelton, who is an Independent Distributor of It Works! Have you heard of their products? I hadn’t until she contacted me, and I started checking them out. First, let [...]
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Jan 2013
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Nov 2012
Toothbrushes. So terribly necessary for good oral health, yet so woefully disposable. If you use them for too long, they lose their effectiveness and must be thrown away. Or is there another way? First, though, let’s talk about different options when you head to the store to purchase a toothbrush. Did you know that there’s [...]
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Nov 2012
Bumps. Owies. Scrapes. Scratches. Ouchies. Boo-boos. (not the Honey Boo-Boo kind). All those little things that can happen when you’re little kiddo hurt, sometimes much more than we as adults think they should. I was happy to have the chance to test out a brand new product from TruKid, a company that I’ve worked with [...]
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Oct 2012
This is a little embarrassing to admit, but a child that I know (who may not be my own) has a little problem. A gross problem, one that his mom (who may or may not be me) discourages actively but her pleas seem to fall on selectively-hearing little ears. I’m talking about: Nose [...]
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Sep 2012
Beauty comes at a price. Most methods and products can be expensive, not to mention the other price of beauty: pain. When someone mentions laser hair removal, expensive and pain are the most likely things to pop into your head, but then waxing and tweezing aren’t that fun either. One thing people fail to [...]
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Aug 2012
I talk about this a lot – but summertime is the time to protect your skin. Not only is it important to protect the skin on your arms, legs, and that extra-thin skin on your decolletage, but what about your lips? That skin is extra thin and extra sensitive, so you need to protect it [...]
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Aug 2012
Yesterday, as is my clumsy nature, I dropped a glass jar (of jelly, no less – thankfully it was nearly empty), and it shattered. These are times I kick myself for not having some paper towels in the house – it’s really hard to get all those little pieces of glass off [...]
