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Snow Days are great, but I want my secret life back

Shoveling Snow after a blizzard
So far we have had four snow days...you know, a day when kids get to stay home. Now, I actually love when school is cancelled because that also means that I don't have to carpool my kids to their over scheduled after school life. The day off also takes the pressure off of me to "Tiger Mother" them with their homework and let us all slow down the hectic pace of our...

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Spring Trend Forecast: Mint Green

Shopping Guide: (clockwise from color chip)

1. Hemlock Ovo Table Lamp $100 lampsplus.com
2. ALEXANDER WANG Rocco cross-body bag $925 matchesfashion.com
3. Mint Candy Apple nail polish by Essie.com
4. Steve Madden Twynkle - Mint Green $100 heels.com
5. No Limits Tank $64 lululemon.com
6. Tableware Adams Singapore Bird $33 (£20) chinasearch.co.uk
7. Benjamin Moore "Palladian Blue"
decorating with green | hemlock green
A look at my living room...

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gift ideas -

Valentines gifts for him

valentines day ideas for him
It's no secret there is only really one thing
men want for Valentines Day
Men are hard to shop for, any time of the year, but try shopping for them on a day that is really tailor made for women, and you have a real challenge, After all, get women flowers, chocolate, a card and take them out to dinner and you're done. Go all out with a piece of jewelry if you really want to, but let's face it, it's a...

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McQueen -

Creating art with both beauty and meaning.

Rose Symbolism in Elizabethan Poetry by Miriam Schulman @schulmanArt


Go Forth Lovely Rose, mixed media collage art 11x15"
This mixed media collage art started as a simply drawn and painted watercolor and layers of beauty and meaning were added as the painting metamorphosed like the butterflies floating around the girls head. The woman in the purple dress tightly clutches a rose and her beauty is...

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Confessions of a Music Mom

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from the pages of my art journal
I am not a soccer mom or a dance mom... but I can proudly call myself a music mom. Those who are not music moms, let me fill you in on what music moms have to do. This weekend is a typical weekend for a music mom. Friday night, I took my daughter (this is my music kid) to a concert to hear one of her teachers perform. Although this was a casual performance in a...

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