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How To Pin Stuff Even Faster

April 29, 2012

Are you still pinning things the old-fashioned way? You’re on a website and you find a fabulous picture of some craft you’ll probably never have the time to make. You MUST pin it. You open another browser tab, load Pinterest, log in, add a pin, enter the URL, select the board, write a description, submit [...]

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An Open Letter From The Room Mom

April 26, 2012

Dear Parent, I’m not sure if you know this, but being a room mom is a grueling, sometimes-humiliating, often-thankless and always-mildly-annoying job. I’m writing to share with you some ways in which we might work better together. Read Your Email I know I’ve begged you for money. Donations. School supplies. Time. Spools of thread. Cartons [...]

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How To Make Your Facebook Fan Page Into A Mobile App

April 24, 2012

How to make your Facebook fan page into a mobile app for free. This is pretty cool stuff! Right now, it’s only available for iOS devices, but Android is coming soon. We’ll be using a Facebook app called Fan Page Mobilizer. You can go click on that link now and I’ll walk you through the [...]

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The Final Bow

April 23, 2012

It was the last class. The last one he’d ever have to take. I texted my husband: “how is it going?” Bad, my husband responded. An hour later, Boy Wonder walked into the house. Defeat and fear were smeared all over his face. I thought back to how it wasn’t always this way. We ran [...]

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How To Make The Most of Summer Camp

April 19, 2012

Today’s the last day of my 3 part series on summer camps. We’ve covered Summer Camp 101 and How To Save Money on Summer Camps in this week’s earlier posts. Now, on to how to make the most of summer camp – strategies for making camp a stress-free experience. Enroll with friends. Camp is always [...]

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How To Save Money On Summer Camp

April 17, 2012

We’re back with Part 2 of my series on summer camps. Monday, I shared Summer Camp 101, which is a good overview for those of you who might just be starting to investigate camps. Today, we’re going to talk about how to save money on camps – because if you’re not careful, they can be [...]

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Summer Camp 101

April 15, 2012

Before we know it, summer vacation will be upon us. I’m kicking off a 3 part series today about summer camps for kids – summer day camps in particular. I’ll be covering everything you need to know if you’re just starting to explore camps as an option for your kiddos. Today is a general intro [...]

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Radio Silence: Where Are You, Blogosphere?

April 13, 2012

A few days ago, I wrote a post about How To Have a Happy Marriage With Your Blog, which is all about helping along that love-hate dynamic that many of us have with our blogs. The comments to the post fascinated me, because they seemed to validate something I’ve been feeling in the blogosphere, but [...]

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What I Learned From Caine’s Arcade

April 11, 2012

Last week my kids set up a “toys for sale” shop in our driveway. Using storage tubs, cardboard boxes and markers, they constructed a table onto which they placed some of their toys and books. Boy Wonder remembered everything: an “open” and “closed” sign and a cup with loose change in case anybody needed change [...]

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