Valentine's Day Family Traditions: Imperfectly Perfect Family Traditions

I have mentioned before that I am weirdly fond of this holiday.  We have a few long standing traditions that we do every year.  I ALWAYS order heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's.  Pizza makes everyone happy and heart shaped pizza even more so. 

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Essentialism: Quotes I Don't Want to Forget Tomorrow

Essentialism: Quotes I Don't Want to Forget Tomorrow

You already know how much I love this Essentialism book by Greg McKeown.  Unfortunately, however, I have a little bit of short-term memory loss when it comes to self-help books.  I think "Ah HAH! This is so brilliant!  This is life changing material right here!" And then it leaves my mind completely. 

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Leaving The Country: Travel Checklist For a Costa Rica Vacation

Leaving The Country: Travel Checklist For a Costa Rica Vacation

Remember how I don't like to go anywhere farther away than Target?  

Lest, you think I am just one of those moms of four kids who works out and then doesn't shower for three hours while taking care of "just one more thing" (Give a Mouse a Cookie...) at the expense of all house cleaning, laundry and food prep, I am flying to COSTA RICA next week!  All. By. Myself.  

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