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A couple of weeks ago the kid was sick. Not sick like sniffles and cough, or even sick like yarfing all over our bed (which, WTF, kid? Mama’s lap is the only place suitable for vomit?) – he was sick with a fever, and fevers mean trouble. I mean, right? Beth in Little Women dies [...]
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Sooo-o, I managed to make it through February. Barely. Let’s take a look back, shall we? I managed to follow my paltry two rules meticulously until the last three days of the last week. Screw it, I thought. I’m stressed and cranky and having a breakdown or whatever.* I can do better next month. So [...]
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ASK ME HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN SICK. Go ahead. Ask. THREE WEEKS. …And counting. (I know this because I was juuuust coming down with a funny little cough when I started Health Month on the 1st. Ha ha, I thought, how funny that I should have a cough that coincides with starting Health Month! [...]
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You know what’s more satisfying than shouting at your laptop while Private Practice plays on Hulu? Venting about the ridiculous characterizations on the internet.
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The entire concept behind Health Month is pretty excellent: make changes to your patterns and habits by making it into a game. You get to set rules and then win points every day for following them. You earn fruit, and if your Life Points get too low, you can replenish them (or someone else’s) by [...]
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My WakeMate came in the mail yesterday.* What is a WakeMate, you ask? Well. It’s this thing, you see, and you wear it while you sleep, and in the morning you can see exactly how restful your sleep actually was. Also it keeps track of your sleep patterns and the idea is that it can [...]
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I’ve been searching for a way to carry around my iPad without looking like a complete tool, and I think I’ve finally found a solution that’s both practical and freaking adorable: the iPad Clutch from Happy Owl Studio. Looks like a cute little purse, right? BUT THEN: AND ALSO: *Happy Owl Studio is not in [...]
Read more →Jessica Neuman Beck is lots of things: web designer at couldbe studios, author of the WordPress Visual QuickStart Guide, parent, arachnophobe, part-time misanthrope, floccinaucinihilipilificatrix, geek. She loves Portland and hates cilantro.
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