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Giveaway: Plaid Doctrine Eco Messenger Bag!

Today I am very excited to be introducing Plaid Doctrine, a travel accessories company that crafts its products from recycled bottles! Plaid Doctrine was created by Suzanne Park, who logged 300,000+ miles traveling for work and found herself frustrated with the travel gear available today. She says, "I searched high and low for my last laptop bag. It was on the expensive side, but it fell apart after just 6 months." According to Suzanne, "These are the kinds of travel accessories I would’ve killed for in my days of non-stop travel. They're good-looking, but not too trendy. They're green. And they're built to last. It's a win/win/win!" What makes Plaid Doctrine even more appealing is that nearly all of its materials are sourced...

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Cool Tool Tuesdays: The Baby Owner’s Manual

Welcome to today’s installment of Cool Tool Tuesdays, where I feature a favorite item from my life and spotlight it so that others who are not familiar with the product may also benefit from it. A cool tool can be any book, gadget, software, hardware, material, or website that I have personally tried and love. Do you have any questions about today’s cool tool? Would you like an item featured in the future? Please leave a comment to this post, or send me a message via my contact form. Enjoy! Do you remember the episode of Friends titled "The One with the Baby Shower"? Yes, I know Bamboozled is an epic game show we would all like to see live on TV, but I would like...

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Google’s Geeky Valentine Surprise

Happy Valentine's Day! For a sweet Valentine's surprise, type this into a Google search: sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5 Too lazy or suspicious to try it for yourself? What will happen is that the algebraic equation will plot out a graph in the shape of a heart, like so: Feel free to share this with your geeky friends! Via Mashable. ...

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T-Minus Two Weeks

One of my ex-boyfriends is just 15 months younger than his older sister. When we started dating, he told me how, shortly after he was born, his parents sent his sister to go live with the grandparents for a year because taking care of two very young kids — one of whom was extremely colicky — was just too difficult for his mother. I remember reacting to this story with judgement. "HOW can anyone send their own child away? That's just absurd!" Now, being a mother to two children just 13 months apart, I can understand why they did this. Not that I want to send Claire or Aerin away, but I can understand. In just a couple of weeks, J's parents will...

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