Atypical of Asian parents, mine weren't too strict about grades growing up. In fact, they bribed us — we would get $20 for every A on our report card! (And yes, even A-'s counted.) So whenever I got straight A's, my wallet would be fuller by $120. Not bad at all when you're a kid. What about you? Did your parents offer any enticements for good grades? Via 9GAG....
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Today, our Aerin Isabel turns one month old. And because I know my sister — who is currently living in Paris(!!!) for 3 months — is always begging me for pictures of her nieces, here is the latest of Aerin: One of the most common questions I hear these days is: how is everything going? In other words, just how in the world am I surviving motherhood with two babies that are just 13 months apart? The answer is simple: one day at a time. That, and wonderful grandparents who are doing everything they can do to pitch in so that I can get some rest here and there. As previously stated, Aerin has finally started to sleep in 2-3 hour stretches. But her day-night reversal has not...
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I have never been a doll person, even as a little girl. Would I be opposed to my girls gettings Barbies or other dolls? No, but that doesn't mean that I would prefer them to get something else, like a Transformer. ;-) The Zombie Attack Barbie, on the other hand, is a doll I can get behind...
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Writer's block. Lack of inspiration. They are the bane of any blogger's existence, and I must confess that they occasionally make me want to just throw in the towel too. Today, Katie writes about how she finds inspiration and even gives us a few choice quotes that may help other bloggers tackle writer's block as well. Even if you're not a blogger or writer, I'm sure that you will find this post helpful and inspirational. Enjoy! I'm excited to be guest posting for Jenny while she, J and Claire enjoy their first few weeks with little Aerin. I've known Jenny for three years now through her blog and really appreciate what she has to say on her blog about motherhood, her faith...
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I may be a geek and a gadget-lover, but I don't always embrace new technology. I like to stay old-school in some aspects of my life, including my preferences of old-fashioned books over e-readers, physical keyboards over touchscreens, and even a pad & pencil over many phone apps. And this is precisely why I love the Little Printer. Created by London-based design firm BERG and running on BERG Cloud, a web-based system for controlling wireless products, the Little Printer is an adorable web-enabled printer that prints mini-newspapers containing content from the Internet. Users select the content — anything from news to puzzles to status updates from friends — using an iPhone or Android app. In other words, it makes mini receipt-sized newspapers! Check out these examples of what the...
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