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When life hands you dried blueberries…

When life hands you dried blueberries and other anecdotes from parenthood! The promise… Standing in the grocery aisle and your child promises to eat the dried blueberries.  The expensive, flown here on the wings of a unicorn, dried blueberries!  “But mom, I promise!”  “Remember you said you want me to eat more fruits and veggies!”  You go against your better judgment …

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Wedding Wednesday

Wedding Wednesday #1

It is Wednesday…that means Wedding! Did you ever wonder why brides carry flowers?   Where did this tradition come from? There are two thoughts as to the answer… Cover that smell… One reason for this custom was many, MANY years ago bathing was not viewed as the necessity it is now.  In the 1600s people would take a yearly bath.  Yes, yearly.  …

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Winter is here…

Winter is here… Winter is here…all at once.  No, really!  I live in New England and we are bracing for a storm measured in feet, not inches!  Yes…feet!   In true New England format, people go CRAZY when a big storm is coming.  All day my newsfeed on social media was being blown up by funny means.      Now that …

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SEO for a dummy like me…

SEO? What? According to Moz, the definition of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a marketing discipline focused on growing visibility in organic (non-paid) search engine results. In simplest terms, SEO is the way your page is set up so search engines can validate and recommend it. Why is this important? Your site needs to be properly set up to help …

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