Lots of Excuses

Here is my list of excuses for not writing a thing here since…well, last Saturday I think (and honestly, I wrote that post on Friday, so there you go). 1. I went to Meadville, PA (a sleepy little town north of Pittsburgh) to visit my sister who is in college at Allegheny College.  I’ll write [...]

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Workshop

I’m not going to share the entire story here yet, mostly because I’ve been repeating it a lot lately.  Bottom line, I’m helping host a day-long workshop for Gutsy Girls in Portland!  I’m working hard to plan my marketing assault and I’ve been busy recruiting panelists and finding a space.  The workshop leader is Molly [...]

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#71 – Embrace what my state has to offer

Nothing like having family in town to inspire sightseeing, right?  My mother-in-law was visiting last week.  She used to live in Maine so she knows basically all there is to see, which makes her visits easy.  One of her favorite things to do when she comes to town is to have lunch in Perkins Cove [...]

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Too Cute for Words…

This is a few days late – things have been crazy this week and I haven’t had a chance to write anything.  Last weekend, Drew and I puppy-sat for an afternoon for Otis, a 9 week old black lab.  I forgot how much work puppies are – you absolutely cannot leave them alone for one [...]

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Sick

Today is not a good day to be sick.  It’s Friday, first of all.  Who wants to be sick on a Friday?  My mother-in-law is in town visiting and I am terrible company.  I keep going to bed early and missing out on the fun conversation.  I have more relatives visiting this weekend that I [...]

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Coming Clean

I don’t know why I do it to myself.  My urge to travel frequently and extensively just gets the better of me.  I feel like I should be satisfied with my already frequent trips, or if that doesn’t do it, our upcoming Southeast Asian adventure should do the trick and quash my need to torture [...]

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#36 Eat at amazing restaurants around the world

The Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, New York, is a vegetarian institution.  My mom has (or had!) one of the early editions  of the Moosewood Cookbook, this handwritten picture-free tome that only had healthy recipes.  I remember specific recipes calling for whole wheat flour, and while that’s a common ingredient these days, back in the 1980s [...]

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Living Juicy: Surprise Party!

I must really like throwing parties for people because I realized as I went to add this item to my Living Juicy list that I had thrown a party for someone back in May (a welcome baby party for a new family).  This time, it was a surprise baby shower.  I didn’t plan it alone, [...]

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Vietnam Visa? Check!

This week we sent in the paperwork for our visas to visit Vietnam (wow, that was three “v” words!).  This is not a difficult process, and hopefully we’ll get our visas back without a hitch, but it is a bit of a headache…or at least a multi-step process. 1. Get money orders or cashier’s checks [...]

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Quick Trip Re-Cap: Ithaca, NY

I just spent an amazing weekend in Ithaca.  My sister and her boyfriend live there, amongst all the college students and gorgeous gorges (had to…sorry).  I loved it!  It’s one of those places that I would have loved even if my sister didn’t live there, though her insider information made it a little easier to [...]

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