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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Living Juicy: Do something WAY out of your comfort zone

My friend and coworker Alicia is an amazing photographer.  She’s not a professional (yes!), but she’s well on her way.  She does family portraits regularly, and is called upon by friends to do engagement sessions frequently.  She even shoots the occasional wedding.  Yeah, so I guess that actually makes her a professional. A few months [...]

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Living Juicy: Hot Yoga

I’ve done bikram yoga, also known as hot yoga, before.  It took a lot of courage the first time because I was afraid of not being able to follow along, and more pressingly, passing out like an idiot in a puddle of my own sweat.  Fortunately, a colleague of mine and avid bikram yoga practicer, [...]

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Living Juicy: Get scared

Drew and I took a road trip last weekend to Acadia National Park.  I can’t believe I hadn’t been there before, and definitely deserved the mild looks of disgust from people who found out I was a new visitor and lived only three hours away.  People come from around the world to see these views, people, [...]

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Living Juicy: Preserve Memories

Preserving memories is important to lots of people.  Traditionally, this was done through photo albums or home videos.  My grandparents (who have nine kids and lots and lots of grandchildren), for example, had this incredible collection of photo albums.  The collection took up shelves upon shelves in the living room, and in addition to taking [...]

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Fake Baking

For our weekend BBQ I decided not to do a ton of baking (I briefly considered a layered ‘0’ birthday cake or 2 week birthday cake), but instead to rely on trusty help from the grocery store. And boy, am I glad I did!  The cake mix I bought was so yummy (I could tell [...]

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Living Juicy: Plan a party for someone

Ack!  I really meant to write a cute post on Saturday about how great the weather was and how I was enjoying a day of relaxation.  But, between errands, appointments and sales that I just couldn’t miss (I love you Banana Republic Outlet), I didn’t sit down until after 6pm.  And then I couldn’t bear [...]

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Living Juicy: Shake up chores with a game

It started out as a way to use up a bunch of close-to-expiration items in our pantry and fridge.  With some free time, I challenged Drew (a great cook) to make a meal using a combination of ingredients that I chose for him.  As part of my rules for the game, he would have access [...]

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Living Juicy: Cook an unfamiliar dish

I feel like a lot of my recent adventures have been in the food-making arena.  I think this is mostly due to the fact that I’ve been in class a LOT lately in Boston, and the back-and-forth routine leaves me drained, causing me to putter around the house on my one day off.  Fortunately, that [...]

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Living Juicy: Plan the Perfect Day and then Do It!

Sandwiches from Rosemont Bakery I had a wild idea last week.  I didn’t have any real chores or commitments on Saturday, and the weather was shaping up to be amazing.  I made a quick list of all the things I would do if I could have my ‘Perfect Day.’  Then, I decided to go ahead [...]

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