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Capturing the Color of Love (D248)

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What color do you think of when you think of love? Red, right? Today when I thought of color, which is our Theme Thursday, I was drawn to the beautiful red rose my husband gave me this morning (he's incredible, I know... if you read my "Feeling Anything but Bubbly" post yesterday, you can probably figure out why he got it for me). The rose is a brilliant red with deep green leaves and white … [Read more...]

My Love/Hate Relationship with Starbucks (D171)

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It's not my fault really. It was my senior year in college at the University of Washington and I had an 8 am business writing class. On top of that, I was a single mom and my daughter's daycare was 45 minutes from school. You do the math (because I prefer not to). Basically it meant I had to get up really early and if you've read this blog for any length of time, you know that I am a confirmed … [Read more...]

3 Unconventional Steps to a Man’s Heart—Husband Project 4

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There is no sincerer love than the love of food. —George Bernard Shaw You gotta love good old George Bernard... such a way with words. And today we're going to have our way with food. In the first few Husband Projects, we've covered gratitude, compliments, friendship, and good gossip. Those are four outstanding ways to a man's heart, husband or not. I've heard from women and experienced for … [Read more...]

How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways… (The Husband Project)

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Did you notice that my list of five reasons I love my husband was missing from the 51 Reasons Real Women Love Their Husbands article? I left mine off because 51 reasons sounded so much better than 56 reasons. Kinda silly, but I liked the fact that I had exactly 10 women share their reasons for why they loved their husbands... and one wife who just couldn't resist adding an extra one! Today you … [Read more...]