The AWARE in Autism Awareness Day
A while ago, I was talking to someone at work and I mentioned my friend Shannon. Said coworker replied, huh, I don’t recall you ever mentioning your friend Shannon. I explained Shannon was a fellow blogger I had met years …
Waterpik Ultra WaterFlosser – A Review
We’re a household that cares deeply about dental health. Like it or not, IT Boy’s teeth get brushed 3 times a day. It’s akin to wrestling an alligator, but it has to be done. My teeth have so many issues, …
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Tagged teeth, ultra waterflosser, waterpik
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Waterpik Sinus Sense – A Review
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Welcome to the first day of spring! Spring means so many things – blooming flowers, Easter bunnies, longer nights, and of course, the dreaded sneezes. I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before, but I suffer greatly from seasonal allergies. As a …
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Tagged aah choo, seasonal allergies, waterpik sinussense
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Playtime for Everyone!
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Parents, have you ever wanted to have a simple, uncomplicated night out with your significant other that DIDN’T include your kids? Maybe you want to take in a show, you know, like your sophisticated selves used to do BK – …
Coughing is the new breathing
So, um, remember this post? I meant it. I really did. That whole “taking care of ME” thing. I was serious. I don’t think I slipped up. Really. In January, I got sick. A cold, really. Mostly coughing symptoms. Nothing …
Getting from Here to There
Last week, I had a business trip to Indianapolis with one of my Hoboken-based team members. Trying to be a responsible manager, I decided against booking the direct flight (Continental EWR-IND $1200) and booked a flight on another airling with …
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Tagged air travel, indianapolis, lga, new york, philadelphia, superbowl, washington dc
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All of this and back again…
So, new year, eh? It’s crazy to think about the year that just passed and not think about how it almost feels like I was sleep-walking through much of it. Certainly from September on feels like a long, cold nap …
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My Verizon FiOS Experiment
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Recently, I was offered the chance to take place in a brand campaign for Verizon FiOS. I was already a user, and I thought I knew everything there was to know about the service. Easy peasy, I figured. I’ve got …
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How the IT Girl found bliss at 35,000 or so feet
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This summer, I had the chance to take the trip of a lifetime. Sure, it was a business trip, but it was still a remarkable experience. I was invited to attend my company’s Asian sales meeting being held in Penang, …
What would Ira do?
I recently jumped on the lemming bandwagon and purchased an iPad. Sure, I’ve got about 100 reason why I wanted one, and some of them are even work related, so I’m not really a lemming, right? Even though I am …
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The Greatest Gift of All
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You may think I am talking about peace, love or happiness. But I’m not. I’m talking about coffee. Because you cannot have the first three with out the latter… Let me explain. I never was a real coffee drinker. I …
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Tagged bed bath beyond, coffee is love, single cup coffee makers, tassimo
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In Bloom
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The house across the street from us has the most beautiful flowering tree. Sure, it probably has a name, as well as as kingdom, phylum and species and all that, but to me, it’s a flowering tree. I don’t possess …
Riding to Glory, the Soggy Edition
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On May 3 (that’s 2 Sunday’s ago – was it really that long ago?!?) , I participated in AND FINISHED the 5 Boro Bike Ride. 42 miles baby. But that ain’t the whole story. Let me go back a bit …
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Tagged 5 boro bike tour, bicycling, bike ride, dropping the F-bomb, nyc
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State of My State
Things around here seem to have stabilized into what I can best describe as “the new normal.” My grandmother is safely ensconced in a nursing home. The place is good, and she’s doing as well as can be expected, although …
Posted in Family, Free time!, Hyptonia, Out of Sync, Parenting, Taking Care of ME, Travel, You gotta have friends
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Mammograms – Get the Facts!
I was recently among a group of women and the conversation turned to mammograms. Not really sure how we took that turn, but we did. We’re women, so it could have been purses, shoes, kids or the latest episode of …
