• Amazing People,  Best Thing Ever,  Blessings,  Friends,  My Friends Have Mad Skillz,  Too Funny To Ignore

    My Friends + Laughter = Me + Thankful

    November 29, 2012

    I had a couple of ideas for this, the penultimate NaBloPoMo post for 2012. I thought I might write about how I used to sew clothing (easy patterns, but still) for the boys when they were little and how a matching pair of shorts led to one of my favorite pictures of them from way back when. Then I thought that I would post a couple of black and white pictures I took of the boys over Thanksgiving weekend. (I love black and white pictures, don’t you?) I also considered sharing (finally) one of the buildings I toured during Open House Chicago, since I never got past talking about Marina…

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  • Friends,  Too Funny To Ignore

    Let’s Work! (Or Not.)

    November 27, 2012

    As things start to fall into place for the 2013 season of Listen To Your Mother, the frequency of phone calls and emails between Tracey and me picks up, too. Two weeks ago we scheduled a Google+ Hangout (we like to video conference) and things got silly enough that it was clear we weren’t going to get anything done. So we invited a couple of friends to chat with us. One of them couldn’t make it, but the other joined in. Laughter ensued, and I got this evidence of our fun. Tracey and I are meeting via Google+ Hangout again tonight and I’ve already told her that we HAVE TO…

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  • Friends,  My Friends Have Mad Skillz,  Spreading the Bloggie Love

    High School Talent Pool

    November 3, 2012

    I wanted to call attention to the blogs of two of my friends from high school. For some reason–I can’t figure out why–I think it’s hilarious that all three of us are blogging. I know: it’s not funny at all. Maybe hilarious is the wrong word. Cool? Interesting? I don’t know. All I do know is that we were good friends who were in the same AP English class senior year and now we’re blogging. I wonder how many others from that class have blogs. Okay, not really. I have never wondered that, ever. Anyway, Cyndi writes a blog called Intrepid Mother. Cyndi has nine children (Yes, N-I-N-E) and is…

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  • Amazing People,  Best Thing Ever,  Friends,  My Friends Have Mad Skillz

    My Meeting With Tim Gunn (And Other Stories)

    September 15, 2012

    I am a big “Project Runway” fan. Total understatement. It’s one of my favorite shows: I’m totally obsessed. I’ve watched the show, now in its tenth season, since the very beginning. Right after Season Three I took a trip to New York City with my sister and got to lay eyes upon the winning designs from the season, on display in the window at Macy’s. A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura Bennett (season three finalist) upon the release of her book, “Didn’t I Feed You Yesterday?” I love so many things about the show. I love Heidi Klum, I love the judges’ critiques (especially…

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  • Amazing People,  Best Thing Ever,  Friends,  My Friends Have Mad Skillz,  Proud Moments

    The Real Martha’s Got Nothing On The Next Martha.

    August 8, 2012

    If you follow my friend Jen on Twitter (@TheNextMartha), you already know that she is crafty and creative and crazy (in a good way). She is full of ideas and her mad skills in, well, EVERYTHING related to home projects just blow my mind. She happens to adore Martha Stewart, hence her Twitter handle and the name of her blog, The Martha Project. Did I mention yet that MARTHA STEWART FOLLOWS 57 PEOPLE ON PINTEREST AND JEN IS ONE OF THEM? So there’s that. You can imagine that when Jen found out that the Friday lunch keynote speaker at last week’s BlogHer conference would be none other than the Real…

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