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Healthier Meal Makeovers in The Motherhood

Ilinap · March 6, 2011 ·

Food feeds so much more than your belly. Grandmas the world over know that food is love. And you know that I love food. There was a time I could say "I love to eat" in seven languages. I could travel to every continent and be fed. Never mind that I didn't know how to ask … [Read more...] about Healthier Meal Makeovers in The Motherhood

Tags: cook, family, food, fun, motherhood

Hottie – 5:00 Fridays

Ilinap · March 4, 2011 ·

I have a brown thumb. I mean, yes, of course I literally have a brown thumb, two of them, as well as the other eight fingers. I am brown, after all. I mean I have a brown thumb in the figurative sense. Every year I try to grow a garden to sustain us. I manage to eek out a few … [Read more...] about Hottie – 5:00 Fridays

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, cocktail, fun, happy hour, party

Digital Downsides

Ilinap · March 3, 2011 ·

When I wrote my college history thesis back in 1990 I spent hours poking around the stacks at Alderman Library. It was dank, musty, and oh so very creepy. I had to cite primary resources, and there was no such thing as the Internet. I endured many a paper cut thumbing through old … [Read more...] about Digital Downsides

Tags: digital, friends, letters, mail, technology, writing

Celebrating Dr. Seuss’ Birthday – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · March 2, 2011 ·

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Tags: Bird, books, brothers, children, Deal, education, family, reading, wordless Wednesday

What’s for dinner?

Ilinap · March 1, 2011 ·

I write and tweet and post a lot about food. And you know I have strong opinions. Food consumes me almost as much as I consume it. If you have a hankering for shrimp but want to scamper away from the scampi, here's one of my favorites I posted over at TypeAParent. … [Read more...] about What’s for dinner?

Tags: cook, family, food

American Express PASS

Ilinap · February 28, 2011 ·

I have had a long love affair with American Express. Never mind that my love affair with Mac Daddy started there when we worked together. I wrote a paper about the American Express brand in graduate school that got accolades from a published, well regarded branding consultant … [Read more...] about American Express PASS

Tags: kids, money, parenting, responsibility, values

Spring Sorbet – 5:00 Fridays

Ilinap · February 25, 2011 ·

Bird was sick last week. Then Mac Daddy came home with the flu. Deal has so far been spared. I am the flu's latest victim. I shan't bore you with the phlegmy, fatigued details of my malady. Suffice it to say that I haven't an appetite for … [Read more...] about Spring Sorbet – 5:00 Fridays

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, cocktail, happy hour, health, party, vacation

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