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Global Food Disparity on Daily Kos I’ve seen this before, but it’s worth revisiting. I think we do okay on whole foods–we do eat some packaged foods, but not junk food–but we could do better on fruits and vegetables in… Read more5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
Bio Girl has a post about the father-daughter weekend her dad requested for his birthday. It sounds like a great weekend–and a wonderful birthday gift. I did something similar, although it wasn’t for a birthday. Mr. Sandwich and I dated… Read moreLife With Father
Meagan Francis’s post “Confessions of a scrapbooking dropout” on Babble.com got me thinking about my own love-hate relationship with the activity. And to start with, “hate” applies to the mental energy it requires, not to the process or results. In… Read moreAdventures in Scrapbooking
11 Tips for Surviving Air Travel with Kids on Frugal Mama We’re just holding off, because we don’t want to be that family that gets thrown off the plane when Baguette won’t stay in her seat. Easy recipes that kids… Read more5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
Visit the Pyramids of Giza With This Interactive 3D Site on Mashable We’re not planning any international travel in the immediate future. If you’re not, either, here’s something you can see without leaving your couch. Awkwardly Ever After: 23 Wedding… Read more5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
15 iconic TV shows to guess on re:blog How many can you figure out? What’s Your Color Personality? on Better Homes and Gardens Mine was coral. What’s yours? Lisa Belkin: Things I Don’t Care About on The Huffington Post Agreed–let’s… Read more5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
Australian Company IAG Rewards New Moms for Returning to Work on Shine from Yahoo The opposite of being mommy-tracked. 15 International Food Etiquette Rules That Might Surprise You on Budget Travel These might come in handy. The Immortal on Books… Read more5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
First, just don’t do it. We just got back from a Thanksgiving visit to family in San Jose, and it was wonderful to see all of them. But the process of getting there and back again was truly exhausting. Here… Read moreTraveling with Toddlers
Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com fame ran the New York Marathon this weekend (congratulations, Heather!) and broke her foot (feel better, Heather!). Her post about the reactions she’s encountered reminded me of the six months I spent wearing something like this:… Read moreThe Kindness of Strangers
In a sitcom, this reveal would come in the series finale. And it would probably be a disappointment to many viewers, because of course the earlier episodes would have featured increasingly complex concoctions with discordant and occasionally obscure ingredients. When… Read moreMy Favorite Sandwich