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Things to write home about 2/1/09

I’ve been hearing from a number of you that Things to Write Home About is one of your favorite weekly articles. I love hearing it, and I’d love to see and hear your specific comments about the articles I feature. This week, my friend Amy from Resourceful Mommy lamented to me (on Twitter) that her [...]

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Things to write home about 1/25/09

Enjoy this week’s gems! Homegrown: Advice on Parenting & Families The Obama girls are getting letters. The first was written by their father and published in Parade Magazine. The second was written by Jenna and Barbara Bush and published in The Wall Street Journal. They aren’t blogs, but they are sweet letters, and I wanted [...]

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Things to write home about 1/18/09

The more times I write this column, the longer it gets. Every week, I add two or three websites to my Google Reader. There are many awesome blogs being written. I hope you’ll visit some this week. Enjoy this week’s gems! Homegrown: Advice on Parenting & Families Tess Marshall from The Bold Life guest posted [...]

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Things to write home about 1/11/09

Well, Dear Reader, it’s January. Are you feeling the January blahs yet? I sure am. Every now and then, I’ll think, I can’t wait for Christmas vacation. And then I realize that Christmas vacation has come and gone, and I’m really bummed. I need a vacation. A long one to a warm place with a [...]

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Things to write home about 1/4/09

Sorry, Dear Readers, but the comments will be moderated until further notice. The up side is that you won’t have to do that dumb letter recognition thing anymore, but your comments won’t appear right away. I’ve had a request for a button – something like “Featured on Things to Write Home About.” What do you [...]

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Things to write home about 12/21/08

We had our first (of four) Christmas celebrations today. I love Christmas. Enjoy the gems I found this week. Homegrown: Advice on Parenting & Families Robyn’s Online World posted stocking stuffer ideas Jenn at Frugal Upstate says Don’t Panic (you have enough presents!) Girls in White Dresses posted a solution for organizing children’s Christmas ornaments [...]

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Things to write home about 12/14/08

I’ve found a lot of gems on the internet this week. Most of them are Christmas-related because that’s where my mind is right now. I hope you don’t mind, Dear Reader. Enjoy! Homegrown: Advice on Parenting & Families Andrea at Crazy Jugs recounted a wonderful story called God made dat. Another Andrea, this one from [...]

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Things to write home about 12/7/08

I’ve found a lot of gems on the internet this week. Most of them are Christmas-related because that’s where my mind is right now. I hope you don’t mind, Dear Reader. Enjoy! Homegrown: Advice on Parenting & Families Liz Pulliam Weston posted a list of 20 easy gifts that aren’t gift cards at MSN Money [...]

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Things to write home about 11/30/08

This has been a busy week! With Thanksgiving happening and Gracie having a hard time teething, things have been hectic at our Home. At any rate, I’ve found a lot of gems on the internet this week. I tried to pare them down to 4 per category, but I just couldn’t. Enjoy! Homegrown: Advice on [...]

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Make It From Scratch Carnival #91

Welcome to the Feels like Home edition of the Make It From Scratch Carnival! I’m honored to be the MIFS host this week, especially since it’s the week of Thanksgiving, and there are so many wonderful things going on because of the holiday. I’ve set up the carnival in the same way that I would [...]