Musings of a Housewife

Running Playlist

February 22, 2010

I am completely and utterly blown away at the response to my I Am A Runner post. Even as I wrote it, I could feel the adrenalin pumping, but I thought I was probably a little bit crazy. Then the comments started to pour in, and I was completely overwhelmed by how my post resonated [...]

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Modern Bird Studios

February 22, 2010

This giveaway is closed. In addition to one 12×12-inch custom piece from Modern Bird Studios, Megan and Gregg have offered to give a second winner a 50% off gift certificate. The randomly selected numbers were 25 and 4, so the winner of the 12×12 piece of personalized artwork is Hillcrest Cottage. And should she wish [...]

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I Am A Runner

February 19, 2010

There. I said it out loud. Then it has to be true, right? See, I am the girl who hated gym. I am the girl who is allergic to exercise. (I even have exercise-induced-asthma to prove it.) I’m the one who would always tire first when working out with a friend. I’m the one who [...]

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Fashion Friday: Think Spring

February 18, 2010

The only place in Philadelphia that remotely resembles spring is the mall. It’s kind of like entering a fantasy world. With snow on the ground and the bitter chill outside, we are mocked in every aisle by brightly colored summer frocks and strappy sandals. And if that’s not bad enough, they follow you home in [...]

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Real Food on a Budget

February 17, 2010

The way I see it, there are two main road blocks to eating real food: time and money. Doesn’t everything come back to that? So I decided to google “real food on a budget” and see what helpful tips I could come up with. Ironically, 5 of the top 7 hits are blogs that I [...]

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Can the Palm Pre Plus REALLY Make Life Simpler?

February 17, 2010

This giveaway is closed. The winners are announced in this post. I’ve had my Palm Pre Plus for two full weeks now, and I am getting pretty comfortable with it. In fact, it has pretty much replaced my old phone. Unfortunately I haven’t figured out how to forward my old phone number to the Palm, [...]

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Random Reader Questions Vol. 3

February 17, 2010

Heather wrote: I’ve followed your blog for about a year now and have really enjoyed reading of your real food explorations. We have four children, ages 12, 10 and 1 year old twins, so the food issue is very important to me. I have begun to make changes to our diets and have a question [...]

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A Giveaway. Just Because.

February 16, 2010

This giveaway is closed. The winner is Mel @ A Box of Chocolates!! I hope you enjoy your new jewelry. At Blissdom, I received a $50 gift card to the vintage pearl and I met two of the lovely ladies behind the beautiful hand stamped jewelry. Like this. And this. And since I already have [...]

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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Brownies

February 16, 2010

I’m telling you, if it doesn’t stop snowing I’m not going to fit into my pants. We can’t stop baking. Today the kids asked for brownies, and just yesterday a dear friend gave me a copy of the William Sonoma Desserts edition of the Food Made Fast series. After perusing the book a few times, [...]

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What I Learned This Week: TV Edition

February 16, 2010

Tonight I am taking a stand. I am boycotting Jack. There have been many episodes of 24 over the years where I turned my head away when it got too violent and even considered giving up on one of my favorite guilty pleasures, but I never went through with it. But last week was the [...]