This is one of the best books I’ve read lately. Stephenie Meyer is the author of the teen Twilight series, and this is her first foray into adult fiction. I read the books from her teen series and really enjoyed those, too. Think teen angst, but with vampires. So, The Host is about earth being invaded [...]

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Can I just tell you how much fun these shoes made my trip to Vegas? I know it doesn’t make sense, but these animal print shoes from Moda Spana make you feel stylish and hip when you’re wearing them. Just a hint of the animal print was peeking out from under the hem of my jeans. [...]

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My kids had to have Dance Dance Revolution for their Wii. If you’re cool, or know what you’re talking about you say “DDR.” That apparantly means you have a clue. We bought the game and also the mat that you dance on. I helped the kids hook everything up to the Wii and we were [...]

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When you get to, ahem, a “certain age” moisturizer becomes a little more important. This stuff rocks. It’s Daywear Plus from Estee Lauder, and they have some of their research information on their website that talks about why it works so well. Daywear Plus goes on light and isn’t greasy. You can put on your [...]

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Every mom a way to power the gadgets in their car, but why buy something that is just a power inverter, when you could own a power inverter with three AC outlets, a DC outlet, radio, a light, an emergency power source that can also be used to jump start your car? Seriously, don’t you [...]

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I saw these boy shorts recommended on Oprah in this episode with Stacy London from What Not to Wear and had to try them. My friend basically embarrassed me into it when she made fun of me in a fitting room when we were trying on jeans. I asked her how a pair looked in the [...]

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I’ve found a new catalog (it wasn’t my fault – I promise!) that I truly love. It’s called Gardener’s Supply and I think I love everything in their catalog. Everything. And not only that, if you don’t want to have more paper in the form of catalogs in your life their website is fantastic. I [...]

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