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The Girl Effect ~ Invest in a Girl and She Will Do The Rest

Posted in life, random, thoughts, video, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »

There are 600 million adolescent girls living in the developing world – the majority living in poverty. By giving one of these girls a chance, you start the Girl Effect. When girls have safe places to meet, education, legal protection, health care, and access to training and job skills, they can thrive. And if they [...]

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Puppy Love

Posted in Frenchie, Sweden, life, video, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »

If you’ve been following my puppy posts (all four of them) you know I’ve been super excited to finally be in a good space and situation in my life to add a puppy in the mix (read: not working a gazillion hours, traveling around the globe, and generally just being too stinking busy most of [...]

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Randy Pausch ~ Inspiring Last Lecture

Posted in life, thoughts, video, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Dr. Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon. On September 18, 2007, after just a month of being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, he gave his last lecture, titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” in a packed McConomy Auditorium. Inspiring others, he speaks about his life lessons and encourages others to achieve their [...]

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Gucci & The Lucky Number 8

Posted in beauty, life, shopping, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In celebration of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, the Italian fashion house Gucci announced a special limited 8-8-2008 collection of just eight fashion accessories. And as you know, eight is considered the luckiest number in Chinese culture. The bold red color evokes “happiness” and “celebration”, two emotions that couldn’t be more appropriate to describe [...]

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Reasons to Squeal Like a Schoolgirl

Posted in Sweden, expat, interior design, life, shopping, thoughts, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Yesterday was a great day. Having the day off I decided to spend some time alone shopping and running errands. Even though my blog doesn’t reflect it, I do like love shopping. It’s not the actual act of buying lots of stuff it’s more finding that fabulous piece at just the right price. (Okay. Who [...]

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Flavors of Summer

Posted in food & wine, life, recipes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Even thought it’s currently coming down in buckets outside it’s still summer and that means it’s officially grill season. The smell of barbeque seems to be drifting from every corner so we joined the masses and fired up our grill for some tasty treats. I adore outdoor cooking and keep my grill handy all year [...]

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Major Cuteness

Posted in Frenchie, photos, random, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Yesterday we visited the French bulldog puppies. And OH-MI-GAWD. How can anyone NOT think these are the stinking cutest creatures eh-vah? I promise not to become a crazy dog lady or let this blog become all about French bulldogs but I could not resist posting these pics of them at a week old….The critters are [...]

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Jason Mraz ~ Something Old is Something New

Posted in Sweden, life, music, travel & adventures, video, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I was fumbling through my iPod to resurrect some long forgotten tunes and I decided to give my older Jason Mraz CD’s a whirl again. I’ve been a fan of San Diego based Mraz for years but haven’t spun his older tracks in many moons. I’m sure you’ve heard his current hit, I’m Yours, that’s [...]

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