Last week I saw The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. I’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of this movie all year and it did not disappoint. About The Hunger Games: Catching FireThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence) has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along…
The other night Joe and I took a walking food tour of downtown Durham. We booked our tour through Xperience Days. Xperience Days is an online activity guide for cities across the US. They help connect you with different types of tours/activities that are available at your destination. Whether you are planning a trip or…
Every year Joe buys me underwear for my Christmas stocking. I have a hard time spending money on my clothes much less underwear for myself so Joe takes the gift giving season to buy me pretty, yet comfortable underwear. At first I thought it was strange to get underwear in my stocking but now I…
I’ve been considering getting Jude a LeapPad for awhile now. He’s always interested in playing on his Grandma’s tablet but I wasn’t sure if his excitement would wear off if he had constant access to his own. Well, we’ve had the LeapPad Ultra now for about a week and he is as enamored with is…
Green Mountain Coffee is the world’s largest purchaser of Fair Trade Certified™ coffee. Fair Trade certification gives farmers a fair price for their beans with a guaranteed minimum, which means they can invest in their crops, their communities, and their future. Fair Trade also lets Green Mountain Coffee® and farmers work closely together to bring…
Every year we throw away at least 1 strand of broken Christmas lights. Instead of throwing out entire strands of Christmas lights, we should use the Lightkeeper Pro to fix our lights. The Light Keeper Pro sends a pulse through the light set to find the defective shunt, fixes it, and allows the lights to…
Geospace Toys has some great battery-free toys that will make great gifts this holiday season. Joe has been itching to get the boys some fun rockets to play with but they are still a little too young to play with typcial rocket toys. However, Geospace Toys has taken some of their most popular rocket toys…
I wear Melissa Tyson Design jewelry everyday. Not only did she create my wedding/engagement ring set but I also own 6 other pieces of her jewelry. So if I’m wearing jewelry it’s probably by Melissa Tyson. My wedding ring! Melissa Tyson is a metal-smith who has been making jewelry for over 15 years. She is…
Certain smells can bring back amazingly vivid memories. For instance, the scent of apple cider immediately transports me to a cold December night. The cheery sound of Christmas music plays as a fire glows in the fireplace, my mother and I reminisces as we carefully unpack years of collected Christmas ornaments. Faint smells of Christmases…
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