Sunny Saturday in Portland: worked this morning… went to a nearby farm where we got seeds & herbs for spring planting, the kids got to play with the chickens and goats (and barn cat), hubby & I enjoyed a tasting of Provincial Vineyards wine and took home a bottle of their lovely 2010 Single Vineyard [...]
I’ve been accused of saying “thank you” too much. A fellow communications colleague once told me that there comes a point when someone says “thank you” too much, and it becomes unbelievable, it takes away from the power of the words. I thanked her, silently wished her more happiness in her life, and only see [...]
My name is Marlynn, and I take a lot of vacations. BWAHAHA. If you know me – or are a fellow parent entrepreneur – you know that sentence does not just roll off the tongue. For the past six years as a serial entrepreneur, I have traveled only about 4-6 times a year, and most [...]
Last week, I broke my coffee maker carafe. Again. I’m talented like that. Luckily, I had a lovely French press that my dear friend, whom we’ll call Agatha, gave to me the last time I broke the coffee carafe. It’s beautiful and an almost-Tiffany blue, which is my favorite color in the whole world. It [...]
It’s an odd thing, when your parents move out of the home in which you lived throughout high school. I thought I had gathered all of my belongings from their house years ago. I was wrong. From the depths of the garage, they found these choice nuggets of my past and handed them over. A [...]
I’m supposed to be baking cupcakes and muffins right now. Setting up the cupcake decorating, the crown-making & the coloring station. Most definitely I need to be cleaning the house. But here I am. Looking at THREE straight in the face and wanting to sprint the other direction. Three means no more babies in the [...]
Today is my mom’s birthday. Please leave a comment with birthday wishes, even if you don’t know her, because I think she’d get a kick out of it! The term “people person” was undoubtedly based on and invented because of her. She’d likely invite you all into her house for a cup of tea, and [...]
It’s 5:18am as I start this post. I’ve been up since before 3am, having gone to bed around 1:30am after a very long night of attempting to get my kids to sleep. My five year old would have gone to sleep, except my two year old insisted on a) needing a diaper change at 11pm [...]
Twas the night before Christmas, and…mama and papa were drinking some vino waiting for kid #2 to finally fall asleep so we can kick this Santa gig into high gear! I don’t have time for attempting Christmas rhymes tonight, just the straight stuff. The straight up vodka over the candy cane cocktail, if you will. [...]
This is gonna sound weird, but I really love growing up on Facebook. I love watching my friends grow up (not old!) with me. I love seeing their smiling faces on Facebook every day (ok, sometimes every couple of hours. what?) and knowing they are happy. Or not. Either way, I have the gift of [...]
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