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What I see in my closet is what I see everywhere in my life—an attempt to create order and harmony that results in disorder and chaos because my systems are always too complicated, too detailed, too perfect to be easily maintained. The path to simplicity, my closet seems to be telling me, needs to be simple itself—a whole lot simpler than mine currently is. . . . → Read More: A Cluttered Life…Not that I could relate or anything…  6 comments - (Comments are closed)  Continuing Ed, Do Good, Finds, Geek, Good Day, Lit, Real Life, Writing  A Cluttered Life, A Journey, A PEEK IN THE CLOSET, guest post, Pesi Dinnerstein, Seal Press, What My Mess Says about Me 
My advice? Get moving and keep moving. Do you need to pretend you are a shark and only your constant movement keeps you alive? Does this mean no slow-moving sleeping-in mornings? Depending on the age of your children, maybe. You can do it, you just need the right attitude. . . . → Read More: How Many More Days of Vacation Week or Is It Over Yet? 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Chic, Day in the Life, Do Good, Finds, Geek, Good Day activities for school vacation week, Acton, Arlington, Artbeat, Boston, Boston area classes, Boston Children's Museum, Boston Museum of Science, boston.com, Boston.com moms, cambridge, Discovery Museums, Family Activities, great family fun, Harvard Museum of Natural History, healthy eating, hipstitch, Homemade playdough, kidoinfo.com, L'Aroma Cafe, Lake Waban, MA, Museum of Fine Arts, needham, newton, nutrion IQ, Peabody Esses Museum, pragmatic mom, sew easy, Shaws supermarkets, Wellesley College, Weston Reservoir 
The story begins with an exclamation from bouncy Rag Doll Rose (these are talking toys) and the energy continues as you are drawn into the lives of these toys in a charming attic (if we had an attic I would like to be like this one). From Bean Bag Bunny to Wise Bear William, the characters are beautifully drawn and captivating. The illustrations are rich in detail, warm and complement the story perfectly. Wise Bear William is encouraging, kind and brings out the best in the other toys (who are a bit worse for the wear) as t . . . → Read More: Wise Bear William is Wise Indeed One comment - (Comments are closed) Chic, Continuing Ed, Day in the Life, Do Good, Finds, Geek, Lit Arthur Wooten, great book, lovely children's book, Melissa Goodwin, The Christmas Village, Wise Bear William am writing this post after spending several hours (yes, hours) at the Natick Mall (the words Natick Collection never crossed my lips, glad they changed the name back) in Tween/Teenland. Why? I did it for you, dear reader, so that you may go forth unscathed by pounding music in overly scented and dimly lit stores ( . . . → Read More: Gifts for Teens and Tweens – so very challenging 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Chic, Continuing Ed, Do Good, Finds, Geek 344, Amazon.com, American Eagle Outfitters, Apple, best gifts for teens, Delias, Forever 21, gifts for teens, Heifer International, Hollister, itouch, Rebecca Stead, roman blood, Steven Saylor, sur la table, teens, The Water Project, tweens, uggs, wii, Williams Sonoma, World Wildlife Fund, xbox 360 |
     
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