A mystery package arrived today — a pack of DELICIOUS truffles from a really cool, Seattle-based, fair-trade and organic chocolate shop called Theo Chocolates.  But there was no card!  I have put a call in to the company to find out who sent us such a perfect surprise gift, but in the meantime, please accept [...]

Have a broken iPod?  Here’s my card.  About a month ago, my trusty-rusty 4th generation, non-color, non-video iPod took a long walk off a short pier.  It has lasted a long time already, for a piece of computer junk – almost 4 years.  But I had not planned on ever bying a new iPod.  I [...]

A mysterious package arrived today…it’s a compost bin, but there is no note saying who it was from.  Any hints from anyone out there?  We are very excited to start composting! UPDATE:  It was an early birthday present from my parents.  We got it set up when they came down for their 3rd “help at the [...]

It’s official…I (Kristen) have resigned from PreventionWorks. I am very sad to go because I will miss working so closely with our clients and working on an unpopular cause that I believe in so strongly. But it’s time to move on. I will be working part-time on health-related projects at the National Youth Advocacy Coalition [...]

I recently discovered a great website:  http://www.yogatoday.com  Each day there is a new one hour yoga class that you can download for free (you just have to watch a few commercials at the beginning).  I have done two classes and I can say that both were more challenging than my regular class.  While nothing beats [...]

I just found out that ancestry.com is allowing free use of their site for the month of November.  You can search for your ancestors that came to the US and see the actual documents from the day they arrived.  I found my maternal grandmother, aunt and uncle who all came over in 1931.  It’s really [...]

We got the idea for this game from our friend Mandi: The Rules: Step 1: Put your iPod/MP3 player or iTunes on random. Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song. [And some of ours are quite embarrassing!] Step 3: Post it on your [...]