May 2009

Shelter Me – Juliette Fay

May 22, 2009

I may go out on a limb and name this to be my favorite non-fiction book so far this year. I won’t lie, there are a bunch of slow parts and a bunch of schmaltz, but I like schmaltz. A young mother of two small children loses her husband in a freak accident. We watch [...]

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Grandma’s Braggin’

May 21, 2009

Are they not ADORABLE?

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Rustic Furniture

May 21, 2009

The question to you is, What do you think of when I say rustic furniture? Me? I think of twigs and sticks and logs and such. I think of my multi-talented cousin Tim who can build anything out of wood. I think of outdoors and cabins and wilderness. I would love to have a Log [...]

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The Spare Wife – Alex Witchel

May 14, 2009

First off, I highly recommend this book. But I do have to say that the whole time I was reading it, I couldn’t help but keep thinking my mom would not have liked it and probably would not have gotten past the first half. The storyline is good, a woman, a friend for all, not [...]

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#getoffmylawn*

May 11, 2009

So if you follow my tweetstream you will have already heard about this, for those that don’t let me entertain you for a moment. I stayed overnight down in Anaheim the other night because I was tired of fighting the traffic and needed a good nights sleep. A co-worker and I found a hotel close [...]

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Mamapedia Contest

May 11, 2009

*Thank you to New Baby for donating this VADO camera from Creative Labs to our fun event. Please check out New Baby and consider adding your own vlog!Last weekend we had the opportunity to meet a wonderful new parenting advice search engine, Mamapedia, and now we’d like you to try the site out for yourself [...]

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Old Grandma

May 10, 2009

Caitlyn: I need a new grandma! Me: Huh? What? Why? Caitlyn: You’re too old Me: I am not too old, Caitlyn: You don’t watch Wubb Gurls with me Me: Huh? I just watched that 10 seconds ago. Caitlyn: (with an exasperated sigh) You took a nap! Me : (I had just worked 10 hours coming [...]

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Proposition 1c

May 9, 2009

LOTTERY MODERNIZATION ACT Allows the state lottery to be modernized to improve its performance with increased payouts, improved marketing, and effective management. Requires the state to maintain ownership of the lottery and authorizes additional accountability measures. Protects funding levels for schools currently provided by lottery revenues. Increased lottery revenues will be used to address current [...]

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Proposition 1b

May 8, 2009

“EDUCATION FUNDING. PAYMENT PLAN” EDUCATION FUNDING. PAYMENT PLAN. Requires supplemental payments to local school districts and community colleges to address recent budget cuts. Annual payments begin in 2011–12. Payments are funded from the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund until the total amount has been paid. Payments to local school districts will be allocated in proportion to [...]

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Proposition 1a

May 7, 2009

“STATE BUDGET. CHANGES CALIFORNIA BUDGET PROCESS. LIMITS STATE SPENDING. INCREASES “RAINY DAY” BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND. “ Increases size of state “rainy day” fund from 5% to 12.5% of the General Fund. A portion of the annual deposits into that fund would be dedicated to savings for future economic downturns, and the remainder would be available [...]

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