(3802,1,'2012-05-10 21:26:16','2012-05-11 01:26:16','I like to day dream.\r\n\r\nI don\'t really remember my dreams at night -- maybe it\'s because I\'m chronically sleep deprived, who knows -- but I\'m an active day dreamer. It\'s both relaxing and purposeful for me. I know this is going to sound crazy, but most of the amazing things that I\'ve accomplished or have happened to me I\'ve daydreamed about before they happened. And <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/12/life-list-update-51-the-one-i-didnt-dare-admit-to.html\">then they do</a>.\r\n\r\nI don\'t believe that there\'s some <em>The Secret</em> magic going on; I actually think it\'s quite simple. Daydreaming is like rehearsing for when the real thing happens. It\'s relaxing, because don\'t you feel better when you\'re prepared? Of course you do.\r\n\r\nWhen I was little I was ashamed of my daydreams, but now that I\'m all grown up I indulge in daydreaming as often as I can.\r\n\r\nWhat about you? Are you a daydreamer?\r\n\r\n<em>This post was inspired by my friend Whitney Johnson who has a new book out titled Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream, I just started reading it and it\'s like talking to an old friend. It\'s available at bookstores nationwide, as we as on all major online retailers, including <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Dare-Dream-Do-Remarkable-Things/dp/1937134121\">Amazon</a>, <a href=\"http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dare-dream-do-whiteney-l-johnson/1106463480\">B&amp;N</a>, <a href=\"http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937134129\">Indiebound </a>and others. Pivot Boston 2 was based on her new book. Congrats, Whitney! </em>','Daydream Believer. Everyday #131','','publish','open','open','','daydream-believer-everyday-131','','\nhttp://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/12/life-list-update-51-the-one-i-didnt-dare-admit-to.html','2012-05-10 21:26:16','2012-05-11 01:26:16','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=3802',0,'post','',0),(3726,1,'2012-05-02 11:48:00','2012-05-02 15:48:00','As you probably know by now, I\'m in Miami for Mom 2.0.\r\n\r\nToday was spent arriving and seeing my family.\r\n\r\nTomorrow I\'ll arrive at  the conference. Eventually.\r\n\r\nI want to be present -- both for family time and professional time -- so I\'m giving myself the rest of the week off. I\'ll post pictures and say hello every day (because I don\'t want to break the daily blogging cycle, I\'m THAT invested) , and plan to come back on Monday full of new ideas for you.\r\n\r\nXOXO\r\nRoxanna\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Time off. Everyday #123','','publish','open','open','','time-off-everyday-123','','','2012-05-03 09:07:03','2012-05-03 13:07:03','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=3726',0,'post','',0),(3727,1,'2012-05-03 09:03:41','2012-05-03 13:03:41','','0846b370794a11e1b9f1123138140926_7','','inherit','open','open','','0846b370794a11e1b9f1123138140926_7','','','2012-05-03 09:03:41','2012-05-03 13:03:41','',3726,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0846b370794a11e1b9f1123138140926_7.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3728,1,'2012-05-03 09:06:04','2012-05-03 13:06:04','As you probably know by now, I\'m in Miami for Mom 2.0.\n\nToday was spent arriving and seeing my family.\n\nTomorrow I\'ll arrive at  the conference. Eventually.\n\nI want to be present -- both for family time and professional time -- so I\'m giving myself the rest of the week off. I\'ll post pictures and say hello every day, and plan to come back on Monday full of new ideas for you.\n\n&nbsp;','Time off. Everyday #123','','inherit','open','open','','3726-revision','','','2012-05-03 09:06:04','2012-05-03 13:06:04','',3726,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3726-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(3729,1,'2012-05-03 09:06:32','2012-05-03 13:06:32','As you probably know by now, I\'m in Miami for Mom 2.0.\r\n\r\nToday was spent arriving and seeing my family.\r\n\r\nTomorrow I\'ll arrive at  the conference. Eventually.\r\n\r\nI want to be present -- both for family time and professional time -- so I\'m giving myself the rest of the week off. I\'ll post pictures and say hello every day (because I don\'t want to break the daily blogging cycle!) , and plan to come back on Monday full of new ideas for you.\r\n\r\nXOXO\r\nRoxanna\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Time off. Everyday #123','','inherit','open','open','','3726-revision-2','','','2012-05-03 09:06:32','2012-05-03 13:06:32','',3726,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3726-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3730,1,'2012-05-03 23:07:38','2012-05-04 03:07:38','Today I got to spend the day with my family and pretend I was just another Miami girl.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3734\" title=\"7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe had brunch in the Gables, because of course we did.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3733\" title=\"b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe went to Kennedy Park, where we played with my adorable nephew and let the dogs tire themselves out in the park.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3731\" title=\"c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was hot (because it always is) so we picked up an A.C.\'s Icees. When I got to my hotel, the bellman was all like, \"you\'re local, aren\'t you?\" I asked him why -- maybe my Miami vibe was extra strong after my day running around town?\r\n\r\n\"The A.C.\'s cup gives you away,\" he said. Guilty as charged.\r\n\r\n(My brother picked this up for me and he got into a conversation with some crew from <del><em>The Wire</em></del> -- sorry internet, it was <em>Burn Notice</em>. They were filming at the park, of course, because only on TV does everything in Miami happen on the waterfront. You\'d think the city was in the shape of Chile.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3735\" title=\"d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd as I walk to my room to deliver my bags I find a life-size replica of <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria\">Empress Sisi</a>\'s portrait, right there in the hotel lobby. Why she hangs in a Ritz on Key Biscayne is beyond me, but of course I had to send a picture of it to my husband. It\'s like coming to my old home to reminders of my current home. All I need is a Dunkin\' Donuts and the circle is complete.','Miami, day one. Everyday #124','','publish','open','open','','miami-day-one-everyday-124','','','2012-05-05 07:04:59','2012-05-05 11:04:59','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=3730',0,'post','',0),(3731,1,'2012-05-03 22:57:20','2012-05-04 02:57:20','','c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7','','inherit','open','open','','c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7','','','2012-05-03 22:57:20','2012-05-04 02:57:20','',3730,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3733,1,'2012-05-03 22:57:43','2012-05-04 02:57:43','','b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7','','inherit','open','open','','b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7','','','2012-05-03 22:57:43','2012-05-04 02:57:43','',3730,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3734,1,'2012-05-03 22:57:51','2012-05-04 02:57:51','','7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7','','inherit','open','open','','7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7','','','2012-05-03 22:57:51','2012-05-04 02:57:51','',3730,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3735,1,'2012-05-03 22:57:58','2012-05-04 02:57:58','','d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7','','inherit','open','open','','d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7','','','2012-05-03 22:57:58','2012-05-04 02:57:58','',3730,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3736,1,'2012-05-03 23:06:54','2012-05-04 03:06:54','Today I got to spend the day with my family and pretend I was just another Miami girl.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3734\" title=\"7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nWe had brunch in the Gables, because of course we did.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3733\" title=\"b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nWe went to Kennedy Park, where we played with my adorable nephew and let the dogs tire themselves out in the park.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3731\" title=\"c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nIt was hot (because it always is) so we picked up an A.C.\'s Icees. When I got to my hotel, the bellman was all like, \"you\'re local, aren\'t you?\" I asked him why -- maybe my Miami vibe was extra strong after my day running around town?\n\n\"The A.C.\'s cup gives you away,\" he said. Guilty as charged.\n\n(My brother picked this up for me and he got into a conversation with some crew from <em>The Wire</em>. They were filming at the park, of course, because only on TV does everything in Miami happen on the waterfront. You\'d think the city was in the shape of Chile.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3735\" title=\"d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nAnd as I walk to my room to deliver my bags I find a life-size replica of Empress Sisi\'s portrait, right there in the hotel lobby. Why she hangs in a Ritz on Key Biscayne is beyond me, but of course I had to send a picture of it to my husb','Miami, day one. Everyday #124','','inherit','open','open','','3730-revision','','','2012-05-03 23:06:54','2012-05-04 03:06:54','',3730,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3730-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(3737,1,'2012-05-03 23:07:38','2012-05-04 03:07:38','Today I got to spend the day with my family and pretend I was just another Miami girl.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3734\" title=\"7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe had brunch in the Gables, because of course we did.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3733\" title=\"b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe went to Kennedy Park, where we played with my adorable nephew and let the dogs tire themselves out in the park.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3731\" title=\"c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was hot (because it always is) so we picked up an A.C.\'s Icees. When I got to my hotel, the bellman was all like, \"you\'re local, aren\'t you?\" I asked him why -- maybe my Miami vibe was extra strong after my day running around town?\r\n\r\n\"The A.C.\'s cup gives you away,\" he said. Guilty as charged.\r\n\r\n(My brother picked this up for me and he got into a conversation with some crew from <em>The Wire</em>. They were filming at the park, of course, because only on TV does everything in Miami happen on the waterfront. You\'d think the city was in the shape of Chile.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3735\" title=\"d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd as I walk to my room to deliver my bags I find a life-size replica of Empress Sisi\'s portrait, right there in the hotel lobby. Why she hangs in a Ritz on Key Biscayne is beyond me, but of course I had to send a picture of it to my husband. It\'s like coming to my old home to reminders of my current home. All I need is a Dunkin\' Donuts and the circle is complete.','Miami, day one. Everyday #124','','inherit','open','open','','3730-revision-2','','','2012-05-03 23:07:38','2012-05-04 03:07:38','',3730,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3730-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3738,1,'2012-05-03 23:07:47','2012-05-04 03:07:47','Today I got to spend the day with my family and pretend I was just another Miami girl.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3734\" title=\"7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe had brunch in the Gables, because of course we did.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3733\" title=\"b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe went to Kennedy Park, where we played with my adorable nephew and let the dogs tire themselves out in the park.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3731\" title=\"c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was hot (because it always is) so we picked up an A.C.\'s Icees. When I got to my hotel, the bellman was all like, \"you\'re local, aren\'t you?\" I asked him why -- maybe my Miami vibe was extra strong after my day running around town?\r\n\r\n\"The A.C.\'s cup gives you away,\" he said. Guilty as charged.\r\n\r\n(My brother picked this up for me and he got into a conversation with some crew from <em>The Wire</em>. They were filming at the park, of course, because only on TV does everything in Miami happen on the waterfront. You\'d think the city was in the shape of Chile.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3735\" title=\"d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd as I walk to my room to deliver my bags I find a life-size replica of Empress Sisi\'s portrait, right there in the hotel lobby. Why she hangs in a Ritz on Key Biscayne is beyond me, but of course I had to send a picture of it to my husband. It\'s like coming to my old home to reminders of my current home. All I need is a Dunkin\' Donuts and the circle is complete.','Miami, day one. Everyday #124','','inherit','open','open','','3730-revision-3','','','2012-05-03 23:07:47','2012-05-04 03:07:47','',3730,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3730-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3739,1,'2012-05-05 07:04:48','2012-05-05 11:04:48','Today I got to spend the day with my family and pretend I was just another Miami girl.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3734\" title=\"7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nWe had brunch in the Gables, because of course we did.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3733\" title=\"b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nWe went to Kennedy Park, where we played with my adorable nephew and let the dogs tire themselves out in the park.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3731\" title=\"c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nIt was hot (because it always is) so we picked up an A.C.\'s Icees. When I got to my hotel, the bellman was all like, \"you\'re local, aren\'t you?\" I asked him why -- maybe my Miami vibe was extra strong after my day running around town?\n\n\"The A.C.\'s cup gives you away,\" he said. Guilty as charged.\n\n(My brother picked this up for me and he got into a conversation with some crew from <del><em>The Wire</em></del> -- sorry internet, it was Burn Notice They were filming at the park, of course, because only on TV does everything in Miami happen on the waterfront. You\'d think the city was in the shape of Chile.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3735\" title=\"d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nAnd as I walk to my room to deliver my bags I find a life-size replica of <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria\">Empress Sisi</a>\'s portrait, right there in the hotel lobby. Why she hangs in a Ritz on Key Biscayne is beyond me, but of course I had to send a picture of it to my husband. It\'s like coming to my old home to reminders of my current home. All I need is a Dunkin\' Donuts and the circle is complete.','Miami, day one. Everyday #124','','inherit','open','open','','3730-autosave','','','2012-05-05 07:04:48','2012-05-05 11:04:48','',3730,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3730-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3740,1,'2012-05-03 23:08:07','2012-05-04 03:08:07','Today I got to spend the day with my family and pretend I was just another Miami girl.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3734\" title=\"7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d82e51c953511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe had brunch in the Gables, because of course we did.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3733\" title=\"b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/b6495a74956311e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe went to Kennedy Park, where we played with my adorable nephew and let the dogs tire themselves out in the park.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3731\" title=\"c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/c83ee276956811e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was hot (because it always is) so we picked up an A.C.\'s Icees. When I got to my hotel, the bellman was all like, \"you\'re local, aren\'t you?\" I asked him why -- maybe my Miami vibe was extra strong after my day running around town?\r\n\r\n\"The A.C.\'s cup gives you away,\" he said. Guilty as charged.\r\n\r\n(My brother picked this up for me and he got into a conversation with some crew from <em>The Wire</em>. They were filming at the park, of course, because only on TV does everything in Miami happen on the waterfront. You\'d think the city was in the shape of Chile.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3735\" title=\"d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/d2481318957811e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd as I walk to my room to deliver my bags I find a life-size replica of <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria\">Empress Sisi</a>\'s portrait, right there in the hotel lobby. Why she hangs in a Ritz on Key Biscayne is beyond me, but of course I had to send a picture of it to my husband. It\'s like coming to my old home to reminders of my current home. All I need is a Dunkin\' Donuts and the circle is complete.','Miami, day one. Everyday #124','','inherit','open','open','','3730-revision-4','','','2012-05-03 23:08:07','2012-05-04 03:08:07','',3730,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3730-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(3741,1,'2012-05-04 07:05:14','2012-05-04 11:05:14','Guys, first of all I\'m writing this on May 4 -- not the 5th -- because I was too busy having fun and talking to people at Mom 2.0.\r\n\r\nI did think about this post on the 4th, but I just didn\'t make it to the computer during the day. Oh well...\r\n\r\nOne of the best things about going to conferences like this is that you finally connect (which is just a fancy way of saying \"talk\") in person with people you either work with or admire from afar. You have conversations in hallways and bathrooms and beaches.\r\n\r\nThe worst part is not having the time to process (which is just a fancy way of saying \"think about\") all the things you are talking about.\r\n\r\nI\'m having a great time in Miami, though it\'s super confusing to hang out in places you used to a dozen years ago with people you\'ve worked with for years,<em> on the internet</em>.\r\n\r\nIt\'s strange, this social media world. More on that when I\'m back in Boston. But I\'m having a wonderful time!','Miami, day Two. 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Everyday #125(ish)','','inherit','open','open','','3741-revision','','','2012-05-05 07:12:17','2012-05-05 11:12:17','',3741,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3741-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(3744,1,'2012-05-05 07:12:55','2012-05-05 11:12:55','Guys, first of all I\'m writing this on May 5 -- not the 8th -- because I was too busy having fun and talking to people at Mom 2.0.\r\n\r\nI did think about this post on the 4th, but I just didn\'t make it to the computer that day. Oh well...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Miami, day Two. Everyday #125(ish)','','inherit','open','open','','3741-revision-2','','','2012-05-05 07:12:55','2012-05-05 11:12:55','',3741,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3741-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3745,1,'2012-05-05 07:13:02','2012-05-05 11:13:02','Guys, first of all I\'m writing this on May 5 -- not the 8th -- because I was too busy having fun and talking to people at Mom 2.0.\r\n\r\nI did think about this post on the 4th, but I just didn\'t make it to the computer that day. Oh well...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Miami, day Two. Everyday #125(ish)','','inherit','open','open','','3741-revision-3','','','2012-05-05 07:13:02','2012-05-05 11:13:02','',3741,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3741-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3746,1,'2012-05-05 07:51:47','2012-05-05 11:51:47','Guys, first of all I\'m writing this on May 4 -- not the 5th -- because I was too busy having fun and talking to people at Mom 2.0.\n\nI did think about this post on the 4th, but I just didn\'t make it to the computer during the day. Oh well...\n\nOne of the best things about going to conferences like this is that you finally connect (which is just a fancy way of saying \"talk\") in person with people you either work with or admire from afar. You have conversations in hallways and bathrooms and beaches.\n\nThe worst part is not having the time to process (which is just a fancy way of saying \"think about\") all the things you are talking about.\n\nI\'m having a great time in Miami, though it\'s super confusing to hang out in places you used to a dozen years ago with people you\'ve worked with for years,<em> on the internet</em>.\n\nIt\'s strange, this social media world. More on that when I\'m back in Boston. But I\'m having a wonderful','Miami, day Two. Everyday #125(ish)','','inherit','open','open','','3741-revision-4','','','2012-05-05 07:51:47','2012-05-05 11:51:47','',3741,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3741-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(3747,1,'2012-05-05 23:36:09','2012-05-06 03:36:09','Thank you for a wonderful time...but now it\'s time to go home and kiss some boys.','Goodbye Miami. 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Everyday #126','','inherit','open','open','','3747-revision-2','','','2012-05-05 23:35:14','2012-05-06 03:35:14','',3747,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3747-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3751,1,'2012-05-05 23:35:50','2012-05-06 03:35:50','Thank you for a wonderful time...but now it\'s time to go home.','Goodbye Miami. Everyday #126','','inherit','open','open','','3747-revision-3','','','2012-05-05 23:35:50','2012-05-06 03:35:50','',3747,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3747-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3752,1,'2012-05-05 23:35:52','2012-05-06 03:35:52','Thank you for a wonderful time...but now it\'s time to go home.','Goodbye Miami. Everyday #126','','inherit','open','open','','3747-revision-4','','','2012-05-05 23:35:52','2012-05-06 03:35:52','',3747,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3747-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(3855,1,'2012-06-07 09:20:20','2012-06-07 13:20:20','','smellgood','','inherit','open','open','','smellgood','','','2012-06-07 09:20:20','2012-06-07 13:20:20','',3854,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/smellgood.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3754,1,'2012-05-06 21:26:23','2012-05-07 01:26:23','','How to be happy. 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From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\r\n\r\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\r\n\r\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\r\n\r\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\">Impostor Syndrome</a>.\r\n\r\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\r\n\r\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\r\n\r\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like <a href=\"http://www.shopafrolic.com/\">Liz Lange</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.brenebrown.com/\">Brene Brown</a> and <a href=\"http://www.themarthablog.com/2011/04/our-new-martha-stewart-living-editor-in-chief-pilar-guzman.html\">Pilar Guzmán</a>; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\r\n\r\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is feeling like an impostor themselves.\r\n\r\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high. What good does sitting at home feeling like a fraud do?\r\n\r\nIt helps no one. So it\'s best to ignore those feelings and keep going.\r\n\r\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\r\n\r\nHere are some pictures I stole off other people\'s cameras. (I need to be better about taking pictures!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3785\" title=\"770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://www.formationofme.com/\">Regan</a>, who is taking me to Jamaica with her (she thinks I\'m kidding) and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/ErinBPetty\">Erin</a> (and Stella!)</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3784\" title=\"bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I finally got to meet <a href=\"http://spanglishbaby.com/\">Ana</a> and she\'s like a sister now. </em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3787\" title=\"579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Speaking of sisters, here I am with some of the latina contingent at the Versace mansion. Thanks for the photo, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/blancamejia/info\">Blanca</a>!</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3786\" title=\"574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And here\'s my picture with <a href=\"http://thebloggess.com/\">Jenny</a>. She\'s as nice as she sounds on her blog.</em></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3796\" title=\"dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>UPDATED! (I can\'t believe I forgot this one) Friends at the back of the bus: <a href=\"http://www.chookooloonks.com/\">Karen</a>, <a href=\"http://helenjane.com/\">Helen Jane</a>, <a href=\"http://whoorl.com/\">Sarah</a> and poor <a href=\"http://thebloggess.com/\">Jenny</a> who looks like she wants to get the hell out of there. (Sorry!) -- Thanks for the picture, <a href=\"http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/\">Kami</a>!</em></p>\r\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\r\n\r\nNo, not really.\r\n\r\nI also got to speak. I was on the “<a href=\"http://www.mom2summit.com/moving-from-mom-blogger-to-mom-who-blogs-how-to-transition-your-site-brand-and-focus/\">From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs</a>” panel with my girls <a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">Susan</a>, <a href=\"http://www.outsidevoice.net/\">Pam</a>, <a href=\"http://whoorl.com/\">Sarah</a> and <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/\">Danielle</a>. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, <a href=\"http://www.lightsandletters.com/\">Leslie</a>!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3788\" title=\"sp\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThank you, ladies of Mom 2.0. You know who you are. Thank you for your honesty, for the conversations, the meals, the cab rides and the booze. For featuring my bath robed leg in your outfit shots, <em><a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">roommate</a></em>. For the laughs. The encouragement. For listening. For telling me you read my blog, and for being nice even when you had no idea who I was. For inspiring me to take new adventures.\r\n\r\nFor the opportunities -- yay, for the opportunities!\r\n\r\nAnd for telling me, twice, that you think I look like Penelope Cruz. 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And to use our kids as an excuse to have fun.\r\n\r\nShe\'s right, you know. Play -- just for fun play, not \"supervising\" or \"brain-building\" play -- unleashes your creativity.\r\n\r\nAnd as much as I love my screens, physical play is better than virtual. Your body has to get into it!\r\n\r\nSo as soon as I got off the plane, I had some lunch and we took the kids to park. Where I tried to teach the boys hopscotch. They weren\'t interested, but I was, so I played.\r\n\r\nIt was fun. I need to do that more often.\r\n\r\nHow often do you play?','Play! 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And to use our kids as an excuse to have fun.\n\nShe\'s right, you know. Play -- just for fun play, not \"supervising\" or \"brain-building\" play -- unleashes your creativity.\n\nAnd as much as I love my screens, physical play is better than virtual. Your body has to get into it!\n\nSo as soon as I got off the plane, I had some lunch and we took the kids to park. Where I tried to teach the boys hopscotch. They weren\'t interested, but I was, so I played.\n\nIt was fun. I need to do that more often.\n\nHow often do you play?','Play! 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Where I tried to teach the boys hopscotch. They weren\'t interested, but I was, so I played.\n\nIt was fun. I need to do that more often.\n\nHow often do you play?','Play! Everyday #128','','inherit','open','open','','3760-autosave','','','2012-05-07 22:44:59','2012-05-08 02:44:59','',3760,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3760-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3764,1,'2012-05-08 22:42:27','2012-05-09 02:42:27','Tonight was <a href=\"pivotboston.com\">Pivot Boston</a> -- we work really hard to put the event together, but I\'m always amazed at how much the people that attend are the biggest part of the event. I always learn more from the attendees than I expect.\r\n\r\nWhen you have permission to talk and get help from other women who are nothing like you but yet are just like you (you know?) magic happens. Between tonight and this weekend my brain is about to explode from all the possibilities.\r\n\r\nBut first, to bed. Good night, friends.','Just ask. 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Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\n\nAH-MA-ZING.\n\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen). So of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\n\nNo, not really.\n\nI also got to speak. I was on the “From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs” panel with my girls Susan, Pam, Sarah and Danielle. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, Leslie!)\n\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\n\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\n\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\n\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from Impostor Syndrome.\n\nI heard it from the newer blogger I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\n\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\n\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like Liz Lange and Pilar Guzman (editor in chief of Martha Stewart Living), even these women admitted to\n\n&nbsp;','Mom 2.0','','inherit','open','open','','3757-revision-5','','','2012-05-09 15:49:10','2012-05-09 19:49:10','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3757-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(3776,1,'2012-05-09 15:49:30','2012-05-09 19:49:30','Guys. Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\r\n\r\nAH-MA-ZING.\r\n\r\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen). So of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\r\n\r\nNo, not really.\r\n\r\nI also got to speak. I was on the “From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs” panel with my girls Susan, Pam, Sarah and Danielle. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, Leslie!)\r\n\r\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. 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Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\n\nAH-MA-ZING.\n\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen). So of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\n\nNo, not really.\n\nI also got to speak. I was on the “From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs” panel with my girls Susan, Pam, Sarah and Danielle. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, Leslie!)\n\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. 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Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\n\nAH-MA-ZING.\n\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen). So of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\n\nNo, not really.\n\nI also got to speak. I was on the “From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs” panel with my girls Susan, Pam, Sarah and Danielle. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, Leslie!)\n\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. 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Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\n\nAH-MA-ZING.\n\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\n\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\n\nNo, not really.\n\nI also got to speak. I was on the “From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs” panel with my girls Susan, Pam, Sarah and Danielle. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, Leslie!)\n\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. 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From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\r\n\r\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\r\n\r\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\r\n\r\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from Impostor Syndrome.\r\n\r\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\r\n\r\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\r\n\r\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like Liz Lange, and Brenee Brown and Pilar Guzmán; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\r\n\r\nTurns out that some people do. 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From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\n\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\n\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\n\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from Impostor Syndrome.\n\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\n\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\n\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like Liz Lange, and Brenee Brown and Pilar Guzmán; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\n\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\n\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is also feeling like an impostor.\n\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high.\n\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\n\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\n\nNo, not really.\n\nI also got to speak. I was on the “From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs” panel with my girls Susan, Pam, Sarah and Danielle. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, Leslie!)','The one where I hung out with a bunch of fakes in Miami. 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Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\r\n\r\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\r\n\r\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\r\n\r\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\r\n\r\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from Impostor Syndrome.\r\n\r\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\r\n\r\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\r\n\r\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like Liz Lange, and Brenee Brown and Pilar Guzmán; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\r\n\r\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is also feeling like an impostor.\r\n\r\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high.\r\n\r\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\r\n\r\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\r\n\r\nNo, not really.\r\n\r\nI also got to speak. I was on the “From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs” panel with my girls Susan, Pam, Sarah and Danielle. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, Leslie!)','The one where I hung out with a bunch of fakes in Miami. Everyday #130','','inherit','open','open','','3757-revision-14','','','2012-05-09 16:23:17','2012-05-09 20:23:17','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3757-revision-14.html',0,'revision','',0),(3790,1,'2012-05-09 16:30:10','2012-05-09 20:30:10','Guys. Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\r\n\r\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\r\n\r\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\r\n\r\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\r\n\r\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\">Impostor Syndrome</a>.\r\n\r\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\r\n\r\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\r\n\r\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like Liz Lange, and Brenee Brown and Pilar Guzmán; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\r\n\r\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is also feeling like an impostor.\r\n\r\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high.\r\n\r\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\r\n\r\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3785\" title=\"770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3784\" title=\"bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3787\" title=\"579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3786\" title=\"574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNo, not really.\r\n\r\nI also got to speak. I was on the “From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs” panel with my girls Susan, Pam, Sarah and Danielle. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, Leslie!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3788\" title=\"sp\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThank you, ladies of Mom 2.0. You know who you are. Thank you for your honesty, for the conversations. For the laughs. And for telling me, twice, that I look like random movie stars. (You probably need glasses, but I love you anyway.)','The one where I hung out with a bunch of fakes in Miami. Everyday #130','','inherit','open','open','','3757-revision-15','','','2012-05-09 16:30:10','2012-05-09 20:30:10','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3757-revision-15.html',0,'revision','',0),(3791,1,'2012-05-09 16:41:15','2012-05-09 20:41:15','Guys. Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\r\n\r\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\r\n\r\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\r\n\r\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\r\n\r\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\">Impostor Syndrome</a>.\r\n\r\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\r\n\r\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\r\n\r\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like Liz Lange, and Brenee Brown and Pilar Guzmán; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\r\n\r\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is also feeling like an impostor.\r\n\r\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high.\r\n\r\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\r\n\r\nHere are some pictures I stole off other people\'s collections.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3785\" title=\"770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Regan, who is taking me to Jamaica with her (she thinks I\'m kidding) and Erin (and Stella!)</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3784\" title=\"bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I finally got to meet Ana and she\'s literally like a sister now. </em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3787\" title=\"579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Speaking of sisters, here I am with some of the latina contingent at the Versace mansion. Thanks for the photo, Blanca!</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3786\" title=\"574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And here\'s my picture with Jenny. She said I was awesome, so it must be true.</em></p>\r\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\r\n\r\nNo, not really.\r\n\r\nI also got to speak. I was on the “From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs” panel with my girls Susan, Pam, Sarah and Danielle. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, Leslie!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3788\" title=\"sp\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThank you, ladies of Mom 2.0. You know who you are. Thank you for your honesty, for the conversations, the meals, and the cab rides and the booze. For featuring my bath robed leg in your outfit shots, <em>roommate</em>. For the laughs. The encouragement. For listening. For the opportunities -- yay, for the opportunities!\r\n\r\nAnd for telling me, twice, that I look like Penelope Cruz. (You probably need glasses, but I love you anyway.)','The one where I hung out with a bunch of fakes in Miami. Everyday #130','','inherit','open','open','','3757-revision-16','','','2012-05-09 16:41:15','2012-05-09 20:41:15','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3757-revision-16.html',0,'revision','',0),(3792,1,'2012-05-09 16:55:58','2012-05-09 20:55:58','Guys. Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\n\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\n\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\n\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\n\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\">Impostor Syndrome</a>.\n\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\n\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\n\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like <a href=\"http://www.shopafrolic.com/\">Liz Lange</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.brenebrown.com/\">Brene Brown</a> and <a href=\"http://www.themarthablog.com/2011/04/our-new-martha-stewart-living-editor-in-chief-pilar-guzman.html\">Pilar Guzmán</a>; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\n\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\n\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is feeling like an impostor themselves.\n\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high. What good does sitting at home feeling like a fraud do?\n\nIt helps no one. So it\'s best to ignore those feelings and keep going.\n\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\n\nHere are some pictures I stole off other people\'s cameras. (I need to be better about taking pictures!)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3785\" title=\"770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://www.formationofme.com/\">Regan</a>, who is taking me to Jamaica with her (she thinks I\'m kidding) and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/ErinBPetty\">Erin</a> (and Stella!)</em></p>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3784\" title=\"bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I finally got to meet <a href=\"http://spanglishbaby.com/\">Ana</a> and she\'s like a sister now. </em></p>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3787\" title=\"579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Speaking of sisters, here I am with some of the latina contingent at the Versace mansion. Thanks for the photo, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/blancamejia/info\">Blanca</a>!</em></p>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3786\" title=\"574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And here\'s my picture with <a href=\"http://thebloggess.com/\">Jenny</a>. She\'s as nice as she sounds on her blog.</em></p>\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\n\nNo, not really.\n\nI also got to speak. I was on the “<a href=\"http://www.mom2summit.com/moving-from-mom-blogger-to-mom-who-blogs-how-to-transition-your-site-brand-and-focus/\">From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs</a>” panel with my girls <a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">Susan</a>, <a href=\"http://www.outsidevoice.net/\">Pam</a>, <a href=\"http://whoorl.com/\">Sarah</a> and <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/\">Danielle</a>. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, <a href=\"http://www.lightsandletters.com/\">Leslie</a>!)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3788\" title=\"sp\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\n\nThank you, ladies of Mom 2.0. You know who you are. Thank you for your honesty, for the conversations, the meals, and the cab rides and the booze. For featuring my bath robed leg in your outfit shots, <em>roommate</em>. For the laughs. The encouragement. For listening. For the opportunities -- yay, for the opportunities!\n\nAnd for telling me, twice, that I look like Penelope Cruz. (You probably need glasses, but I love you anyway.)','The one where I hung out with a bunch of fakes in Miami. Everyday #130','','inherit','open','open','','3757-revision-17','','','2012-05-09 16:55:58','2012-05-09 20:55:58','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3757-revision-17.html',0,'revision','',0),(3793,1,'2012-05-10 08:07:52','2012-05-10 12:07:52','Guys. Mom 2.0 in Miami was amazing.\n\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\n\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\n\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\n\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\">Impostor Syndrome</a>.\n\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\n\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\n\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like <a href=\"http://www.shopafrolic.com/\">Liz Lange</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.brenebrown.com/\">Brene Brown</a> and <a href=\"http://www.themarthablog.com/2011/04/our-new-martha-stewart-living-editor-in-chief-pilar-guzman.html\">Pilar Guzmán</a>; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\n\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\n\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is feeling like an impostor themselves.\n\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high. What good does sitting at home feeling like a fraud do?\n\nIt helps no one. So it\'s best to ignore those feelings and keep going.\n\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\n\nHere are some pictures I stole off other people\'s cameras. (I need to be better about taking pictures!)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3785\" title=\"770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://www.formationofme.com/\">Regan</a>, who is taking me to Jamaica with her (she thinks I\'m kidding) and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/ErinBPetty\">Erin</a> (and Stella!)</em></p>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3784\" title=\"bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I finally got to meet <a href=\"http://spanglishbaby.com/\">Ana</a> and she\'s like a sister now. </em></p>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3787\" title=\"579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Speaking of sisters, here I am with some of the latina contingent at the Versace mansion. Thanks for the photo, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/blancamejia/info\">Blanca</a>!</em></p>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3786\" title=\"574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And here\'s my picture with <a href=\"http://thebloggess.com/\">Jenny</a>. She\'s as nice as she sounds on her blog.</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3796\" title=\"dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>UPDATED! (I can\'t believe I forgot this one) Friends at the back of the bus: <a href=\"http://www.chookooloonks.com/\">Karen</a>, <a href=\"http://helenjane.com/\">Helen Jane</a>, <a href=\"http://whoorl.com/\">Sarah</a> and poor <a href=\"http://thebloggess.com/\">Jenny</a> who\'s stuck back there. -- Thanks for the picture, <a href=\"http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/\">Kami</a>!</em></p>\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\n\nNo, not really.\n\nI also got to speak. I was on the “<a href=\"http://www.mom2summit.com/moving-from-mom-blogger-to-mom-who-blogs-how-to-transition-your-site-brand-and-focus/\">From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs</a>” panel with my girls <a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">Susan</a>, <a href=\"http://www.outsidevoice.net/\">Pam</a>, <a href=\"http://whoorl.com/\">Sarah</a> and <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/\">Danielle</a>. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, <a href=\"http://www.lightsandletters.com/\">Leslie</a>!)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3788\" title=\"sp\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\n\nThank you, ladies of Mom 2.0. You know who you are. Thank you for your honesty, for the conversations, the meals, the cab rides and the booze. For featuring my bath robed leg in your outfit shots, <em><a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">roommate</a></em>. For the laughs. The encouragement. For listening. For telling me you read my blog, and for being nice even when you had no idea who I was. For inspiring me to take new adventures.\n\nFor the opportunities -- yay, for the opportunities!\n\nAnd for telling me, twice, that you think I look like Penelope Cruz. (<a href=\"http://thehappiestmom.com/\">You probably need glasses, but I love you anyway</a>.)','The one where I hung out with a bunch of fakes in Miami. Everyday #130','','inherit','open','open','','3757-autosave','','','2012-05-10 08:07:52','2012-05-10 12:07:52','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3757-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3794,1,'2012-05-09 16:56:58','2012-05-09 20:56:58','Guys. Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\r\n\r\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\r\n\r\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\r\n\r\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\r\n\r\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\">Impostor Syndrome</a>.\r\n\r\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\r\n\r\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\r\n\r\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like <a href=\"http://www.shopafrolic.com/\">Liz Lange</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.brenebrown.com/\">Brene Brown</a> and <a href=\"http://www.themarthablog.com/2011/04/our-new-martha-stewart-living-editor-in-chief-pilar-guzman.html\">Pilar Guzmán</a>; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\r\n\r\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is feeling like an impostor themselves.\r\n\r\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high. What good does sitting at home feeling like a fraud do?\r\n\r\nIt helps no one. So it\'s best to ignore those feelings and keep going.\r\n\r\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\r\n\r\nHere are some pictures I stole off other people\'s cameras. (I need to be better about taking pictures!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3785\" title=\"770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://www.formationofme.com/\">Regan</a>, who is taking me to Jamaica with her (she thinks I\'m kidding) and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/ErinBPetty\">Erin</a> (and Stella!)</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3784\" title=\"bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I finally got to meet <a href=\"http://spanglishbaby.com/\">Ana</a> and she\'s like a sister now. </em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3787\" title=\"579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Speaking of sisters, here I am with some of the latina contingent at the Versace mansion. Thanks for the photo, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/blancamejia/info\">Blanca</a>!</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3786\" title=\"574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And here\'s my picture with <a href=\"http://thebloggess.com/\">Jenny</a>. She\'s as nice as she sounds on her blog.</em></p>\r\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\r\n\r\nNo, not really.\r\n\r\nI also got to speak. I was on the “<a href=\"http://www.mom2summit.com/moving-from-mom-blogger-to-mom-who-blogs-how-to-transition-your-site-brand-and-focus/\">From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs</a>” panel with my girls <a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">Susan</a>, <a href=\"http://www.outsidevoice.net/\">Pam</a>, <a href=\"http://whoorl.com/\">Sarah</a> and <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/\">Danielle</a>. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, <a href=\"http://www.lightsandletters.com/\">Leslie</a>!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3788\" title=\"sp\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThank you, ladies of Mom 2.0. You know who you are. Thank you for your honesty, for the conversations, the meals, and the cab rides and the booze. For featuring my bath robed leg in your outfit shots, <em><a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">roommate</a></em>. For the laughs. The encouragement. For listening. For the opportunities -- yay, for the opportunities!\r\n\r\nAnd for telling me, twice, that you think I look like Penelope Cruz. (<a href=\"http://thehappiestmom.com/\">You probably need glasses, but I love you anyway</a>.)','The one where I hung out with a bunch of fakes in Miami. Everyday #130','','inherit','open','open','','3757-revision-18','','','2012-05-09 16:56:58','2012-05-09 20:56:58','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3757-revision-18.html',0,'revision','',0),(3795,1,'2012-05-09 16:58:12','2012-05-09 20:58:12','Guys. Miami and Mom 2.0 were amazing.\r\n\r\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\r\n\r\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\r\n\r\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\r\n\r\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\">Impostor Syndrome</a>.\r\n\r\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\r\n\r\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\r\n\r\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like <a href=\"http://www.shopafrolic.com/\">Liz Lange</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.brenebrown.com/\">Brene Brown</a> and <a href=\"http://www.themarthablog.com/2011/04/our-new-martha-stewart-living-editor-in-chief-pilar-guzman.html\">Pilar Guzmán</a>; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\r\n\r\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is feeling like an impostor themselves.\r\n\r\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high. What good does sitting at home feeling like a fraud do?\r\n\r\nIt helps no one. So it\'s best to ignore those feelings and keep going.\r\n\r\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\r\n\r\nHere are some pictures I stole off other people\'s cameras. (I need to be better about taking pictures!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3785\" title=\"770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://www.formationofme.com/\">Regan</a>, who is taking me to Jamaica with her (she thinks I\'m kidding) and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/ErinBPetty\">Erin</a> (and Stella!)</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3784\" title=\"bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I finally got to meet <a href=\"http://spanglishbaby.com/\">Ana</a> and she\'s like a sister now. </em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3787\" title=\"579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Speaking of sisters, here I am with some of the latina contingent at the Versace mansion. Thanks for the photo, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/blancamejia/info\">Blanca</a>!</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3786\" title=\"574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And here\'s my picture with <a href=\"http://thebloggess.com/\">Jenny</a>. She\'s as nice as she sounds on her blog.</em></p>\r\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\r\n\r\nNo, not really.\r\n\r\nI also got to speak. I was on the “<a href=\"http://www.mom2summit.com/moving-from-mom-blogger-to-mom-who-blogs-how-to-transition-your-site-brand-and-focus/\">From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs</a>” panel with my girls <a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">Susan</a>, <a href=\"http://www.outsidevoice.net/\">Pam</a>, <a href=\"http://whoorl.com/\">Sarah</a> and <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/\">Danielle</a>. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, <a href=\"http://www.lightsandletters.com/\">Leslie</a>!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3788\" title=\"sp\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThank you, ladies of Mom 2.0. You know who you are. Thank you for your honesty, for the conversations, the meals, the cab rides and the booze. For featuring my bath robed leg in your outfit shots, <em><a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">roommate</a></em>. For the laughs. The encouragement. For listening. For telling me you read my blog, and for being nice even when you had no idea who I was. For inspiring me to take new adventures.\r\n\r\nFor the opportunities -- yay, for the opportunities!\r\n\r\nAnd for telling me, twice, that you think I look like Penelope Cruz. (<a href=\"http://thehappiestmom.com/\">You probably need glasses, but I love you anyway</a>.)','The one where I hung out with a bunch of fakes in Miami. Everyday #130','','inherit','open','open','','3757-revision-19','','','2012-05-09 16:58:12','2012-05-09 20:58:12','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3757-revision-19.html',0,'revision','',0),(3796,1,'2012-05-10 08:01:41','2012-05-10 12:01:41','','dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7','','inherit','open','open','','dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7','','','2012-05-10 08:01:41','2012-05-10 12:01:41','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3797,1,'2012-05-09 22:25:13','2012-05-10 02:25:13','Guys. Mom 2.0 in Miami was amazing.\r\n\r\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\r\n\r\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\r\n\r\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\r\n\r\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\">Impostor Syndrome</a>.\r\n\r\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\r\n\r\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\r\n\r\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like <a href=\"http://www.shopafrolic.com/\">Liz Lange</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.brenebrown.com/\">Brene Brown</a> and <a href=\"http://www.themarthablog.com/2011/04/our-new-martha-stewart-living-editor-in-chief-pilar-guzman.html\">Pilar Guzmán</a>; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\r\n\r\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is feeling like an impostor themselves.\r\n\r\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high. What good does sitting at home feeling like a fraud do?\r\n\r\nIt helps no one. So it\'s best to ignore those feelings and keep going.\r\n\r\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\r\n\r\nHere are some pictures I stole off other people\'s cameras. (I need to be better about taking pictures!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3785\" title=\"770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://www.formationofme.com/\">Regan</a>, who is taking me to Jamaica with her (she thinks I\'m kidding) and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/ErinBPetty\">Erin</a> (and Stella!)</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3784\" title=\"bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I finally got to meet <a href=\"http://spanglishbaby.com/\">Ana</a> and she\'s like a sister now. </em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3787\" title=\"579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Speaking of sisters, here I am with some of the latina contingent at the Versace mansion. Thanks for the photo, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/blancamejia/info\">Blanca</a>!</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3786\" title=\"574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And here\'s my picture with <a href=\"http://thebloggess.com/\">Jenny</a>. She\'s as nice as she sounds on her blog.</em></p>\r\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\r\n\r\nNo, not really.\r\n\r\nI also got to speak. I was on the “<a href=\"http://www.mom2summit.com/moving-from-mom-blogger-to-mom-who-blogs-how-to-transition-your-site-brand-and-focus/\">From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs</a>” panel with my girls <a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">Susan</a>, <a href=\"http://www.outsidevoice.net/\">Pam</a>, <a href=\"http://whoorl.com/\">Sarah</a> and <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/\">Danielle</a>. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, <a href=\"http://www.lightsandletters.com/\">Leslie</a>!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3788\" title=\"sp\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThank you, ladies of Mom 2.0. You know who you are. Thank you for your honesty, for the conversations, the meals, the cab rides and the booze. For featuring my bath robed leg in your outfit shots, <em><a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">roommate</a></em>. For the laughs. The encouragement. For listening. For telling me you read my blog, and for being nice even when you had no idea who I was. For inspiring me to take new adventures.\r\n\r\nFor the opportunities -- yay, for the opportunities!\r\n\r\nAnd for telling me, twice, that you think I look like Penelope Cruz. (<a href=\"http://thehappiestmom.com/\">You probably need glasses, but I love you anyway</a>.)','The one where I hung out with a bunch of fakes in Miami. Everyday #130','','inherit','open','open','','3757-revision-20','','','2012-05-09 22:25:13','2012-05-10 02:25:13','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3757-revision-20.html',0,'revision','',0),(3798,1,'2012-05-10 08:06:00','2012-05-10 12:06:00','Guys. Mom 2.0 in Miami was amazing.\r\n\r\nMiami is my hometown. It’s a place where I belong. From the bellhop who could tell I was a local the second I walked into the hotel to all the memories I had left behind and that hit me from every corner of Key Biscayne, I was in my comfort zone.\r\n\r\nBut there is another reason I felt so comfortable.\r\n\r\nI was comfortable because I was surrounded by fakes.\r\n\r\nOf course, I don\'t mean that I think that my fellow writers and entrepreneurs are a bunch of phonies -- they were all super intimidating and obviously amazing women of the highest caliber -- but the theme of this conference for me was that we all suffer from <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\">Impostor Syndrome</a>.\r\n\r\nI heard it from the newer bloggers I met, the ones who shyly told me about their reasons for blogging or their new business they were working so hard to get off the ground.\r\n\r\nI heard it from old friends who are superstars in their own right, who have succeed at this blogging thing for years, yet confessed that they felt like impostors.\r\n\r\nI heard it on stage, from fabulously successful women like <a href=\"http://www.shopafrolic.com/\">Liz Lange</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.brenebrown.com/\">Brene Brown</a> and <a href=\"http://www.themarthablog.com/2011/04/our-new-martha-stewart-living-editor-in-chief-pilar-guzman.html\">Pilar Guzmán</a>; yes, even these women admitted to feeling like someone is going to find out they\'re not really as impressive as they really are.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, I heard it from myself as I prepared for the conference and for my panel and I couldn\'t relax because who cares about what I have to say anyway?\r\n\r\nTurns out that some people do. And some don\'t. But what matters is that I keep putting it out there, because chances are that that person that intimidates the hell out of me is feeling like an impostor themselves.\r\n\r\nI wish that wasn\'t the case. I wish I had a solution for it. (I don\'t.) But if I\'m going to feel like a fake, I might as well aim high. What good does sitting at home feeling like a fraud do?\r\n\r\nIt helps no one. So it\'s best to ignore those feelings and keep going.\r\n\r\nI love going to blogging conferences; nothing beats talking and hugging people face-to-face (actually, it’s pretty hard to hug someone on-screen but you know what I mean).\r\n\r\nHere are some pictures I stole off other people\'s cameras. (I need to be better about taking pictures!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3785\" title=\"770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/770febde958111e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://www.formationofme.com/\">Regan</a>, who is taking me to Jamaica with her (she thinks I\'m kidding) and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/ErinBPetty\">Erin</a> (and Stella!)</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3784\" title=\"bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bf6abc80958e11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I finally got to meet <a href=\"http://spanglishbaby.com/\">Ana</a> and she\'s like a sister now. </em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3787\" title=\"579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/579454_10150804413538610_559768609_9641702_1678980928_n-e1336595342619.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Speaking of sisters, here I am with some of the latina contingent at the Versace mansion. Thanks for the photo, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/blancamejia/info\">Blanca</a>!</em></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3786\" title=\"574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/574554_10150713928455964_671870963_9503017_1386341040_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And here\'s my picture with <a href=\"http://thebloggess.com/\">Jenny</a>. She\'s as nice as she sounds on her blog.</em></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3796\" title=\"dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dffbcb34975e11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>UPDATED! (I can\'t believe I forgot this one) Friends at the back of the bus: <a href=\"http://www.chookooloonks.com/\">Karen</a>, <a href=\"http://helenjane.com/\">Helen Jane</a>, <a href=\"http://whoorl.com/\">Sarah</a> and poor <a href=\"http://thebloggess.com/\">Jenny</a> whose eyes are begging to be let out of the bus -- Thanks for the picture, <a href=\"http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/\">Kami</a>!</em></p>\r\nSo of course I did a lot of hugging and a lot of listening and a lot of laughing at this conference. The end.\r\n\r\nNo, not really.\r\n\r\nI also got to speak. I was on the “<a href=\"http://www.mom2summit.com/moving-from-mom-blogger-to-mom-who-blogs-how-to-transition-your-site-brand-and-focus/\">From Mom Blogger to Mom Who Blogs</a>” panel with my girls <a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">Susan</a>, <a href=\"http://www.outsidevoice.net/\">Pam</a>, <a href=\"http://whoorl.com/\">Sarah</a> and <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/\">Danielle</a>. The fabulous Leslie liveblogged it for us, so you can read what we talked about on the Mom 2 blog if you missed it. (Thanks, <a href=\"http://www.lightsandletters.com/\">Leslie</a>!)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3788\" title=\"sp\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThank you, ladies of Mom 2.0. You know who you are. Thank you for your honesty, for the conversations, the meals, the cab rides and the booze. For featuring my bath robed leg in your outfit shots, <em><a href=\"http://workingcloset.com/\">roommate</a></em>. For the laughs. The encouragement. For listening. For telling me you read my blog, and for being nice even when you had no idea who I was. For inspiring me to take new adventures.\r\n\r\nFor the opportunities -- yay, for the opportunities!\r\n\r\nAnd for telling me, twice, that you think I look like Penelope Cruz. (<a href=\"http://thehappiestmom.com/\">You probably need glasses, but I love you anyway</a>.)','The one where I hung out with a bunch of fakes in Miami. Everyday #130','','inherit','open','open','','3757-revision-21','','','2012-05-10 08:06:00','2012-05-10 12:06:00','',3757,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3757-revision-21.html',0,'revision','',0),(3857,1,'2012-06-07 09:20:37','2012-06-07 13:20:37','','Beauty update: Little treats that smell delicious','','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-2','','','2012-06-07 09:20:37','2012-06-07 13:20:37','',3854,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3854-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3800,1,'2012-04-03 15:40:12','2012-04-03 19:40:12','This is what I think:\r\n\r\nI think Today, which just happens to be a Tuesday but maybe when you read this it will be a Wednesday or a Saturday (it doesn\'t matter), is Someday.\r\n\r\nIn other words, today is the day you\'ve been saving your nice things for. I\'m talking about the little things that you know will give you pleasure because you were a little nervous when you bought them but you told yourself that it was OK, because you\'re going to take good care of them and you\'ll use them Someday.\r\n\r\nThat thing. I think you should use it today.\r\n\r\nIt doesn\'t matter what it is. Your wedding china. Really nice running socks. Those fancy chocolates that you bought for Someday when company would pop by unexpectedly. Pretty lingerie that you\'re saving for a Special Date you will have Someday. A nice pen, maybe, that is drying up in a forgotten drawer as you read this.\r\n\r\nToday is a great day to take that thing out and enjoy it.\r\n\r\n(You\'re probably like me and have many things saved for Someday. I think it\'s a good idea to just use one thing today – we don\'t want to get overwhelmed.)\r\n\r\nEventually, but not Someday, you will get used to it. Practice makes perfect.\r\n\r\nDrink your orange juice from that nice crystal your aunt gave you. Wear those lovely shoes you never have the courage to because they\'re so pretty and you love them so much. You shouldn\'t love things – you should use them and enjoy them. Save your love for people. Write your grocery list on the nice paper pad someone gave you a long time ago. Don\'t think about it too much and just do it.\r\n\r\nIt doesn\'t make sense to be intimidated by your nice things. They don\'t serve their purpose if they\'re hidden away. If you allow yourself to use your nice things everyday you will get used to them. This is important. If you get used to your nice things, you will not feel like an impostor when you use them. They will just become a part of your life.\r\n\r\nYou deserve a life filled with nice things.\r\n\r\nEventually you will expect things to be nice. It\'s not about turning into a snob. Eventually crappy things just won\'t do, so you won\'t be tempted by them. You will spend less money in the long run. You will be confident enough that when you do see something nice and beautiful and worthwhile you will buy it. There aren\'t that many nice things in the world, so when you find something nice you won\'t feel guilty. It\'s OK, because you hardly ever buy things – you save your money and you can indulge when you want – and most importantly, you know what things bring you pleasure.\r\n\r\nAnd you will realize that Someday is already here.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Someday is Everyday. #94','','inherit','open','open','','3534-revision-3','','','2012-04-03 15:40:12','2012-04-03 19:40:12','',3534,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/04/3534-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3801,1,'2012-04-19 10:08:56','2012-04-19 14:08:56','I\'m light years away from my old MBA days, so these days I pick up the Financial Times purely for entertainment purposes. (I love that. Suck that, sensible career!) Sometimes this means that I sit there and scoff/drool at what rich business people in England do with their money (maybe I miss the career, just a bit), and sometimes it means I take away more than I bargained for. I may not be an investment banker but I loved<a href=\"http://www.howtospendit.com/#!/articles/6921-feature-travelling-warrior-class\"> this article</a> where the writer takes a working vacation to dabble in the japanese martial arts -- namely sumo wresting, which was <em>meh</em>, and a class with a ninja master, which was, predictably, awesome.\r\n\r\nFor example, ninja are supposed to \"<strong>be good at 100 things</strong>\" -- can you imagine? Despite being physically agile and super sneaky (plus deadly, the part is that most impressive to my boys) you are also supposed to cultivate interests outside of kicking ass. So ninja dabbled in gardening and calligraphy and poetry or whatever it is they wanted to learn. I want to be good at many things too; definitely not 100, but I\'m going to work on a list of things I want to get good at. And then I\'m going to take lessons. And I\'ll sit in my sewing class not feeling lame for turning into a grandmother, but feeling sneaky because what I\'m really doing is training to be a ninja.\r\n\r\nAlso, they felt that <strong>training should be fun because you learn more if you enjoy it</strong>. Makes perfectly good sense to me. And don\'t forget the importance of <strong>learning by doing</strong> -- endless research on the internet isn\'t going to turn you into a ninja\r\n\r\nBut my favorite paragraph has to be this,\r\n<blockquote><strong>The ninja\'s special skill, really, is to think outside the box and do the unexpected, In a land famed for its strict adherence to tradition in all things, you can see how effective a technique that can be.</strong></blockquote>\r\nReminds me of the <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/04/coco.html\">Coco Chanel</a> quote: \"In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.\" Now that I think about it, she wore black an awful lot.\r\n\r\nHmm.','How to be a ninja. 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It\'s available at bookstores nationwide, as we as on all major online retailers, including <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Dare-Dream-Do-Remarkable-Things/dp/1937134121\">Amazon</a>, <a href=\"http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dare-dream-do-whiteney-l-johnson/1106463480\">B&amp;N</a>, <a href=\"http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937134129\">Indiebound </a>and others. Pivot Boston 2 was based on her new book. Congrats, Whitney! </em>','Dreaming. Everyday #131','','inherit','open','open','','3802-revision-2','','','2012-05-10 21:03:58','2012-05-11 01:03:58','',3802,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3802-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3806,1,'2012-05-10 21:20:47','2012-05-11 01:20:47','Some people meditate. I like to day dream.\n\nI don\'t really remember my dreams at night -- maybe it\'s because I\'m chronically sleep deprived, who knows -- but I\'m an active day dreamer. It\'s both relaxing and purposeful for me. I know this is going to sound crazy, but most of the amazing things that I\'ve accomplished or have happened to me I\'ve daydreamed about before they happened. And <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/12/life-list-update-51-the-one-i-didnt-dare-admit-to.html\">then they do</a>.\n\nI don\'t believe it\'s some T\n\n<em>This post was inspired by my friend Whitney Johnson who has a new book out titled Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream, I just started reading it and it\'s like talking to an old friend. It\'s available at bookstores nationwide, as we as on all major online retailers, including <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Dare-Dream-Do-Remarkable-Things/dp/1937134121\">Amazon</a>, <a href=\"http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dare-dream-do-whiteney-l-johnson/1106463480\">B&amp;N</a>, <a href=\"http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937134129\">Indiebound </a>and others. Pivot Boston 2 was based on her new book. Congrats, Whitney! </em>','Dreaming. Everyday #131','','inherit','open','open','','3802-revision-3','','','2012-05-10 21:20:47','2012-05-11 01:20:47','',3802,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3802-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3807,1,'2012-05-10 21:24:28','2012-05-11 01:24:28','I like to day dream.\n\nI don\'t really remember my dreams at night -- maybe it\'s because I\'m chronically sleep deprived, who knows -- but I\'m an active day dreamer. It\'s both relaxing and purposeful for me. I know this is going to sound crazy, but most of the amazing things that I\'ve accomplished or have happened to me I\'ve daydreamed about before they happened. And <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/12/life-list-update-51-the-one-i-didnt-dare-admit-to.html\">then they do</a>.\n\nI don\'t believe that there\'s some <em>The Secret</em> magic going on; I actually think it\'s quite simple. Daydreaming is like rehearsing for when the real thing happens. It\'s relaxing, because don\'t you feel better when you\'re prepared? Of course you do.\n\nWhen I was little I was ashamed of my daydreams, but now that I\'m all grown\n\n<em>This post was inspired by my friend Whitney Johnson who has a new book out titled Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream, I just started reading it and it\'s like talking to an old friend. It\'s available at bookstores nationwide, as we as on all major online retailers, including <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Dare-Dream-Do-Remarkable-Things/dp/1937134121\">Amazon</a>, <a href=\"http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dare-dream-do-whiteney-l-johnson/1106463480\">B&amp;N</a>, <a href=\"http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937134129\">Indiebound </a>and others. Pivot Boston 2 was based on her new book. Congrats, Whitney! </em>','Dreaming. Everyday #131','','inherit','open','open','','3802-revision-4','','','2012-05-10 21:24:28','2012-05-11 01:24:28','',3802,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3802-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(3808,1,'2012-05-10 21:24:44','2012-05-11 01:24:44','I like to day dream.\r\n\r\nI don\'t really remember my dreams at night -- maybe it\'s because I\'m chronically sleep deprived, who knows -- but I\'m an active day dreamer. It\'s both relaxing and purposeful for me. I know this is going to sound crazy, but most of the amazing things that I\'ve accomplished or have happened to me I\'ve daydreamed about before they happened. And <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/12/life-list-update-51-the-one-i-didnt-dare-admit-to.html\">then they do</a>.\r\n\r\nI don\'t believe that there\'s some <em>The Secret</em> magic going on; I actually think it\'s quite simple. Daydreaming is like rehearsing for when the real thing happens. It\'s relaxing, because don\'t you feel better when you\'re prepared? Of course you do.\r\n\r\nWhen I was little I was ashamed of my daydreams, but now that I\'m all grown up I indulge in daydreaming as often\r\n\r\n<em>This post was inspired by my friend Whitney Johnson who has a new book out titled Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream, I just started reading it and it\'s like talking to an old friend. It\'s available at bookstores nationwide, as we as on all major online retailers, including <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Dare-Dream-Do-Remarkable-Things/dp/1937134121\">Amazon</a>, <a href=\"http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dare-dream-do-whiteney-l-johnson/1106463480\">B&amp;N</a>, <a href=\"http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937134129\">Indiebound </a>and others. Pivot Boston 2 was based on her new book. Congrats, Whitney! </em>','Dreaming. 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It\'s relaxing, because don\'t you feel better when you\'re prepared? Of course you do.\r\n\r\nWhen I was little I was ashamed of my daydreams, but now that I\'m all grown up I indulge in daydreaming as often\r\n\r\n<em>This post was inspired by my friend Whitney Johnson who has a new book out titled Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream, I just started reading it and it\'s like talking to an old friend. It\'s available at bookstores nationwide, as we as on all major online retailers, including <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Dare-Dream-Do-Remarkable-Things/dp/1937134121\">Amazon</a>, <a href=\"http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dare-dream-do-whiteney-l-johnson/1106463480\">B&amp;N</a>, <a href=\"http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937134129\">Indiebound </a>and others. Pivot Boston 2 was based on her new book. Congrats, Whitney! </em>','Dreaming. Everyday #131','','inherit','open','open','','3802-revision-6','','','2012-05-10 21:24:48','2012-05-11 01:24:48','',3802,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3802-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(3810,1,'2012-05-10 21:27:19','2012-05-11 01:27:19','I like to day dream.\n\nI don\'t really remember my dreams at night -- maybe it\'s because I\'m chronically sleep deprived, who knows -- but I\'m an active day dreamer. It\'s both relaxing and purposeful for me. I know this is going to sound crazy, but most of the amazing things that I\'ve accomplished or have happened to me I\'ve daydreamed about before they happened. And <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/12/life-list-update-51-the-one-i-didnt-dare-admit-to.html\">then they do</a>.\n\nI don\'t believe that there\'s some <em>The Secret</em> magic going on; I actually think it\'s quite simple. Daydreaming is like rehearsing for when the real thing happens. It\'s relaxing, because don\'t you feel better when you\'re prepared? Of course you do.\n\nWhen I was little I was ashamed of my daydreams, but now that I\'m all grown up I indulge in daydreaming as often as I can.\n\nWhat about you? Are you a daydreamer?\n\n<em>This post was inspired by my friend Whitney Johnson who has a new book out titled Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream, I just started reading it and it\'s like talking to an old friend. It\'s available at bookstores nationwide, as we as on all major online retailers, including <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Dare-Dream-Do-Remarkable-Things/dp/1937134121\">Amazon</a>, <a href=\"http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dare-dream-do-whiteney-l-johnson/1106463480\">B&amp;N</a>, <a href=\"http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937134129\">Indiebound </a>and others. Pivot Boston 2 was based on her new book. Congrats, Whitney! </em>','Daydream Believer. 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Everyday #132','','inherit','open','open','','3812-revision-3','','','2012-05-11 21:02:32','2012-05-12 01:02:32','',3812,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3812-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3819,1,'2012-05-15 10:52:34','2012-05-15 14:52:34','I made it...to 132 consecutive days posting. Yay for me!\r\n\r\nSo I didn\'t quite achieve my<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/01/set-goals-everyday-tip-1.html\"> New Year\'s Resolution to write a tip every day for the entire year</a>. I guess I should feel like a failure, but the truth is that I don\'t. I feel free, and inspired, and proud that I actually made it to 132. So let\'s have a party? I\'ll bring my famous cocktail meatballs.\r\n\r\nI did learn that if <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/01/the-secret-is-every-day-everyday-tip-25.html\">I want to do something I have to do it every day</a>. It\'s just the way I work. And I continue to write every day...just not here alone. Which is what was happening -- and that\'s not good.\r\n\r\nSo expect a little less posting here, and a lot more in other places. Which makes me happy, and isn\'t that the point to all this?\r\n\r\n(A little plug: If you want to keep up with me on Facebook you can like my page here: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats</a> I have decided to simplify things and link to all my writing -- from everywhere, not just my blogs -- there . If you only want to keep up with Everyday Treats, you can still <a href=\"http://everydaytreats.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=288d9a6118aa6bc0dba90b5fb&amp;id=ca73d5a095\">subscribe to the Monday email. It\'s easy peasy</a>.)\r\n\r\nAlso, I\'m making it much easier for you to stalk me on the internet. You\'re welcome. Just go the the page and like it there. And I will never ask you to do this ever again. (Until the next one. Maybe.)\r\n\r\nOh, and that picture...It\'s from Mother\'s Day. One of my boys made me a portrait, and I think it\'s excellent. Right?','132!','','publish','open','open','','132','','http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/01/set-goals-everyday-tip-1.html\nhttp://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/01/the-secret-is-every-day-everyday-tip-25.html','2012-05-15 10:54:06','2012-05-15 14:54:06','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=3819',0,'post','',3),(3820,1,'2012-05-15 09:38:24','2012-05-15 13:38:24','','820f650a9d3d11e1ab011231381052c0_7','','inherit','open','open','','820f650a9d3d11e1ab011231381052c0_7','','','2012-05-15 09:38:24','2012-05-15 13:38:24','',3819,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/820f650a9d3d11e1ab011231381052c0_7.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3821,1,'2012-05-15 10:51:56','2012-05-15 14:51:56','I made it...to 132 consecutive days posting. Yay for me!\n\nSo I didn\'t quite achieve my<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/01/set-goals-everyday-tip-1.html\"> New Year\'s Resolution to write a tip every day for the entire year</a>. I guess I should feel like a failure, but the truth is that I don\'t. I feel free, and inspired, and proud that I actually made it to 132. So let\'s have a party? I\'ll bring my famous cocktail meatballs.\n\nI did learn that if <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/01/the-secret-is-every-day-everyday-tip-25.html\">I want to do something I have to do it every day</a>. It\'s just the way I work. And I continue to write every day...just not here alone. Which is what was happening -- and that\'s not good.\n\nSo expect a little less posting here, and a lot more in other places. Which makes me happy, and isn\'t that the point to all this?\n\n(A little plug: If you want to keep up with me on Facebook you can like my page here: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats</a> I have decided to simplify things and link to all my writing -- from everywhere, not just my blogs -- there .\n\nAlso, I\'m making it much easier for you to stalk me on the internet. You\'re welcome. Just go the the page and like it there. And I will never ask you to do this ever again. (Until the next one. Maybe.)','132!','','inherit','open','open','','3819-revision','','','2012-05-15 10:51:56','2012-05-15 14:51:56','',3819,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3819-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(3822,1,'2012-05-15 10:52:34','2012-05-15 14:52:34','I made it...to 132 consecutive days posting. Yay for me!\r\n\r\nSo I didn\'t quite achieve my<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/01/set-goals-everyday-tip-1.html\"> New Year\'s Resolution to write a tip every day for the entire year</a>. I guess I should feel like a failure, but the truth is that I don\'t. I feel free, and inspired, and proud that I actually made it to 132. So let\'s have a party? I\'ll bring my famous cocktail meatballs.\r\n\r\nI did learn that if <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/01/the-secret-is-every-day-everyday-tip-25.html\">I want to do something I have to do it every day</a>. It\'s just the way I work. And I continue to write every day...just not here alone. Which is what was happening -- and that\'s not good.\r\n\r\nSo expect a little less posting here, and a lot more in other places. Which makes me happy, and isn\'t that the point to all this?\r\n\r\n(A little plug: If you want to keep up with me on Facebook you can like my page here: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats</a> I have decided to simplify things and link to all my writing -- from everywhere, not just my blogs -- there .\r\n\r\nAlso, I\'m making it much easier for you to stalk me on the internet. You\'re welcome. Just go the the page and like it there. And I will never ask you to do this ever again. (Until the next one. Maybe.)\r\n\r\nOh, and that picture...It\'s from Mother\'s Day. One of my boys made me a portrait, and I think it\'s excellent. Right?','132!','','inherit','open','open','','3819-revision-2','','','2012-05-15 10:52:34','2012-05-15 14:52:34','',3819,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3819-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3823,1,'2012-05-15 10:53:17','2012-05-15 14:53:17','I made it...to 132 consecutive days posting. Yay for me!\r\n\r\nSo I didn\'t quite achieve my<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/01/set-goals-everyday-tip-1.html\"> New Year\'s Resolution to write a tip every day for the entire year</a>. I guess I should feel like a failure, but the truth is that I don\'t. I feel free, and inspired, and proud that I actually made it to 132. So let\'s have a party? I\'ll bring my famous cocktail meatballs.\r\n\r\nI did learn that if <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/01/the-secret-is-every-day-everyday-tip-25.html\">I want to do something I have to do it every day</a>. It\'s just the way I work. And I continue to write every day...just not here alone. Which is what was happening -- and that\'s not good.\r\n\r\nSo expect a little less posting here, and a lot more in other places. Which makes me happy, and isn\'t that the point to all this?\r\n\r\n(A little plug: If you want to keep up with me on Facebook you can like my page here: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats</a> I have decided to simplify things and link to all my writing -- from everywhere, not just my blogs -- there .)\r\n\r\nAlso, I\'m making it much easier for you to stalk me on the internet. You\'re welcome. Just go the the page and like it there. And I will never ask you to do this ever again. (Until the next one. Maybe.)\r\n\r\nOh, and that picture...It\'s from Mother\'s Day. One of my boys made me a portrait, and I think it\'s excellent. Right?','132!','','inherit','open','open','','3819-revision-3','','','2012-05-15 10:53:17','2012-05-15 14:53:17','',3819,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3819-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3824,1,'2012-05-15 23:15:02','2012-05-16 03:15:02','','Famous Among Dozens    Mighty Girl','','inherit','open','open','','famous-among-dozens-mighty-girl','','','2012-05-15 23:15:02','2012-05-16 03:15:02','',2422,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Famous-Among-Dozens  -Mighty-Girl.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3825,1,'2012-02-03 14:22:36','2012-02-03 19:22:36','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/12/14/putting-the-bake-in-bake-sale/we-need-modern-fund-raisers-for-modern-problems\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2430\" title=\"The_New_York_Times_logo\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/The_New_York_Times_logo-300x44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"44\" /></a></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2010/08/29/ways_to_soothe_the_first_day_jitters/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2428\" title=\"bostonglobe_logo\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bostonglobe_logo-300x53.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"53\" /></a></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.babble.com/mom/work-family/top-mom-blogs-Everyday-Treats/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2446\" title=\"top-100-mom-blog-11\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/top-100-mom-blog-111.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"206\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.shape.com/lifestyle/beauty-style/best-beauty-secrets-people-who-know-best?page=22\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2435\" title=\"Shape Magazine\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Shape-Magazine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"113\" /></a></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://parentables.howstuffworks.com/real-style/five-cant-miss-mom-style-blogs.html\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2426\" title=\"parentables.howstuffworks\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/parentables.howstuffworks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"90\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.ivillage.com/roxanna-sarmiento-freelance-style-contributor-and-blogger-everyday-treats/5-b-287811\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2436\" title=\"iVillage_Logo\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iVillage_Logo-300x218.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"174\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/happy-international-womens-day-5-online-moms-that-inspire-me/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2425\" title=\"babycenter\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/babycenter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"55\" /></a></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/blogher-10-voices-year-individual-video\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2445\" title=\"announcing-2010-version-community-keynote-voices-year\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/announcing-2010-version-community-keynote-voices-year.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" /></a></p>','Press','','inherit','open','open','','2422-revision-15','','','2012-02-03 14:22:36','2012-02-03 19:22:36','',2422,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/02/2422-revision-15.html',0,'revision','',0),(3831,1,'2012-05-19 13:34:35','2012-05-19 17:34:35','','Black-Swan','','inherit','open','open','','black-swan','','','2012-05-19 13:34:35','2012-05-19 17:34:35','',233,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Black-Swan.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3832,1,'2012-05-19 13:39:51','2012-05-19 17:39:51','<a href=\"http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/just-drawn-that-way/\">I re-read this piece from the New York Times</a> whenever\n\n&nbsp;\n<blockquote>Soon after settling on the Upper East Side, I came upon the Fifth Avenue book fair and impulse-bought a copy of “<a href=\"http://www.playbillstore.com/hionli.html\">Hirschfeld On Line</a>” — a wonderful collection of Al Hirschfeld’s theater drawings. The next morning, I flipped open the book for the first time to find not a drawing, but a photograph of Hirschfeld sitting in a theater seat, sketching.\n\nAn hour after seeing that photograph, I was at a diner with an acquaintance, who asked me, “What are you going to do now that you live in New York?”\n\n“I’ve been thinking of sitting in theater rehearsals and drawing,” I replied.\n\nThis response was not considered and the process of thinking about it lasted as long as the train ride from 86th Street to Bleecker Street, but the man to whom I was talking, David Fuller, had just become head of the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater and he suggested I try it with a production of Goldoni’s “Servant of Two Masters” they were to begin rehearsing the next week.</blockquote>','What d','','inherit','open','open','','233-revision','','','2012-05-19 13:39:51','2012-05-19 17:39:51','',233,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/233-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(3833,1,'2012-05-19 13:40:08','2012-05-19 17:40:08','<a href=\"http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/just-drawn-that-way/\">I re-read this piece from the New York Times</a> whenever\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>Soon after settling on the Upper East Side, I came upon the Fifth Avenue book fair and impulse-bought a copy of “<a href=\"http://www.playbillstore.com/hionli.html\">Hirschfeld On Line</a>” — a wonderful collection of Al Hirschfeld’s theater drawings. The next morning, I flipped open the book for the first time to find not a drawing, but a photograph of Hirschfeld sitting in a theater seat, sketching.\r\n\r\nAn hour after seeing that photograph, I was at a diner with an acquaintance, who asked me, “What are you going to do now that you live in New York?”\r\n\r\n“I’ve been thinking of sitting in theater rehearsals and drawing,” I replied.\r\n\r\nThis response was not considered and the process of thinking about it lasted as long as the train ride from 86th Street to Bleecker Street, but the man to whom I was talking, David Fuller, had just become head of the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater and he suggested I try it with a production of Goldoni’s “Servant of Two Masters” they were to begin rehearsing the next week.</blockquote>','Strange Passions','','inherit','open','open','','233-revision-2','','','2012-05-19 13:40:08','2012-05-19 17:40:08','',233,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/233-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3834,1,'2012-05-19 13:40:27','2012-05-19 17:40:27','<a href=\"http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/just-drawn-that-way/\">I re-read this piece from the New York Times</a> whenever\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>Soon after settling on the Upper East Side, I came upon the Fifth Avenue book fair and impulse-bought a copy of “<a href=\"http://www.playbillstore.com/hionli.html\">Hirschfeld On Line</a>” — a wonderful collection of Al Hirschfeld’s theater drawings. The next morning, I flipped open the book for the first time to find not a drawing, but a photograph of Hirschfeld sitting in a theater seat, sketching.\r\n\r\nAn hour after seeing that photograph, I was at a diner with an acquaintance, who asked me, “What are you going to do now that you live in New York?”\r\n\r\n“I’ve been thinking of sitting in theater rehearsals and drawing,” I replied.\r\n\r\nThis response was not considered and the process of thinking about it lasted as long as the train ride from 86th Street to Bleecker Street, but the man to whom I was talking, David Fuller, had just become head of the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater and he suggested I try it with a production of Goldoni’s “Servant of Two Masters” they were to begin rehearsing the next week.</blockquote>','Strange Passions','','inherit','open','open','','233-revision-3','','','2012-05-19 13:40:27','2012-05-19 17:40:27','',233,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/233-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3835,1,'2012-05-19 13:55:00','2012-05-19 17:55:00','<em>image via NYT</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/just-drawn-that-way/\">I re-read this piece from the New York Times</a> whenever I start thinking about what it is I want to do with my life. I\'m certainly doing things, but I\'m always reassessing, wondering if what I\'m is what I want.\n\nAnd if I\'m honest, sometimes I wonder if what I want to do is enough.\n<blockquote>Soon after settling on the Upper East Side, I came upon the Fifth Avenue book fair and impulse-bought a copy of “<a href=\"http://www.playbillstore.com/hionli.html\">Hirschfeld On Line</a>” — a wonderful collection of Al Hirschfeld’s theater drawings. The next morning, I flipped open the book for the first time to find not a drawing, but a photograph of Hirschfeld sitting in a theater seat, sketching.\n\nAn hour after seeing that photograph, I was at a diner with an acquaintance, who asked me, “What are you going to do now that you live in New York?”\n\n“I’ve been thinking of sitting in theater rehearsals and drawing,” I replied.\n\nThis response was not considered and the process of thinking about it lasted as long as the train ride from 86th Street to Bleecker Street, but the man to whom I was talking, David Fuller, had just become head of the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater and he suggested I try it with a production of Goldoni’s “Servant of Two Masters” they were to begin rehearsing the next week.</blockquote>\nSometimes we find our passion by chance, by simply trusting a gut feeling. And to me, sometimes that feels like cheating. But it\'s the most honest way, I think.\n\nI love this interview with <a href=\"http://www.michaeldarthur.com/\">the artist </a>who drew the sketch on this post and wrote the post I linked to earlier.\n<blockquote>\n<div><strong>Question:</strong> You use no pencils, nor make any rough drafts. There\'s a metaphor in there somewhere. Do you plan your drawings or have a preconceived structure before you begin?<strong>Michael:</strong> OK--here\'s the metaphor as I see it. First, I don\'t really think of myself as an artist: like I said, I was trained as an actor. So drawing to me is like acting in general and specifically improv acting. I don\'t plan them; I just make a line and it suggests the next line and when I screw that up, I try and save it by making another line until I\'m done and there\'s some art. Or not.\n\nIt\'s about presence and being in the moment. I\'m not worried about the drawing when I\'m making the drawing. I have no idea what the drawing is. I\'m only trying to figure out the next line. It\'s like being on stage without a script and having to make \"something wonderful right away\" as they used to say at Second City. And, as we all know, theatre is a metaphor for life and all the world\'s a stage . . . We have no clue what\'s coming up next; the best we can do is live in the moment and trust that if we\'re good and do our best, the next moment will take care of itself. I firmly believe this and live in constant fear that it is not true. I live at this neurotic intersection of confidence and fear, and becoming comfortable with that is the secret, if there is one.\n\nI am terrified. I am a fraud. I do not know what I am doing. I have no clue how this will turn out. And there is no way out of the situation except to keep drawing . . .\n\n</div></blockquote>\n<div>\n\nI guess none of us know how this will turn out. The only way i\n\n</div>','Strange Passions','','inherit','open','open','','233-revision-4','','','2012-05-19 13:55:00','2012-05-19 17:55:00','',233,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/233-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(3836,1,'2012-05-19 13:55:20','2012-05-19 17:55:20','<em>image via NYT</em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/just-drawn-that-way/\">I re-read this piece from the New York Times</a> whenever I start thinking about what it is I want to do with my life. I\'m certainly doing things, but I\'m always reassessing, wondering if what I\'m is what I want.\r\n\r\nAnd if I\'m honest, sometimes I wonder if what I want to do is enough.\r\n<blockquote>Soon after settling on the Upper East Side, I came upon the Fifth Avenue book fair and impulse-bought a copy of “<a href=\"http://www.playbillstore.com/hionli.html\">Hirschfeld On Line</a>” — a wonderful collection of Al Hirschfeld’s theater drawings. The next morning, I flipped open the book for the first time to find not a drawing, but a photograph of Hirschfeld sitting in a theater seat, sketching.\r\n\r\nAn hour after seeing that photograph, I was at a diner with an acquaintance, who asked me, “What are you going to do now that you live in New York?”\r\n\r\n“I’ve been thinking of sitting in theater rehearsals and drawing,” I replied.\r\n\r\nThis response was not considered and the process of thinking about it lasted as long as the train ride from 86th Street to Bleecker Street, but the man to whom I was talking, David Fuller, had just become head of the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater and he suggested I try it with a production of Goldoni’s “Servant of Two Masters” they were to begin rehearsing the next week.</blockquote>\r\nSometimes we find our passion by chance, by simply trusting a gut feeling. And to me, sometimes that feels like cheating. But it\'s the most honest way, I think.\r\n\r\nI love this interview with <a href=\"http://www.michaeldarthur.com/\">the artist </a>who drew the sketch on this post and wrote the post I linked to earlier.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<div><strong>Question:</strong> You use no pencils, nor make any rough drafts. There\'s a metaphor in there somewhere. Do you plan your drawings or have a preconceived structure before you begin?<strong>Michael:</strong> OK--here\'s the metaphor as I see it. First, I don\'t really think of myself as an artist: like I said, I was trained as an actor. So drawing to me is like acting in general and specifically improv acting. I don\'t plan them; I just make a line and it suggests the next line and when I screw that up, I try and save it by making another line until I\'m done and there\'s some art. Or not.\r\n\r\nIt\'s about presence and being in the moment. I\'m not worried about the drawing when I\'m making the drawing. I have no idea what the drawing is. I\'m only trying to figure out the next line. It\'s like being on stage without a script and having to make \"something wonderful right away\" as they used to say at Second City. And, as we all know, theatre is a metaphor for life and all the world\'s a stage . . . We have no clue what\'s coming up next; the best we can do is live in the moment and trust that if we\'re good and do our best, the next moment will take care of itself. I firmly believe this and live in constant fear that it is not true. I live at this neurotic intersection of confidence and fear, and becoming comfortable with that is the secret, if there is one.\r\n\r\nI am terrified. I am a fraud. I do not know what I am doing. I have no clue how this will turn out. And there is no way out of the situation except to keep drawing . . .\r\n\r\n</div></blockquote>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nI guess none of us know how this will turn out. The only way is to keep drawing (or writing, or dancing, or working).\r\n\r\n</div>','Strange Passions','','inherit','open','open','','233-revision-5','','','2012-05-19 13:55:20','2012-05-19 17:55:20','',233,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/233-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(3837,1,'2012-05-19 13:55:55','2012-05-19 17:55:55','<em>image via NYT</em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/just-drawn-that-way/\">I re-read this piece from the New York Times</a> whenever I start thinking about what it is I want to do with my life. I\'m certainly doing things, but I\'m always reassessing, wondering if what I\'m is what I want.\r\n\r\nAnd if I\'m honest, sometimes I wonder if what I want to do is enough.\r\n<blockquote>Soon after settling on the Upper East Side, I came upon the Fifth Avenue book fair and impulse-bought a copy of “<a href=\"http://www.playbillstore.com/hionli.html\">Hirschfeld On Line</a>” — a wonderful collection of Al Hirschfeld’s theater drawings. The next morning, I flipped open the book for the first time to find not a drawing, but a photograph of Hirschfeld sitting in a theater seat, sketching.\r\n\r\nAn hour after seeing that photograph, I was at a diner with an acquaintance, who asked me, “What are you going to do now that you live in New York?”\r\n\r\n“I’ve been thinking of sitting in theater rehearsals and drawing,” I replied.\r\n\r\nThis response was not considered and the process of thinking about it lasted as long as the train ride from 86th Street to Bleecker Street, but the man to whom I was talking, David Fuller, had just become head of the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater and he suggested I try it with a production of Goldoni’s “Servant of Two Masters” they were to begin rehearsing the next week.</blockquote>\r\nSometimes we find our passion by chance, by simply trusting a gut feeling. And to me, sometimes that feels like cheating. But it\'s the most honest way, I think.\r\n\r\nI love this interview with <a href=\"http://www.michaeldarthur.com/\">the artist </a>who drew the sketch on this post and wrote the post I linked to earlier.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<div><strong>Question:</strong> You use no pencils, nor make any rough drafts. There\'s a metaphor in there somewhere. Do you plan your drawings or have a preconceived structure before you begin?<strong>Michael:</strong> OK--here\'s the metaphor as I see it. First, I don\'t really think of myself as an artist: like I said, I was trained as an actor. So drawing to me is like acting in general and specifically improv acting. I don\'t plan them; I just make a line and it suggests the next line and when I screw that up, I try and save it by making another line until I\'m done and there\'s some art. Or not.It\'s about presence and being in the moment. I\'m not worried about the drawing when I\'m making the drawing. I have no idea what the drawing is. I\'m only trying to figure out the next line. It\'s like being on stage without a script and having to make \"something wonderful right away\" as they used to say at Second City. And, as we all know, theatre is a metaphor for life and all the world\'s a stage . . . We have no clue what\'s coming up next; the best we can do is live in the moment and trust that if we\'re good and do our best, the next moment will take care of itself. I firmly believe this and live in constant fear that it is not true. I live at this neurotic intersection of confidence and fear, and becoming comfortable with that is the secret, if there is one.\r\n\r\nI am terrified. I am a fraud. I do not know what I am doing. I have no clue how this will turn out. And there is no way out of the situation except to keep drawing . . .\r\n\r\n</div></blockquote>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nI guess none of us know how this will turn out. The only way is to keep drawing (or writing, or dancing, or working).\r\n\r\n</div>','Strange Passions','','inherit','open','open','','233-revision-6','','','2012-05-19 13:55:55','2012-05-19 17:55:55','',233,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/233-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(3838,1,'2012-05-19 13:57:45','2012-05-19 17:57:45','<em>image via NYT</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/just-drawn-that-way/\">I re-read this piece from the New York Times</a> whenever I start thinking about what it is I want to do with my life. I\'m certainly doing things, but I\'m always reassessing, wondering if what I\'m is what I want.\n\nAnd if I\'m honest, sometimes I wonder if what I want to do is enough.\n<blockquote>Soon after settling on the Upper East Side, I came upon the Fifth Avenue book fair and impulse-bought a copy of “<a href=\"http://www.playbillstore.com/hionli.html\">Hirschfeld On Line</a>” — a wonderful collection of Al Hirschfeld’s theater drawings. The next morning, I flipped open the book for the first time to find not a drawing, but a photograph of Hirschfeld sitting in a theater seat, sketching.\n\nAn hour after seeing that photograph, I was at a diner with an acquaintance, who asked me, “What are you going to do now that you live in New York?”\n\n“I’ve been thinking of sitting in theater rehearsals and drawing,” I replied.\n\nThis response was not considered and the process of thinking about it lasted as long as the train ride from 86th Street to Bleecker Street, but the man to whom I was talking, David Fuller, had just become head of the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater and he suggested I try it with a production of Goldoni’s “Servant of Two Masters” they were to begin rehearsing the next week.</blockquote>\nSometimes we find our passion by chance, by simply trusting a gut feeling. And to me, sometimes that feels like cheating. But it\'s the most honest way, I think.\n\nI love this interview with <a href=\"http://www.michaeldarthur.com/\">the artist </a>who drew the sketch on this post and wrote the post I linked to earlier.\n<blockquote>\n<div><strong>Question:</strong> You use no pencils, nor make any rough drafts. There\'s a metaphor in there somewhere. Do you plan your drawings or have a preconceived structure before you begin?</div>\n<div></div>\n<div><strong>Michael:</strong> OK--here\'s the metaphor as I see it. First, I don\'t really think of myself as an artist: like I said, I was trained as an actor. So drawing to me is like acting in general and specifically improv acting. I don\'t plan them; I just make a line and it suggests the next line and when I screw that up, I try and save it by making another line until I\'m done and there\'s some art. Or not.It\'s about presence and being in the moment. I\'m not worried about the drawing when I\'m making the drawing. I have no idea what the drawing is. I\'m only trying to figure out the next line. It\'s like being on stage without a script and having to make \"something wonderful right away\" as they used to say at Second City. And, as we all know, theatre is a metaphor for life and all the world\'s a stage . . . We have no clue what\'s coming up next; the best we can do is live in the moment and trust that if we\'re good and do our best, the next moment will take care of itself. I firmly believe this and live in constant fear that it is not true. I live at this neurotic intersection of confidence and fear, and becoming comfortable with that is the secret, if there is one.</div>\n<div>\n\nI am terrified. I am a fraud. I do not know what I am doing. I have no clue how this will turn out. And there is no way out of the situation except to keep drawing . . .\n\n</div></blockquote>\n<div>\n\nI guess none of us know how this will turn out. The only way is to keep drawing (or writing, or dancing, or working).\n\n</div>','Strange Passions','','inherit','open','open','','233-autosave','','','2012-05-19 13:57:45','2012-05-19 17:57:45','',233,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/233-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3854,1,'2012-06-07 09:59:39','2012-06-07 13:59:39','It\'s been a while since I\'ve posted about items in my beauty closet, so I thought I\'d share three little things that I love because they smell really good.\r\n\r\nYou guys know how I love to spoil myself at home -- one of my favorite things to do is to <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/02/bedtime-baths-are-no-just-for-babies-everyday-tip-37.html\">take a bedtime bath</a>. It\'s such an easy way to clean the slate -- I can feel my tensions from the day melt away. <em>Aaah...</em>\r\n\r\nScent is a big part of my relaxation ritual, and these are my current sweet-smelling favorites:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"https://www.lushusa.com/Brazened-Honey/06092,en_US,pd.html\">Lush Brazened Honey Mask</a>: Who doesn\'t love Lush? I don\'t buy these very often because they have a relatively short shelf life (they need to be kept in the refrigerator) -- in fact, if you let this one go bad the spicy honey scent goes rancid quickly -- but I love the fact that it\'s so fresh and that when I use it my face seems to perk up immediately. And what good is a bubble bath without a scary-looking face mask? That\'s half the fun! (A trashy novel is the other half.)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.lauramercier.com/store/shop/Almond-Coconut-Milk_Almond-Coconut-Milk-Cr%E8me-Body-Wash_prod260037\">Laura Mercier Almond Coconut Creme Body Wash</a>: I just have a wee tiny sample that I got for free, but the scent is delicious and because I\'m a rebel and a rule breaker, I use it in the bath and not the shower. (I\'m not really a rule breaker.) I love the coconut scent -- it makes me feel like I\'m on a tropical vacation, even if I\'m just in my bathtub in suburban Boston. But when I close my eyes, I\'m close enough!</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://usa.melvita.com/melvita-organic-moisturizing-rose-nectar,4,1,6647,46809.htm\">Melvita Moisturizing Rose nectar</a>: This is a new brand for me, but when they approached me and told me about their <a href=\"http://usa.melvita.com/bernard-chevilliat--organic-pioneer,4,1,261,1086.htm\">organic and natural philosophy</a> I agreed to try them out. This cream is my favorite -- it really does smell like a rose, but a real one! It\'s really subtle and lovely. I have to admit that I\'m also breaking the rules here and I don\'t wear this during the day because it doesn\'t have an SPF, but I do like this as light nighttime moisturizer. I feel so glamorous when I go to bed smelling like a sweet rose.</li>\r\n</ul>','Beauty update: Little treats that smell delicious','','publish','open','open','','beauty-update-little-treats-that-smell-delicious','','\nhttp://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/02/bedtime-baths-are-no-just-for-babies-everyday-tip-37.html','2012-06-07 09:59:39','2012-06-07 13:59:39','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=3854',0,'post','',0),(3841,1,'2012-05-23 16:23:17','2012-05-23 20:23:17','\"Mama, what\'s she doing?\" He asks, big brown eyes in awe of the woman painting at the esplanade.\r\n\r\n\"I don\'t know.\" (I totally know, of course.) \"Let\'s ask her.\"\r\n\r\nHe literally hides behind my skirt as we approach her. I know she sees us, because she has a soft smile on her lips. But she keeps her eyes on the little canvas she\'s working on.\r\n\r\n\"Go on. Ask.\" I stage whisper.\r\n\r\nHe digs his face into my hips.\r\n\r\nFinally, she stops painting and turns to us. We are distracting her, but she pretends it doesn\'t matter.\r\n\r\n\"My son, he\'s five, he was wondering what you were doing. Go on, Benji, ask her.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'m painting the statue,\" she says.\r\n\r\nHe finally finds his voice. \"What are you going to do afterwards?\"\r\n\r\n\"What do you mean?\"\r\n\r\n\"With the painting? Are you going to take it home?\"\r\n\r\n\"Maybe. But I have a gallery in the city. I think I\'ll hang it up there. Maybe someone will buy it. I hope they do.\"\r\n\r\n\"Oh.\"\r\n\r\nHours later, we\'re at home, playing in the yard, when he suddenly drops the sidewalk chalk and runs inside. We\'re busy with his brothers and with grilling dinner, so we leave him alone.\r\n\r\nEventually I go inside and I find him surrounded by washable paints and plastic paintbrushes.\r\n\r\nHe holds up his masterpiece, a big confident smile on his face.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3847\" title=\"photo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"I\'m an artist! I\'m an artist! Just like the lady at the park! Except my statue is more better, because my painting is sooo beautiful. I\'m going to be a famous and rich artist when I\'m big!\"\r\n\r\nTalk about<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/finding-your-passion.html\"> finding your passion by chance</a>, right?','The birth of a passion','','publish','open','open','','the-birth-of-a-passion','','\nhttp://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/finding-your-passion.html','2012-05-23 20:55:15','2012-05-24 00:55:15','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=3841',0,'post','',6),(3842,1,'2012-05-23 16:08:09','2012-05-23 20:08:09','','photo','','inherit','open','open','','photo-13','','','2012-05-23 16:08:09','2012-05-23 20:08:09','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3843,1,'2012-05-23 16:09:22','2012-05-23 20:09:22','','The birth of a passion','','inherit','open','open','','3841-revision','','','2012-05-23 16:09:22','2012-05-23 20:09:22','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3841-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(3844,1,'2012-05-23 16:09:26','2012-05-23 20:09:26','\'Mama','The birth of a passion','','inherit','open','open','','3841-revision-2','','','2012-05-23 16:09:26','2012-05-23 20:09:26','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3841-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3845,1,'2012-05-23 16:16:29','2012-05-23 20:16:29','\"Mama, what\'s she doing?\" He asks, big brown eyes in awe of the woman painting at the esplanade.\n\n\"I don\'t know. Let\'s ask her.\"\n\nHe literally hides behind my skirt as we approach her. I know she sees us, because she has a soft smile on her lips. But she keeps her eyes on the little canvas she\'s working on.\n\n\"Go on. Ask.\" I stage whisper.\n\nHe digs his face into my hips.\n\nFinally, she stops painting and turns to us. We are distracting her, but she pretends it doesn\'t matter.\n\n\"My son, he\'s five, he was wondering what you were doing. Go on, Benji, ask her.\"\n\n\"I\'m painting the statue,\" she says.\n\nHe finally finds his voice. \"What are you going to do afterwards?\"\n\n\"What do you mean?\"\n\n\"With the painting? Are you going to take it home?\"\n\n\"Maybe. But I have a gallery on Newbury Street. I think I\'ll hang it up there. Maybe someone will buy it. I hope they do.\"\n\n\"Oh.\"\n\nHours later, when we\'re at home, he finds the art supplies and gets to work.','The birth of a passion','','inherit','open','open','','3841-revision-3','','','2012-05-23 16:16:29','2012-05-23 20:16:29','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3841-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3846,1,'2012-05-23 16:16:32','2012-05-23 20:16:32','\"Mama, what\'s she doing?\" He asks, big brown eyes in awe of the woman painting at the esplanade.\r\n\r\n\"I don\'t know. Let\'s ask her.\"\r\n\r\nHe literally hides behind my skirt as we approach her. I know she sees us, because she has a soft smile on her lips. But she keeps her eyes on the little canvas she\'s working on.\r\n\r\n\"Go on. Ask.\" I stage whisper.\r\n\r\nHe digs his face into my hips.\r\n\r\nFinally, she stops painting and turns to us. We are distracting her, but she pretends it doesn\'t matter.\r\n\r\n\"My son, he\'s five, he was wondering what you were doing. Go on, Benji, ask her.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'m painting the statue,\" she says.\r\n\r\nHe finally finds his voice. \"What are you going to do afterwards?\"\r\n\r\n\"What do you mean?\"\r\n\r\n\"With the painting? Are you going to take it home?\"\r\n\r\n\"Maybe. But I have a gallery on Newbury Street. I think I\'ll hang it up there. Maybe someone will buy it. I hope they do.\"\r\n\r\n\"Oh.\"\r\n\r\nHours later, when we\'re at home, he finds the art supplies and gets to work.','The birth of a passion','','inherit','open','open','','3841-revision-4','','','2012-05-23 16:16:32','2012-05-23 20:16:32','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3841-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(3847,1,'2012-05-23 16:20:31','2012-05-23 20:20:31','','photo copy','','inherit','open','open','','photo-copy','','','2012-05-23 16:20:31','2012-05-23 20:20:31','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3848,1,'2012-05-23 16:21:35','2012-05-23 20:21:35','\"Mama, what\'s she doing?\" He asks, big brown eyes in awe of the woman painting at the esplanade.\n\n\"I don\'t know. Let\'s ask her.\"\n\nHe literally hides behind my skirt as we approach her. I know she sees us, because she has a soft smile on her lips. But she keeps her eyes on the little canvas she\'s working on.\n\n\"Go on. Ask.\" I stage whisper.\n\nHe digs his face into my hips.\n\nFinally, she stops painting and turns to us. We are distracting her, but she pretends it doesn\'t matter.\n\n\"My son, he\'s five, he was wondering what you were doing. Go on, Benji, ask her.\"\n\n\"I\'m painting the statue,\" she says.\n\nHe finally finds his voice. \"What are you going to do afterwards?\"\n\n\"What do you mean?\"\n\n\"With the painting? Are you going to take it home?\"\n\n\"Maybe. But I have a gallery in the city. I think I\'ll hang it up there. Maybe someone will buy it. I hope they do.\"\n\n\"Oh.\"\n\nHours later, we\'re at home, playing in the yard, when he suddenly drops the sidewalk chalk and runs inside. We\'re busy with his brothers and with grilling dinner, so we leave him alone.\n\nWhen I go inside, I find him surrounded by washable paints and plastic paintbrushes. He holds up his masterpiece.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3847\" title=\"photo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" /></a>\n\n\"I\'m an artist! I\'m an artist! Just like the lady at the park! Except I\'m better, because my painting is sooo beautiful. I\'m going to be a famous and rich artist when I\'m big!\"\n\n&nbsp;','The birth of a passion','','inherit','open','open','','3841-revision-5','','','2012-05-23 16:21:35','2012-05-23 20:21:35','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3841-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(3849,1,'2012-05-23 16:22:35','2012-05-23 20:22:35','\"Mama, what\'s she doing?\" He asks, big brown eyes in awe of the woman painting at the esplanade.\n\n\"I don\'t know. Let\'s ask her.\"\n\nHe literally hides behind my skirt as we approach her. I know she sees us, because she has a soft smile on her lips. But she keeps her eyes on the little canvas she\'s working on.\n\n\"Go on. Ask.\" I stage whisper.\n\nHe digs his face into my hips.\n\nFinally, she stops painting and turns to us. We are distracting her, but she pretends it doesn\'t matter.\n\n\"My son, he\'s five, he was wondering what you were doing. Go on, Benji, ask her.\"\n\n\"I\'m painting the statue,\" she says.\n\nHe finally finds his voice. \"What are you going to do afterwards?\"\n\n\"What do you mean?\"\n\n\"With the painting? Are you going to take it home?\"\n\n\"Maybe. But I have a gallery in the city. I think I\'ll hang it up there. Maybe someone will buy it. I hope they do.\"\n\n\"Oh.\"\n\nHours later, we\'re at home, playing in the yard, when he suddenly drops the sidewalk chalk and runs inside. We\'re busy with his brothers and with grilling dinner, so we leave him alone.\n\nWhen I go inside, I find him surrounded by washable paints and plastic paintbrushes. He holds up his masterpiece.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3847\" title=\"photo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" /></a>\n\n\"I\'m an artist! I\'m an artist! Just like the lady at the park! Except my statue is more better, because my painting is sooo beautiful. I\'m going to be a famous and rich artist when I\'m big!\"\n\n&nbsp;','The birth of a passion','','inherit','open','open','','3841-revision-6','','','2012-05-23 16:22:35','2012-05-23 20:22:35','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3841-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(3850,1,'2012-05-23 16:23:17','2012-05-23 20:23:17','\"Mama, what\'s she doing?\" He asks, big brown eyes in awe of the woman painting at the esplanade.\r\n\r\n\"I don\'t know. Let\'s ask her.\"\r\n\r\nHe literally hides behind my skirt as we approach her. I know she sees us, because she has a soft smile on her lips. But she keeps her eyes on the little canvas she\'s working on.\r\n\r\n\"Go on. Ask.\" I stage whisper.\r\n\r\nHe digs his face into my hips.\r\n\r\nFinally, she stops painting and turns to us. We are distracting her, but she pretends it doesn\'t matter.\r\n\r\n\"My son, he\'s five, he was wondering what you were doing. Go on, Benji, ask her.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'m painting the statue,\" she says.\r\n\r\nHe finally finds his voice. \"What are you going to do afterwards?\"\r\n\r\n\"What do you mean?\"\r\n\r\n\"With the painting? Are you going to take it home?\"\r\n\r\n\"Maybe. But I have a gallery in the city. I think I\'ll hang it up there. Maybe someone will buy it. I hope they do.\"\r\n\r\n\"Oh.\"\r\n\r\nHours later, we\'re at home, playing in the yard, when he suddenly drops the sidewalk chalk and runs inside. We\'re busy with his brothers and with grilling dinner, so we leave him alone.\r\n\r\nWhen I go inside, I find him surrounded by washable paints and plastic paintbrushes. He holds up his masterpiece.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3847\" title=\"photo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"I\'m an artist! I\'m an artist! Just like the lady at the park! Except my statue is more better, because my painting is sooo beautiful. I\'m going to be a famous and rich artist when I\'m big!\"\r\n\r\nTalk about<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/finding-your-passion.html\"> finding your passion by chance</a>, right?','The birth of a passion','','inherit','open','open','','3841-revision-7','','','2012-05-23 16:23:17','2012-05-23 20:23:17','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3841-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(3851,1,'2012-05-23 20:51:47','2012-05-24 00:51:47','\"Mama, what\'s she doing?\" He asks, big brown eyes in awe of the woman painting at the esplanade.\n\n\"I don\'t know.\" (I totally know, of course.) \"Let\'s ask her.\"\n\nHe literally hides behind my skirt as we approach her. I know she sees us, because she has a soft smile on her lips. But she keeps her eyes on the little canvas she\'s working on.\n\n\"Go on. Ask.\" I stage whisper.\n\nHe digs his face into my hips.\n\nFinally, she stops painting and turns to us. We are distracting her, but she pretends it doesn\'t matter.\n\n\"My son, he\'s five, he was wondering what you were doing. Go on, Benji, ask her.\"\n\n\"I\'m painting the statue,\" she says.\n\nHe finally finds his voice. \"What are you going to do afterwards?\"\n\n\"What do you mean?\"\n\n\"With the painting? Are you going to take it home?\"\n\n\"Maybe. But I have a gallery in the city. I think I\'ll hang it up there. Maybe someone will buy it. I hope they do.\"\n\n\"Oh.\"\n\nHours later, we\'re at home, playing in the yard, when he suddenly drops the sidewalk chalk and runs inside. We\'re busy with his brothers and with grilling dinner, so we leave him alone.\n\nEventually I go inside and I find him surrounded by washable paints and plastic paintbrushes.\n\nHe holds up his masterpiece, a big confident smile on his face.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3847\" title=\"photo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" /></a>\n\n\"I\'m an artist! I\'m an artist! Just like the lady at the park! Except my statue is more better, because my painting is sooo beautiful. I\'m going to be a famous and rich artist when I\'m big!\"\n\nTalk about<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/finding-your-passion.html\"> finding your passion by chance</a>, right?','The birth of a passion','','inherit','open','open','','3841-autosave','','','2012-05-23 20:51:47','2012-05-24 00:51:47','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3841-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3852,1,'2012-05-23 16:24:09','2012-05-23 20:24:09','\"Mama, what\'s she doing?\" He asks, big brown eyes in awe of the woman painting at the esplanade.\r\n\r\n\"I don\'t know. Let\'s ask her.\"\r\n\r\nHe literally hides behind my skirt as we approach her. I know she sees us, because she has a soft smile on her lips. But she keeps her eyes on the little canvas she\'s working on.\r\n\r\n\"Go on. Ask.\" I stage whisper.\r\n\r\nHe digs his face into my hips.\r\n\r\nFinally, she stops painting and turns to us. We are distracting her, but she pretends it doesn\'t matter.\r\n\r\n\"My son, he\'s five, he was wondering what you were doing. Go on, Benji, ask her.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'m painting the statue,\" she says.\r\n\r\nHe finally finds his voice. \"What are you going to do afterwards?\"\r\n\r\n\"What do you mean?\"\r\n\r\n\"With the painting? Are you going to take it home?\"\r\n\r\n\"Maybe. But I have a gallery in the city. I think I\'ll hang it up there. Maybe someone will buy it. I hope they do.\"\r\n\r\n\"Oh.\"\r\n\r\nHours later, we\'re at home, playing in the yard, when he suddenly drops the sidewalk chalk and runs inside. We\'re busy with his brothers and with grilling dinner, so we leave him alone.\r\n\r\nEventually I go inside and I find him surrounded by washable paints and plastic paintbrushes.\r\n\r\nHe holds up his masterpiece, a big confident smile on his face.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3847\" title=\"photo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"I\'m an artist! I\'m an artist! Just like the lady at the park! Except my statue is more better, because my painting is sooo beautiful. I\'m going to be a famous and rich artist when I\'m big!\"\r\n\r\nTalk about<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/finding-your-passion.html\"> finding your passion by chance</a>, right?','The birth of a passion','','inherit','open','open','','3841-revision-8','','','2012-05-23 16:24:09','2012-05-23 20:24:09','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3841-revision-8.html',0,'revision','',0),(3853,1,'2012-05-23 16:27:38','2012-05-23 20:27:38','\"Mama, what\'s she doing?\" He asks, big brown eyes in awe of the woman painting at the esplanade.\r\n\r\n\"I don\'t know.\" (I totally know, of course.) \"Let\'s ask her.\"\r\n\r\nHe literally hides behind my skirt as we approach her. I know she sees us, because she has a soft smile on her lips. But she keeps her eyes on the little canvas she\'s working on.\r\n\r\n\"Go on. Ask.\" I stage whisper.\r\n\r\nHe digs his face into my hips.\r\n\r\nFinally, she stops painting and turns to us. We are distracting her, but she pretends it doesn\'t matter.\r\n\r\n\"My son, he\'s five, he was wondering what you were doing. Go on, Benji, ask her.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'m painting the statue,\" she says.\r\n\r\nHe finally finds his voice. \"What are you going to do afterwards?\"\r\n\r\n\"What do you mean?\"\r\n\r\n\"With the painting? Are you going to take it home?\"\r\n\r\n\"Maybe. But I have a gallery in the city. I think I\'ll hang it up there. Maybe someone will buy it. I hope they do.\"\r\n\r\n\"Oh.\"\r\n\r\nHours later, we\'re at home, playing in the yard, when he suddenly drops the sidewalk chalk and runs inside. We\'re busy with his brothers and with grilling dinner, so we leave him alone.\r\n\r\nEventually I go inside and I find him surrounded by washable paints and plastic paintbrushes.\r\n\r\nHe holds up his masterpiece, a big confident smile on his face.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3847\" title=\"photo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"I\'m an artist! I\'m an artist! Just like the lady at the park! Except my statue is more better, because my painting is sooo beautiful. I\'m going to be a famous and rich artist when I\'m big!\"\r\n\r\nTalk about<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/finding-your-passion.html\"> finding your passion by chance</a>, right?','The birth of a passion','','inherit','open','open','','3841-revision-9','','','2012-05-23 16:27:38','2012-05-23 20:27:38','',3841,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/05/3841-revision-9.html',0,'revision','',0),(3858,1,'2012-06-07 09:20:42','2012-06-07 13:20:42','','Beauty update: Little treats that smell delicious','','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-3','','','2012-06-07 09:20:42','2012-06-07 13:20:42','',3854,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3854-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3859,1,'2012-06-07 09:24:15','2012-06-07 13:24:15','It\'s been a while since I\'ve posted about items in my beauty closet, so I thought I\'d share three things that smell good.\n\nYou guys know how I love to spoil myself at home -- one of my favorite things to do is to <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/02/bedtime-baths-are-no-just-for-babies-everyday-tip-37.html\">take a bedtime bath</a>. It\'s such an easy way to clean the slate -- I can feel my tensions from the day melt away. <em>Aaah...</em>\n\n&nbsp;','Beauty update: Little treats that smell delicious','','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-4','','','2012-06-07 09:24:15','2012-06-07 13:24:15','',3854,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3854-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(3860,1,'2012-06-07 09:29:55','2012-06-07 13:29:55','It\'s been a while since I\'ve posted about items in my beauty closet, so I thought I\'d share three things that smell good.\r\n\r\nYou guys know how I love to spoil myself at home -- one of my favorite things to do is to <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/02/bedtime-baths-are-no-just-for-babies-everyday-tip-37.html\">take a bedtime bath</a>. It\'s such an easy way to clean the slate -- I can feel my tensions from the day melt away. <em>Aaah...</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Beauty update: Little treats that smell delicious','','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-5','','','2012-06-07 09:29:55','2012-06-07 13:29:55','',3854,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3854-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(3861,1,'2012-06-07 09:51:59','2012-06-07 13:51:59','It\'s been a while since I\'ve posted about items in my beauty closet, so I thought I\'d share three little things that smell really good.\n\nYou guys know how I love to spoil myself at home -- one of my favorite things to do is to <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/02/bedtime-baths-are-no-just-for-babies-everyday-tip-37.html\">take a bedtime bath</a>. It\'s such an easy way to clean the slate -- I can feel my tensions from the day melt away. <em>Aaah...</em>\n\nScent is a big part of my relaxation ritual, and these are my current sweet-smelling favorites:\n<ul>\n	<li>Lush Brazened Honey Mask: Who doesn\'t love Lush? I don\'t buy this one very often because they have a relatively short shelf life (they need to be kept in the refrigerator) -- in fact, if you let this one go bad the spicy honey scent goes rancid quickly -- but I love the fact that it\'s so fresh and that when I use it my face seems to perk up immediately. And what good is a bubble bath without a scary-looking face mask? That\'s half the fun!</li>\n	<li>Laura Mercier Almond Coconut Creme Body Wash: I just have wee tiny sample that I got for free, but the scent is delicious and , because I\'m a rebel and a rule breaker, I use it in the bath. (I\'m not really a rule breaker.) I love the coconut scent -- it makes me feel like I\'m on a tropical vacation, even if I\'m just in my bathroom in suburban Boston. But when I close my eyes, I\'m close enough!</li>\n	<li>Melvita Nectar de Rose Day Cream: This is a new brand for me, but when they approached me and told me about their <a href=\"http://usa.melvita.com/bernard-chevilliat--organic-pioneer,4,1,261,1086.htm\">organic and natural philosophy</a> I agreed to try them out. This cream is my favorite -- it really does smell like a rose, but a real one! It\'s really subtle and lovely. I have to admit that I\'m also breaking the rules here and I don\'t wear this during the day because it doesn\'t have an SPF, but I do like this as light nighttime mous</li>\n</ul>','Beauty update: Little treats that smell delicious','','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-6','','','2012-06-07 09:51:59','2012-06-07 13:51:59','',3854,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3854-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(3862,1,'2012-06-07 09:52:43','2012-06-07 13:52:43','It\'s been a while since I\'ve posted about items in my beauty closet, so I thought I\'d share three little things that smell really good.\r\n\r\nYou guys know how I love to spoil myself at home -- one of my favorite things to do is to <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/02/bedtime-baths-are-no-just-for-babies-everyday-tip-37.html\">take a bedtime bath</a>. It\'s such an easy way to clean the slate -- I can feel my tensions from the day melt away. <em>Aaah...</em>\r\n\r\nScent is a big part of my relaxation ritual, and these are my current sweet-smelling favorites:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Lush Brazened Honey Mask: Who doesn\'t love Lush? I don\'t buy this one very often because they have a relatively short shelf life (they need to be kept in the refrigerator) -- in fact, if you let this one go bad the spicy honey scent goes rancid quickly -- but I love the fact that it\'s so fresh and that when I use it my face seems to perk up immediately. And what good is a bubble bath without a scary-looking face mask? That\'s half the fun!</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laura Mercier Almond Coconut Creme Body Wash: I just have wee tiny sample that I got for free, but the scent is delicious and , because I\'m a rebel and a rule breaker, I use it in the bath. (I\'m not really a rule breaker.) I love the coconut scent -- it makes me feel like I\'m on a tropical vacation, even if I\'m just in my bathroom in suburban Boston. But when I close my eyes, I\'m close enough!</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Melvita Nectar de Rose Day Cream: This is a new brand for me, but when they approached me and told me about their <a href=\"http://usa.melvita.com/bernard-chevilliat--organic-pioneer,4,1,261,1086.htm\">organic and natural philosophy</a> I agreed to try them out. This cream is my favorite -- it really does smell like a rose, but a real one! It\'s really subtle and lovely. I have to admit that I\'m also breaking the rules here and I don\'t wear this during the day because it doesn\'t have an SPF, but I do like this as light nighttime moisturizer. I feel so glamorous when I go to bed smelling like a sweet rose.</li>\r\n</ul>','Beauty update: Little treats that smell delicious','','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-7','','','2012-06-07 09:52:43','2012-06-07 13:52:43','',3854,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3854-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(3863,1,'2012-06-07 09:58:47','2012-06-07 13:58:47','It\'s been a while since I\'ve posted about items in my beauty closet, so I thought I\'d share three little things that I love because they smell really good.\n\nYou guys know how I love to spoil myself at home -- one of my favorite things to do is to <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/02/bedtime-baths-are-no-just-for-babies-everyday-tip-37.html\">take a bedtime bath</a>. It\'s such an easy way to clean the slate -- I can feel my tensions from the day melt away. <em>Aaah...</em>\n\nScent is a big part of my relaxation ritual, and these are my current sweet-smelling favorites:\n<ul>\n	<li>Lush Brazened Honey Mask: Who doesn\'t love Lush? I don\'t buy these very often because they have a relatively short shelf life (they need to be kept in the refrigerator) -- in fact, if you let this one go bad the spicy honey scent goes rancid quickly -- but I love the fact that it\'s so fresh and that when I use it my face seems to perk up immediately. And what good is a bubble bath without a scary-looking face mask? That\'s half the fun! (A trashy novel is the other half.)</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.lauramercier.com/store/shop/Almond-Coconut-Milk_Almond-Coconut-Milk-Cr%E8me-Body-Wash_prod260037\">Laura Mercier Almond Coconut Creme Body Wash</a>: I just have a wee tiny sample that I got for free, but the scent is delicious and because I\'m a rebel and a rule breaker, I use it in the bath and not the shower. (I\'m not really a rule breaker.) I love the coconut scent -- it makes me feel like I\'m on a tropical vacation, even if I\'m just in my bathtub in suburban Boston. But when I close my eyes, I\'m close enough!</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://usa.melvita.com/melvita-organic-moisturizing-rose-nectar,4,1,6647,46809.htm\">Melvita Moisturizing Rose nectar</a>: This is a new brand for me, but when they approached me and told me about their <a href=\"http://usa.melvita.com/bernard-chevilliat--organic-pioneer,4,1,261,1086.htm\">organic and natural philosophy</a> I agreed to try them out. This cream is my favorite -- it really does smell like a rose, but a real one! It\'s really subtle and lovely. I have to admit that I\'m also breaking the rules here and I don\'t wear this during the day because it doesn\'t have an SPF, but I do like this as light nighttime moisturizer. I feel so glamorous when I go to bed smelling like a sweet rose.</li>\n</ul>','Beauty update: Little treats that smell delicious','','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-8','','','2012-06-07 09:58:47','2012-06-07 13:58:47','',3854,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3854-revision-8.html',0,'revision','',0),(3864,1,'2012-06-07 10:00:43','2012-06-07 14:00:43','It\'s been a while since I\'ve posted about items in my beauty closet, so I thought I\'d share three little things that I love because they smell really good.\n\nYou guys know how I love to spoil myself at home -- one of my favorite things to do is to <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/02/bedtime-baths-are-no-just-for-babies-everyday-tip-37.html\">take a bedtime bath</a>. It\'s such an easy way to clean the slate -- I can feel my tensions from the day melt away. <em>Aaah...</em>\n\nScent is a big part of my relaxation ritual, and these are my current sweet-smelling favorites:\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"https://www.lushusa.com/Brazened-Honey/06092,en_US,pd.html\">Lush Brazened Honey Mask</a>: Who doesn\'t love Lush? I don\'t buy these very often because they have a relatively short shelf life (they need to be kept in the refrigerator) -- in fact, if you let this one go bad the spicy honey scent goes rancid quickly -- but I love the fact that it\'s so fresh and that when I use it my face seems to perk up immediately. And what good is a bubble bath without a scary-looking face mask? That\'s half the fun! (A trashy novel is the other half.)</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.lauramercier.com/store/shop/Almond-Coconut-Milk_Almond-Coconut-Milk-Cr%E8me-Body-Wash_prod260037\">Laura Mercier Almond Coconut Creme Body Wash</a>: I just have a wee tiny sample that I got for free, but the scent is delicious and because I\'m a rebel and a rule breaker, I use it in the bath and not the shower. (I\'m not really a rule breaker.) I love the coconut scent -- it makes me feel like I\'m on a tropical vacation, even if I\'m just in my bathtub in suburban Boston. But when I close my eyes, I\'m close enough!</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://usa.melvita.com/melvita-organic-moisturizing-rose-nectar,4,1,6647,46809.htm\">Melvita Moisturizing Rose nectar</a>: This is a new brand for me, but when they approached me and told me about their <a href=\"http://usa.melvita.com/bernard-chevilliat--organic-pioneer,4,1,261,1086.htm\">organic and natural philosophy</a> I agreed to try them out. This cream is my favorite -- it really does smell like a rose, but a real one! It\'s really subtle and lovely. I have to admit that I\'m also breaking the rules here and I don\'t wear this during the day because it doesn\'t have an SPF, but I do like this as light nighttime moisturizer. I feel so glamorous when I go to bed smelling like a sweet rose.</li>\n</ul>','Beauty update: Little treats that smell delicious','','inherit','open','open','','3854-autosave','','','2012-06-07 10:00:43','2012-06-07 14:00:43','',3854,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3854-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3878,1,'2012-06-22 07:12:37','2012-06-22 11:12:37','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\r\n\r\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\r\n\r\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">social media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\r\n\r\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\r\n\r\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion here and now. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update on what I\'ve been up to. I know you need to know.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">I\'m giving away a BabbaBox over at the Frog &amp; Snail</a>. What\'s a BabbaBox you say? It\'s a box full of activities for the little ones -- crafty, educational activities and all you have to do is open the box. Everything you need is inside. It\'s pretty awesome, and the boys had a lot of fun playing spies. See?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\"><img title=\"Brothers\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kids, man. They\'re hilarious! (<a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">Now go sign up so you can win a box of your very own!</a>)</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\">I discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over at my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- <a href=\"http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\">I\'m not the only person who thinks they\'re magical</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo you see, I\'ve been busy, even if I\'ve neglected you guys over here. Sorry. You can always keep up with my internet shenanigans on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\">Facebook</a> or <a href=\"https://twitter.com/miguelina\">Twitter</a>, if you\'d like.','Update: I\'m still here!','','publish','open','open','','update-im-still-here','','http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\nhttp://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\nhttp://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\nhttp://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/','2012-06-22 09:15:06','2012-06-22 13:15:06','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=3878',0,'post','',2),(3866,1,'2012-06-13 15:20:32','2012-06-13 19:20:32','I\'m absolutely overwhelmed by the end-of-school flurry of activities and ceremonies. All the picnics and field trips and presentations are fun things on their own, but because they are all packed into the same week they turn into last minute obligations. And it makes me tired. It\'s hard to enjoy yourself when you\'re so tired!\r\n\r\nBut what really gets to me is that it\'s not just my kid\'s schools that leave all the fun stuff for the end -- I do the same thing, and you probably do as well. We\'ve all been told to \"save the best for last\" but I\'m starting to think that it\'s not very good advice -- wouldn\'t it make more sense to spread out the fun stuff?\r\n\r\nInstead of stressing over one big party, you could host smaller ones throughout the year.\r\n\r\nInstead of saving your nice clothes, you could wear them now.\r\n\r\nInstead of saving the ripe tomatoes for later in the week, why not enjoy them now, while they\'re still fresh?\r\n\r\nInstead of saving your talent -- that thing you can do that will wow them someday -- perhaps it is better to impress them now. You may never get the chance.\r\n\r\nInstead of waiting for a holiday to let people know you love and care about them, why not tell them now?\r\n\r\nI know, I know -- we\'re all really busy now. But chances are we\'ll be just as busy later. Fun is as important as duty.\r\n\r\nI don\'t mean to add more stress to your life -- I certainly don\'t need more urgency this week -- but my plan is to do a better job of spreading everything out, both the good and the bad. But mostly the good, because it\'s more enjoyable, duh. 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And it makes me tired.\n\nBut what really gets to me is that it\'s not just my kid\'s schools that leave all the fun stuff for the end -- I do the same thing, and you probably do as well. We\'ve all been told to \"save the best for last\" but I\'m starting to think that it\'s not very good advice\n\n&nbsp;','Why wait?','','inherit','open','open','','3866-revision-5','','','2012-06-13 15:14:00','2012-06-13 19:14:00','',3866,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3866-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(3873,1,'2012-06-13 15:19:27','2012-06-13 19:19:27','I\'m absolutely overwhelmed by the end-of-school flurry of activities and ceremonies. All the picnics and field trips and presentations are fun things on their own, but because they are all packed into the same week they turn into last minute obligations. And it makes me tired. It\'s hard to enjoy yourself when you\'re so tired!\n\nBut what really gets to me is that it\'s not just my kid\'s schools that leave all the fun stuff for the end -- I do the same thing, and you probably do as well. We\'ve all been told to \"save the best for last\" but I\'m starting to think that it\'s not very good advice -- wouldn\'t it make more sense to spread out the fun stuff?\n\nInstead of stressing over one big party, you could host smaller ones throughout the year.\n\nInstead of saving your nice clothes, you could wear them now.\n\nInstead of saving the nice tomatoes for later in the week, why not enjoy them now, while they\'re still fresh.\n\nInstead of saving your talent -- that thing you can do that will wow them someday -- perhaps it is better to impress them now. You may never get the chance.\n\nInstead of waiting for a holiday to let people know you love and care about them, why not tell them now.\n\nI don\'t mean to add more stress to your life -- I certainly don\'t need more urgency this week -- but my plan is to do a better job of spreading everything out, both the good and the bad. But mostly the good, because it\'s more enjoyablel\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Why wait?','','inherit','open','open','','3866-revision-6','','','2012-06-13 15:19:27','2012-06-13 19:19:27','',3866,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3866-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(3874,1,'2012-06-13 15:19:35','2012-06-13 19:19:35','I\'m absolutely overwhelmed by the end-of-school flurry of activities and ceremonies. All the picnics and field trips and presentations are fun things on their own, but because they are all packed into the same week they turn into last minute obligations. And it makes me tired. It\'s hard to enjoy yourself when you\'re so tired!\r\n\r\nBut what really gets to me is that it\'s not just my kid\'s schools that leave all the fun stuff for the end -- I do the same thing, and you probably do as well. We\'ve all been told to \"save the best for last\" but I\'m starting to think that it\'s not very good advice -- wouldn\'t it make more sense to spread out the fun stuff?\r\n\r\nInstead of stressing over one big party, you could host smaller ones throughout the year.\r\n\r\nInstead of saving your nice clothes, you could wear them now.\r\n\r\nInstead of saving the nice tomatoes for later in the week, why not enjoy them now, while they\'re still fresh.\r\n\r\nInstead of saving your talent -- that thing you can do that will wow them someday -- perhaps it is better to impress them now. You may never get the chance.\r\n\r\nInstead of waiting for a holiday to let people know you love and care about them, why not tell them now.\r\n\r\nI don\'t mean to add more stress to your life -- I certainly don\'t need more urgency this week -- but my plan is to do a better job of spreading everything out, both the good and the bad. But mostly the good, because it\'s more enjoyable, duh. Will you join me?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Why wait?','','inherit','open','open','','3866-revision-7','','','2012-06-13 15:19:35','2012-06-13 19:19:35','',3866,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3866-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(3875,1,'2012-06-13 15:19:37','2012-06-13 19:19:37','I\'m absolutely overwhelmed by the end-of-school flurry of activities and ceremonies. All the picnics and field trips and presentations are fun things on their own, but because they are all packed into the same week they turn into last minute obligations. And it makes me tired. It\'s hard to enjoy yourself when you\'re so tired!\r\n\r\nBut what really gets to me is that it\'s not just my kid\'s schools that leave all the fun stuff for the end -- I do the same thing, and you probably do as well. We\'ve all been told to \"save the best for last\" but I\'m starting to think that it\'s not very good advice -- wouldn\'t it make more sense to spread out the fun stuff?\r\n\r\nInstead of stressing over one big party, you could host smaller ones throughout the year.\r\n\r\nInstead of saving your nice clothes, you could wear them now.\r\n\r\nInstead of saving the nice tomatoes for later in the week, why not enjoy them now, while they\'re still fresh.\r\n\r\nInstead of saving your talent -- that thing you can do that will wow them someday -- perhaps it is better to impress them now. You may never get the chance.\r\n\r\nInstead of waiting for a holiday to let people know you love and care about them, why not tell them now.\r\n\r\nI don\'t mean to add more stress to your life -- I certainly don\'t need more urgency this week -- but my plan is to do a better job of spreading everything out, both the good and the bad. But mostly the good, because it\'s more enjoyable, duh. Will you join me?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Why wait?','','inherit','open','open','','3866-revision-8','','','2012-06-13 15:19:37','2012-06-13 19:19:37','',3866,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3866-revision-8.html',0,'revision','',0),(3876,1,'2012-06-13 15:22:42','2012-06-13 19:22:42','I\'m absolutely overwhelmed by the end-of-school flurry of activities and ceremonies. All the picnics and field trips and presentations are fun things on their own, but because they are all packed into the same week they turn into last minute obligations. And it makes me tired. It\'s hard to enjoy yourself when you\'re so tired!\n\nBut what really gets to me is that it\'s not just my kid\'s schools that leave all the fun stuff for the end -- I do the same thing, and you probably do as well. We\'ve all been told to \"save the best for last\" but I\'m starting to think that it\'s not very good advice -- wouldn\'t it make more sense to spread out the fun stuff?\n\nInstead of stressing over one big party, you could host smaller ones throughout the year.\n\nInstead of saving your nice clothes, you could wear them now.\n\nInstead of saving the ripe tomatoes for later in the week, why not enjoy them now, while they\'re still fresh?\n\nInstead of saving your talent -- that thing you can do that will wow them someday -- perhaps it is better to impress them now. You may never get the chance.\n\nInstead of waiting for a holiday to let people know you love and care about them, why not tell them now?\n\nI know, I know -- we\'re all really busy now. But chances are we\'ll be just as busy later. Fun is as important as duty.\n\nI don\'t mean to add more stress to your life -- I certainly don\'t need more urgency this week -- but my plan is to do a better job of spreading everything out, both the good and the bad. But mostly the good, because it\'s more enjoyable, duh. Will you join me?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Why wait?','','inherit','open','open','','3866-autosave','','','2012-06-13 15:22:42','2012-06-13 19:22:42','',3866,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3866-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3877,1,'2012-06-13 15:20:32','2012-06-13 19:20:32','I\'m absolutely overwhelmed by the end-of-school flurry of activities and ceremonies. All the picnics and field trips and presentations are fun things on their own, but because they are all packed into the same week they turn into last minute obligations. And it makes me tired. It\'s hard to enjoy yourself when you\'re so tired!\r\n\r\nBut what really gets to me is that it\'s not just my kid\'s schools that leave all the fun stuff for the end -- I do the same thing, and you probably do as well. We\'ve all been told to \"save the best for last\" but I\'m starting to think that it\'s not very good advice -- wouldn\'t it make more sense to spread out the fun stuff?\r\n\r\nInstead of stressing over one big party, you could host smaller ones throughout the year.\r\n\r\nInstead of saving your nice clothes, you could wear them now.\r\n\r\nInstead of saving the ripe tomatoes for later in the week, why not enjoy them now, while they\'re still fresh?\r\n\r\nInstead of saving your talent -- that thing you can do that will wow them someday -- perhaps it is better to impress them now. You may never get the chance.\r\n\r\nInstead of waiting for a holiday to let people know you love and care about them, why not tell them now.\r\n\r\nI don\'t mean to add more stress to your life -- I certainly don\'t need more urgency this week -- but my plan is to do a better job of spreading everything out, both the good and the bad. But mostly the good, because it\'s more enjoyable, duh. Will you join me?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Why wait?','','inherit','open','open','','3866-revision-9','','','2012-06-13 15:20:32','2012-06-13 19:20:32','',3866,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3866-revision-9.html',0,'revision','',0),(3879,1,'2012-06-21 16:58:37','2012-06-21 20:58:37','Busy thinking about balance.\n\nStill buying flowers\n\nhttp://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\n\nSociety page\n\nGiveaway','','','inherit','open','open','','3878-revision','','','2012-06-21 16:58:37','2012-06-21 20:58:37','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(3880,1,'2012-06-21 22:20:21','2012-06-22 02:20:21','','peoniesfuschia','','inherit','open','open','','peoniesfuschia','','','2012-06-21 22:20:21','2012-06-22 02:20:21','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/peoniesfuschia.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3881,1,'2012-06-21 22:58:47','2012-06-22 02:58:47','','Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts','','inherit','open','open','','ann-taylor-at-pants-cotton-side-zip-shorts','','','2012-06-21 22:58:47','2012-06-22 02:58:47','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3882,1,'2012-06-21 23:01:38','2012-06-22 03:01:38','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\n\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\n\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing s<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">ocial media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\n\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\n\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update list. Because, who has the time?\n<ul>\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\n	<li>I<a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\"> discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over the my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- I\'m not the only person who think</li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\n\nSociety page\n\nGiveaway','Update: I\'m still here!','','inherit','open','open','','3878-revision-2','','','2012-06-21 23:01:38','2012-06-22 03:01:38','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3883,1,'2012-06-21 23:01:50','2012-06-22 03:01:50','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\r\n\r\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\r\n\r\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing s<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">ocial media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\r\n\r\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\r\n\r\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update list. Because, who has the time?\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\r\n	<li>I<a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\"> discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over the my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\r\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- <a href=\"http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\">I\'m not the only person who thinks they\'re magical</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSociety page\r\n\r\nGiveaway','Update: I\'m still here!','','inherit','open','open','','3878-revision-3','','','2012-06-21 23:01:50','2012-06-22 03:01:50','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3884,1,'2012-06-21 23:05:20','2012-06-22 03:05:20','','Brothers','','inherit','open','open','','brothers','','','2012-06-21 23:05:20','2012-06-22 03:05:20','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3885,1,'2012-06-21 23:10:54','2012-06-22 03:10:54','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\n\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\n\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing s<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">ocial media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\n\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\n\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update list. Because, who has the time?\n<ul>\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">I\'m giving away a BabbaBox over at the Frog &amp; Snail</a>. What\'s a BabbaBox you say? It\'s a box full of activities for the little ones -- crafty, educational activities and all you have to do is open the box. Everything you need is inside the box. It\'s pretty awesome, and the boys had a lot of fun playing spies. See?</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\"><img title=\"Brothers\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kids, man. They\'re hilarious! (<a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">Now go sign up so you can win a box of your very own!</a>)</p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>I<a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\"> discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over the my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- <a href=\"http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\">I\'m not the only person who thinks they\'re magical</a>.</li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo you see, I\'ve been busy, even if I\'ve neglected you guys over here. Sorry. You can always keep up with my internet shenanigans on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\">Facebook</a> or <a href=\"https://twitter.com/miguelina\">Twitter</a>, if you\'d like. I\'m always on the','Update: I\'m still here!','','inherit','open','open','','3878-revision-4','','','2012-06-21 23:10:54','2012-06-22 03:10:54','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(3886,1,'2012-06-21 23:11:04','2012-06-22 03:11:04','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\r\n\r\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\r\n\r\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing s<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">ocial media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\r\n\r\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\r\n\r\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update list. Because, who has the time?\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">I\'m giving away a BabbaBox over at the Frog &amp; Snail</a>. What\'s a BabbaBox you say? It\'s a box full of activities for the little ones -- crafty, educational activities and all you have to do is open the box. Everything you need is inside the box. It\'s pretty awesome, and the boys had a lot of fun playing spies. See?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\"><img title=\"Brothers\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kids, man. They\'re hilarious! (<a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">Now go sign up so you can win a box of your very own!</a>)</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I<a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\"> discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over the my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- <a href=\"http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\">I\'m not the only person who thinks they\'re magical</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo you see, I\'ve been busy, even if I\'ve neglected you guys over here. Sorry. You can always keep up with my internet shenanigans on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\">Facebook</a> or <a href=\"https://twitter.com/miguelina\">Twitter</a>, if you\'d like. I\'m always on the phone, just not talking :)','Update: I\'m still here!','','inherit','open','open','','3878-revision-5','','','2012-06-21 23:11:04','2012-06-22 03:11:04','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(3888,1,'2012-06-21 23:12:36','2012-06-22 03:12:36','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\r\n\r\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\r\n\r\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing s<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">ocial media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\r\n\r\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\r\n\r\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion here and now. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update on what I\'ve been up to. I know you need to know.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">I\'m giving away a BabbaBox over at the Frog &amp; Snail</a>. What\'s a BabbaBox you say? It\'s a box full of activities for the little ones -- crafty, educational activities and all you have to do is open the box. Everything you need is inside the box. It\'s pretty awesome, and the boys had a lot of fun playing spies. See?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\"><img title=\"Brothers\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kids, man. They\'re hilarious! (<a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">Now go sign up so you can win a box of your very own!</a>)</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I<a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\"> discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over the my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- <a href=\"http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\">I\'m not the only person who thinks they\'re magical</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo you see, I\'ve been busy, even if I\'ve neglected you guys over here. Sorry. You can always keep up with my internet shenanigans on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\">Facebook</a> or <a href=\"https://twitter.com/miguelina\">Twitter</a>, if you\'d like.','Update: I\'m still here!','','inherit','open','open','','3878-revision-7','','','2012-06-21 23:12:36','2012-06-22 03:12:36','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(3887,1,'2012-06-21 23:12:07','2012-06-22 03:12:07','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\n\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\n\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing s<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">ocial media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\n\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\n\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion here and now. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update on what I\'ve been up to. Because, who has the time?\n<ul>\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">I\'m giving away a BabbaBox over at the Frog &amp; Snail</a>. What\'s a BabbaBox you say? It\'s a box full of activities for the little ones -- crafty, educational activities and all you have to do is open the box. Everything you need is inside the box. It\'s pretty awesome, and the boys had a lot of fun playing spies. See?</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\"><img title=\"Brothers\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kids, man. They\'re hilarious! (<a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">Now go sign up so you can win a box of your very own!</a>)</p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>I<a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\"> discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over the my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- <a href=\"http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\">I\'m not the only person who thinks they\'re magical</a>.</li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo you see, I\'ve been busy, even if I\'ve neglected you guys over here. Sorry. You can always keep up with my internet shenanigans on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\">Facebook</a> or <a href=\"https://twitter.com/miguelina\">Twitter</a>, if you\'d like. I\'m always on the phone, just not talking :)','Update: I\'m still here!','','inherit','open','open','','3878-revision-6','','','2012-06-21 23:12:07','2012-06-22 03:12:07','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(3889,1,'2012-06-21 23:12:49','2012-06-22 03:12:49','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\r\n\r\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\r\n\r\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing s<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">ocial media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\r\n\r\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\r\n\r\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion here and now. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update on what I\'ve been up to. I know you need to know.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">I\'m giving away a BabbaBox over at the Frog &amp; Snail</a>. What\'s a BabbaBox you say? It\'s a box full of activities for the little ones -- crafty, educational activities and all you have to do is open the box. Everything you need is inside the box. It\'s pretty awesome, and the boys had a lot of fun playing spies. See?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\"><img title=\"Brothers\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kids, man. They\'re hilarious! (<a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">Now go sign up so you can win a box of your very own!</a>)</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I<a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\"> discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over the my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- <a href=\"http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\">I\'m not the only person who thinks they\'re magical</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo you see, I\'ve been busy, even if I\'ve neglected you guys over here. Sorry. You can always keep up with my internet shenanigans on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\">Facebook</a> or <a href=\"https://twitter.com/miguelina\">Twitter</a>, if you\'d like.','Update: I\'m still here!','','inherit','open','open','','3878-revision-8','','','2012-06-21 23:12:49','2012-06-22 03:12:49','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-revision-8.html',0,'revision','',0),(3890,1,'2012-06-21 23:14:44','2012-06-22 03:14:44','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\n\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\n\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">social media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\n\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\n\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion here and now. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update on what I\'ve been up to. I know you need to know.\n<ul>\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">I\'m giving away a BabbaBox over at the Frog &amp; Snail</a>. What\'s a BabbaBox you say? It\'s a box full of activities for the little ones -- crafty, educational activities and all you have to do is open the box. Everything you need is inside the box. It\'s pretty awesome, and the boys had a lot of fun playing spies. See?</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\"><img title=\"Brothers\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kids, man. They\'re hilarious! (<a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">Now go sign up so you can win a box of your very own!</a>)</p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\">I discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over the my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- <a href=\"http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\">I\'m not the only person who thinks they\'re magical</a>.</li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo you see, I\'ve been busy, even if I\'ve neglected you guys over here. Sorry. You can always keep up with my internet shenanigans on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\">Facebook</a> or <a href=\"https://twitter.com/miguelina\">Twitter</a>, if you\'d like.','Update: I\'m still here!','','inherit','open','open','','3878-autosave','','','2012-06-21 23:14:44','2012-06-22 03:14:44','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3891,1,'2012-06-21 23:13:41','2012-06-22 03:13:41','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\r\n\r\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\r\n\r\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">social media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\r\n\r\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\r\n\r\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion here and now. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update on what I\'ve been up to. I know you need to know.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">I\'m giving away a BabbaBox over at the Frog &amp; Snail</a>. What\'s a BabbaBox you say? It\'s a box full of activities for the little ones -- crafty, educational activities and all you have to do is open the box. Everything you need is inside the box. It\'s pretty awesome, and the boys had a lot of fun playing spies. See?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\"><img title=\"Brothers\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kids, man. They\'re hilarious! (<a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">Now go sign up so you can win a box of your very own!</a>)</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\">I discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over the my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- <a href=\"http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\">I\'m not the only person who thinks they\'re magical</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo you see, I\'ve been busy, even if I\'ve neglected you guys over here. Sorry. You can always keep up with my internet shenanigans on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\">Facebook</a> or <a href=\"https://twitter.com/miguelina\">Twitter</a>, if you\'d like.','Update: I\'m still here!','','inherit','open','open','','3878-revision-9','','','2012-06-21 23:13:41','2012-06-22 03:13:41','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-revision-9.html',0,'revision','',0),(3892,1,'2012-06-22 09:13:18','2012-06-22 13:13:18','Hi! Sorry for the silence -- nothing awful has happened, thank God, in fact quite the opposite. I\'m busier than ever with work opportunities and the learning curve has been steeper than expected. I\'m not quite ready to tell you all that\'s going on, but I promise you it\'s good.\r\n\r\nOf course, all this work coincided with the end of the school year, and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/why-wait.html\">you all know how I felt about that</a>. (Sorry for the rant, but I was tired y\'all.) Now that the kids are home I feel more relaxed because I don\'t have to physically be in as many places at once, but the pull of my many responsibilities is more obvious. My life is very fragmented, and I\'ve been thinking about balance more and more.\r\n\r\n(Incidentally, there have been two pieces about balancing it all and how technology impacts this brave new world of work. One is in <a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/#.T-K6MKl1naw.twitter\"><em>The Atlantic</em> and is raw and powerful in its honesty</a> and the second is by my <a href=\"http://pivotboston.com/\">Pivot partner Morra</a> and she\'s discussing <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/19/are-social-networks-just-a-fad-6/social-media-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-good-for-women\">social media and women and work in the NYT</a>. Take both of these excellent pieces together and you get a feel for where my brain has been.)\r\n\r\nSo you could say balance has been on my mind.\r\n\r\nBut I won\'t get into that discussion here and now. Instead I\'ll just give you a quick bulleted update on what I\'ve been up to. I know you need to know.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I\'m still buying flowers for myself (see the picture above) because they make me happy. It\'s the little things.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">I\'m giving away a BabbaBox over at the Frog &amp; Snail</a>. What\'s a BabbaBox you say? It\'s a box full of activities for the little ones -- crafty, educational activities and all you have to do is open the box. Everything you need is inside. It\'s pretty awesome, and the boys had a lot of fun playing spies. See?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\"><img title=\"Brothers\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kids, man. They\'re hilarious! (<a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/2012/06/boys-home-for-the-summer-babbabox-to-the-rescue/\">Now go sign up so you can win a box of your very own!</a>)</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/the-frog-and-snail-society-page-roxanna-et/2012/06/18/the-advantages-of-aspergers-adhd-dislexia/\">I discussed why the world needs misfits</a> over the my column on Babble Voices. (Have you visited yet? You should!).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>I found the perfect pair of shorts -- at Ann Taylor of all places! As a Miami native I have a natural aversion to shorts (they tend to look...touristy) but now that I\'m a Bostonian and it\'s 100 degrees (not really) I really wanted a pair. And you know how the ones in the J Crew catalog look so cute, but then you try them on and eh? I mean, I love J Crew with a passion, but I do not have the body of their models. If you are not a teenager but want shorts that are cute and not slutty or matronly, go try on the City Shorts -- <a href=\"http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-MHL-RIVERA-CHIC/Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts/272226?colorExplode=false&amp;skuId=11251842&amp;catid=cata000014&amp;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&amp;defaultColor=5648\">I\'m not the only person who thinks they\'re magical</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" title=\"Ann Taylor   AT Pants   Cotton Side Zip Shorts\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Taylor-AT-Pants-Cotton-Side-Zip-Shorts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"594\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo you see, I\'ve been busy, even if I\'ve neglected you guys over here. Sorry. You can always keep up with my internet shenanigans on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/EverydayTreats\">Facebook</a> or <a href=\"https://twitter.com/miguelina\">Twitter</a>, if you\'d like.','Update: I\'m still here!','','inherit','open','open','','3878-revision-10','','','2012-06-22 09:13:18','2012-06-22 13:13:18','',3878,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3878-revision-10.html',0,'revision','',0),(3916,1,'2012-07-02 15:12:48','2012-07-02 19:12:48','In case you haven\'t noticed, we\'ve been very lazy this summer. I\'m fine with the lesser expenditure of energy around these parts -- in fact, I think my body has been craving it like mad, and I\'m only too happy to give my body what it needs.\r\n\r\nI have, however, been making up for the lack of energy exertion with painting my nails super bright colors. My favorite right now is this orange by <a href=\"http://www.dermelect.com/ME-Peptide-Infused-Nail-Color-Treatments.asp?item=1073\">Dermelect called Head Turner</a> -- the bright color gives me a burst of energy every time I look at it.\r\n\r\nColor..POP!<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/watertoes1.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3920\" title=\"watertoes\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/watertoes1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"367\" /></a>','Summer Color','','publish','open','open','','summer-color','','','2012-07-02 15:12:48','2012-07-02 19:12:48','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=3916',0,'post','',0),(3895,1,'2012-06-25 07:00:36','2012-06-25 11:00:36','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://designforfun.com/display.php?id=115\">Quote poster by Bernard Barry</a></em></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Perfectionism isn\'t exactly a monster, but I find it to be a very convenient excuse. For everything. I find I\'m always telling myself little lies, \"Oh, I\'d totally get this done but it has to be perfect.\" This is clearly stupid, but never more so than when I spend hours researching for, let\'s say, the perfect dishwashing soap. Who cares? <em>I</em> don\'t even care that much, but I must have spent hours last week trying to figure out the most perfect soap to replace the one we\'d used up. Sigh.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, I keep putting things off -- in the name of research and perfection -- and then I get a big knot in my belly because I know I what I really need is to just get started already.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Does this happen to you as well? Do you know what the solution is?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m always amazed at how well things turn out when I allow myself to be imperfect. To start that draft and let it sit. I always find that it\'s never as bad as I feared.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Isn\'t that what perfectionism is, fear?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And isn\'t it interesting how perfectionism is so closely related to procrastination?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'ve got to remember the awesome feeling of relief when I finish something, even when it isn\'t perfect. 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I find I\'m always telling myself little lies, \"Oh, I\'d totally get this done but it has to be perfect.\"</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, I keep putting things off -- in the name of research and perfection -- and then I get a big knot in my belly because I know I need to just get started.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Does this happen to you as well? Do you know what the solution is?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m always amazed at how well things turn out when I allow myself to be imperfect. To start that draft and let it sit. I always find that it\'s never as bad as I feared.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Isn\'t that what perfectionism is, fear?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And isn\'t it interesting how perfectionism is so closel</p>','\"Done is better than perfect\"','','inherit','open','open','','3895-revision-5','','','2012-06-23 16:00:24','2012-06-23 20:00:24','',3895,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3895-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(3902,1,'2012-06-23 16:00:34','2012-06-23 20:00:34','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://designforfun.com/display.php?id=115\">Quote poster by Bernard Barry</a></em></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Perfectionism isn\'t exactly a monster, but I find it to be a very convenient excuse for everything. I find I\'m always telling myself little lies, \"Oh, I\'d totally get this done but it has to be perfect.\"</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, I keep putting things off -- in the name of research and perfection -- and then I get a big knot in my belly because I know I need to just get started.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Does this happen to you as well? Do you know what the solution is?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m always amazed at how well things turn out when I allow myself to be imperfect. To start that draft and let it sit. I always find that it\'s never as bad as I feared.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Isn\'t that what perfectionism is, fear?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And isn\'t it interesting how perfectionism is so closely related to procrastination?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>','\"Done is better than perfect\"','','inherit','open','open','','3895-revision-6','','','2012-06-23 16:00:34','2012-06-23 20:00:34','',3895,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3895-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(3903,1,'2012-06-23 16:03:38','2012-06-23 20:03:38','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://designforfun.com/display.php?id=115\">Quote poster by Bernard Barry</a></em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Perfectionism isn\'t exactly a monster, but I find it to be a very convenient excuse. For everything. I find I\'m always telling myself little lies, \"Oh, I\'d totally get this done but it has to be perfect.\" This is clearly stupid, but never more so than when I spend hours researching for, let\'s say, the perfect dishwashing soap. Who cares? I don\'t even care that much, but I spent hours last week trying to figure out the most perfect soap to replace the perfectly fine soap that we had used up. Sigh.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, I keep putting things off -- in the name of research and perfection -- and then I get a big knot in my belly because I know I need to just get started.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Does this happen to you as well? Do you know what the solution is?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m always amazed at how well things turn out when I allow myself to be imperfect. To start that draft and let it sit. I always find that it\'s never as bad as I feared.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Isn\'t that what perfectionism is, fear?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And isn\'t it interesting how perfectionism is so closely related to procrastination?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'ve got to remember the awesome feeling of relief when I finish something, even when it isn\'t perfect. That poster is true, <strong>done is better than perfect</strong>..</p>','\"Done is better than perfect\"','','inherit','open','open','','3895-revision-7','','','2012-06-23 16:03:38','2012-06-23 20:03:38','',3895,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3895-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(3904,1,'2012-06-23 16:05:48','2012-06-23 20:05:48','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://designforfun.com/display.php?id=115\">Quote poster by Bernard Barry</a></em></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Perfectionism isn\'t exactly a monster, but I find it to be a very convenient excuse. For everything. I find I\'m always telling myself little lies, \"Oh, I\'d totally get this done but it has to be perfect.\" This is clearly stupid, but never more so than when I spend hours researching for, let\'s say, the perfect dishwashing soap. Who cares? <em>I</em> don\'t even care that much, but I must have spent hours last week trying to figure out the most perfect soap to replace the one we\'d used up. Sigh.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, I keep putting things off -- in the name of research and perfection -- and then I get a big knot in my belly because I know I what I really need is to just get started already.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Does this happen to you as well? Do you know what the solution is?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m always amazed at how well things turn out when I allow myself to be imperfect. To start that draft and let it sit. 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For everything. I find I\'m always telling myself little lies, \"Oh, I\'d totally get this done but it has to be perfect.\" This is clearly stupid, but never more so than when I spend hours researching for, let\'s say, the perfect dishwashing soap. Who cares? I don\'t even care that much, but I spent hours last week trying to figure out the most perfect soap to replace the perfectly fine soap that we had used up. Sigh.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, I keep putting things off -- in the name of research and perfection -- and then I get a big knot in my belly because I know I need to just get started.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Does this happen to you as well? Do you know what the solution is?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m always amazed at how well things turn out when I allow myself to be imperfect. To start that draft and let it sit. 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For everything. I find I\'m always telling myself little lies, \"Oh, I\'d totally get this done but it has to be perfect.\" This is clearly stupid, but never more so than when I spend hours researching for, let\'s say, the perfect dishwashing soap. Who cares? <em>I</em> don\'t even care that much, but I spent hours last week trying to figure out the most perfect soap to replace the fine soap that we had used up. Sigh.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, I keep putting things off -- in the name of research and perfection -- and then I get a big knot in my belly because I know I need to just get started.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Does this happen to you as well? Do you know what the solution is?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m always amazed at how well things turn out when I allow myself to be imperfect. To start that draft and let it sit. I always find that it\'s never as bad as I feared.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Isn\'t that what perfectionism is, fear?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And isn\'t it interesting how perfectionism is so closely related to procrastination?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'ve got to remember the awesome feeling of relief when I finish something, even when it isn\'t perfect. That poster is true, <strong>done is better than perfect</strong>..</p>','\"Done is better than perfect\"','','inherit','open','open','','3895-revision-9','','','2012-06-23 16:04:29','2012-06-23 20:04:29','',3895,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/06/3895-revision-9.html',0,'revision','',0),(3907,1,'2012-06-23 16:05:13','2012-06-23 20:05:13','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http://designforfun.com/display.php?id=115\">Quote poster by Bernard Barry</a></em></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Perfectionism isn\'t exactly a monster, but I find it to be a very convenient excuse. For everything. I find I\'m always telling myself little lies, \"Oh, I\'d totally get this done but it has to be perfect.\" This is clearly stupid, but never more so than when I spend hours researching for, let\'s say, the perfect dishwashing soap. Who cares? <em>I</em> don\'t even care that much, but I must have spent hours last week trying to figure out the most perfect soap to replace the one we\'d used up. Sigh.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, I keep putting things off -- in the name of research and perfection -- and then I get a big knot in my belly because I know I need to just get started.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Does this happen to you as well? Do you know what the solution is?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m always amazed at how well things turn out when I allow myself to be imperfect. To start that draft and let it sit. 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I\'m fine with the lesser expenditure of energy around these parts -- in fact, I think my body has been craving it like mad, and I\'m only too happy to give my body what it needs.\n\nI have, however, been making up for the lack of energy exertion with painting my nails super bright colors. My favorite right now is this orange by <a href=\"http://www.dermelect.com/ME-Peptide-Infused-Nail-Color-Treatments.asp?item=1073\">Dermelect called Head Turner</a> -- the bright color gives me a burst of energy every time I look at it. Color..POP!','Summer Color','','inherit','open','open','','3916-revision-6','','','2012-07-02 15:10:01','2012-07-02 19:10:01','',3916,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3916-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(3926,1,'2012-07-02 15:13:52','2012-07-02 19:13:52','In case you haven\'t noticed, we\'ve been very lazy this summer. 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Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to the sweltering hole that is South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch and ate ice cream.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\r\n\r\n[slideshow id=2]\r\n\r\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\r\n\r\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/womens-gold.jpg.CROP_.rectangle3-large.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4050\" title=\"womens-gold.jpg.CROP.rectangle3-large\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/womens-gold.jpg.CROP_.rectangle3-large.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"346\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI probably didn\'t dream of them because you KNOW I\'ll be there when our small town (did I mention I live mere steps from her high school? *cough cough*) throws a parade or some other wholesome event to celebrate our very own gold medalist. From right here, in small town MA.\r\n\r\nSo there\'s no need to dream, maybe?\r\n\r\nInstead, I dreamt of the other Aly --  fierce Russian gymnast Aliya Mustafina and her wide set eyes.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\r\n\r\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\r\n\r\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that. <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence. If I had a teen daughter that is <em>exactly</em> what I would want her to say.\r\n\r\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a young girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\r\n\r\nI mean, look! She can smile:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe just chooses not to. (And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I dared tag that photo.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are you DOING? You are UNFRIENDED IMMEDIATELY!</em></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In my dream, I asked Aliya for her advice.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(You can tell this is a dream because I\'m asking a teenager for advice.)</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(Also, because we were speaking in English. I\'m sure she speaks at least some English, because learning English isn\'t particularly special or exotic, but I just get the feeling that she\'s the type to pretend to not speak English just to mess with you. I think you know what I mean.)</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, I wanted to know how to do eye makeup like her. She took a look at my weak attempt at eye makeup and laughed in my face. Apparently, I\'m completely hopeless. No surprise there.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I also asked her to teach me how to give bitchface. Because, by God, she is the Queen and I\'m in desperate need of that skill.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those of you that know me know that I\'m a very <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/03/on-mr-rogers-and-honesty-and-kindness-everyday-tip-74.html\">nice person</a> (and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/it-takes-strength-to-be-kind.html\">very proud of that fact</a>) and that it shows on my face. I can\'t help it! My usual expression is that of a content puppy.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4040\" title=\"smile puppy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"277\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Trust me, I\'m not complaining. Most of the time, my happy demeanor and face serve me well. People tend to like happy people, and when you look nice, people put their guard down. That means that they\'re usually nice to you even if it is against their nature, and sometimes, it means that people have low expectations of you -- like that you can\'t possibly be smart or competitive because you\'re obviously nice and the two things are like oil and water. Of course that\'s not true, so I sometimes take advantage of that.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What? Listen, I\'m nice, but I\'m certainly not stupid. I can appreciate the power of good bitchface. It can come in so handy in everyday life; like when you don\'t want crazy people sitting next to you on the T or someone is boring you with yet another story about their <em>ahmazing</em> toddler or whatever.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I guess I must have won her over with my nice face (score!) because Dream Aliya told me the secret three step process of good bitchface.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>(DREAM) ALIYA MUSTAFINA\'S SECRETS TO PROPER BITCHFACE. (IN MY DREAMS)</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, you think of hateful things. (I thought of driving on the Mass Pike. Massholes!)</p>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" />\r\n\r\nThen, you relax your face completely, while keeping the hateful thoughts in your soul. (Don\'t worry, it\'ll still show through your eyes. Like your hips, they don\'t lie.)\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4043\" title=\"ah4X8\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ah4X8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"> The result? Eyes that cut glass, and not one hint of whether you are happy or angry or indifferent. Except for those eyes. Which will terrify whoever crosses their path.</p>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />\r\n\r\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface. YOU GO ON GIRL.\r\n\r\n(This is so pathetic. You know how <em>Yesterday</em> came to Paul McCartney in a dream? I waste my brain\'s most creative powers on eye makeup and bitchface. This is why I\'m not supremely successful, friends. 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In the same way that I\'m a woman and a human -- it\'s everything that I am, and just a part of it, all at once.\r\n\r\nI\'ve always been comfortable juggling different cultures. And then I married an Austrian who grew up all over the place himself, because I apparently I love being a multicultural soup so much that I want the same for my kids, only more. Does that make sense?\r\n\r\nAnyway! I stumbled on <a href=\"http://www.humansarefunny.com/2012/06/ole-ole-ole/#comments\">Laurenne\'s</a> poetry project Half &amp; Mitad while surfing the internet and<a href=\"http://www.halfandmitad.com/\"> I fell in love with her story</a> and her sense of humor about her search for her roots.\r\n\r\nI also felt a little guilty because I\'m not being very strict on the Spanish at home. I really want my boys to feel whole -- and to know that it\'s OK to be a little bit of everything.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/halfandmitad.com-halfymitad-e1341504058286.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3965\" title=\"halfandmitad.com halfymitad\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/halfandmitad.com-halfymitad-e1341504058286.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://halfandmitad.com/halfymitad.pdf\">She has her entire book of poetry here</a> -- for free!\r\n\r\nTake a look and have a little giggle. 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In the same way that I\'m a woman and a human -- it\'s everything that I am, and just a part of it, all at once.\n\nI\'ve always been comfortable juggling different cultures. And then I married an Austrian who grew up all over the place himself, because I apparently I love being a multicultural soup so much that I want the same for my kids, only more. Does that make sense?\n\nAnyway! I stumbled on <a href=\"http://www.humansarefunny.com/2012/06/ole-ole-ole/#comments\">Laurenne\'s</a> poetry project Half &amp; Mitad while surfing the internet and<a href=\"http://www.halfandmitad.com/\"> I fell in love with her story</a> and her sense of humor about her search for her roots. I also felt a little guilty because I\'m not being very strict on the Spanish at home. I really want my boys to feel whole -- and to know that it\'s OK to be a little bit of everything.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/halfandmitad.com-halfymitad-e1341504058286.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3965\" title=\"halfandmitad.com halfymitad\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/halfandmitad.com-halfymitad-e1341504058286.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" /></a>\n\nS<a href=\"http://halfandmitad.com/halfymitad.pdf\">he has her entire book of poetry here</a> -- for free!\n\nTake a look and have a little giggle. 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I stumbled on <a href=\"http://www.humansarefunny.com/2012/06/ole-ole-ole/#comments\">Laurenne\'s</a> poetry project Half &amp; Mitad while surfing the internet and<a href=\"http://www.halfandmitad.com/\"> I fell in love with her story</a> and her sense of humor about her search for her roots.\n\nI also felt a little guilty because I\'m not being very strict on the Spanish at home. I really want my boys to feel whole -- and to know that it\'s OK to be a little bit of everything.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/halfandmitad.com-halfymitad-e1341504058286.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3965\" title=\"halfandmitad.com halfymitad\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/halfandmitad.com-halfymitad-e1341504058286.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" /></a>\n\nS<a href=\"http://halfandmitad.com/halfymitad.pdf\">he has her entire book of poetry here</a> -- for free!\n\nTake a look and have a little giggle. No Spanish required.','Crushing: Half & Mitad','','inherit','open','open','','3964-autosave','','','2012-07-05 12:10:20','2012-07-05 16:10:20','',3964,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3964-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3970,1,'2012-07-05 12:03:29','2012-07-05 16:03:29','It\'s no secret that I\'m hispanic (and if you didn\'t know, surprise!, though I really hope that it\'s obvious). In the same way that I\'m a woman and a human -- it\'s everything that I am, and just a part of it, all at once.\r\n\r\nI\'ve always been comfortable juggling different cultures. And then I married an Austrian who grew up all over the place himself, because I apparently I love being a multicultural soup so much that I want the same for my kids, only more. Does that make sense?\r\n\r\nAnyway! I stumbled on <a href=\"http://www.humansarefunny.com/2012/06/ole-ole-ole/#comments\">Laurenne\'s</a> poetry project Half &amp; Mitad while surfing the internet and<a href=\"http://www.halfandmitad.com/\"> I fell in love with her story</a> and her sense of humor about her search for her roots.\r\n\r\nI also felt a little guilty because I\'m not being very strict on the Spanish at home. I really want my boys to feel whole -- and to know that it\'s OK to be a little bit of everything.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/halfandmitad.com-halfymitad-e1341504058286.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3965\" title=\"halfandmitad.com halfymitad\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/halfandmitad.com-halfymitad-e1341504058286.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" /></a>\r\n\r\nS<a href=\"http://halfandmitad.com/halfymitad.pdf\">he has her entire book of poetry here</a> -- for free!\r\n\r\nTake a look and have a little giggle. 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I stumbled on <a href=\"http://www.humansarefunny.com/2012/06/ole-ole-ole/#comments\">Laurenne\'s</a> poetry project Half &amp; Mitad while surfing the internet and<a href=\"http://www.halfandmitad.com/\"> I fell in love with her story</a> and her sense of humor about her search for her roots.\r\n\r\nI also felt a little guilty because I\'m not being very strict on the Spanish at home. I really want my boys to feel whole -- and to know that it\'s OK to be a little bit of everything.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/halfandmitad.com-halfymitad-e1341504058286.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3965\" title=\"halfandmitad.com halfymitad\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/halfandmitad.com-halfymitad-e1341504058286.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" /></a>\r\n\r\nS<a href=\"http://halfandmitad.com/halfymitad.pdf\">he has her entire book of poetry here</a> -- for free!\r\n\r\nTake a look and have a little giggle. 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We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\r\n\r\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\r\n\r\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\r\n	<li>3 teaspoons baking soda</li>\r\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups white sugar</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\r\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\r\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PREP</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\r\n\r\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\r\n\r\n<strong>POUR</strong>\r\n\r\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\r\n\r\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','publish','open','open','','easy-eggless-chocolate-cake','','','2012-07-11 09:18:53','2012-07-11 13:18:53','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=3973',0,'post','',1),(3974,1,'2012-07-11 08:57:09','2012-07-11 12:57:09','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\n\nOf course, I get to my kitchen and I realize that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.\n\nSo I was out of luck.\n\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. I chose this one, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, it\'s CHOCOLATE CHUN\n\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\n\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Directions</strong>\n\n<strong>PREP</strong>\n\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\n\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\n\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\n\n<strong>POUR</strong>\n\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\n<strong></strong>\n\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\n\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Very Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision','','','2012-07-11 08:57:09','2012-07-11 12:57:09','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(3975,1,'2012-07-11 08:57:18','2012-07-11 12:57:18','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\r\n\r\nOf course, I get to my kitchen and I realize that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. I chose this one, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people)\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\r\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\r\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\r\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\r\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PREP</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\r\n\r\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\r\n\r\n<strong>POUR</strong>\r\n\r\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\r\n\r\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Very Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-2','','','2012-07-11 08:57:18','2012-07-11 12:57:18','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(3976,1,'2012-07-11 09:04:54','2012-07-11 13:04:54','','eggless chocolate cake','','inherit','open','open','','eggless-chocolate-cake','','','2012-07-11 09:04:54','2012-07-11 13:04:54','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3977,1,'2012-07-11 09:01:23','2012-07-11 13:01:23','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\n\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\n\nSo I was out of luck.\n\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\n\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\n\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\n\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\n\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\n\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Directions</strong>\n\n<strong>PREP</strong>\n\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\n\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\n\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\n\n<strong>POUR</strong>\n\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\n<strong></strong>\n\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\n\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Very Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-3','','','2012-07-11 09:01:23','2012-07-11 13:01:23','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(3978,1,'2012-07-11 09:01:23','2012-07-11 13:01:23','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\n\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\n\nSo I was out of luck.\n\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\n\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\n\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\n\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\n\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\n\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Directions</strong>\n\n<strong>PREP</strong>\n\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\n\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\n\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\n\n<strong>POUR</strong>\n\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\n<strong></strong>\n\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\n\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Very Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-4','','','2012-07-11 09:01:23','2012-07-11 13:01:23','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(3982,1,'2012-07-11 09:07:43','2012-07-11 13:07:43','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\r\n\r\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\r\n\r\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/EASY-EGGLESS-CHOCOLATE-CAKE.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"EASY EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/EASY-EGGLESS-CHOCOLATE-CAKE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\r\n\r\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\r\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\r\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\r\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\r\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PREP</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\r\n\r\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\r\n\r\n<strong>POUR</strong>\r\n\r\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\r\n\r\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-7','','','2012-07-11 09:07:43','2012-07-11 13:07:43','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(3980,1,'2012-07-11 09:06:10','2012-07-11 13:06:10','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\n\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\n\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\n\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\n\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\n\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\n\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\n\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\n\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Directions</strong>\n\n<strong>PREP</strong>\n\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\n\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\n\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\n\n<strong>POUR</strong>\n\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\n<strong></strong>\n\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\n\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Very Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-5','','','2012-07-11 09:06:10','2012-07-11 13:06:10','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(3985,1,'2012-07-11 09:09:10','2012-07-11 13:09:10','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\r\n\r\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\r\n\r\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\r\n\r\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\r\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\r\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\r\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\r\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PREP</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\r\n\r\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\r\n\r\n<strong>POUR</strong>\r\n\r\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\r\n\r\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-10','','','2012-07-11 09:09:10','2012-07-11 13:09:10','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-10.html',0,'revision','',0),(3981,1,'2012-07-11 09:07:37','2012-07-11 13:07:37','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\r\n\r\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\r\n\r\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/EASY-EGGLESS-CHOCOLATE-CAKE.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"EASY EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/EASY-EGGLESS-CHOCOLATE-CAKE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\r\n\r\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\r\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\r\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\r\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\r\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PREP</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\r\n\r\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\r\n\r\n<strong>POUR</strong>\r\n\r\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\r\n\r\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-6','','','2012-07-11 09:07:37','2012-07-11 13:07:37','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(3983,1,'2012-07-11 09:07:43','2012-07-11 13:07:43','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\r\n\r\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\r\n\r\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/EASY-EGGLESS-CHOCOLATE-CAKE.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"EASY EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/EASY-EGGLESS-CHOCOLATE-CAKE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\r\n\r\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\r\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\r\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\r\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\r\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PREP</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\r\n\r\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\r\n\r\n<strong>POUR</strong>\r\n\r\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\r\n\r\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-8','','','2012-07-11 09:07:43','2012-07-11 13:07:43','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-8.html',0,'revision','',0),(3984,1,'2012-07-11 09:08:37','2012-07-11 13:08:37','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\r\n\r\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\r\n\r\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/EASY-EGGLESS-CHOCOLATE-CAKE.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"EASY EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/EASY-EGGLESS-CHOCOLATE-CAKE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\r\n\r\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\r\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\r\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\r\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\r\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PREP</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\r\n\r\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\r\n\r\n<strong>POUR</strong>\r\n\r\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\r\n\r\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-9','','','2012-07-11 09:08:37','2012-07-11 13:08:37','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-9.html',0,'revision','',0),(3986,1,'2012-07-11 09:09:34','2012-07-11 13:09:34','','EASY EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE','','inherit','open','open','','easy-eggless-chocolate-cake','','','2012-07-11 09:09:34','2012-07-11 13:09:34','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/EASY-EGGLESS-CHOCOLATE-CAKE.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3987,1,'2012-07-11 09:09:11','2012-07-11 13:09:11','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\r\n\r\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\r\n\r\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\r\n\r\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\r\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\r\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\r\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\r\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PREP</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\r\n\r\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\r\n\r\n<strong>POUR</strong>\r\n\r\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\r\n\r\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-11','','','2012-07-11 09:09:11','2012-07-11 13:09:11','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-11.html',0,'revision','',0),(3988,1,'2012-07-11 09:09:52','2012-07-11 13:09:52','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\r\n\r\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\r\n\r\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\r\n\r\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\r\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\r\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\r\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\r\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PREP</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\r\n\r\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\r\n\r\n<strong>POUR</strong>\r\n\r\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\r\n\r\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-12','','','2012-07-11 09:09:52','2012-07-11 13:09:52','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-12.html',0,'revision','',0),(3989,1,'2012-07-11 09:09:52','2012-07-11 13:09:52','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\r\n\r\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\r\n\r\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! All we needed was a wooden spoon and a bowl.\r\n\r\nWe went from sifting to eating chocolate cake in an hour. And it was delicious!\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Very Easy</em> Eggless Chocolate Cake</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">flour</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>\r\n	<li>3 teaspoons <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">baking soda</a></li>\r\n	<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups white <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/#\">sugar</a></li>\r\n	<li>1 cup vegetable oil (I had grapeseed oil on hand, but anything other than olive oil would work)</li>\r\n	<li>3 cups water</li>\r\n	<li>3 tablespoons vanilla extract</li>\r\n	<li>1 Semi-sweet chocolate bar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PREP</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease and flour your pan and/or prepare your cupcake tray.\r\n\r\n<strong>SIFT</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt. Add sugar and mix together.\r\n\r\n<strong>POUR</strong>\r\n\r\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\r\n\r\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-revision-13','','','2012-07-11 09:09:52','2012-07-11 13:09:52','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-revision-13.html',0,'revision','',0),(3990,1,'2012-07-11 09:11:16','2012-07-11 13:11:16','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\n\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\n\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\n\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\n\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! 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Add sugar and mix together.\n\n<strong>POUR</strong>\n\nAdd oil, water and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pans — fill a little more than halfway.  Push small pieces of crumbled chocolate bar into the batter.\n<strong></strong>\n\n<strong>BAKE</strong>\n\nBake at 350 degrees F — I did 20 minutes for cupcakes and 40 for my small round cake pan.','Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake','','inherit','open','open','','3973-autosave','','','2012-07-11 09:11:16','2012-07-11 13:11:16','',3973,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/07/3973-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3991,1,'2012-07-11 09:10:11','2012-07-11 13:10:11','We have adjusted easily to my son\'s food allergies for the most part, but every once in a while I get thrown for a loop. My husband\'s birthday was last weekend, and I planned on making a little bit of a fuss in his honor. Even though he doesn\'t have a sweet tooth, everyone knows that birthdays require cake (to hold the candles, duh), so I planned on whipping up a quick and easy chocolate cake in his honor.\r\n\r\nOf course, things didn\'t go as planned. (They never do.)  I got to my kitchen and I realized that we don\'t have eggs because of Matthias\' egg allergy. (Before the allergy we used to always have eggs in the fridge, so I just assumed I\'d have them there somehow. We are lucky that his egg allergy is mild enough that we can (and do) give him eggs in baked goods, but I just don\'t buy enough eggs to justify adding them to my weekly shopping list.)\r\n\r\nSo I was out of luck. Or so I thought.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the internet exists, so I did a quick Google search and discovered tons of eggless cake recipes. <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggless-chocolate-cake-ii/\">I chose this one</a>, and altered it a bit (I added chocolate chunks, because well, CHOCOLATE CHUNKS people).\r\n\r\nI forgot to mention that I only had one stick of butter in the fridge, but it was enough to <a href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/317743/basic-buttercream\">whip up a bit of buttercream</a> for the top and the day was saved!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"eggless chocolate cake\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot too bad for a one bowl recipe...I didn\'t even need to bring out the mixer! 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I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[imagebrowser id=2]','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-16','','','2012-08-07 11:47:55','2012-08-07 15:47:55','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-16.html',0,'revision','',0),(4014,1,'2012-08-07 11:48:18','2012-08-07 15:48:18','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. 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I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\r\n\r\n[nggallery id=2]','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-18','','','2012-08-07 11:48:18','2012-08-07 15:48:18','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-18.html',0,'revision','',0),(4016,1,'2012-08-07 11:49:04','2012-08-07 15:49:04','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. 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I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling and aFabulous Five teammates.\n\nNo.\n\nI dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina and her magnificent bitchface:','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-20','','','2012-08-07 11:54:42','2012-08-07 15:54:42','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-20.html',0,'revision','',0),(4018,1,'2012-08-07 11:55:10','2012-08-07 15:55:10','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\r\n\r\n[slideshow id=2]\r\n\r\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\r\n\r\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. 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I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo.\n\nI dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old -- then again she\'s Russian so maybe vodka','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-22','','','2012-08-07 11:57:14','2012-08-07 15:57:14','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-22.html',0,'revision','',0),(4020,1,'2012-08-07 11:57:14','2012-08-07 15:57:14','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. 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Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo.\n\nI dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen. Plus, despite NBC\'s','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-23','','','2012-08-07 12:04:28','2012-08-07 16:04:28','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-23.html',0,'revision','',0),(4024,1,'2012-08-07 12:06:34','2012-08-07 16:06:34','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\r\n\r\n[slideshow id=2]\r\n\r\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\r\n\r\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo.\r\n\r\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time.\r\n\r\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\r\n\r\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen. Plus, despite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure. I mean, look! She can smile:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-24','','','2012-08-07 12:06:34','2012-08-07 16:06:34','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-24.html',0,'revision','',0),(4025,1,'2012-08-07 12:08:07','2012-08-07 16:08:07','','tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500','','inherit','open','open','','tumblr_m85qj9l7c11qailtxo1_500','','','2012-08-07 12:08:07','2012-08-07 16:08:07','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4026,1,'2012-08-07 12:08:40','2012-08-07 16:08:40','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo.\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen. Plus, despite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure. I mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. And will probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I tagged that photo.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-25','','','2012-08-07 12:08:40','2012-08-07 16:08:40','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-25.html',0,'revision','',0),(4027,1,'2012-08-07 12:09:06','2012-08-07 16:09:06','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\r\n\r\n[slideshow id=2]\r\n\r\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\r\n\r\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo.\r\n\r\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time.\r\n\r\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\r\n\r\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen. Plus, despite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\r\n\r\nI mean, look! She can smile:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe just chooses not to. And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I tagged that photo.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-26','','','2012-08-07 12:09:06','2012-08-07 16:09:06','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-26.html',0,'revision','',0),(4028,1,'2012-08-07 12:11:32','2012-08-07 16:11:32','','tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500','','inherit','open','open','','tumblr_m8cr26xj151rxga3jo1_500','','','2012-08-07 12:11:32','2012-08-07 16:11:32','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4029,1,'2012-08-07 12:11:10','2012-08-07 16:11:10','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo.\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen. Plus, despite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I tagged that photo.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-27','','','2012-08-07 12:11:10','2012-08-07 16:11:10','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-27.html',0,'revision','',0),(4030,1,'2012-08-07 12:12:05','2012-08-07 16:12:05','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\r\n\r\n[slideshow id=2]\r\n\r\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\r\n\r\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo.\r\n\r\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time.\r\n\r\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\r\n\r\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen. Plus, despite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\r\n\r\nI mean, look! She can smile:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe just chooses not to. And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I tagged that photo.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-28','','','2012-08-07 12:12:05','2012-08-07 16:12:05','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-28.html',0,'revision','',0),(4031,1,'2012-08-07 12:14:52','2012-08-07 16:14:52','','f3wAt','','inherit','open','open','','f3wat','','','2012-08-07 12:14:52','2012-08-07 16:14:52','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4032,1,'2012-08-07 12:15:09','2012-08-07 16:15:09','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo.\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen. Plus, despite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I tagged that photo.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\n\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-29','','','2012-08-07 12:15:09','2012-08-07 16:15:09','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-29.html',0,'revision','',0),(4034,1,'2012-08-07 12:16:16','2012-08-07 16:16:16','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo.\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen. Plus, despite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I tagged that photo.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\n\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-31','','','2012-08-07 12:16:16','2012-08-07 16:16:16','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-31.html',0,'revision','',0),(4033,1,'2012-08-07 12:15:12','2012-08-07 16:15:12','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\r\n\r\n[slideshow id=2]\r\n\r\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\r\n\r\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo.\r\n\r\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time.\r\n\r\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\r\n\r\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen. Plus, despite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\r\n\r\nI mean, look! She can smile:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe just chooses not to. And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I tagged that photo.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-30','','','2012-08-07 12:15:12','2012-08-07 16:15:12','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-30.html',0,'revision','',0),(4035,1,'2012-08-07 12:48:30','2012-08-07 16:48:30','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\r\n\r\n[slideshow id=2]\r\n\r\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\r\n\r\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo.\r\n\r\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time.\r\n\r\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\r\n\r\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen. Plus, despite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\r\n\r\nI mean, look! She can smile:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe just chooses not to. And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I tagged that photo.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-32','','','2012-08-07 12:48:30','2012-08-07 16:48:30','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-32.html',0,'revision','',0),(4036,1,'2012-08-07 13:05:33','2012-08-07 17:05:33','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo.\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\n\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I tagged that photo.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\n\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-33','','','2012-08-07 13:05:33','2012-08-07 17:05:33','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-33.html',0,'revision','',0),(4037,1,'2012-08-07 13:05:33','2012-08-07 17:05:33','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo.\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\n\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a little girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I tagged that photo.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\n\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-34','','','2012-08-07 13:05:33','2012-08-07 17:05:33','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-34.html',0,'revision','',0),(4038,1,'2012-08-07 13:10:22','2012-08-07 17:10:22','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI probably didn\'t dream of them because I\'ll be there when our small town throws a parade or some other wholesome celebration to celebrate our very own gold medalist.\n\nSo there\'s no need to dream, maybe?\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that. <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\n\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a young girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. (And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I dared tag that photo.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are you DOING? Untag me IMMEDIATELY!</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In my dream, I asked Aliya two things. One, how do you do your eye makeup? She took a look at my weak attempts at eye makeup and laughed in my face. Apparently, I\'m completely hopeless.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And two, I asked her to teach me how to give good</p>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\n\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-35','','','2012-08-07 13:10:22','2012-08-07 17:10:22','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-35.html',0,'revision','',0),(4039,1,'2012-08-07 13:11:19','2012-08-07 17:11:19','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\r\n\r\n[slideshow id=2]\r\n\r\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\r\n\r\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI probably didn\'t dream of them because I\'ll be there when our small town throws a parade or some other wholesome celebration to celebrate our very own gold medalist.\r\n\r\nSo there\'s no need to dream, maybe?\r\n\r\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\r\n\r\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\r\n\r\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that. <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\r\n\r\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a young girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\r\n\r\nI mean, look! She can smile:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe just chooses not to. (And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I dared tag that photo.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are you DOING? Untag me IMMEDIATELY!</em></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In my dream, I asked Aliya two things. One, how do you do your eye makeup? She took a look at my weak attempts at eye makeup and laughed in my face. Apparently, I\'m completely hopeless.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And two, I asked her to teach me how to give bitchface. Because, by God, she is the Queen.</p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-36','','','2012-08-07 13:11:19','2012-08-07 17:11:19','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-36.html',0,'revision','',0),(4040,1,'2012-08-07 13:23:46','2012-08-07 17:23:46','','smile puppy','','inherit','open','open','','smile-puppy','','','2012-08-07 13:23:46','2012-08-07 17:23:46','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4041,1,'2012-08-07 13:26:28','2012-08-07 17:26:28','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI probably didn\'t dream of them because I\'ll be there when our small town throws a parade or some other wholesome celebration to celebrate our very own gold medalist.\n\nSo there\'s no need to dream, maybe?\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that. <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\n\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a young girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. (And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I dared tag that photo.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are you DOING? Untag me IMMEDIATELY!</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In my dream, I asked Aliya for her advice. (You can tell this is a dream because I\'m asking a teenager for advice. Also, because we were speaking in English. I\'m sure she speaks at least some English, because learning English isn\'t paritcularly special or exotic, but I just get the feeling that she\'s the type to pretend to not speak English just to mess with you. I know you know that type.)</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, I wanted to know how to do eye makeup like her. She took a look at my weak attempt at eye makeup and laughed in my face. Apparently, I\'m completely hopeless.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then, I asked her to teach me how to give bitchface. Because, by God, she is the Queen and I\'m in desperate need of that skill.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those of you that know me know that I\'m a very nice person (and very proud of that fact) and that it shows on my face. My usual expression is that of a content puppy.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4040\" title=\"smile puppy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"277\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Trust me, I\'m not complaining. Most of the time, my happy demeanor and face serve me well. People like happy people, and when you look nice, people put their guard down. That means that they\'re usually nice, and sometimes, it means that people have low expectations of you -- like that you can\'t possibly be smart or competitive because you\'re obviously nice and the two things are like oil and water. Of course that\'s not true, so I sometimes take advantage of that.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(What? I\'m nice, but I\'m certainly not stupid.)</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But I can appreciate good bit</p>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\n\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-37','','','2012-08-07 13:26:28','2012-08-07 17:26:28','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-37.html',0,'revision','',0),(4042,1,'2012-08-07 13:26:28','2012-08-07 17:26:28','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI probably didn\'t dream of them because I\'ll be there when our small town throws a parade or some other wholesome celebration to celebrate our very own gold medalist.\n\nSo there\'s no need to dream, maybe?\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that. <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\n\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a young girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. (And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I dared tag that photo.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are you DOING? Untag me IMMEDIATELY!</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In my dream, I asked Aliya for her advice. (You can tell this is a dream because I\'m asking a teenager for advice. Also, because we were speaking in English. I\'m sure she speaks at least some English, because learning English isn\'t paritcularly special or exotic, but I just get the feeling that she\'s the type to pretend to not speak English just to mess with you. I know you know that type.)</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, I wanted to know how to do eye makeup like her. She took a look at my weak attempt at eye makeup and laughed in my face. Apparently, I\'m completely hopeless.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then, I asked her to teach me how to give bitchface. Because, by God, she is the Queen and I\'m in desperate need of that skill.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those of you that know me know that I\'m a very nice person (and very proud of that fact) and that it shows on my face. My usual expression is that of a content puppy.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4040\" title=\"smile puppy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"277\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Trust me, I\'m not complaining. Most of the time, my happy demeanor and face serve me well. People like happy people, and when you look nice, people put their guard down. That means that they\'re usually nice, and sometimes, it means that people have low expectations of you -- like that you can\'t possibly be smart or competitive because you\'re obviously nice and the two things are like oil and water. Of course that\'s not true, so I sometimes take advantage of that.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(What? I\'m nice, but I\'m certainly not stupid.)</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But I can appreciate good bit</p>\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" /></a>\n\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-37','','','2012-08-07 13:26:28','2012-08-07 17:26:28','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-37.html',0,'revision','',0),(4043,1,'2012-08-07 13:32:28','2012-08-07 17:32:28','','ah4X8','','inherit','open','open','','ah4x8','','','2012-08-07 13:32:28','2012-08-07 17:32:28','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ah4X8.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4044,1,'2012-08-07 13:38:04','2012-08-07 17:38:04','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI probably didn\'t dream of them because I\'ll be there when our small town throws a parade or some other wholesome celebration to celebrate our very own gold medalist.\n\nSo there\'s no need to dream, maybe?\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that. <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\n\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a young girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. (And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I dared tag that photo.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are you DOING? Untag me IMMEDIATELY!</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In my dream, I asked Aliya for her advice. (You can tell this is a dream because I\'m asking a teenager for advice.) (Also, because we were speaking in English. I\'m sure she speaks at least some English, because learning English isn\'t particularly special or exotic, but I just get the feeling that she\'s the type to pretend to not speak English just to mess with you. I think you know what I mean.)</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, I wanted to know how to do eye makeup like her. She took a look at my weak attempt at eye makeup and laughed in my face. Apparently, I\'m completely hopeless. No surprise there.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then, I asked her to teach me how to give bitchface. Because, by God, she is the Queen and I\'m in desperate need of that skill.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those of you that know me know that I\'m a very <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/03/on-mr-rogers-and-honesty-and-kindness-everyday-tip-74.html\">nice person</a> (and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/it-takes-strength-to-be-kind.html\">very proud of that fact</a>) and that it shows on my face. I can\'t help it! My usual expression is that of a content puppy.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4040\" title=\"smile puppy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"277\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Trust me, I\'m not complaining. Most of the time, my happy demeanor and face serve me well. People like happy people, and when you look nice, people put their guard down. That means that they\'re usually nice, and sometimes, it means that people have low expectations of you -- like that you can\'t possibly be smart or competitive because you\'re obviously nice and the two things are like oil and water. Of course that\'s not true, so I sometimes take advantage of that.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What? Listen, I\'m nice, but I\'m certainly not stupid. I can appreciate the power of good bitchface. It can come in so handy in everyday life; like when you don\'t want crazy people sitting next to you on the T or someone is boring you with yet another story about their <em>ahmazing</em> toddler or whatever.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I guess I must have won her over with my nice face (score!) because Dream Aliya told me the secret to good bitchface.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, you think of hateful things. (I thought of driving on the Mass Pike. Massholes!)</p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4043\" title=\"ah4X8\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ah4X8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" />\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"> The result? Eyes that cut glass, and not one hint of whether you are happy or angry or indifferent. Except for those eyes.</p>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />\n\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\n\n&nbsp;','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-38','','','2012-08-07 13:38:04','2012-08-07 17:38:04','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-38.html',0,'revision','',0),(4045,1,'2012-08-07 13:38:21','2012-08-07 17:38:21','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\r\n\r\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\r\n\r\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\r\n\r\n[slideshow id=2]\r\n\r\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\r\n\r\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI probably didn\'t dream of them because I\'ll be there when our small town throws a parade or some other wholesome celebration to celebrate our very own gold medalist.\r\n\r\nSo there\'s no need to dream, maybe?\r\n\r\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\r\n\r\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\r\n\r\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that. <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\r\n\r\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a young girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\r\n\r\nI mean, look! She can smile:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe just chooses not to. (And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I dared tag that photo.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are you DOING? Untag me IMMEDIATELY!</em></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In my dream, I asked Aliya for her advice. (You can tell this is a dream because I\'m asking a teenager for advice.) (Also, because we were speaking in English. I\'m sure she speaks at least some English, because learning English isn\'t particularly special or exotic, but I just get the feeling that she\'s the type to pretend to not speak English just to mess with you. I think you know what I mean.)</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, I wanted to know how to do eye makeup like her. She took a look at my weak attempt at eye makeup and laughed in my face. Apparently, I\'m completely hopeless. No surprise there.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then, I asked her to teach me how to give bitchface. Because, by God, she is the Queen and I\'m in desperate need of that skill.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those of you that know me know that I\'m a very <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/03/on-mr-rogers-and-honesty-and-kindness-everyday-tip-74.html\">nice person</a> (and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/it-takes-strength-to-be-kind.html\">very proud of that fact</a>) and that it shows on my face. I can\'t help it! My usual expression is that of a content puppy.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4040\" title=\"smile puppy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"277\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Trust me, I\'m not complaining. Most of the time, my happy demeanor and face serve me well. People like happy people, and when you look nice, people put their guard down. That means that they\'re usually nice, and sometimes, it means that people have low expectations of you -- like that you can\'t possibly be smart or competitive because you\'re obviously nice and the two things are like oil and water. Of course that\'s not true, so I sometimes take advantage of that.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What? Listen, I\'m nice, but I\'m certainly not stupid. I can appreciate the power of good bitchface. It can come in so handy in everyday life; like when you don\'t want crazy people sitting next to you on the T or someone is boring you with yet another story about their <em>ahmazing</em> toddler or whatever.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I guess I must have won her over with my nice face (score!) because Dream Aliya told me the secret to good bitchface.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, you think of hateful things. (I thought of driving on the Mass Pike. Massholes!)</p>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" />\r\n\r\nThen, you relax your face completely, while keeping the hateful thoughts in your soul. (Don\'t worry, it\'ll show through your eyes.)\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4043\" title=\"ah4X8\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ah4X8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"> The result? Eyes that cut glass, and not one hint of whether you are happy or angry or indifferent. Except for those eyes.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />\r\n\r\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-39','','','2012-08-07 13:38:21','2012-08-07 17:38:21','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-39.html',0,'revision','',0),(4046,1,'2012-08-07 13:55:26','2012-08-07 17:55:26','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI probably didn\'t dream of them because I\'ll be there when our small town throws a parade or some other wholesome celebration to celebrate our very own gold medalist.\n\nSo there\'s no need to dream, maybe?\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that. <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\n\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a young girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. (And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I dared tag that photo.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are you DOING? Untag me IMMEDIATELY!</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In my dream, I asked Aliya for her advice. (You can tell this is a dream because I\'m asking a teenager for advice.) (Also, because we were speaking in English. I\'m sure she speaks at least some English, because learning English isn\'t particularly special or exotic, but I just get the feeling that she\'s the type to pretend to not speak English just to mess with you. I think you know what I mean.)</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, I wanted to know how to do eye makeup like her. She took a look at my weak attempt at eye makeup and laughed in my face. Apparently, I\'m completely hopeless. No surprise there.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You know how <em>Yesterday</em> came to Paul McCartney in a dream?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I asked her to teach me how to give bitchface. Because, by God, she is the Queen and I\'m in desperate need of that skill.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those of you that know me know that I\'m a very <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/03/on-mr-rogers-and-honesty-and-kindness-everyday-tip-74.html\">nice person</a> (and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/it-takes-strength-to-be-kind.html\">very proud of that fact</a>) and that it shows on my face. I can\'t help it! My usual expression is that of a content puppy.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4040\" title=\"smile puppy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"277\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Trust me, I\'m not complaining. Most of the time, my happy demeanor and face serve me well. People like happy people, and when you look nice, people put their guard down. That means that they\'re usually nice, and sometimes, it means that people have low expectations of you -- like that you can\'t possibly be smart or competitive because you\'re obviously nice and the two things are like oil and water. Of course that\'s not true, so I sometimes take advantage of that.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What? Listen, I\'m nice, but I\'m certainly not stupid. I can appreciate the power of good bitchface. It can come in so handy in everyday life; like when you don\'t want crazy people sitting next to you on the T or someone is boring you with yet another story about their <em>ahmazing</em> toddler or whatever.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I guess I must have won her over with my nice face (score!) because Dream Aliya told me the secret to good bitchface.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, you think of hateful things. (I thought of driving on the Mass Pike. Massholes!)</p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" />\n\nThen, you relax your face completely, while keeping the hateful thoughts in your soul. (Don\'t worry, it\'ll show through your eyes.)\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4043\" title=\"ah4X8\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ah4X8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" />\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"> The result? Eyes that cut glass, and not one hint of whether you are happy or angry or indifferent. Except for those eyes. Which will terrify whoever crosses their path.</p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />\n\n(God, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.)\n\n&nbsp;','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-40','','','2012-08-07 13:55:26','2012-08-07 17:55:26','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-40.html',0,'revision','',0),(4047,1,'2012-08-07 13:55:26','2012-08-07 17:55:26','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI probably didn\'t dream of them because I\'ll be there when our small town throws a parade or some other wholesome celebration to celebrate our very own gold medalist.\n\nSo there\'s no need to dream, maybe?\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that. <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\n\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a young girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. (And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I dared tag that photo.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are you DOING? Untag me IMMEDIATELY!</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In my dream, I asked Aliya for her advice. (You can tell this is a dream because I\'m asking a teenager for advice.) (Also, because we were speaking in English. I\'m sure she speaks at least some English, because learning English isn\'t particularly special or exotic, but I just get the feeling that she\'s the type to pretend to not speak English just to mess with you. I think you know what I mean.)</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, I wanted to know how to do eye makeup like her. She took a look at my weak attempt at eye makeup and laughed in my face. Apparently, I\'m completely hopeless. No surprise there.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You know how <em>Yesterday</em> came to Paul McCartney in a dream?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I asked her to teach me how to give bitchface. Because, by God, she is the Queen and I\'m in desperate need of that skill.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those of you that know me know that I\'m a very <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/03/on-mr-rogers-and-honesty-and-kindness-everyday-tip-74.html\">nice person</a> (and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/it-takes-strength-to-be-kind.html\">very proud of that fact</a>) and that it shows on my face. I can\'t help it! My usual expression is that of a content puppy.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4040\" title=\"smile puppy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"277\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Trust me, I\'m not complaining. Most of the time, my happy demeanor and face serve me well. People like happy people, and when you look nice, people put their guard down. That means that they\'re usually nice, and sometimes, it means that people have low expectations of you -- like that you can\'t possibly be smart or competitive because you\'re obviously nice and the two things are like oil and water. Of course that\'s not true, so I sometimes take advantage of that.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What? Listen, I\'m nice, but I\'m certainly not stupid. I can appreciate the power of good bitchface. It can come in so handy in everyday life; like when you don\'t want crazy people sitting next to you on the T or someone is boring you with yet another story about their <em>ahmazing</em> toddler or whatever.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I guess I must have won her over with my nice face (score!) because Dream Aliya told me the secret to good bitchface.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, you think of hateful things. (I thought of driving on the Mass Pike. Massholes!)</p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" />\n\nThen, you relax your face completely, while keeping the hateful thoughts in your soul. (Don\'t worry, it\'ll show through your eyes.)\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4043\" title=\"ah4X8\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ah4X8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" />\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"> The result? Eyes that cut glass, and not one hint of whether you are happy or angry or indifferent. Except for those eyes. Which will terrify whoever crosses their path.</p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />\n\n(God, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.)\n\n&nbsp;','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-41','','','2012-08-07 13:55:26','2012-08-07 17:55:26','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-41.html',0,'revision','',0),(4048,1,'2012-08-07 13:58:44','2012-08-07 17:58:44','We\'ve just returned from our summer trip to sunny Miami. Now, you might wonder why on earth we\'d head to South Florida in the summer,  but please don\'t worry -- we made it just in time for the Olympics, which means that we spent a lot of time indoors watching incredibly fit people do incredibly fast things. While we sat on the couch.\n\n(Aside: I can\'t possibly be the only person who felt super fit after marathon sessions of athlete ogling? I could have sworn that my abs were tightening as I watched hours and hours of swimming and volleyball. I was starting to convince myself that this was really happening -- I even have a name for it, Bystander Fitness ™, which is kind of brilliant, right? -- but now we\'re on week two and I\'m pretty sure the bigger numbers on the scale are less due to muscle mass and more to increased hummus and chip consumption. While sitting on the couch. But it was nice while it lasted. Anyway!)\n\nSo I watched so much NBC in the last few days that I\'ve started to dream about the Olympics. To my complete surprise I wasn\'t dreaming of our boys in the American Swimming team:\n\n[slideshow id=2]\n\n(Seriously, what is wrong with me?)\n\nInstead I dreamt of a gymnast. And it wasn\'t even our hometown girl, Aly Raisman, or her smiling, adorable Fabulous Five teammates.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI probably didn\'t dream of them because I\'ll be there when our small town throws a parade or some other wholesome celebration to celebrate our very own gold medalist.\n\nSo there\'s no need to dream, maybe?\n\nInstead, I dreamt of fierce Russian star Aliya Mustafina.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" title=\"tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo copy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m83er5scSz1qm0fgo-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nMore specifically I dreamt that Aliya and I went out for drinks (I don\'t remember what -- maybe milkshakes, since she\'s probably like 15 years old?)* and we had a fabulous time. Hey, this is a dream, so it could happen.\n\n*(Then again she\'s Russian, so maybe vodka shots?)\n\nIn my dream, Aliya was lovely. We chatted, though not about the swimmers (to my dismay) because of course she\'s too serious for that. <a href=\"http://www.aliyamustafina.ru/english/fearlesseyes.html\">\"The <em>boys</em> in my life <em>will</em> appear when they do,\"</a> she has said. Wow. I love her confidence.\n\nDespite NBC\'s storyline, this girl isn\'t a villain, just a young girl that can do amazing things under immense pressure.\n\nI mean, look! She can smile:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" title=\"700\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nShe just chooses not to. (And would probably cut me if we were Facebook friends and I dared tag that photo.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"f3wAt\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/f3wAt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are you DOING? Untag me IMMEDIATELY!</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In my dream, I asked Aliya for her advice. (You can tell this is a dream because I\'m asking a teenager for advice.) (Also, because we were speaking in English. I\'m sure she speaks at least some English, because learning English isn\'t particularly special or exotic, but I just get the feeling that she\'s the type to pretend to not speak English just to mess with you. I think you know what I mean.)</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, I wanted to know how to do eye makeup like her. She took a look at my weak attempt at eye makeup and laughed in my face. Apparently, I\'m completely hopeless. No surprise there.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I asked her to teach me how to give bitchface. Because, by God, she is the Queen and I\'m in desperate need of that skill.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those of you that know me know that I\'m a very <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/03/on-mr-rogers-and-honesty-and-kindness-everyday-tip-74.html\">nice person</a> (and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/it-takes-strength-to-be-kind.html\">very proud of that fact</a>) and that it shows on my face. I can\'t help it! My usual expression is that of a content puppy.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4040\" title=\"smile puppy\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/smile-puppy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"277\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Trust me, I\'m not complaining. Most of the time, my happy demeanor and face serve me well. People like happy people, and when you look nice, people put their guard down. That means that they\'re usually nice, and sometimes, it means that people have low expectations of you -- like that you can\'t possibly be smart or competitive because you\'re obviously nice and the two things are like oil and water. Of course that\'s not true, so I sometimes take advantage of that.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What? Listen, I\'m nice, but I\'m certainly not stupid. I can appreciate the power of good bitchface. It can come in so handy in everyday life; like when you don\'t want crazy people sitting next to you on the T or someone is boring you with yet another story about their <em>ahmazing</em> toddler or whatever.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I guess I must have won her over with my nice face (score!) because Dream Aliya told me the secret three step process of good bitchface.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>DREAM ALIYA SECRETS TO PROPER BITCHFACE. (IN MY DREAMS)</strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, you think of hateful things. (I thought of driving on the Mass Pike. Massholes!)</p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" title=\"tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m8cr26Xj151rxga3jo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" />\n\nThen, you relax your face completely, while keeping the hateful thoughts in your soul. (Don\'t worry, it\'ll show through your eyes.)\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4043\" title=\"ah4X8\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ah4X8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" />\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"> The result? Eyes that cut glass, and not one hint of whether you are happy or angry or indifferent. Except for those eyes. Which will terrify whoever crosses their path.</p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" title=\"tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m85qj9L7c11qailtxo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" />\n\nGod, I can\'t help it. I adore her magnificent bitchface.\n\n(This is so pathetic. You know how <em>Yesterday</em> came to Paul McCartney in a dream? I waste my brains most creative powers on eye makeup and bitchface. This is why I\'m not supremely successful, friends. Don\'t waste your dreams!)','I had a dream about bitchface','','inherit','open','open','','3993-revision-42','','','2012-08-07 13:58:44','2012-08-07 17:58:44','',3993,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/08/3993-revision-42.html',0,'revision','',0),