(550,1,'2006-03-12 19:37:42','2006-03-12 19:37:42','<p>Thanks to that irrepressible songsmith, <a href=\"http://www.girlsgonechild.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">GGC</a>, I now have a theme song.&#0160; She has captured the universal essence of motherhood in a few dope rhymes.&#0160; It might become your theme song too!</p>\n\n<p>If you haven&#39;t heard <a href=\"http://girlsgonechild.blogspot.com/2006/03/ggc-rapz-its-hard-out-there-for-wife.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>It&#39;s Hard Out There for a Wife</em></a>, the freshest GGC Rapz®, get your ass over there right now!&#0160; Just don&#39;t blame me when you can&#39;t get it out of your head.</p>\n','Cue Theme Music...','\n','draft','open','closed','','cue-theme-music','','','2006-03-12 19:37:42','2006-03-12 19:37:42','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=550',0,'post','',6),(551,1,'2006-03-11 08:31:28','2006-03-11 08:31:28','<p>I&#39;ve received many questions about the banners I&#39;ve made over at <a href=\"http://girlsgonechild.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">GGC</a> and <a href=\"http://bridgermama.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Bridgermama</a>.&#0160; To answer the #1 question, no, I&#39;m not a designer.&#0160; I just like making banners.&#0160; And the answer to the #2 question is, yes, I <strong>may</strong> make you a banner as long as you understand the following:</p>\n\n<p>1.&#0160; You have to ask nicely.&#0160; And please don&#39;t take it personally if I say no.&#0160; See #2 below.&#0160; <br />\n2.&#0160; You have to be patient.&#0160; I&#39;m busy, just like you.&#0160; This isn&#39;t my job. <br />\n3.&#0160; Manage your expectations.&#0160; I can&#39;t work with vector illustrations.&#0160; I can&#39;t create custom illustrations.&#0160; There are many, many professional designers out there that are happy to do all of the above (and more) for you.</p>\n\n<p>Still interested?</p>\n\n<p>Send me an email (reluctant.housewife at gmail dot com).&#0160; I&#39;ll take a look at your blog and see if I can come up with something.&#0160; I&#39;ll let you know whether I can or not.&#0160; I make a banner and send you a link so you can see it.&#0160; If you like it, you send me a tip (I leave the amount up to you) and I send you the JPG.&#0160; That&#39;s it.&#0160; Easy, right?</p>\n','Banneriffic!','\n','draft','closed','closed','','banneriffic','','','2006-03-11 08:31:28','2006-03-11 08:31:28','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=551',0,'post','',0),(552,1,'2006-03-10 10:44:23','2006-03-10 10:44:23','<p>I need your help.&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>The Boy is at the stage where he is babbling away like crazy.&#0160; So naturally my thoughts turn to his language development.&#0160; By this, I mean the Spanish language.</p>\n\n<p>I know that I blog in English and that most of you probably don&#39;t speak Spanish...but I&#39;m hoping that somebody out there does, or at least has kids that are learning Spanish in school.</p>\n\n<p>You see, my goal - nay, my <em>duty</em> as a Hispanic woman - is to give my son the gift of the Spanish language.&#0160; I speak Spanish and English equally well (or equally bad, depending on the day) and dabble in other languages (French and German) as needed.&#0160; 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Anything you could think of would be a tremedous help.&#0160; CDs with traditional nursery rhymes would be awesome.</p>\n\n<p>Thanks.&#0160; My email is reluctant.housewife at gmail dot com </p>\n\n<p>PS - I already know about Dora the Explorer.&#0160; No offense, but I find her annoying.</p>\n','Querido Internet,','\n','draft','open','closed','','querido-internet','','','2006-03-10 10:44:23','2006-03-10 10:44:23','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=552',0,'post','',11),(553,1,'2006-03-07 10:36:09','2006-03-07 10:36:09','<p>One of the supermarkets where I shop is right over the Mass Pike, which means that you have to climb stairs to get to it.&#0160; That&#39;s fine coming in, but it&#39;s inconvenient to lug your groceries to your car.&#0160; Thankfully, they&#39;ll load them up for you.&#0160; I&#39;m lazy by nature, so I LOVE that, but it&#39;s also great because you get to peek inside other people&#39;s cars (I&#39;m also nosy by nature).</p>\n\n<p>Anyways, the other day I find myself ogling the car in front of me.&#0160; I was admiring the roominess, the color, the fact that it looked so luxuriously comfortable.</p>\n\n<p>Then they closed the trunk and - <em>I&#39;m embarrassed to even say it</em>- I realized that I was ogling a <em>Chrysler</em> <em>Pacifica</em>.&#0160; I don&#39;t care what Chrysler (<em>I was drooling over a Chrysler - dear God make it stop!</em>) calls it, the Pacifica is a <em>minivan</em>!&#0160; Gag!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://img521.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo109qs.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277a31970b\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277a31970b-pi.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><em>But it <u>is</u> kinda cute...right?</em></p>\n\n<p>Yes folks.&#0160; The transformation is complete.&#0160; I need a moment to digest this.</p>\n\n<p>....</p>\n\n<p>Before I had my baby my dream car was something completely different:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=introduction61de82e1228840d4b8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277a41970b\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277a41970b-pi.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Meeeeow!&#0160; So sexy!&#0160; So feline!&#0160; So old-school Glamour !<br /> </p>\n\n<p>It&#39;s not that I wasn&#39;t going to have kids.&#0160; That was always in the plan.&#0160; But it never occurred to me that a small little person would take up so much ROOM.&#0160; I have the minimum amount of baby gear possible in my trunk (a stroller and two blankets.&#0160; And a rain hood..and one toy...I&#39;m pretty sure that&#39;s it...) yet I can&#39;t fit more than 3 bags of groceries (or other *ahem* purchases).&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>So my dream car has evolved from a sexy little Jaguar to this:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xc90ext604x314064nm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277a54970b\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277a54970b-pi.jpg\" /></a><a href=\"http://img437.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xc90ext604x314058ey.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/xc90ext604x314058ey.th.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>So safe!&#0160; So large!&#0160; So sensibly Swedish!</p>\n\n<p>(Did anybody click on that second thumbnail?&#0160; What <em>is</em> that thing under the car?&#0160; Could it be a...<em>Jaguar</em>?&#0160; Subliminal advertising at work?&#0160; &quot;No,&quot; you say, &quot;you freak, it&#39;s obviously a wolf&quot;?&#0160; Well, that doesn&#39;t make any sense either, does it?&#0160; And why are all these cars photographed in strange lunar landscapes?)</p>\n\n<p>And because I haven&#39;t humiliated myself enough, I&#39;ll answer the obvious question:&#0160; What do I drive?</p>\n\n<p>I drive a car so very practical and sensible, the likes of which I&#39;d never seen until I moved to New England.&#0160; And if I had, I never noticed it, which kind of illustrates my point beautifully.&#0160; This car was named by Click and Clack (love them!) the #2 <a href=\"http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/Gay-Lesbian/gay-chick2.html\" target=\"_blank\">ultimate lesbian car</a>.&#0160; Don&#39;t get me wrong, I like it, especially when we get a storm.&#0160; 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</p>\n\n<p>Blog Antagonist, whoever you are, thank you for <a href=\"http://bloggersrepent.blogspot.com/2006/03/meaning-of-life.html\" target=\"_blank\">this post</a> and for reminding me what it&#39;s all about. <br /> </p>\n\n<p>(And stop trying making me cry, OK?&#0160; I don&#39;t wear waterproof mascara.)</p>\n','Thank You, Whoever You Are','\n','draft','open','closed','','thank-you-whoever-you-are','','','2006-03-03 00:04:12','2006-03-03 00:04:12','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=555',0,'post','',12),(556,1,'2006-03-01 14:52:43','2006-03-01 14:52:43','<p>I received a lovely handwritten thank you note this morning.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was printed on heavy cardstock, the kind that&#39;s soft and powdery and feels good on your fingertips.&#0160; The front of the note was engraved in tasteful dark grey.&#0160; The envelope had been thoughtfully sealed with a crest, and a &quot;Love&quot; stamp was affixed at the front.</p>\n\n<p>I felt guilt wash over me like a tidal wave when I opened it.</p>\n\n<p>Because the front of the note was not engraved with a friend&#39;s name or even &quot;Thank You&quot;.&#0160; 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Suckers.</p>\n\n<p>I wish Boston would stop trying to be like LA or NY.&#0160; We&#39;re not.&#0160; We should celebrate this.</p>\n\n<p>This is a bad idea for so many reasons.&#0160; C&#39;mon, are people really going to go to the Theather District to look at a stupid sidewalk?&#0160; &quot;Let&#39;s go outside in 20 degree weather to see the <em>New Kids on the Block</em> tile!.&#0160; Yay!&quot;&#0160; &#0160;And are we forgetting that our sidewalks are covered in snow for the better part of a year?&#0160; It didn&#39;t work for Planet Hollywood, so why would it work here?&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>Lest we be accused of being unoriginal, they want to give it a &quot;Bostonian&quot; touch by replacing the iconic star with something better, &quot;maybe it&#39;ll be a lobster, maybe it&#39;ll be a codfish...We&#39;re not sure.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>Hahahahhahahah!&#0160; Priceless.&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>If I was a big-shot celebritiy, I would not want to be immortalized by having a big stinking fish above my name.&#0160; Heck, I&#39;m not famous and I know I don&#39;t want it.</p><p>You know, that Eiffel Tower thing seems to work real well for Paris.&#0160; Maybe we could make one of our own out of Sam Adams bottles!&#0160; That should pack &#39;em in.</p>\n\n<p>I&#39;m all for publicity and tourism and being hip, but copying others does not make you cool.&#0160; Boston is a city full of smart, literate, and sophisticated people.&#0160; It&#39;s a city full of history and quirks.&#0160; Why cheapen it by trying to make it something it&#39;s not?</p>\n','Walk This Way','\n','draft','open','closed','','walk-this-way','','','2006-02-27 14:30:09','2006-02-27 14:30:09','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=557',0,'post','',6),(558,1,'2006-02-27 09:19:39','2006-02-27 09:19:39','<p>It seems that lately I haven&#39;t been able to string together a coherent sentence to save my life.</p>\n\n<p>(Which of course begs the question...have I ever?&#0160; Don&#39;t answer that!)</p>\n\n<p>I read two funny posts this morning, so I&#39;ll share them with you in case you haven&#39;t discovered these bloggers.&#0160; You probably have, because they&#39;re good, unlike the crap I&#39;ve been posting lately.</p>\n\n<p>(&quot;lately&quot;?&#0160; Shut up.)</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.jenniesmash.com/2006/02/hugger-mugger.html\">Jennie Smash!&#0160; writes about her oh-so-average NY day</a></p>\n\n<p>and <br /><a href=\"http://mom-101.blogspot.com/2006/02/if-you-cant-say-anything-nice-ill-do.html\"><br />Mom-101 is just being nice</a></p>\n\n<p>I want to be like them when I grow up.<br /></p>\n','Blog Funk','\n','draft','open','closed','','blog-funk','','','2006-02-27 09:19:39','2006-02-27 09:19:39','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=558',0,'post','',6),(559,1,'2006-02-26 22:13:29','2006-02-26 22:13:29','<p>Why did they have to make the one Hispanic actress in Grey&#39;s Anatomy, a show full of impossibly cute women...not so cute?</p>\n\n<p>Her hair looks like a wig.&#0160; Hell, she looked kind of weird overall.</p>\n\n<p>I&#39;m pissed.&#0160; And shallow.</p>\n','TV Can Be So Unfair...','\n','draft','open','closed','','tv-can-be-so-unfair','','','2006-02-26 22:13:29','2006-02-26 22:13:29','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=559',0,'post','',1),(560,1,'2006-02-24 22:00:21','2006-02-24 22:00:21','<p>Sometimes you just have to love the internet...</p>\n\n<p>I&#39;m taking an online adult education class that I am thoroughly enjoying because I can exercise my brain and do it when I have the time (or rather when I can make the time) and which has re-energized me because new projects and new ideas are brewing in my little brain.&#0160; I want to be a well-rounded person, and now that I am somewhat getting a handle on this motherhood gig I think it&#39;s time to explore what I wasn&#39;t able to do when I was in marketing.&#0160; I want to stretch myself and try out new things, things that scare me a little.&#0160; Things that don&#39;t involve diapers.</p>\n\n<p>So I pay $80 for this class, which I thought was a steal.&#0160; That is until <a href=\"http://anothermommymoment.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">J&#39;s Mommy</a>, who is obviously a smarter consumer than I am, told me about an even better deal:&#0160; You can take FREE* online courses at <a href=\"http://university.barnesandnoble.com/index.asp?z=y\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes and Noble.com</a>!</p>\n\n<p>Did you catch that?&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>I said FREE!</p>\n\n<p>I can&#39;t believe I hadn&#39;t heard about this...I&#39;m so excited I&#39;ve already signed up for two classes!&#0160; Check it out, maybe you will find something interesting (speed reading? 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Instead of a timeless and literate romantic comedy, we saw:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/unknown1_2.jpg\"><img alt=\"Unknown1_2\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee27777d970b\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee27777d970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Unknown1_2\" width=\"200\" /></a> </p>\n\n<p>Now that I have seen it I feel compelled to tell you that Brokeback Mountain is a very pretty movie.&#0160; Pretty, pretty, pretty.&#0160; Most scenes are postcard-worthy landscapes that are so beautiful, it almost makes you want to go to Wyoming.&#0160; The mountains, the streams, the sleet, the snow, the sheep - all are just breathtakingly beautiful.&#0160; The cinematographer should have a spot on his mantel ready for his well-deserved Oscar.&#0160; And that Jake Gyllenhaal?&#0160; So pretty.&#0160; Even sporting an early seventies &#39;stache, he is one pretty man.&#0160; Sign me up for his fan club!</p>\n\n<p>Ah, but you want to know about the acting?&#0160; 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I get it.</p>\n\n<p>I have to admit that the ending was emotional, and that I ended up liking one of the characters.&#0160; But Heath Ledger was not it.&#0160; He looked constipated the entire movie.&#0160; If anything, his Stetson deserves the Oscar, because it gets more screen time than his face.&#0160; I thought Ennis the Penis was selfish.&#0160; And I felt so sorry for the wives.&#0160; That made me mad.&#0160; So, yes, the movie at least was able to make me FEEL and that counts for something.&#0160; But mostly, I felt bored.</p>\n\n<p>Maybe the movie playing at the screen next door would have been more...I don&#39;t know...exciting?</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/unknown2.jpg\"><img alt=\"Unknown2\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277783970b\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277783970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Unknown2\" width=\"200\" /></a> </p>\n\n<p>Except that my mother complained that they showed two men kissing in Brokeback.&#0160; Hello?&#0160; Next time, I&#39;m going to make sure she read the entire review before she gets to pick the movie.</p>\n','At the Movies','\n','draft','open','closed','','at-the-movies','','','2006-02-23 10:55:00','2006-02-23 10:55:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=561',0,'post','',9),(562,1,'2006-02-20 22:15:23','2006-02-20 22:15:23','<p>I was kind of surprised when Todd Gross was unceremoniously kicked off the air.&#0160; Ohh, the drama!&#0160; See, I saw him once at Logan and since then I felt a sort of kinship with him.&#0160; Turns out we had been on the same flight back from Miami.&#0160; This man is the biggest weather geek ever, but I enjoyed his forecasts.&#0160; At least he was passionate.</p>\n\n<p>Anyways I, and I suppose many others in Boston, have moved on.&#0160; But apparently, he hasn&#39;t.&#0160; &#0160;He has not <a href=\"http://www.toddgross.com/todd_gross_new_england_we/\" target=\"_blank\">one</a>, but <a href=\"http://www.capecodweather.org/\" target=\"_blank\">two</a>, blogs.&#0160; 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</p>\n\n<p>I wore glasses just like that in 1986.&#0160; I was 10.&#0160; I bought brown glasses with thick lenses that made my nose look bigger.&#0160; I thought they were cute because they matched my hair.&#0160; What the picture doesn&#39;t capture is that I got lenses that got gray in the sun, so I looked like an even bigger dork when I went outside.&#0160; I can&#39;t believe people didn&#39;t outright laugh at me.&#0160; They probably did, but I was clueless.</p>\n\n<p>Shut up.</p>\n\n<p>And no, I don&#39;t look anything like SJP does now (post Sex in the City).&#0160; I&#39;m afraid the only time we looked alike was in our painfully awkward years.</p>\n','I Love the 80s','\n','draft','open','closed','','i-love-the-80s','','','2006-02-20 21:49:39','2006-02-20 21:49:39','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=563',0,'post','',5),(564,1,'2006-02-20 20:38:27','2006-02-20 20:38:27','<p>I&#39;ve been busy this week.</p>\n\n<p>1)&#0160; The boy has turned one.&#0160; And he is exponentially leaving behind his babyhood and becoming a toddler.&#0160; He can walk with his walker, and he looks SO proud as he walks away from me, while my heart does little summersaults every time he takes a step.&#0160; Letting go of that walker is so difficult each and everytime, but he loves it when I let it go.&#0160; All credit goes to his dad, because if it was up to me, I would carry him everywhere.</p>\n\n<p>We threw him a little party at home.&#0160; I made a cake (again!) and some hors d&#39;ouvres and had a few people over.&#0160; Everything was homemade.&#0160; Apparently people don&#39;t do this anymore, so that makes us retro.&#0160; Fine with me.&#0160; There were 9 babies, 1 three year old and a 10 year old (plus their parents/handlers).&#0160; I&#39;m exhausted.&#0160; Too tired to even look at the video.</p>\n\n<p>2)&#0160; My parents and my nephew are visiting from out of town and are staying with us.&#0160; My nephew has hijacked the computer, so I don&#39;t have the ability nor the will to update, for now.</p>\n\n<p>My brain has to digest all that&#39;s going on.&#0160; Thank you notes need to be written.&#0160; Oh, and I&#39;m taking a writing course (How to Write Magazine Articles) in the hope of making a few pennies here and there as a freelancer.&#0160; </p>\n','My Weekend','\n','draft','open','closed','','my-weekend','','','2006-02-20 20:38:27','2006-02-20 20:38:27','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=564',0,'post','',5),(565,1,'2006-02-17 09:15:37','2006-02-17 09:15:37','<p>So how was Valentine&#39;s Day?</p>\n\n<p>Wonderful, of course.&#0160; But not necessarily in the way you think (dirty, dirty!).&#0160; The Husband brought dinner home since there is nothing sexy about cleaning up after cooking up a big dinner.&#0160; We shared an entire bottle of wine.&#0160; We had cake after dinner, as planned.</p>\n\n<p>Then it was time for the whipped cream, and...I passed out.&#0160; I think I may have even snored.&#0160; I have no idea.&#0160; After a year of nursing, one glass of wine has me giddy, so I don&#39;t know why I thought I would be able to handle half a bottle.&#0160; Memories of Valentine&#39;s past I guess.</p>\n\n<p>But I&#39;m not complaining (for once)!&#0160; I slept like an angel and woke up the next morning happy and refreshed.&#0160; But don&#39;t worry, Romance isn&#39;t dead.&#0160; That night we made up for Valentine&#39;s night.&#0160; I can&#39;t accuse you of having a dirty mind after saying that, so I&#39;ll stop now.&#0160; The End.</p>\n','Lightweight','\n','draft','open','closed','','lightweight','','','2006-02-17 09:15:37','2006-02-17 09:15:37','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=565',0,'post','',6),(566,1,'2006-02-14 09:56:53','2006-02-14 09:56:53','<p><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee2776ca970b\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee2776ca970b-pi.jpg\" /></p>\n\n<p>Sometimes cooking and fun converge.&#0160; I thought the day deserved its own celebratory cake, so here it is!&#0160; Shh...I saved some whipped cream for later.</p><p>Have a great Valentine&#39;s day!</p>\n\n<p></p>\n','Strawberries.  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I understand her because her inner life was my inner life.&#0160; Thankfully, that is not the case anymore, but reading the book was like reading the journal I never kept between 1994 and 1999.</p>\n\n<p>I loved the book.&#0160; I&#39;ve never seen the movie.&#0160; Do you think I should see it? Or should I keep the memory of this perfect little book intact?</p>\n','Book Review:  Shopgirl','\n','draft','open','closed','','book-review-shopgirl','','','2006-02-12 21:02:39','2006-02-12 21:02:39','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=567',0,'post','',6),(568,1,'2006-02-11 10:37:35','2006-02-11 10:37:35','<p>Yesterday we took The Boy for his first haircut.</p>\n\n<p>It&#39;s finally hitting me:&#0160; He will soon be a one year-old.&#0160; No longer will his age be measured in months.&#0160; And I&#39;m getting sentimental.</p>\n\n<p>The Husband took a long lunch and met me at a children&#39;s &quot;salon.&quot;&#0160; We were sorely dissapointed because the girl (and it was a girl - I would be shocked if she was older than 21) who cut his hair looked a bit jaded.&#0160; You don&#39;t want jaded when your little pumpkin is getting his first big boy cut.</p>\n\n<p>We played the part of ridiculously doting yuppie parents.&#0160; The Event was photographed and videotaped.&#0160; The girl, whose hair was pink, never craked a smile.&#0160; Bitch.</p>\n\n<p>Anyways, The Boy? he is growing up.&#0160; He sat on the big boy chair, was quiet while the girl draped the smock around him and fought back tears while she wielded sharp, shiny scissors near his precious ears.&#0160; I even saw his tiny lips quiver.&#0160; Allow me a moment of sappiness here, but my baby, who not so long ago was all <em>id</em> and cried the <u>instant</u> things didn&#39;t going his way, was actually holding back his emotions.</p>\n\n<p>To make us happy, I think.&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>See, I would catch him looking at the girl cutting his hair, and look at her sharp haircutting utensils and strange hair and his big brown eyes would get even bigger and fill up with tears.&#0160; Tears that never escaped, because then he would turn to us, with our cameras and smiles, and he would sit up and try to be strong.&#0160; And my heart would fill with pride at my Big Boy whilst I fought the instinct to take him away and hold him and comfort my little blue boy.</p>\n\n<p>Then it was over.&#0160; And that was that.</p>\n\n<p>So we went for a celebratory lunch <a href=\"http://aquitainebis.com/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.&#0160; Because after <a href=\"http://www.snipits.com/\" target=\"_blank\">this</a> we needed, nay, we <em>DESERVED</em> to feel like adults again.&#0160; After all, if The Boy is turning one, that means we also get to celebrate our first year as parents, right?&#0160; And that calls for booze, even at 1:00 pm on a Friday.</p>\n\n<p>So we had <em>steak frites</em> and red wine while surrounded by about $950,000 worth of plastic surgery and mink coats.&#0160; We should&#39;ve kidnapped some of those ladies to pay for a house.&#0160; I&#39;m kidding.</p>\n','Boys Don\'t Cry','\n','draft','open','closed','','boys-dont-cry','','','2006-02-11 10:37:35','2006-02-11 10:37:35','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=568',0,'post','',5),(569,1,'2006-02-10 08:40:34','2006-02-10 08:40:34','<p>After all my whining, I&#39;ve decided to move in with <a href=\"http://jsgirlfriend.blogspot.com/\">J&#39;s Girlfriend</a> for a week.&#0160; She&#39;s accepted me as her &quot;tenant&quot; so I guess that, at least virtually, I get to move to London.&#0160; : )</p>\n','Virtual London','\n','draft','open','closed','','virtual-london','','','2006-02-10 08:40:34','2006-02-10 08:40:34','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=569',0,'post','',0),(570,1,'2006-02-08 18:22:57','2006-02-08 18:22:57','\n<p>You thought I would shut up about real estate by now, didn&#39;t you?&#0160; Well, no such luck.&#0160; We&#39;re still looking for a house.&#0160; I haven&#39;t been able to come up with a funny entry (like I ever do!) because the topic is so emotionally draining.&#0160; It&#39;s actually downright depressing.&#0160; Put up a &quot;House For Sale&quot; sign and The Husband and I instantly fight over everything.&#0160; Neighborhoods.&#0160; Number of bedrooms.&#0160; Garages.&#0160; Yards.&#0160; What&#39;s for dinner.&#0160; Everything.</p>\n\n<p>I&#39;m exhausted.&#0160; I&#39;ve cried over this.</p>\n\n<p>He&#39;s even proposed just packing up and moving to Europe (he&#39;s from a very romantic European capital that I will not name because I am that paranoid).&#0160; I&#39;m not so sure that would make it any easier.&#0160; I want to set some roots down&#0160; But we are still scared of making a huge-oungous mistake (I just made up that &quot;word&quot;, in case you can&#39;t tell).</p>\n\n<p>But maybe, just maybe the internet will make our search easier.&#0160; I was listening to NPR tonight as I was feeding The Boy and they interviewed the founder of this site called <a href=\"http://www.zillow.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Zillow</a>.&#0160; I immediately ran to the computer and, wow.</p>\n\n<p>I&#39;m officially addicted.&#0160; I&#39;ve already looked up the addresses of everybody I know.&#0160; I&#39;m nosy, which probably explains my paranoia.&#0160; This thing is totally cool.&#0160; Now I feel all empowered and shit, like no realtor can mess with me. <u><br /><br /></u></p>\n','Real Estate Rollercoaster','\n','draft','open','closed','','real-estate-rollercoaster','','','2006-02-08 18:22:57','2006-02-08 18:22:57','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=570',0,'post','',8),(571,1,'2006-02-07 13:04:17','2006-02-07 13:04:17','<p>So how was <strong>your </strong>Superbowl sunday?</p>\n\n<p>I have to admit, it&#39;s never a big day in our household, but I did manage to lock us out on that day.&#0160; Yes, that&#39;s right.&#0160; I locked out the three of us.&#0160; In the cold.&#0160; How did I do it?&#0160; Stupidly, and I&#39;ll leave it at that.</p>\n\n<p>It was no biggie.&#0160; We went out for a burger and then The Husband broke into The Boy&#39;s room while I went grocery shopping with the baby.&#0160; Just an average Sunday evening at our household.</p>\n\n<p>This should dispel any fantasies that I have it all together.&#0160; I&#39;ve got a ways to go.</p>\n\n<p>Maybe I should sleep more?</p>\n\n<p>Anyways, we didn&#39;t watch the game, but we did catch some of the ads online.&#0160; Big yawn.&#0160; Except for the Hybrid <a href=\"http://www.washtimes.com/business/20060118-093024-7715r.htm\">Toyota</a> Camry one...it was random to actually connect with an ad (for a car, of all things.)&#0160; It made me realize how few ads targeting Bilingual Hispanics are shown on television.&#0160; The ad was a little cheesy, yes, but it was nice to be included.&#0160; At least there were no conga lines or maracas in sight.&#0160; Just a tender moment between father and son.&#0160; The Toyota people have <em>cojones</em>!</p>\n\n<p>I&#39;m off to nap before the playgroup arrives.</p>\n','Super Sunday','\n','draft','open','closed','','super-sunday','','','2006-02-07 13:04:17','2006-02-07 13:04:17','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=571',0,'post','',2),(572,1,'2006-02-03 09:36:23','2006-02-03 09:36:23','<p><a href=\"http://www.boston.com/yourlife/fashion/articles/2006/02/02/the_opening_of_barneys_and_other_high_end_boutiques_ushers_in_a_new_era_of_luxury_shopping/\" target=\"_blank\">The Boston Globe</a>&#39;s Style and Arts section had a front page <del>ad</del> story informing us that Barney&#39;s New York is opening a Boston flagship store at Copley Place.&#0160; We are on the map at last!&#0160; I&#39;m sure my invitation to the opening is in the mail.&#0160; Never mind that the thought of spending $700 for stilettos and then walking out onto the chemically treated, yet still icy, streets of our fair town while carrying a child and a diaper bag is about as ridiculous an image as I can conjure.&#0160; 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Now that&#39;s a store I can shop at.&#0160; Shopping is no fun unless it can be done with (relative) abandon.&#0160; </p>\n','Oh Goody!','\n','draft','open','closed','','oh-goody','','','2006-02-03 09:36:23','2006-02-03 09:36:23','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=572',0,'post','',12),(573,1,'2006-02-02 10:11:44','2006-02-02 10:11:44','<p>My first job out of college was in marketing for a very large, very french, very hip cosmetic company (and yes, I was worth it!).&#0160; Most people are fascinated by my past life and want to know how to get a job there.&#0160; &#0160;It makes me very popular!&#0160; But there are always the people who want to know if I feel guilty because I was promoting unattainable standards of beauty.&#0160; They want to know if I felt personally responsible for the lack of self-esteem in today&#39;s young women.</p>\n\n<p>No I didn&#39;t and I still don&#39;t.</p>\n\n<p>In fact, I LOVE the beautiful advertisements in women&#39;s magazines.&#0160; It was uplifting to come to work every morning and be surrounded by posters of gorgeous faces.&#0160; 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The huge smile was still there, but you know those lines you get under your eyes when you smile?&#0160; (Yes you do.&#0160; We all get them.&#0160; The Boy gets them, and he&#39;s not even one.)&#0160; They were gone.&#0160; The shadows under her eyes were gone as well.&#0160; It was freaky.&#0160; I mean, the girl was 14, and she was selling eye cream to 40 year-olds!&#0160; It felt weird, but I was an idealistic 19 year old at the time.</p>\n\n<p>I quickly grew to appreciate the images for what they are.&#0160; They&#39;re aspirational images meant to be beautiful and illustrate a fantasy.&#0160; I still like them, although I can see how people who haven&#39;t been exposed to the inner workings of the advertising industry could be misled.&#0160; &#0160;Don&#39;t be. </p>\n\n<p>Photoshop isn&#39;t going away anytime soon (and thank God for that!&#0160; I just airbrushed a booger out of The Boy&#39;s nose in a photo for the grandparents.)&#0160; Enjoy the photos in ads and magazine covers, they can be breathtaking.&#0160; Just do it with a healthy dose of scepticism.</p>\n\n<p>Here&#39;s a <a href=\"http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=14537\">link</a> to a website that illustrates just what can be done to a photo of a real person (and a pretty one at that.)&#0160; You&#39;d think they&#39;re exaggerating, but the photo looks like any picture on the cover of Maxim or Cosmo.&#0160; &#0160;For the record, I think those are tacky as all hell.&#0160; &#0160;\n</p>\n','You Should Be in Pictures','\n','draft','open','open','','you-should-be-in-pictures-2','','','2006-02-02 10:11:44','2006-02-02 10:11:44','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=573',0,'post','',7),(574,1,'2006-01-31 09:51:00','2006-01-31 09:51:00','<p>I have the completely useless talent of running into famous people.&#0160; They&#39;re everywhere!&#0160; Gay people have gaydar, I have this.&#0160; Sometimes it can be a curse, because these encounters have never led to anything other than a story I can&#39;t share since most people don&#39;t care.&#0160; So I&#39;ll tell you!<br /> </p>\n\n<p>I&#39;m telling you this because if VH1 can make silly shows more interesting simply because famous people are involved, then surely this silly blog can only benefit from being infused with some celebrity.&#0160; So every once in a while (like when I don&#39;t have anything else to say) I will share a random celebrity sighting experienced by me.&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>Most of these happened when I lived in Miami.&#0160; In Miami, celebrities are almost as plentiful as the <a href=\"http://www.dudeface.com/pbdefinit.html\" target=\"_blank\">Palmetto bugs</a>.&#0160; &#0160;They both must love the humidity and the palm trees.</p>\n\n<p>So here it is, my big encounter with a cute Brit.&#0160; Brace yourselves.</p>\n\n<p>The Husband and I were leaving our hotel (The Delano) when I spotted a short, alarmingly pasty guy who was obviously wasted beyond belief.&#0160; He could not stand up without swaying, his eyes were out of focus, he looked like he was going to throw up.&#0160; This is not such a strange sight in South Beach, but this guy was just standing there and had an eager, sad look in his eyes.&#0160; I think he was waiting to be recognized.&#0160; Well, I recognized him, but I was not going to give him the satisfaction.&#0160; Hell no.<br /> </p>\n\n<p>&quot;Honey look!&quot;&#0160; I whispered, &quot;I think that&#39;s Hugh Grant!&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;There&#39;s NO way that&#39;s HUGH GRANT.&#0160; That guy is WAY too short.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>Obviously we&#39;d already begun our, um, festivities and The Husband could not whisper to save his life.&#0160; Thankfully, he didn&#39;t hear us.&#0160; But a group of trashy girls wearing cheap clingy dresses and way too much makeup did.</p>\n\n<p>&quot;OH MY GAWD!&#0160; IT&#39;S HUUGH GRAANT! AAAAAHHH!&quot;</p>\n\n<p>And they ran over to him, making both a scene and fools of themselves.&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>Amateurs.&#0160; </p>\n\n\n<p>These women were obviously not locals, since they violated Cardinal Rule #1 of the Random Celebrity Encounter (always ignore celebrity) and Rule #2 (do not touch celebrity under any circumstances).&#0160; Come to think of it, celebrity sightings are not unlike wildlife sightings.&#0160; And as with wildlife sightings, there are good reasons for these rules.&#0160; Follow them, people!</p>\n\n<p>Mr. Grant was not scared of the running mass of polyester and Ciara headed his way.&#0160; Instead, he suddenly came to life and grabbed one of the women, thrust his tongue down her throat, pawing and slobbering all over her.&#0160; It was a sad, sad sight.&#0160; Back then he was with Liz Hurley.&#0160; Where was she?</p>\n\n<p>All I could think of was that this was the man who spent <a href=\"http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/actors/hugh-grant/\" target=\"_blank\">$45</a> to catch <a href=\"http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/divine-brown/\" target=\"_blank\">Divine Brown&#39;s</a> cooties.&#0160; **shudder**&#0160; Now he was getting his kicks for free, and passing all the things he&#39;d picked up to this girl.&#0160; &#0160;Maybe he was generous enough to share with all of them?</p>\n\n<p>We did not stay to find out.&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>&quot;That could have been you,&quot; said The Boyfriend (he hadn&#39;t been promoted to The Husband yet) &quot;if you weren&#39;t with me.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>No, not really.&#0160; I&#39;m too stuck-up for that.&#0160; And now whenever I see Hugh Grant I need to shower.&#0160; He spoiled adorably bumbling British heartthrobs for me.&#0160; </p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>That is, until <a href=\"http://www.firth.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Colin Firth</a> came along. </p>\n\n<p><strong>Lesson Learned: </strong> Celebrities are shorter in person than you would expect.&#0160; And, unlike most regular people, you don&#39;t even have to buy them a drink to catch their cooties.</p>\n\n<p>&#0160;</p>\n','I See Famous People:  British Invasion','\n','draft','open','open','','i-see-famous-people-british-invasion-2','','','2006-01-31 09:51:00','2006-01-31 09:51:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=574',0,'post','',5),(575,1,'2006-01-27 10:02:49','2006-01-27 10:02:49','<p></p>\n\n<p>I used to be one of those obnoxious women who can eat anything they want and not gain weight.&#0160; I have no absolutely no athletic ability, yet I somehow managed to maintain my girlish figure.&#0160; Why am I telling you this?&#0160; Oh, I&#39;m not gloating.&#0160; There is no need to hate me.&#0160; Because apparently, I AM NOT THAT WOMAN ANYMORE.</p>\n\n<p>Aaargh!</p>\n\n<p>Yes, I gained 40 pounds during pregnancy, but it was mostly in the belly.&#0160; I thought it was kind of cute, even if it was in a freakish sort of way.&#0160; I didn&#39;t mind.&#0160; Then I had the baby, lost 22 lbs within a week, and my body went back to normal just like that.&#0160; In 6 months I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight.&#0160; Things may have shifted a bit, but basically I was back on track.&#0160; (Except for the evil stretch marks, but I won&#39;t bore you with that today.&#0160; But I will someday.&#0160; Yes, that&#39;s a threat.)&#0160; So I bought new, ridiculously expensive jeans (Sevens and Citizens of Humanity) to celebrate my curvier, yet still slim body.</p>\n\n<p>My dirty little secret was that I still ate whatever I wanted, whenever.&#0160; And while I am a fan of Yoga and Pilates, once a week sessions can only do so much.&#0160; Really.&#0160; You need to get some cardio in there to burn fat.&#0160; But I didn&#39;t have to so I didn&#39;t.&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>But apparently my super-efficient metabolism was an illusion.&#0160; The Boy stopped nursing a week ago.&#0160; That was also around the last time I wore my fancy jeans.&#0160; I tried to put them on yesterday morning, and to my horror they would not go past my newly huge hips.&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>What?!</p>\n\n<p>Is that even possible?&#0160; I wore those pants last week!&#0160; Maybe they had shrunk from the dryer?&#0160; I was too chicken to try another pair, so I put on some sweats and headed to the gym for a visit with my neglected friend - the eliptical trainer.&#0160; I have not been inside the gym since I posted about my yoga class... when was that?&#0160; 23 days ago.&#0160; Not good.</p>\n\n<p>I got on the scale, and I could not believe my eyes.&#0160; I had gained 10 lbs.</p>\n\n<p>10 POUNDS!&#0160; Basically in one week.</p>\n\n<p>My only explanation is that nursing had kept my metabolism on its toes.&#0160; Now that I&#39;m not nursing anymore the old metabolism has decided to take a vacation.&#0160; Maybe forever.&#0160; &#0160;I&#39;m sad.&#0160; That means goodbye to my dear Mallomars and all that good stuff.&#0160; I won&#39;t renounce the pleasurable foods completely (I must have chocolate) but boringly, I must begin to practice moderation.&#0160; And I&#39;ve got to get to gym more than once a month.&#0160; How normal of me.&#0160; It&#39;s either that or my new, bigger ass.&#0160; &#0160;I can&#39;t afford to buy new jeans, so the ass has to go. </p>\n','Goodbye To All That','\n','draft','open','open','','goodbye-to-all-that','','','2006-01-27 10:02:49','2006-01-27 10:02:49','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=575',0,'post','',16),(576,1,'2006-01-25 10:23:00','2006-01-25 10:23:00','<p>Since The Boy&#39;s &quot;tummy troubles&quot; began he has been spending lots of time on his changing table.  He has learned that by throwing things over the edge over and over again, he can 1) disrupt the diaper change in progress and 2) be rewarded with a satisfying thud when the object hits the hardwood.  This game is so much fun he never seems to get bored of this.  Yet to me this is proof of his unlimited potential.  That&#39;s part of the fun of being a mother.  What our children will become is a mystery, and imagining the great things they will someday accomplish is a great way to pass the time.  So I pointed this out to The Husband:</p>\n\n<p>&quot;Honey, look!  He throws things over the changing table, <i> just to see what happens</i>.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;So?&quot; </p>\n\n<p>&quot;Well, I think that maybe he could be the next <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pisa/galileo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Galileo</a>!  He could grow up to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.  Or, he could grow up to be a drunken frat boy that throws water balloons off a balcony.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;He doesn&#39;t have to be a frat boy to do that.  I used to do that.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>I guess the mystery is solved.</p>\n','I Believe that Children are our future','\n','draft','open','open','','i-believe-that-children-are-our-future','','','2006-01-25 10:23:00','2006-01-25 10:23:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=576',0,'post','',2),(577,1,'2006-01-24 11:06:37','2006-01-24 11:06:37','<p>The Boy is still not feeling 100%, which means  that I am stuck at home.  This is is not good as my mind is then free to go down random paths.  For example, here is one of The Boy&#39;s favorite toys:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/90779308/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img alt=\"DSCN2414\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277722970b\" height=\"240\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277722970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"180\" /></a>   </p>\n\n<p>As The Boy and I played I wondered if it was necessary for Jack, the Little People Mechanic, to have both a mullet AND a mustache.  </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/90779309/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img alt=\"DSCN2418\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277739970b\" height=\"240\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277739970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"180\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>I can&#39;t decide if the mechanic with the mullet and creepy mustache is an archetype or a stereotype.  I admit that my mental image of a mechanic does include that unfortunate &quot;hairstyle&quot; and, yes, some sort of facial hair.  Are stereotypes born out of archetypes?  I don&#39;t know.  But I know that this is what comes up when you Google &quot;mechanic&quot;:  </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/90779474/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img alt=\"mechanic\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277747970b\" height=\"223\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277747970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"240\" /></a> <a href=\"http://homepage.ntlworld.com/catfoodrob/choppers/mechanic/\" target=\"_blank\">Source</a></p>\n\n<p>Wow.  The resemblance is uncanny.  Maybe Fisher Price did their research after all.  They Googled it.</p>\n','Meet Jack','\n','draft','open','open','','meet-jack','','','2006-01-24 11:06:37','2006-01-24 11:06:37','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=577',0,'post','',4),(578,1,'2006-01-23 20:29:53','2006-01-23 20:29:53','<p>One of my dearest friends is moving to the Ukraine this week and it has taken me by surprise.  Oh, I had advance warning.  It&#39;s just that I never thought the day would actually come.</p>\n\n<p>When she told me that there was a a move in the works she was pregnant and The Boy was only weeks old.  Now her son just had his six-month shots.  I can&#39;t believe it&#39;s almost been a year.  It seemed like January would never come, and now it&#39;s here.  Just like that.</p>\n\n<p>Isn&#39;t it strange how when you&#39;re a kid time goes by so slowly then the older you get, it flies by?  Seventh grade took f-o-r-e-v-e-r.  Now I&#39;m twenty-nine and I swear I was twenty-two just last weekend.</p>\n\n<p>I wonder if as I get older time will eventually be flying by so fast that I will feel like an observer and not a participant?  I hope not.  Perish the thought!</p>\n\n<p>For now, I have to book a trip to Kiev.  Maybe this summer.  It&#39;ll be here soon enough.</p>\n','Tick Tock','\n','draft','open','open','','tick-tock','','','2006-01-23 20:29:53','2006-01-23 20:29:53','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=578',0,'post','',2),(579,1,'2006-01-21 09:33:14','2006-01-21 09:33:14','<p>The Boy, poor little man, has had diarrhea for 4 days now.  It&#39;s a nightmare because changing poop diapers 5+ times a day and then again in the middle of the night is never my idea of fun.  But add a highly mobile almost-toddler who screams and grabs his poop and stands up while said poop drips everywhere and oh-my-God-the-diaper-just-fell-on-the-floor and I&#39;m get closer and closer to going crazy.</p>\n\n<p>Everything smells like poop.</p>\n','Up To My Eyeballs','\n','draft','open','open','','up-to-my-eyeballs','','','2006-01-21 09:33:14','2006-01-21 09:33:14','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=579',0,'post','',12),(580,1,'2006-01-18 08:58:34','2006-01-18 08:58:34','<p>REALTOR:  Use one word to describe your dream home...</p>\n\n<p>ME:  Elegant.</p>\n\n<p>THE HUSBAND:  Unique.</p>\n\n<p>REALTOR:  Allright.  Most important feature?</p>\n\n<p>ME:  Large family room.  </p>\n\n<p>THE HUSBAND:  What do we need a large family room for?  We need a 2 car garage.  </p>\n\n<p>ME:  We NEED enough room for the playgroup and so that The Boy doesn&#39;t drive me crazy in the winter. </p>\n\n<p>THE HUSBAND:  How will we furnish it?</p>\n\n<p>ME:  That&#39;s the fun part.</p>\n\n<p>THE HUSBAND:  Really?  And the cost...</p>\n\n<p>ME:  We&#39;ll just do it little by little.  Geesh.</p>\n\n<p>THE HUSBAND:  R-i-i-ght.</p>\n\n<p>REALTOR:  OK.  Let&#39;s move on.  What&#39;s your price range?</p>\n\n<p>ME:  <i>Names price that could buy two 4-bedroom homes pretty much anywhere in the country.  Except for Boston.</i> </p>\n\n<p>THE HUSBAND:  Cut that by 100K.  At least.</p>\n\n<p>ME:  Did we even SEE anything remotely livable at the price I want?</p>\n\n<p>THE HUSBAND:  Why pay more?</p>\n\n<p>ME:  Easy for you to say.  I have to be in the house all day!</p>\n\n<p>THE HUSBAND:  Easy for me?  I&#39;m the one who is going to have to go to the office for the rest of his life to pay this mortgage!</p>\n\n<p>REALTOR:  *Ahem*  Did I ever mention that I also am a certified marriage counselor?</p>\n','He Might be Worth Every Penny','\n','draft','open','open','','he-might-be-worth-every-penny','','','2006-01-18 08:58:34','2006-01-18 08:58:34','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=580',0,'post','',10),(581,1,'2006-01-17 10:13:59','2006-01-17 10:13:59','<p>According to <a href=\"http://www.slate.com/id/2133754/\" target=\"_blank\">Slate</a>, Starbucks will sell you a real cappuccino (tip: order a &quot;short&quot;) for less money.  They don&#39;t tell you about it because they make more money on the &quot;Tall&quot; and &quot;Venti&quot; sizes.  But it exists.</p>\n\n<p>Also, airport departure terminals don&#39;t have to be so ugly and uncomfortable.  They only reason they are is that airlines make a killing on those fancy club-class lounges. </p>\n\n<p>Stupid free market economics.</p>\n','For the Conspiracy Theorist','\n','draft','open','open','','for-the-conspiracy-theorist','','','2006-01-17 10:13:59','2006-01-17 10:13:59','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=581',0,'post','',5),(582,1,'2006-01-16 08:30:00','2006-01-16 08:30:00','<p>I have developed an unnatural attachment to The Boy&#39;s babysitter.  She watches him on certain weekday afternoons so that I can do exciting things like do groceries, see doctors, and go to the gym.  I am always very happy to see her car to pull up into our driveway because now that I am a mother there is no such thing as just &quot;running to the store.&quot;  Managing to run even the smallest errand is both a feat of logistical planning and sheer luck.</p>\n\n<p>She came highly recommended from a friend, who told me of her day job working in a nursing home.  Great! I knew there was more to her when she showed up for her 10:00 am interview wearing black <a href=\"http://www.flamencoshop.com/bullfight/suit_of_lights.htm\" target=\"_blank\">matador</a> pants with silver embroidery and crystals.  I liked them.  They brought back memories of the six months I lived in Spain.  The girl has guts and style.  OK, <a href=\"http://www.elvisconcerts.com/real/graceland/bb_graceland00-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Elvis</a> style, but style nonetheless.  She also asked if she could play her electric guitar for the baby.  Score!</p>\n\n<p>Of course, all is not perfect.  The Husband and I rarely go out on weekend nights because our babysitter is an aspiring Heavy Metal Rockstar. </p>\n\n<p>One afternoon she came in with smudgy eye makeup and a husky voice.  &quot;You look so pretty today!&quot;  I said, &quot;the smoky makeup really brings out your blue eyes!&quot;</p>\n\n<p>She looked really confused.  &quot;I&#39;m not wearing any...oooh!  It must be left over from last night.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;Last night?&quot;  I wasn&#39;t sure I really wanted to hear this.  </p>\n\n<p>&quot;We had a really great gig.  I got to sing with a pretty famous guitarist.  It was awesome&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;Who?&quot;</p>\n\n<p>She looked at me like I was so hopelessly out of touch that I wouldn&#39;t know who she was talking about.</p>\n\n<p>&quot;The guy from Pantera.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;I know of him.&quot;  Well, barely.  My brother wore a Pantera T-Shirt almost everyday for 3 out of his 4 years of high school.  I would recognize his face anywhere, I think.</p>\n\n<p>She continued:  &quot;We hung out backstage with him, and he brought one of the guys from Metallica.  So awesome.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>Metallica?  I watch enough MTV to know that they just went through AA or something.  I made a mental note to start a don&#39;t ask, don&#39;t tell policy.  STAT.</p>\n\n<p>I think she took my silence for disinterest.  &quot;It&#39;s a pretty big deal.  One of the best nights of my life.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>For some reason, I wanted to prove to her that I was once was cool too.  I wanted to tell her my ultimate famous person story, which took place on New Year&#39;s Eve 1998.  Through a series of fortunate events my friend and I ended up at Madonna&#39;s private New Year&#39;s Eve party.  I got to dance to &quot;Don&#39;t Cry for me Argentina&quot; with her.  Well not with her, but right next to her.  True story.  </p>\n\n<p>But then I realized that my clubbing past was probably of no interest to a Heavy Metal Mama.  She probably would roll her eyes as she told her band about how I tried to one-up her with an old story about Madonna.  How can you compare that to a night with a Heavy Metal God?   </p>\n\n<p>So I told her that it was a great story.  I also told her to take a brisk walk and get a coffee at the <a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2005/12/im_an_orange_lo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dunkin&#39; Donuts</a>.  Just in case.  </p>\n\n<p>I still like her even though we don&#39;t get to go out on weekends since she is probably headbanging at some club somewhere.  She is polite, punctual and always cleans up after herself and the baby.  My sink is always shinier when she leaves than it was before she got here.  And The Boy likes her.  A lot.  I think he may have the coolest babysitter on the block.  How many babies get to literally rock to sleep with an live electric guitar version of &quot;Baby Beluga&quot;?  </p>\n\n<p>Rock on.</p>\n','Rock \'n\' Roll Coochie Coo','\n','draft','open','open','','rock-n-roll-coochie-coo','','','2006-01-16 08:30:00','2006-01-16 08:30:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=582',0,'post','',7),(583,1,'2006-01-11 15:41:54','2006-01-11 15:41:54','<p>First it was <a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2005/12/netflix_thinks_.html\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix</a>.  Now it&#39;s Google&#39;s turn to creep me out.</p>\n\n<p>The way the big websites categorize their users is starting to scare me.  Sometimes they&#39;re a little too accurate for comfort.</p>\n\n<p>It appears that I&#39;m the #1 Google result for the following searches:  &quot;I have the laziest girlfriend&quot; and &quot;housewife lazy.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>I would be insulted, except that my favorite Christmas present is <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=mothisblisort-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00022HYJ6%2Fqid%3D1137015871%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_1%3Fn%3D507846%2526s%3Dhome-garden%2526v%3Dglance\" target=\"_blank\">this</a><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" width=\"1\" />.</p>\n','I Heart Robots','\n','draft','open','open','','i-heart-robots','','','2006-01-11 15:41:54','2006-01-11 15:41:54','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=583',0,'post','',3),(584,1,'2006-01-09 13:30:15','2006-01-09 13:30:15','<p>The Boy is just about eleven months old and I&#39;m working on weaning him.  I also took him to a Baby Signs class.</p>\n\n<p>You can roll your eyes now.  I did when my friend asked me to join her in class.  But I was also curious, so I went.</p>\n\n<p>We learned the signs for &quot;milk&quot;, &quot;eat&quot;, &quot;drink&quot;, &quot;more&quot; and &quot;all done&quot;.  Basically, all the vocabulary an 11 month-old needs.  We also learned the signs for please and thank you, but really, do you think a 10 month-old can grasp the basics of common courtesy?  I&#39;d like to think so, but I doubt it.</p>\n\n<p>The class was fun, and although I was skeptical at first I became excited enough to try it at home.  That afternoon as I gave The Boy his sippy cup of formula, I pumped my hand into a fist as we learned in class that morning:<br />\n<img alt=\"097532990101in01_aa240_sclzzzzzzz_\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/097532990101in01_aa240_sclzzzzzzz_.jpg\" title=\"097532990101in01_aa240_sclzzzzzzz_\" /></p>\n\n<p>&quot;Milk!&quot;  Pump fists.  &quot;Milk, Milk, Milk!&quot;  I repeat again and again fully sounding like the crazy lady I&#39;m becoming.</p>\n\n<p>The Boy just looked at me and finally screamed while reaching for his milk to put an end to the madness.  And that was the end of our venture into the world of Baby Signs.  Or so I thought.</p>\n\n<p>As I mentioned, I am working on weaning him so I only nurse him in the morning and at bedtime.  My milk supply has gone down to negligible levels, which is a source of endless frustration for him.  I persist for now in the hope that he will get the hint and completely lose interest in nursing.  We are almost there, I think.</p>\n\n<p>So as I am nursing him for the night he taps me out.  Obviously there is no more milk left.  Normally, this is the point where he starts screaming and I offer him a sippy cup to curb his hunger.  But tonight, he stopped nursing, looked at the boob, looked at me, and stuck his little palm to my face with all the &quot;talk to the hand&quot; sass that his little self could muster.</p>\n\n<p>Then he pumps his little hand into a fist.  Again and again.  Just like milking a cow.  </p>\n\n<p>Wow. </p>\n\n<p>(image: SignBabies)</p>\n','Like Milking A Cow','\n','draft','open','open','','like-milking-a-cow','','','2006-01-09 13:30:15','2006-01-09 13:30:15','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=584',0,'post','',14),(585,1,'2006-01-07 08:55:49','2006-01-07 08:55:49','<p>Yesterday was Three Kings Day (or Twelfth Night, if you will).  This is the official end of the Christmas season as far as I&#39;m concerned.  Instead of taking down the fire hazard that was my tree, I became distracted with the easiest task in the post Christmas cleanup - the discarding of Christmas cards.</p>\n\n<p>What am I to do with the ruby-cheeked offspring of our friends, all 12,037 of you?  Your little smiles, scared expressions and accidentally funny faces have kept us in good company for the last month.  We will miss you.  The Husband and I marveled at how big you&#39;ve gotten, and yes, laughed hysterically at some of you.  Names have been witheld to protect the innocent.</p>\n\n<p>This is the first year that I sent out cards as a mother.  Naturally, The Boy&#39;s face features prominently.  In fact, the cards were just an excuse to show off his cuteness yet again.  I hate to think that our friends could just throw out the card we sent them.  It&#39;s more than mean, it&#39;s sacrilegious.  And I can&#39;t simply do the same to their kids, can I?</p>\n\n<p>What has motherhood done to me?  I&#39;ve gone soft!  Of course my cards are in the trash by now.  Perish the thought.</p>\n\n<p>Since The Boy loves to look at pictures of babies, I&#39;m going to save my $4.99 and make my own <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=mothisblisort-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F0789436507%2Fref%3Dpd_kar_gw_1%3Fn%3D283155\">baby faces</a><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" width=\"1\" /> book.  Just glue the cards into a notebook and I&#39;m good to go!  Aren&#39;t I crafty?  </p>\n\n<p>Does anybody else have other ideas on what to do with Christmas cards?</p>\n','Yet Another Thing For The Boy To Chew On...','\n','draft','open','open','','yet-another-thing-for-the-boy-to-chew-on','','','2006-01-07 08:55:49','2006-01-07 08:55:49','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=585',0,'post','',5),(586,1,'2006-01-05 09:36:48','2006-01-05 09:36:48','<p>I am afraid.  Very afraid.  We are about to enter the Boston real estate market.</p>\n\n<p>After years of renting shitty houses and hoping for a stabilization in prices that we never tought would come, we are about to do it because I&#39;m tired of living in someone&#39;s neglected cash cow.  I&#39;m tired of cheap landlords.  And the time appears to finally be right to become first-time homeowners. </p>\n\n<p>We&#39;ve ignored our friends who for years told us that house prices in Boston would never decline.  &quot;it&#39;s now or you&#39;ll be priced out forever!&quot;  We knew that was a self-delusional lie.  Everything comes down eventually.  And boy, are prices ever coming down.  It&#39;s amazing, almost overnight it&#39;s a completely different market.  And the houses somehow seem less shitty.  </p>\n\n<p>As our friends who are homeowners (um, that&#39;s everybody we know) talked of renovations and additions, we asked ourselves if we were doing the right thing by renting.  Apparently we were.  We actually look like geniuses now.  So now I think that I&#39;ve got to get over this fear of commitment and call a realtor.  Now that housing is slowly becoming more realistic I&#39;m starting to daydream of owning my own house.  The thrill of the search and finally finding the home where I will raise my children and maybe become less reluctant about housewifery (he he).  I will garden, paint and unleash my inner Martha on an undiscovered gem.  Or not.  But it will be ours to neglect if we so choose.      </p>\n\n<p>Yes, we are starting to look for a home.  You know, like adults.  It&#39;s scary.  Wish us luck.</p>\n','This Old House','\n','draft','open','open','','this-old-house','','','2006-01-05 09:36:48','2006-01-05 09:36:48','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=586',0,'post','',10),(587,1,'2006-01-03 09:57:10','2006-01-03 09:57:10','<p>So Hugh Heffner is a feminist.  Who knew?</p>\n\n<p>The Husband and I were flipping channels on Sunday night, and we saw that Hugh and his girlfriends were on.  Of course, we watched.  We&#39;re classy like that.</p>\n\n<p>Donny Deutsch (<i>that guy is such a dork.  Why is he on TV?</i>)  asked girlfriend #1 if she thinks that she is setting back the women&#39;s movement by not working, and you know, living with a man 50 years older than her.</p>\n\n<p>She looked terrified, and with eyes as big as saucers said in her tiny little voice, &quot;<font size=\"1\">b-b-but... I don&#39;t have to work?  I&#39;m working on a business degree with no plans to use it!</font>&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;Why?&quot; asked Steroid Donny.</p>\n\n<p>&quot;<font size=\"2\">Because my boyfriend is really rich!</font>&quot;  Duh.  She showed him.  I wanted to smack her, but I also thought that &quot;playing Scrabble&quot; with Hugh Heffner is punishment enough.</p>\n\n<p>Donny the Dork was so pleased with this answer he could hardly wipe the smirk off his face.  Then he asked Hugh the same question.  Except that this time he talked about the three Girlfriends as if they weren&#39;t in the room.</p>\n\n<p>Hugh Heffner looked like he was about to smack Donny himself.  And then he icily replied, &quot;Feminism, as I understand it, is about choices.  And freedom.&quot;  </p>\n\n<p>Holy shit.  He vocalized my definition of feminism.  Yet he still creeps me out.  Ewww!</p>\n\n<p>Then to top everything off, Girlfriend #2 (or #3 I honestly can&#39;t tell the difference) helpfully added &quot;<font size=\"2\">I&#39;m going to massage school!</font>&quot;  He he.</p>\n\n<p>So why is it that Donny Deutsch thinks that one (or three) women&#39;s choices represent the entire female movement?  Must we take on the entire weight of the world everytime we make a decision?  Is being a woman the same thing as joining a union?</p>\n\n<p>Because I don&#39;t know about you, but my choices are made mainly on how they affect me and my family.  I can&#39;t think for every single woman out there.  While I choose to stay home, I know that it is not right for everybody.  Just like low waisted jeans.  Simply not right for everybody.</p>\n\n<p>But just as I make the best choices for me, I trust you can do the same for yourself.  Even if that means living with Hugh Heffner.  Eeewww!</p>\n','Of Playboy and Feminism','\n','draft','open','open','','of-playboy-and-feminism','','','2006-01-03 09:57:10','2006-01-03 09:57:10','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=587',0,'post','',2),(588,1,'2005-12-31 13:15:14','2005-12-31 13:15:14','<p>I went to yoga class this morning hoping to get some exercise in before the end of 2005 and as a bonus I was given my mantra for 2006.  </p>\n\n<p>I usually have to stop myself from laughing when the instructor says insipid things like “every breath is a chance to start anew.”  Blah.  I want tight abs, not mystical thoughts, on the rare times that I do manage to get my ass to the gym. However, today she said something that struck me.  Maybe the extra oxygen from the deep breathing is turning me crunchy, I don&#39;t know.  But it doesn&#39;t matter.  I like the words and I’m sticking by them.  </p>\n\n<p>She was asking us to do one of the poses when she said something meant to get us to stop looking around at the others in the room, but that sounded like a revelation to me:</p>\n\n<p><i>“Go for pleasure, not for perfection.”</i>  </p>\n\n<p>Wow.  I don’t know why this struck a cord, but I decided right then and there that I have all my resolutions for 2006 wrapped up in those six words.  In 2006, I’m going to enjoy myself by letting myself do the things that make me happy and enjoying it.  It is so liberating to let yourself just enjoy life rather than try to be perfect.</p>\n\n<p>2006 will be enjoyable.  So:</p>\n\n<p>Since a clean house makes me happy AND I am a terrible housekeeper,  I will go for pleasure, not for perfection, and I will clean for about 30 minutes each day and not beat myself up because I’m not anal retentive.</p>\n\n<p>Friends make me happy.  So I will be a better friend.</p>\n\n<p>I like yoga and pilates.  So I will do more of both and stop trying to become a jogger.  See?  Go for pleasure, not for perfection!</p>\n\n<p>I will play with The Boy more instead of worrying about every little aspect of his development.</p>\n\n<p>I will get more sleep, because sleep is pleasurable.  And I will have better days for it too.</p>\n\n<p>Sex?  Go for pleasure, not for perfection.  It works with everything!  </p>\n\n<p>Anyways, I could go on forever, but I will stop now.  What gives YOU pleasure?  Consider doing more of it in 2006.  Happy New Year!</p>\n','Words To Live By: 2006 Edition','\n','draft','open','open','','words-to-live-by-2006-edition-2','','','2005-12-31 13:15:14','2005-12-31 13:15:14','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=588',0,'post','',6),(589,1,'2005-12-29 15:56:00','2005-12-29 15:56:00','<p><img alt=\"Images\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/images.jpg\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Images\" /><br />\nI am a transplanted Bostonian.  Moving here from another, warmer, city has been an adjustment, to say the least.  And yes, I have adjusted.  I don&#39;t break out into a cold sweat anymore because of a snowy forecast.  At this time of year I can say, &quot;33 degrees?  Nice!&quot; and only be half kidding.  Bad drivers on 128 don&#39;t scare me (much) anymore.  But my transformation can only go so far.  There is one thing, a small thing really, but a thing that is at the essence of being a Bostonian, and that thing is one thing that I still do not get.</p>\n\n<p>I do not understand the obsession with Dunkin&#39; Donuts coffee.  </p>\n\n<p>I am a Starbucks person.  I can&#39;t help it if I like my coffee strong and tasty.  I prefer to buy my coffee in clean cafes with good music and a relaxed vibe.  I get nervous at the lines at the Dunkin&#39; Donuts, which remind me of the lines at Taco Bell.  The service is invariably bad.  Yet the natives love it.  I have made it a point to appreciate the hometown brew, and my attempts have failed miserably.  I cannot stand the watered down chemical brew that Dunkin&#39; coffee is.    </p>\n\n<p>Unfortunately, we&#39;ve moved to a neighborhood where there are no Starbucks cafes within walking distance.  I so miss walking to Starbucks!  Instead, we have a Dunkin&#39; Donuts shop.  It is small and crowded and the decor is alarmingly pink and yellow.  Still I persist and I go in and order coffee every once in a while because I need to find a product that I will like so that I don&#39;t have to get in the car to get my caffeine fix, even if the pink store has no seating.  Besides, there are some smart people in this town and they can&#39;t all be wrong.  So I&#39;ve ordered regular coffee with milk.  It is absolutely tasteless, since it usually has been sitting in the machine for God know how long.   I once ordered a &quot;specialty&quot; coffee, something called a toasted almond, which tasted like burnt engine oil smells.  Had to dump that in the garbage can right outside the store.  But last week was the worst experience of all.  The shop committed a cardinal sin; a sin so egregious I feel like the shop staff has something against me - personally. </p>\n\n<p>Initially I was full of hope because the sign outside read &quot;REAL LATTES&quot;.  My mouth literally salivated.  The coffee in the picture did in fact look like a latte, all tall, dark and handsome with a light layer of foam.  I went inside, happy in the belief that at last I had found my beverage.  I order my &quot;real&quot; latte, and do you know what they did?  Can you handle it?  They made my &quot;real&quot; latte with <i>drip coffee</i>.  There wasn&#39;t an espresso maker in the store! </p>\n\n<p>Now that is just cruel.</p>\n','I\'m an Orange Lost in a Sea of Ah-pples','\n','draft','open','open','','im-an-orange-lost-in-a-sea-of-ah-pples-2','','','2005-12-29 15:56:00','2005-12-29 15:56:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=589',0,'post','',8),(590,1,'2005-12-29 08:15:33','2005-12-29 08:15:33','<p>The Husband is on vacation and we have been spending the last few days just being lazy at home.  That translates into lazy writing, which is why I&#39;ve been sharing so many links lately.  The brain should start working again soon.</p>\n\n<p>In the meantime, if you like Blog Explosion and I know many of you do, here&#39;s a new site worth checking out:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.blogmad.net/?ref=b270e5ef93422ff\" title=\"BlogMad\"><img alt=\"BlogMad!\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/banner1.gif\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>You get 25 credits just for signing up.</p>\n','Lazy Days','\n','draft','open','open','','lazy-days','','','2005-12-29 08:15:33','2005-12-29 08:15:33','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=590',0,'post','',1),(591,1,'2005-12-27 01:33:00','2005-12-27 01:33:00','<p>If you are anything like me (God help you), you make the same resolution every year:  &quot;I will become more organized.&quot;  Then, you spend endless hours (breaking resolution #2:  I will not waste time) and money (there goes #3: &quot;I will save more&quot;) looking for things that will make &quot;being organized&quot; happen.  Then 2 weeks later you realize that you never look at your new cellphone/PDA/planner-with-a-deliciously-red-leather-cover-that-weighs-10-pounds so you never take it anywhere.  These are all things I have purchased in the search for organization.</p>\n\n<p>And what do I end up using?  A piece of paper found in the bottom of my purse and a pen.</p>\n\n<p>But here, dear readers, is your solution.  It&#39;s elegant.  It&#39;s simple.  And it&#39;s FREE.  I promise you will use it too.</p>\n\n<p>Check it out at <a href=\"http://www.pocketmod.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The PocketMod</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Sometimes the internet is a wonderful thing.  </p>\n\n<p>Thanks, <a href=\"http://www.alyssaboehm.com/blogger.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alyssa</a>!</p>\n','Put Down That Credit Card...','\n','draft','open','open','','put-down-that-credit-card','','','2005-12-27 01:33:00','2005-12-27 01:33:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=591',0,'post','',3),(592,1,'2005-12-26 07:30:00','2005-12-26 07:30:00','<p>Remember those time capsules you had to create way back when you were in elementary school?  What did you fill them up with?  I think I put in a few newspapers and Barbie dolls in mine.  Maybe one of my TOP SECRET journals.  I wish I could find one of them now.  I believe there is one buried under the tree in our old apartment complex.  It would be fun to think that it is still there.  But more than likely it was thrown away as junk.</p>\n\n<p>In any case, I came across a similar, though decidedly more digital concept a few days ago.  The nice people at www.futureme.org will allow you to send yourself and email to be delivered into the future.  Wouldn&#39;t this be a great way to remind yourself of your New Year&#39;s resolutions?  At the very least you can laugh at yourself when you see how drunk you were when you wrote that you would never get drunk again.</p>\n\n<p>Check it out at www.futureme.org</p>\n','Time Capsule','\n','draft','open','open','','time-capsule','','','2005-12-26 07:30:00','2005-12-26 07:30:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=592',0,'post','',0),(593,1,'2005-12-24 13:51:49','2005-12-24 13:51:49','<p>I hope you have a wonderful Christmas (and whatever other winter holiday you celebrate or choose not to).  I will be with my little family creating new memories.  Hope you are doing something wonderful as well.</p>\n\n<p>Peace on Earth.</p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"Nativity_1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/nativity_1.jpg\" title=\"Nativity_1\" /></p>\n','Merry Christmas!','\n','draft','open','open','','merry-christmas','','','2005-12-24 13:51:49','2005-12-24 13:51:49','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=593',0,'post','',0),(594,1,'2005-12-23 07:04:32','2005-12-23 07:04:32','<p><img alt=\"Betty_armando_brzs\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/betty_armando_brzs.jpg\" title=\"Betty_armando_brzs\" /><br />\nHe he.  I have just learned that my fellow Americans will finally have the opportunity to become addicted to <i>Telenovelas</i>, just like my grandmother!</p>\n\n<p>For those of you that watch Desperate Housewives or Grey&#39;s Anatomy the story lines, rife with high drama and even more camp, will be somewhat familiar.  What is different is that <i>novelas</i> run every night and have a definite ending.  Literally, they are a novel on the screen.  Just more...exaggerated.  It&#39;s hard to explain.  Soon many of you will be as addicted to them as my grandma and the good people of Russia, China, Europe and, of course, all of Latin America (which includes Miami).  Oh, the wonders of globalization!</p>\n\n<p>I haven&#39;t watched many novelas because my mother forbade them when we were kids.  She thought they were tacky, but that&#39;s the point.  There is one novela that I regret not watching, <i>Betty La Fea</i> or <b>Betty the Ugly</b> because it&#39;s supposed to be hilarious.  The original stars are pictured above.  </p>\n\n<p>My new favorite network, ABC, has ordered a pilot which will be produced (and will hopefully star) Salma Hayek.<img alt=\"Salma01_n\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/salma01_n.jpg\" title=\"Salma01_n\" /></p>\n\n<p>Like I said, I never watched the original, so I can&#39;t spoil it for you, but I will definitely be watching.  And if this doesn&#39;t sound like your cup of tea, CBS also is planning a <i>Telenovela</i> project for next summer.  I am so glad that our contribution to pop culture doesn&#39;t end at J.Lo, Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera.  Now we are filling the airwaves with even more addictive crap to replace Reality TV, maybe forever.  You can thank us later.</p>\n\n<p>The Hollywood Reporter has more <a href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001699033\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p>\n','Colombia, Represent!','\n','draft','open','open','','colombia-represent','','','2005-12-23 07:04:32','2005-12-23 07:04:32','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=594',0,'post','',3),(595,1,'2005-12-23 05:47:00','2005-12-23 05:47:00','<p><img alt=\"Poinsettia_lilored\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/poinsettia_lilored.jpg\" title=\"Poinsettia_lilored\" /></p>\n\n<p><font size=\"5\">FESTIVE AND TOXIC.  <br />\nLIKE THE HOLIDAYS.</font></p>\n\n<p>Saw this on a card today and it made me smile.  Thought I&#39;d share since so many of us are running around like chickens with our heads cut off.  Here&#39;s to enjoying ourselves!</p>\n','Best Greeting Card, Ever','\n','draft','open','open','','best-greeting-card-ever','','','2005-12-23 05:47:00','2005-12-23 05:47:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=595',0,'post','',0),(596,1,'2005-12-20 19:28:00','2005-12-20 19:28:00','<p>To those who say that 10 month olds don&#39;t have a sense of humor, I say: You are wrong.</p>\n\n<p>Otherwise, how would you explain the fact that every single time I am in a hurry and need to gleave the house The Baby manages to poop spectacularly in his pants right AFTER I have bundled him up in a onesie, pants, shirt, coat and hat.</p>\n\n<p>Well?</p>\n','Explain This One To Me','\n','draft','open','open','','explain-this-one-to-me','','','2005-12-20 19:28:00','2005-12-20 19:28:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=596',0,'post','',0),(597,1,'2005-12-20 19:23:41','2005-12-20 19:23:41','<p>The town of Dover knows the difference between science and religion.  And they don&#39;t care what Pat Robertson thinks about it.</p>\n\n<p><i>&quot;I&#39;d like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don&#39;t turn to God. You just rejected him from your city...God is tolerant and loving, but we can&#39;t keep sticking our finger in his eye forever,&quot;  </i> Robertson said. <i>&quot;If they have future problems in Dover, I recommend they call on Charles Darwin. Maybe he can help them.&quot;</i></p>\n\n<p>This guy is crazy.  Obviously, the residents of Dover weren&#39;t shaking with fear since they replaced the school board members who were trying to change the definition of science.  And today, a judge has ruled that a decision of such &quot;breathtaking inanity&quot; <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/education/20cnd-evolution.html?incamp=article_popular\">will not stand</a>.  LOL, I like the sarcasm.</p>\n\n<p>Science is not a religion.  It is not based on faith.  Science just is.  And one doesn&#39;t necessarily cancel the other.  </p>\n\n<p>At least there&#39;s one victory for common sense.</p>\n','Ben Dover','\n','draft','open','open','','ben-dover','','','2005-12-20 19:23:41','2005-12-20 19:23:41','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=597',0,'post','',0),(598,1,'2005-12-20 06:57:56','2005-12-20 06:57:56','<p><i>LET us go then, you and I,	<br />\nWhen the evening is spread out against the sky	<br />\nLike a patient etherised upon a table;	<br />\nLet us go, through certain half-deserted streets,	<br />\nThe muttering retreats	       <br />\nOf restless nights in one-night cheap hotels	<br />\nAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:	<br />\nStreets that follow like a tedious argument	<br />\nOf insidious intent	<br />\nTo lead you to an overwhelming question …	      <br />\nOh, do not ask, “What is it?”	<br />\nLet us go and make our visit.	</i><br />\n<br />\nI have had this poem in my head for a couple of days now.  Extra points if you recognize it from the opening lines!  It&#39;s my favorite from way, way back.  You probably had to read it when you were in school, and like me, were overwhelmed by the length.  I gave up on it a couple of times.  Then I read it in sections and fell in love with it.  I hope someone out there does as well.  </p>\n\n<p>Anyways, the rest of the poem is <a href=\"http://www.bartleby.com/198/1.html\">here</a>.  I&#39;m going to serialize it, first of all to not scare you, my lovely readers, but also to savor it for myself.  </p>\n\n<p>And if you are wondering why I&#39;m doing this...well, why not?  I wrote so much crap on this website I feel it should be balanced with words that are actually witty.  Enjoy.</p>\n','To lead you to an overwhelming question …','\n','draft','open','open','','to-lead-you-to-an-overwhelming-question','','','2005-12-20 06:57:56','2005-12-20 06:57:56','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=598',0,'post','',0),(599,1,'2005-12-17 07:20:45','2005-12-17 07:20:45','<p>I finally got a call back from my sister.  I ask her where she is.  “South Carolina” she says, almost giddily.  </p>\n\n<p>“What’s going on?”  I can hear my father in the background.  It’s loud and happy wherever it is that they are.</p>\n\n<p>“It’s RR&#39;s graduation.  From the Marines.”  Oops.  “He looks so good.  He is the only one in his platoon wearing the dress blues and he has so many medals and everything!”  I don’t remember my sister being so proud when she attended my MBA graduation.  “Yes, I’ll let him know you want to speak to him”  she says, and although I am panicking a little, I am thankful for her white lie.</p>\n\n<p>What do you say to a Marine?  I can’t relate to his choice.</p>\n\n<p>I barely know my cousin.  Even when we lived in the same city, we rarely spoke.  My aunt is a single mother who works two jobs and is raising her two boys on her own.  She always looks weary, yet is always ready with a smile.  Whenever we got together for Christmas or birthdays, it was always painfully obvious that they are poorer than us.  And it made me uncomfortable.  Still does.  I’m sure it made my cousins uncomfortable as well, since they never made an effort to get to know me either.  We just live in different worlds, even though we share the same blood.</p>\n\n<p>“Hello.”</p>\n\n<p>“Hi RR!  Congratulations, we just wanted to call and congratulate you on your special day,”  I say, a little too loudly and a little too quickly.  I feel like such a fake.</p>\n\n<p>“Thanks, Ma’am.”  He sounds like he was born and raised in South Carolina.  I am a little sick to my stomach, as I realize that I have NEVER spoken on the phone with my cousin.</p>\n\n<p>“I hear you did very well...”</p>\n\n<p>“Top of the class, Ma’am.  Top of the class.”  Ma’am?  It sounds like a joke, but it is not.  He sounds like he means it.  This is my cousin?  What have they done to him?  I haven’t decided if this is good or bad.  He sounds so, formal and distant and strangely relieved.</p>\n\n<p>“Wow.  Well, The Baby and I and The Husband are very proud of you.&quot;  Silence.  &quot;Now you go and celebrate.  I can hear everybody in the background.”  </p>\n\n<p>“Thanks, we will.”</p>\n\n<p>I know I should talk to my aunt.  But I can’t.</p>\n\n<p>“Could you put my sister back on?”</p>\n\n<p>“Sure thing.  Bye.”</p>\n\n<p>“Bye.  Thanks.”  My sister gets on the phone.  She is giggling.  I am so sad that I can’t be there with them at that moment.  I think of how nice and sunny it must be in South Carolina.  I want to see my grandmother, how proud she must be.  I want to see my family happy.  My cousins have not a had a happy life, I think.  And I am truly happy for them.  I wish I could be there.</p>\n\n<p>“Sis, what does my nephew want for Christmas?”  What a stupid thing to say.  I don’t want to spoil their moment.  “Never mind, I can figure it out.  You go and have fun.  Give a kiss to everybody for me.”</p>\n\n<p>“Will do. Bye.”  </p>\n\n<p>I hang up and think of my aunt and what she must be feeling.  The mixture of pride and fear and anger.  I know she is angry as well.  I try to imagine the look in her eyes, but it is too much for me.  </p>\n\n<p>So I take my baby and I hold him tight.  It’s time for his nap, but I won’t let go.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/Family\" rel=\"tag\">Family</a></p>\n','Semper Fidelis','\n','draft','open','open','','semper-fidelis','','','2005-12-17 07:20:45','2005-12-17 07:20:45','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=599',0,'post','',3),(600,1,'2005-12-15 13:47:59','2005-12-15 13:47:59','<p>Last night I realized that, one, I had forgotten to take my Pill the previous night and, two, that was the last pill on the pack.  I&#39;m on the miniPill since I&#39;m nursing.  And I thought that maybe I should not refill my Pills since I am tired of being a slave to hormones.  After all, I got off the pill 3 months before our wedding and did <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=mothisblisort-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F0060937645%2Fqid%3D1134674912%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_1%3Fn%3D507846%2526s%3Dbooks%2526v%3Dglance\">FAM</a><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" width=\"1\" /> and managed to not only not get pregnant but also was able to enjoy sex even more.  I think it&#39;s because I felt &quot;empowered&quot; and natural.  Also, I was able to conceive The Boy (I know it probably would have happened anyways, but knowing when we made him is incredibly cool for a control freak like me).  So I thought what the heck, I&#39;ll take a chance.  We want 3 kids after all.</p>\n\n<p>Then I went to my dentist appointment.  I have to go to the dentist at 8 PM because that is the only time that I am assured that The Husband will be home and able to watch The Boy.  This was a new dentist, and like all dentists, he thinks that somehow you should be able to hold a conversation while someone is poking your gums until they bleed and he is scraping away at your sanity.  At some point he asked me if I had kids (do I look like a mom?  yikes!).</p>\n\n<p>&quot;One&quot;  I said, proudly.  &quot;It&#39;s so much work!  I never have a moment to myself!&quot;  Cue the violins.  I love being dramatic.</p>\n\n<p>&quot;Well, just wait until you have three&quot; he said.  &quot;We never go out because if we can find a babysitter, they are only willing to watch two kids at most, and then we have to bring the baby with us.  I used to think that it was hard with one baby, then with two, but three is a lot of work.&quot;  He was scraping really hard now.  &quot;We haven&#39;t been on a plane in two years.  Not until they are ALL potty trained.  Spit please.&quot;  </p>\n\n<p>Gulp.</p>\n\n<p>How did he know that I wanted three kids?  How did he know that I was this close to risking potential pregnancy?  What was I thinking?  And what am I so scared of?  This is a signal, right?  For now, I went to CVS and refilled my prescription for one more month.  Maybe I will wait until The Boy is one.  I&#39;ll throw away my pills after his first birthday party</p>\n\n<p>I am constantly debating how I want to space the birth of my children.  I know there is no right answer, but I wonder what you think.  Is 2 years apart ideal?  Will I go crazy if I have 2 under 2?</p>\n','Timing Is Everything','\n','draft','open','open','','timing-is-everything-2','','','2005-12-15 13:47:59','2005-12-15 13:47:59','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=600',0,'post','',0),(601,1,'2005-12-14 16:24:45','2005-12-14 16:24:45','<p>The past few days have been so busy.  I know I&#39;m not the only one, but still.  At least I managed to put the tree up last night.  I&#39;m so excited - it&#39;s our first tree!  The Husband and I have lived together for 3 years, but we&#39;ve never had a tree since we always went to one of our parent&#39;s place for Christmas.</p>\n\n<p>Why is it that if you are one of the &quot;the young&quot; in your family, you are supposed to pick up and go somewhere else for every holiday?  It&#39;s expected.  But we don&#39;t have to do it ANYMORE.  </p>\n\n<p>Now that we have The Boy, we have a bulletproof excuse for not going to visit his parents in Europe this Christmas.  We visited my parents for Thanksgiving, and that was enough.  So instead we bought a tree and decorated it (I have been buying ornaments the day after Christmas since The Husband and I moved in together in preparation for this day) yet we have no plans for the 25th.  The Boy is too young to remember this Christmas, but soon we will have to agree on what traditions we want to continue, and what new ones we will create.  But this year I am too tired to even do my Christmas shopping, let alone stress about creating childhood memories for my child.  So our Christmas will be light on the presents and long on the laziness.</p>\n','New Tradition','\n','draft','open','open','','new-tradition','','','2005-12-14 16:24:45','2005-12-14 16:24:45','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=601',0,'post','',0),(602,1,'2005-12-12 19:55:44','2005-12-12 19:55:44','<p>Behold, the Patron Saint of Fashionistas:</p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"Popesredshoes\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/popesredshoes.jpeg\" title=\"Popesredshoes\" /></p>\n\n<p>So the Pope wears Gucci, Prada and sequins.  And now I must live with the fact that even the Pope <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10016674/site/newsweek/\">dresses better</a> than me these days.</p>\n','Il Papanista©','\n','draft','open','open','','il-papanista','','','2005-12-12 19:55:44','2005-12-12 19:55:44','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=602',0,'post','',0),(603,1,'2005-12-11 07:56:00','2005-12-11 07:56:00','<p><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/charlie_brown_tree.jpg\"><img alt=\"Charlie_brown_tree\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/charlie_brown_tree.jpg\" title=\"Charlie_brown_tree\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>A few weeks ago we took The Boy to have his picture taken for his Christmas cards.  When it was time to choose the design the salesgirl/photographer asked what kind of border I would like.  </p>\n\n<p>&quot;A Christmas one, please.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>She then flipped through a few blue and white Chanukah cards and some brown and gold Kwaanza cards until she got to what she was looking for.</p>\n\n<p>&quot;Here they are!&quot;  She then showed me many, many cards with the words &quot;Season&#39;s Greetings&quot;, &quot;Happy Holidays&quot;, &quot;Holiday Greetings&quot; and multiple variations thereof.</p>\n\n<p>&quot;Um, thanks but this is not what I&#39;m looking for.  I need some Christmas cards.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>She looked confused.  &quot;But these <i>are</i> the Christmas cards.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;No, these are generic &#39;Holiday&#39; cards.  I&#39;m sending out Christmas cards.  Therefore, I need cards that say &#39;Merry Christmas&#39;.  I&#39;m sure you understand.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>She looked at me like if I had suddenly turned into Pat Robertson.  Yes, she thought I was crazy.  I&#39;m scared of <a href=\"http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7027/quotes.html\" title=\"Pat\">Pat</a> <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9995578/\" title=\"Robertson\">Robertson</a> too, but all I wanted was a Christmas card.  That is not so strange, methinks, at this time of year.</p>\n\n<p>Finally she found two cards that met my criteria.  One said &quot;Feliz Navidad&quot; which would be fine since I speak Spanish, but since not everyone we know does I wanted a card in English.  I&#39;m crazy like that.  There was ONE card that said &quot;Merry Christmas&quot;.  I counted at least 3 different versions of Kwaanza cards and I don&#39;t know how many that clearly said &quot;Happy Channukah&quot; but finding a true blue Christmas card is near impossible.  And that is sad.    </p>\n\n<p>People, I understand why sometimes one has to use the phrases &quot;Season&#39;s Greetings&quot; or &quot;Happy Holidays&quot;, I really do.  Sometimes you want to wish everybody to be happy during the holidays (all of them).  That&#39;s why I don&#39;t care if Target wishes me a Happy Holiday or not.  The problem I have with people using those phrases interchangeably with Christmas alone is that they are intentionally vague and empty.  And I think one of the reasons people get so depressed around this time is that they are going through a lot of effort for something that has no meaning.  &quot;Winter greetings?&quot;  Who gives a shit!  What most of us are celebrating is not <a href=\"http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;safe=off&amp;oi=defmore&amp;defl=en&amp;q=define:holiday\" title=\"time off from work\">time off from work</a>, it&#39;s Christmas!  You can say it!  It doesn&#39;t make you a fundamentalist; if <a href=\"http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/happychr.htm\" title=\"John Lennon\">John Lennon</a> can say it, so can you.  </p>\n\n<p>All I&#39;m saying is that if you are buying presents, putting up a tree, stringing lights, listening to carols and sending out cards - I&#39;ve got news for you, the &#39;Holiday&#39; you are celebrating has a name.  It&#39;s Christmas.</p>\n\n<p>FYI - I&#39;m a liberal.  I live in Boston, read the New York Times and I think Bill O&#39;Reilly is a pompous fake.  But I still wish more people had the courage to call holidays by their proper names.  </p>\n\n<p>Tag: <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/Christmas\" rel=\"tag\">Christmas</a></p>\n','The Day That Must Not Be Named','\n','draft','open','open','','the-day-that-must-not-be-named','','','2005-12-11 07:56:00','2005-12-11 07:56:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=603',0,'post','',2),(604,1,'2005-12-09 11:19:08','2005-12-09 11:19:08','<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/71813723/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img alt=\"Winter is Here\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39e9c970c\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39e9c970c-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>As much as I hate the winter, even I have to admit to the beauty of fresh snow.  Today The Baby slept until 8:30 am, which means that I woke up at 8:00 am in a panic because this was too good to be true.  </p>\n\n<p>I completely black out the windows in my bedroom, but I immediately knew that it had snowed, and that it was significant.  The first thing I noticed was the silence.  The snow muffles all the familiar morning sounds.  All you can hear is the odd bird here and there.  And I knew that the snow was still falling because the of the lack of sounds of work outside.  No shovels or snowblowers to disrupt the moment.  So I got out of bed, put on my furry slippers and opened the window.  I felt like a child.  And I was so excited to that indeed it had snowed and it was still snowing.  Everything looks new and beautiful in the snow.  At least it does around Christmas.  Snowy mornings in February are about the most depressing things I can think of.  But for now, we just have a beautiful white morning.  The Baby was so enchanted by the snow falling that I almost forgot that it will have to be shoveled at some point.</p>\n','Snow Blanket','\n','draft','open','open','','snow-blanket','','','2005-12-09 11:19:08','2005-12-09 11:19:08','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=604',0,'post','',1),(605,1,'2005-12-08 23:23:39','2005-12-08 23:23:39','<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"> <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/63892295/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277a71970b\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277a71970b-pi.jpg\" style=\"border: solid 2px #000000;\" /></a> <br /> <span style=\"font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;\">  <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/63892295/\">Smoking is bad for you</a>  <br />  Originally uploaded by <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/people/diary/\">A Reluctant Housewife</a>. </span></div>Just a reminder...<br clear=\"all\" />\n','Smoking is bad for you','\n','draft','open','open','','smoking-is-bad-for-you','','','2005-12-08 23:23:39','2005-12-08 23:23:39','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=605',0,'post','',0),(606,1,'2005-12-07 20:57:32','2005-12-07 20:57:32','<p><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/dscn2308_12.JPG\"><img alt=\"Dscn2308_12\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/dscn2308_12.JPG\" title=\"Dscn2308_12\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Do not go shopping on an empty stomach.  You have been warned.</p>\n\n<p>What is wrong with me?  I bought this skirt today for The Husband&#39;s company party.  How did I not notice how freaking ugly it is?  It&#39;s purple velvet.  It has a an aqua lining.  It has little rope circles and a lime green sash for no good reason.  Unless, of course, I want to look like The Joker.  My stomach turns when I think about how much I paid for this piece of shit art project.  I plead temporary insanity.  I am blind and I am also an idiot.  The boutique I bought it from does not accept returns.  Only exchanges.  AAAGHH!  This is beyond buyer&#39;s remorse.  I won&#39;t get any sleep tonight.</p>\n','There\'s No Excuse...','\n','draft','open','open','','theres-no-excuse','','','2005-12-07 20:57:32','2005-12-07 20:57:32','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=606',0,'post','',0),(607,1,'2005-12-06 09:07:51','2005-12-06 09:07:51','<p>Go on vacation somewhere where the water is turquoise and the temperature never dips below 75 degrees in December and add copious amount of sticky sweet cocktails.  What does that logically lead to?  Yes, swimming and, ahem, amorous acrobatics with The Husband.  But noooo, that would be too easy.  Instead, I get my period.  I manage to get my fucking period NOW, for the first time in 19 months.</p>\n','Murphy\'s Law','\n','draft','open','open','','murphys-law','','','2005-12-06 09:07:51','2005-12-06 09:07:51','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=607',0,'post','',0),(608,1,'2005-12-05 07:48:00','2005-12-05 07:48:00','<p>The Family is on vacation somewhere nice and warm, but with very little internet access and limited entertainment options.&#0160; This works out, since one of my goals is to rest, the other is to catch up on movies.&#0160; Since the baby I have watched two movies, Melinda/Melinda (great) and The Forty Year Old Virgin (funny as hell, but it&#39;s embarrassing to admit to this since I am not in college anymore.)</p>\n\nHowever, it appears that Netflix thinks I am a gay man.  You see, I brought some movies to watch on vacation, since we would not exactly be hitting the nightclubs with a 9 month-old in tow.  The movies were chosen exclusively based on what was recommended by the Netflix computer.  We brought Sideways, which was quiet and funny and pretentious, which was perfect; and a Brazilian movie called Possible Loves.  It was a cute enough movie, but to narrow it down to one painfully run on sentence, it is about a man that marries the woman of his dreams, has a baby with her and leaves her for his best friend.  Who is a man.  Not exactly a chick flick.\n\nThe Husband accussed me of intentionally renting gay movies (why he thinks I would do this is beyond me), and I tried to defend myself by claiming that I was just trying to support international filmmakers.  As our discussion wore on, I cliked on the &quot;recommended&quot; tab on the DVD extras, and the promotional reel for a movie about a teenage boy who is seduced by his piano teacher came on.  I clicked off the TV and conceded my husband&#39;s point.  But I did not do it on purpose, I swear.  I think that my renting the entire Sex and The City DVD collection may have affected my recos.  We are renting Fight Club next.\n','Netflix thinks I am a gay man','\n','draft','open','open','','netflix-thinks-i-am-a-gay-man','','','2005-12-05 07:48:00','2005-12-05 07:48:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=608',0,'post','',1),(609,1,'2005-12-02 08:20:47','2005-12-02 08:20:47','<p><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/120205_1007.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/120205_1007.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>We are on vacation somewhere nice and warm.  I don&#39;t have reliable internet access, but the real reason I haven&#39;t posted is that my head&#39;s in the clouds.   I am really feeling the cumulative  effects of sleep deprivation.  All I want to do is sleep.  In fact, I think I&#39;ll go sleep now.</p>\n','We are on vacation somewhere','\n','draft','open','open','','we-are-on-vacation-somewhere','','','2005-12-02 08:20:47','2005-12-02 08:20:47','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=609',0,'post','',0),(610,1,'2005-11-26 23:19:38','2005-11-26 23:19:38','<p>Does anybody have a normal family anymore?&#0160; I&#39;m going crazy visiting my relatives.&#0160; Yes, the people that raised me and should know me better than anybody else on earth.&#0160; Why are these holiday gatherings so painful?&#0160; And why does everybody have the same complaints?</p>\n\n<p>Could it be than seeing your family is a window into your soul?&#0160; That your family actually is a living breathing example of all the things you are deep inside.&#0160; They remind you of all the good and bad times, of all the things you thought you had outgrown.&#0160; They remind you of the You you thought you had left behind.</p>\n\n<p>Worse, I think I am turning into my mother.&#0160; Aagh!</p>\n','Holiday','\n','draft','open','open','','holiday','','','2005-11-26 23:19:38','2005-11-26 23:19:38','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=610',0,'post','',0),(611,1,'2011-03-25 10:30:00','2011-03-25 14:30:00','<img style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none;\" src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0743272862\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />\r\n\r\nWhen I had a paying career I used to surf the internet and daydream of being the perfect housekeeper instead.  In my dreams, I would have everything in order and every surface in my home would shine. I even bought <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743272862/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=frogandsnail-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0743272862\">this book</a><img style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0743272862\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" /> and actually used it. While the author does some things that I find irritating (like calling grocery shopping \"marketing\") I keep myself going back to this book when I have a question. Which is more often than I care to admit. And to my dismay, every surface in my home does not shine. But at least I know why.\r\n\r\nWhile I am nowhere near the level of obsessive-compulsiveness of the author, I do wish I was a little more like her. But just a little. She has schedules for every day of the week (Monday is laundry!) and a daily/weekly/monthly housekeeping routine.  Me, I like not knowing what is going to happen every day. I still love this book because she takes everything so seriously. I mean everything. She even shares her technique for folding panties. You\'ve got to see it to believe it.\r\n\r\nI laugh, but I find comfort in perfectionist housekeeping. The author even goes into the chemistry of laundry. Seriously. Her description of dust and what it is made up of is so matter-of-fact and disturbing that it will have the laziest frat boy dusting for the next couple of days, at least. But I, like many people of my generation, was not taught the basics of keeping house. At least this lady is teaching me the little and big things that make life easier. Most people have to clean and keep up their houses themselves, at least part of the time. My mother never taught me to keep house because she wanted me to become a professional. And I did.\r\n\r\nBut my toilet still needs to be disinfected.','I Wish I Was Obsessive-Compulsive','','publish','open','open','','i-wish-i-was-obsessive-compulsive','','','2011-03-25 10:35:43','2011-03-25 14:35:43','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=611',0,'post','',5),(1158,1,'2011-03-25 10:32:27','2011-03-25 14:32:27','<img style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none;\" src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0743272862\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />\n\nWhen I had a paying career I used to surf the internet and daydream of being the perfect housekeeper instead.  In my dreams, I would have everything in order and every surface in my home would shine. I even bought <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743272862/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=frogandsnail-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0743272862\">this book</a><img style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0743272862\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" /> and actually used it. While the author does some things that I find irritating (like calling grocery shopping \"marketing\") I keep myself going back to this book when I have a question. Which is more often than I care to admit. And to my dismay, every surface in my home does not shine. But at least I know why.\n\nWhile I am nowhere near the level of obsessive-compulsiveness of the author, I do wish I was a little more like her. But just a little. She has schedules for every day of the week (Monday is laundry!) and a daily/weekly/monthly housekeeping routine.  Me, I like not knowing what is going to happen every day. I still love this book because she takes everything so seriously. I mean everything. She even shares her technique for folding panties. You\'ve got to see it to believe it.\n\nI laugh, but I find comfort in perfectionist housekeeping. The author even goes into the chemistry of laundry. Seriously. Her description of dust and what it is made up of is so matter-of-fact and disturbing that it will have the laziest frat boy dusting for the next couple of days, at least. But I, like many people of my generation, was not taught the basics of keeping house. At least this lady is teaching me the little and big things that make life easier. Most people have to clean and keep up their houses themselves, at least part of the time. My mother never taught me to keep house because she wanted me to become a professional. And I did. But my toilet still needs to be disinfected.','I Wish I Was Obsessive-Compulsive','','inherit','open','open','','611-revision','','','2011-03-25 10:32:27','2011-03-25 14:32:27','',611,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/611-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(612,1,'2005-11-22 22:39:33','2005-11-22 22:39:33','<p>It took almost all the courage in the world, but I finally went in for a much needed bikini wax.  And yes, I get the Brazilian kind.  I used to get these regularly, but then I moved to conservative Boston, and had a baby, and life got complicated and mostly I got lazy.</p>\n\n<p>So I went today.  And it hurt.  But I had forgotten how I love the results.  It is so worth it to feel groomed.  I feel a little bit of my old self coming back.  </p>\n\n<p>I lay there with my legs all over the place as a stranger poured hot wax near my most sensitive parts, and all I could think of is that no one, not even my OB-GYN, has looked at me so carefully.  And that this poor girl does this all day.  She looked so young that I had to ask how long she had been doing this.  “Nine months!” she said way too cheerfully.  I momentarily considered ending the session right there and then, but it was too late.  Dammit.  The wax was drying and waiting to be ripped off.  Ouch.  She did a better job than I expected.  I still can&#39;t believe I&#39;m getting a bikini wax in 30 degree weather.  Crazy.</p>\n','Hot Wax','\n','draft','open','open','','hot-wax','','','2005-11-22 22:39:33','2005-11-22 22:39:33','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=612',0,'post','',0),(613,1,'2005-11-22 10:20:53','2005-11-22 10:20:53','<p><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/081505_1956_1.jpg\"><img alt=\"I&#39;m a geek\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/081505_1956_1.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>This message is just a test of my mobile blogging capabilites.  The picture above is of the smelliest dog I&#39;ve ever met.  Typing on a phone is a pain.  How do europeans do it?</p>\n','I\'m a geek','\n','draft','open','open','','im-a-geek','','','2005-11-22 10:20:53','2005-11-22 10:20:53','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=613',0,'post','',0),(614,1,'2005-11-21 16:38:53','2005-11-21 16:38:53','<p>Link: <a href=\"http://cookiemag.com/beautyandhealth/current/2005/12/bah200512_01\" title=\"COOKIE:BEAUTY AND HEALTH\">COOKIE:BEAUTY AND HEALTH</a>.</p>\n\n<p>I love luxury.  I will happily spend $80 on a scented candle if the mood strikes me.  I won&#39;t bat an eye at paying $200 for jeans if they will make my butt look good.  I love staying in fancy hotels.  I buy groceries at Whole Foods because I think their food tastes better.  My belief is that every once in a while it is important to be decadently impractical.  Even if you have to cut back on other things to do it.</p>\n\n<p>I also want the best for my child.  So when I heard about &quot;Cookie:  The Magazine that Celebrates the Joys of Parenthood&quot; I went straight to their website.  After all, I like to think I am their target market.</p>\n\n<p>But while some of their recommendations are unique and clever (like <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=mothisblisort-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811850676?v=glance%26n=283155%26n=507846%26s=books%26v=glance\">this book</a><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" width=\"1\" /> - I WANT IT!) most of the magazine goes beyond everyday luxury to the almost bizarre.  </p>\n\n<p>For example, they recommend the best salons for children&#39;s cuts.  I&#39;ll pay for a good haircut.  But one of the places they recommend in Boston charges $75 to cut a CHILD&#39;S hair.  And another place will highlight your 10 year old&#39;s hair.  How many 10 year old bottle blondes are out there?  Nevermind, I don&#39;t want to know.  </p>\n\n<p>They also talk up this new Orbit baby stroller system for $1200.  I personally spent $400 on my son&#39;s stroller, and dammit, it was worth it.  It&#39;s the SUV of strollers.  But $1,200 for a stroller that (for now) only works with and infant car seat is beyond my comprehension.  The Boy outgrew his infant seat at 6 months.  To me, that&#39;s stupid.</p>\n\n<p>Like I said, I&#39;m all for luxury and having beautiful things whenever possible.  But you have to appreciate it.  So I&#39;ll pass on the $1040 <a href=\"http://usa.hermes.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Hermes/babyItem.jsp?zoneId=us&amp;langId=-1&amp;typeShowcase=Baby&amp;subStoreFrontId=0&amp;heading=BABIES&amp;AC=0&amp;partNumber=990100m01\">Hermes Baby Blanket</a>.  I&#39;d rather spend the $1040 I don&#39;t have on 4 Hermes scarves for myself.  It&#39;s not that I&#39;m selfish, but I would never spit up on my nice scarves.  And the Boy doesn&#39;t care what he spits up on.</p>\n','Spoiled Rotten?','\n','draft','open','open','','spoiled-rotten','','','2005-11-21 16:38:53','2005-11-21 16:38:53','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=614',0,'post','',0),(615,1,'2005-11-19 09:14:06','2005-11-19 09:14:06','<p>Yesterday at the grocery store, The Boy was a pure angel.  Happy and flirtatious, he sought out attention from pretty much any shopper who had the fortune to share an aisle with him.</p>\n\n<p>I’ve never been bothered when people stop to chat and comment on the baby; on the contrary I find it quite a refreshing change from the typical cold shoulder strangers give each other in this town.  They act like they are alone, and pretend you are not there.  But of course, you are.  And they did just rudely cut in front of you at the deli line.  Unfortunately, the death of common courtesy is NOT greatly exaggerated.</p>\n\n<p>One of the people who stopped to chat with us yesterday made me uncomfortable.  She made cutesy faces and waved at the baby, which is typical adult behavior when faced with the cuteness of a thriving 9 month old.  Yes, you too would be powerless to resist a snaggle-toothed grin if it is aimed directly at you.  So I let the woman coo at The Baby and I bent over to pick out more baby food jars out of the bottom shelf.  </p>\n\n<p>Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw her sneak a look at me and touch him.  To me it almost looked like she was fumbling with the belt on the shopping cart.  I look her straight in the eye, and she immediately puts her hand away, looking guilty.  At least she did to my hypersensitive eyes.</p>\n\n<p>The she just stood there, like if she was waiting for me to be distracted again.  I cut between her and the baby and said in a firm voice “playtime is over, we’re leaving.”  She said “I hope to run into him again soon,” smiled and left.  </p>\n\n<p>Now, I know this was probably completely innocent.  That she waited until I wasn&#39;t looking because she probably thought, correctly, that most people don’t want strangers touching their children.  She probably didn’t even sneak a feel.  I was starting to wonder if I had been rude.  But I don’t care.  Call me paranoid if you want.  Probably is not good enough for MY child.</p>\n\n<p>Then I caught the eye of another woman who I assume had witnessed the whole scene.  She smiled at me, and I knew she understood.</p>\n','2 PM At The Grocery Store','\n','draft','open','open','','2-pm-at-the-grocery-store','','','2005-11-19 09:14:06','2005-11-19 09:14:06','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=615',0,'post','',0),(616,1,'2005-11-18 10:35:22','2005-11-18 10:35:22','<p>Dear Baby Boy,</p>\n\n<p>I am sorry.  I am starting to think that in the brief time that you have been in this world, I have failed you.  You see, you cannot sleep through the night.  And I cannot let you cry it out.  And your father and I are at wit’s end about it.  Right now, you are crying yourself to sleep for your morning nap.  Right now, it is 11:30 am.  And my heart is breaking.  As hard as it is for me, I am determined to be strict, for your own good.  I do think that children, even those who are only 9 months old, need and want boundaries.  I know that children need consistency, and I am not a “routine” person.  But I will change for you.  The truth is, I need more structure in my life as well.</p>\n\n<p>I think I have been lazy in letting you set the pace of our days.  I can tell myself that I have been in charge, but it is not completely true.  It is too easy for me to say “he knows what he wants” or “he&#39;s too smart to be told what to do”.  I promise to put more structure in your day.  I promise to be the adult, and make all the tough decisions.</p>\n\n<p>I want to give you the freedom to enjoy your childhood.  With freedom, there are responsibilities.  Responsibilities are for adults.  You will grow into your freedom, at your own pace.</p>\n\n<p>Our family deserves no less.  YOU deserve no less.</p>\n\n<p>Love,</p>\n\n<p>Mama</p>\n\n<p>PS - It’s quiet now.  I hope you are enjoying your nap.  I still feel terrible for letting you cry.  </p>\n\n<p><br />\n<a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/sleep\" rel=\"tag\">sleep</a>, <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/baby\" rel=\"tag\">baby</a>, <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/parenthood\" rel=\"tag\">parenthood</a>, <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/crying\" rel=\"tag\">crying</a></p>\n','About Last Night...','\n','draft','open','open','','about-last-night','','','2005-11-18 10:35:22','2005-11-18 10:35:22','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=616',0,'post','',0),(617,1,'2005-11-17 13:04:41','2005-11-17 13:04:41','<p>My day so far:</p>\n\n<p>Weather today:  SUNSHINE!</p>\n\n<p>9:00 am - The Baby wakes up.  Take Prada bag out of its storage case and insert all I will need for the day:  cell phone, keys, wallet.  No diapers.  No ziplock bags.</p>\n\n<p>10:00 am - Babysitter arrives.  The Baby is an angel.  She reads books to him while I take a LONG shower.</p>\n\n<p>11:00 am - Run out to do errands.  Chat with girlfriend on the cell phone.</p>\n\n<p>11:15 am - Pick up envelopes for The Baby’s Christmas cards.  Cards look so cute!</p>\n\n<p>11:20 am -  Stop at J. Crew and buy adorable winter hat, for MYSELF, for $19.99.  Buy assorted clothing that can be thrown in the washer when they get strained sweet potatoes dropped on them.  No more “dry clean only” clothes for me.  Sigh.</p>\n\n<p>11:45 am - Go to Borders and buy <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=mothisblisort-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971453209?v=glance%26n=283155%26n=507846%26s=books%26v=glance\">BabyWise</a><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" width=\"1\" /> and BabyWise II based on girlfriend’s enthusiastic recommendation.  Am filled with hope that baby will now sleep. </p>\n\n<p>12:10 pm - Hit Bloomingdales and pick up a bottle of Vera Wang perfume for men that hubby needs for manager of hotel we will be staying at for our upcoming vacation.</p>\n\n<p>12:30 pm - Go to Sur La Table and buy a <a href=\"http://www.surlatable.com/common/products/product_details.cfm?dmode=browse&amp;StartRow=1&amp;CRPCGNBR=32&amp;CGRFNBR=142&amp;PRRFNBR=8289\">cake carrier</a> for Sacher Torte I will make for another girlfriend’s dinner party this Saturday night.  I feel like such a gourmand.  I love that store.</p>\n\n<p>1:00 pm - Get home.  The Baby is napping, the babysitter has taken notes of everything that happened.  The Baby is fed and dressed.  Babysitter agrees to babysit on the night of The Husband’s company party.</p>\n\n<p>1:15 pm - Eat a nice, quiet lunch and relax until I see the girls at playgroup.</p>\n\n<p>THIS is what I hoped being a Housewife would be like(I’m still allowed to dream).  Days like today keep you sane.  Now I will go and enjoy the rest of it (it’s sunny out!) for as long as I can.  You do the same as well!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/shopping\" rel=\"tag\">shopping</a></p>\n','We Really Should Do This Again Sometime','\n','draft','open','open','','we-really-should-do-this-again-sometime','','','2005-11-17 13:04:41','2005-11-17 13:04:41','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=617',0,'post','',5),(618,1,'2005-11-17 12:09:00','2005-11-17 12:09:00','<p><a href=\"http://www.blogstreet.com/bin/profile.cgi?url=diary.blogs.com\"><br />\n<img border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.blogstreet.com/images/owner/blogstreet_home.gif?PQQYFZRH1135622185\" /></a></p>\n','Directory Link','\n','draft','closed','open','','directory-link','','','2005-11-17 12:09:00','2005-11-17 12:09:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=618',0,'post','',0),(619,1,'2005-11-16 15:45:49','2005-11-16 15:45:49','<p>I have a 9 month old baby.  All of my mommy friends have one child around the same age.  This is about the time when we wonder who will take the plunge.  Who will be brave enough to be pregnant (again!) first?</p>\n\n<p>One of the girls announced to the entire group that she and her husband started trying in September.  She has been quiet since.  Another says that she is getting off the pill to “allow the body to cleanse itself of hormones.”  I myself have been debating whether I should stop taking the pill and let fate run its course.  Last night, I took the last pill in the last pack and decided that it would be my last.  </p>\n\n<p>But the conversation rages on.  We debate the merits of having the children close together so “you can have a few years of sleep deprivation and misery and then move on” or of spacing them out so that you can put the oldest in preschool and you can give the second as much attention as the first.</p>\n\n<p>Of course I wonder, how is it possible to give the same attention to a second child while the first keeps demanding your time?  I am glad I am the oldest in my family.  I now know that my siblings were right in being jealous.  Babies take a lot of time, and there is only so much parents can give.  The second child must get  the shaft.  Of course, my sister and I are only eleven months apart, and then my brother came soon after, so I only had my parents all to myself for a very brief time, but apparently it was enough.</p>\n\n<p>There are no clear answers.  But last night, I heard that one of my friends had a miscarriage.  We had no idea she had been pregnant for 3 months.  And I remembered all the highs and lows of pregnancy.  The fear that something could go wrong.  The restricted diets.  The daydreams.  How it brings you and your husband so close.  How you feel so complete.  I feel so bad for her.  I know what it feels to have all your expectations growing inside of you, and waiting for them to kick you in the ribs.  And I understood that it doesn’t matter if it is the first baby or your fourth, the emotions, the love and heartbreak is the same.</p>\n\n<p>I went to CVS and refilled my birth control prescription today.  I am not brave enough to be so vulnerable again.  Not yet.  </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/pregnancy\" rel=\"tag\">pregnancy</a> <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/motherhood\" rel=\"tag\">motherhood</a></p>\n','Chicken','\n','draft','open','open','','chicken','','','2005-11-16 15:45:49','2005-11-16 15:45:49','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=619',0,'post','',0),(620,1,'2005-11-15 15:51:35','2005-11-15 15:51:35','<p>I came accross this quote by Bianca Jagger today:  &quot;Always dress as if you have a better place to be.&quot; </p>\n\n<p>Do you think I can wear my pink PJs and fluffy shearling slippers to The Boy&#39;s 9 month Pediatrician appointment?  The weather is so grey and blah!  Winter is here, and in Boston, that means business.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/winter\" rel=\"tag\">winter</a>, <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/Boston\" rel=\"tag\">Boston</a></p>\n','Winter','\n','draft','open','closed','','winter','','','2005-11-15 15:51:35','2005-11-15 15:51:35','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=620',0,'post','',0),(621,1,'2005-11-13 12:47:00','2005-11-13 12:47:00','<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>This morning I opened up a carton of Trader Joe&#39;s eggs and was vaguely disturbed to find that each and every egg was tattooed with an expiration date and a code.  I remember reading somewhere that product traceability was a thing of the future (maybe it was 1984).  Well, I&#39;m afraid that the future is here folks.\n\n<p>Here is one of the eggs:<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/82625267@N00/63724825/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img alt=\"Good Egg\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277ab9970b\" height=\"180\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee277ab9970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"240\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>I became curious about egg # 1153 299J10.  Where did it come from?  How did it get to my fridge? And crucially, WHY do we need to tattoo an egg?  </p>\n\n<p>At first I thought that the tracing of food products was an activity of importance to national security.  But come on - what can terrorists do to an egg?  Let&#39;s not get carried away with the paranoia.  I&#39;d rather we spent our time securing more vulnerable things like the water supply.  Just my humble opinion.</p>\n\n<p>I went on the internet in search of some answers.</p>\n\n<p>I found all sorts of things about eggs.  My favorite is <a href=\"http://humboldthens.blogspot.com/\">this blog</a> which lovingly chronicles the lives of some backyard chickens.  I hope to someday chronicle my Baby Boy&#39;s first nine months so thoroughly and elegantly.  But it will have to wait.  I have to research my egg.</p>\n\n<p>I thought I finally found what I was looking for at EggFusion&#39;s <a href=\"http://www.eggfusion.com/\">website</a>. According to this company one day you will be able to enter that code on your egg and find out where your egg was produced, what day and time it was processed, what lane is was processed in along with some “key egg dates”.  To think I’ve lived 29 years not knowing this.  And why is the Egg Traceability checker not up and running yet?  Isn’t this the whole point of scarring this poor egg?</p>\n\n<p>I also became upset because my food carton clearly states that the eggs within it will expire on December 9.  You can see in the picture of egg # 1153 299J10 that he will expire on Dec. 24.  I don’t know who to believe - Trader Joe’s or EggFusion.</p>\n\n<p>This all seemed like too much ado about one egg; yes, it is an egg with a name and an expiration date, but still, its just an egg.  Then I found <a href=\"http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164919,00.html\">this</a>.  Of course!  EggFusion wants to make money by tattooing ads on my egg.  Is anything sacred anymore?</p>\n\n<p>This was too much for me, and my husband was getting hungry.  Frankly, so was I.  So I took egg # 1153 299J10 along with his a few of his carton mates and made an omelette.</p>\n\n<p>He was a good egg indeed.</p>\n\n<p>Tags:  <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/eggs\" rel=\"tag\">eggs</a>, <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/useless\" rel=\"tag\">useless</a>, <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/national%20security\" rel=\"tag\">national security</a><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"></div></p>\n','A Good Egg','\n','draft','open','closed','','a-good-egg','','','2005-11-13 12:47:00','2005-11-13 12:47:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=621',0,'post','',0),(622,1,'2005-11-12 12:15:00','2005-11-12 12:15:00','<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>Last night Baby Boy was sick.  Not enough that we were concerned, but enough to keep us up until 3:30.  Yes, the poor dear had a stuffy nose (which I have as well, thanks to him) and is teething.  Those sharp little teeth must hurt - they are like knives.  But, is sex with my husband on a Friday night too much to ask for?   We had wine and a nice chat over dinner.  We were flirting.  I was ready!  But, alas, Baby Boy had other ideas...\n\n<p>I have a theory.  I think that he doesn’t want any siblings and will do anything to stop us from conceiving again.  The battle lines are drawn, and the baby is winning.</p>\n\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/baby\" rel=\"tag\">baby</a>, <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/teething\" rel=\"tag\">teething</a>,<a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/marriage\" rel=\"tag\">marriage</a>, <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/parenthood\" rel=\"tag\">parenthood</a><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"></div></p>\n','Friday Night Fever','\n','draft','open','closed','','friday-night-fever','','','2005-11-12 12:15:00','2005-11-12 12:15:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=622',0,'post','',0),(623,1,'2005-11-11 16:45:00','2005-11-11 16:45:00','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/62061134_5ef4bc3a47.jpg\"><img alt=\"62061134_5ef4bc3a47\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/62061134_5ef4bc3a47.jpg\" title=\"62061134_5ef4bc3a47\" /></a>\n\n<p><br />\nNow you can&#39;t get this picture out of your head either.<br />\nSource: <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/gemale/62061134/in/photostream/\">Gemale</a></p>\n\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/housewife\" rel=\"tag\">housewife</a>, <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/funny\" rel=\"tag\">funny</a><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"></div></p>\n','Housewife of the Year','\n','draft','open','closed','','housewife-of-the-year','','','2005-11-11 16:45:00','2005-11-11 16:45:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=623',0,'post','',0),(624,1,'2005-11-10 01:13:00','2005-11-10 01:13:00','<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>I have been thinking about my previous ranting about the word housewife (please forgive my incoherent ramblings in the previous post) and I have decided to empower myself by owning the word.  The theory is that if you use a term that was deemed offensive you can own it and change its meaning.  Or something.  So I have changed the subheading of my blog to reflect my newfound respect for the word.  It&#39;s weird to see the word in my heading, but I&#39;ll try it and see if it fits.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"></div>\n','I Feel Better Already','\n','draft','open','closed','','i-feel-better-already','','','2005-11-10 01:13:00','2005-11-10 01:13:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=624',0,'post','',0),(625,1,'2005-11-09 18:42:00','2005-11-09 18:42:00','<p><img alt=\"188805492101_sclzzzzzzz__2\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/photos/uncategorized/188805492101_sclzzzzzzz__2.jpg\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"188805492101_sclzzzzzzz__2\" /><br />\nIt&#39;s so hard to accept that I am now a Housewife.  I am not Stay-At-Home-Mother!  (I don’t simply stay home, you know).  Yes I am a Woman!  Who is a Wife!  And a Mother! And lives in a House!  But I don’t want to be reduced to that.</p>\n\n<p>For some reason being called a Housewife makes me want to vomit, and Stay-At-Home-Mother is so friggin’ PC.  Why do we need a label?  I am happy with my choices, but I have to admit that I was never upset when I was labeled before I chose to stay home.  MBA?  Sure!  Honors Student!  Of course!  Marketing Manager, Color Cosmetics and Luxury Skincare?  It was printed on hundreds of business cards for the love of God!  But now, I really struggle to find what it is I want to be called.  I know that partly it is because I used to be those women that said “housewife” and meant “little woman with no brain.”  It’s my own fault.  I know what people think when I say it.  And I hate myself for wanting to tell them that I am smart - I was an honors student/MBA/Cosmopolitan woman with a cool career.</p>\n\n<p>I am trying to think of my new life as glamorous and hip.  I know that being a mother and caring for my family is important, but it is so hard to quantify when you don’t get paid.  We measure our value by the money we make, don’t we?  I know I did.  And now that my salary is $0 and I have to share my husband’s salary, it is a really big adjustment.  I am not as independent as I used to be.</p>\n\n<p>Then I remind myself that I spent a lot of time at the office hating it.  Just feeling like I was selling my soul for a measly paycheck.  And the money was never enough!  I wasted so many hours of my life at meetings and making presentations that nobody cared about, because everybody else was thinking about what they could do if they could be somewhere else.  Now that I am married to wonderful man, and I have a beautiful baby and I have the freedom to raise my child and set up my Household and LIFE exactly the way I wanted it - now I get depressed because of the title and its baggage?</p>\n\n<p>So I’ve decided that I don’t care what people think when they hear what I do.  I know that they immediately think about what I don’t do.  But I will remind myself of all I do everyday, and of the freedom I have to develop my own life on my own terms.  I read somewhere that your life is what you imagine it to be.  Well, I don’t want to imagine it to be in a windowless office, do I?  I can take a walk when I want.  I can stay in touch with friends, something I could never do before.  I can flirt with my husband on the phone, and not have to worry about facing the woman in the office next door.  And mostly, I am grateful for the luxury to hear my baby wake from his nap in the middle of the day and call me “Mama.”</p>\n','Disgruntled Housewife','\n','draft','open','closed','','disgruntled-housewife','','','2005-11-09 18:42:00','2005-11-09 18:42:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=625',0,'post','',1),(626,1,'2005-11-09 17:11:00','2005-11-09 17:11:00','<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>Bear with me.  This is a long post.  It comes directly from my journal.  I wanted to remember this day, in all its glory and frustation forever.  It is not the funniest or cleverest labor story, but it is my own.\n\nI read so many labor stories when I was pregnant, and the honesty of so many women gave me the strength to face my own labor.  If you are pregnant and are reading this please know that your story will be better, because it is your own.  For now, here is mine.\n\n<p><br />\nFebruary 14, 2005</p>\n\n<p>Baby Boy’s due date.  Dear Husband and I go to my OB appointment – I am sure that I am never giving birth.  Dr. S checks me and says that I am dilated “a fingertip”.  We are not impressed.  But then she says that she wants us to come in on Friday for a non-stress test and ultrasound, because the baby will officially be overdue.  She doesn’t think that there will be a problem.  Then she says that we can pick an induction date starting next Monday.  Dear Husband and I are excited, because we think we can pick Baby Boy&#39;s birthday.  </p>\n\n<p>When we check out, we don’t give a thought to the non-stress test and Ultrasound. We are so excited about choosing the birthdate that we tell the receptionist that we will call back when we make a decision.  We ask for the Drs. on call for the week and head home.  Over a lunch of pizza and salad, we decide that 2/22 would be a great birthday.  It is also the first available date since 2/21 is president’s day.  We call the OBGYN and we are all set.  It is hard to believe.</p>\n\n<p>February 18, 2005</p>\n\n<p><br />\n9:00 AM<br />\nI had a bad night the night before, but nothing I hadn’t felt before.  We get to the hospital right on time at 9:00 am for the non-stress test.  On the way to the testing room, a woman was staring right at my huge belly and tells her husband “that baby is on its way”.  As we get to the testing room I think about what she said and wondered who made her the expert.  People can be so nosy.  At the fetal test site they hook me up to the fetal monitor and to the contraction monitor.  Baby’s heartbeat sounds great.  Apparently, I am contracting every 7-10 minutes.  I don’t feel anything other than Braxton-Hicks contractions.  It can’t possibly be so easy.  Dear Husband and I stare at each other for the 40 minutes of the test.  He is sitting at a desk, like a professor and I am hooked up to these machines.  He kept making jokes and making me laugh.  I was convinced that the “contractions” were actually the machine measuring me laughing, but I don’t tell the nurse.  She says baby looks relaxed, my blood pressure is perfect and I am contracting.  OK, whatever.  We go to the Dr’s office for the ultrasound.  </p>\n\n<p>10:50 AM<br />\nWe are 10 minutes late for the ultrasound.  They make us wait.  And wait.  Another patient in the waiting room overhears our conversation and loudly tells us about her two children, and who delivered them.  The Dr. we had scheduled the induction with was her favorite, so Dear Husband and I are feeling good about Tuesday.</p>\n\n<p>It seems like so long ago when we went in for the first ultrasound, and I remember how intimidating the technician was. When we finally get called in by the ice queen, I wonder about all the bad news she has to keep to herself.  I am glad we are almost done with all the worries of pregnancy.</p>\n\n<p>We are old hats at this ultrasound stuff.  We see the baby’s organs, again.  Ten fingers and ten toes.  I guess we don’t have to count them in the delivery room.  She doesn’t say much, but tells us that the baby should be about 7-8 lbs.  The ultrasound is done, and she tells us to wait outside.</p>\n\n<p>We go back to the waiting room, and by now it is 11:30.  Dear Husband makes a call to his office, and tells a colleague that we are at the OBGYN.  The colleague tells him that his wife had low amniotic fluid at 36 weeks and that they were forced to deliver the baby that same day.  When Dear Husband tells me the story I am not really listening because I am getting hungry.  I actually start daydreaming about my favorite lunch – pulled pork sandwiches.  YUM.  I start scheming, thinking of ways to use my pregnancy to guilt Dear Husband into buying me lunch.  My dreams of barbecue get interrupted when a nurse I have never seen before calls us in.  She shuffles us into a room, closes the door and tells us that Dr. Beatty has looked at the ultrasound results and that we have to have the baby today.  Dear Husband and I are stunned and say nothing.  The nurse just looks at us and smiles.  I finally ask her why.  She says that the amniotic fluid is too low and that the baby needs to come out today.  Oh, and I am not allowed to leave the hospital.  No sandwiches for me.  I am glad that we packed the hospital bag, but I am kicking myself because I was going to take it with us this morning, just in case.  Damn, I should listen to my intuition more.</p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p> 12:00 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>We walk to the maternity floor (5th).  It hardly seems true.  Dear Husband holds my hand and kisses me in the elevator – and I remember when we toured the floor back during our childbirth class in December.  We walk to the reception and check in.  We make nervous little jokes with the person checking us in – ha ha!  We forgot out bags! She ignores us and checks us in a little too efficiently for my taste.  Everything is happening so fast.  She even has a copy of my Labor Plan, and I am a bit embarrassed by it.  What did I write?  Will the Dr. and nurses laugh at what I asked for, and how naïve was I when I wrote it!  Then the put the wristband on me, and I am officially delivering this baby!  I wanted to give birth so badly, but now I am not so sure that I am ready.</p>\n\n<p>1:00 p.m.</p>\n\n<p><br />\nSo I am in the triage room.  It is a nice room with a flat screen TV, baby monitor and a window where we can see the snow falling.  Dear Husband settles me into the bed, the nurses hook me up to the baby monitor, and I sit there and wait for him to go home and get our bags.  I make a couple of phone calls - my parents are frantically trying to get my mom to the airport for her 4:00 p.m. flight, and I really hope that she makes it to the delivery.  I call my friend AL and tell her the story.  She wants to know everything, and I very nonchalantly tell her -it’s nothing, really!  I can see the contractions and they are not that bad.</p>\n\n<p>2:00 p.m.<br />\nDear Husband is back and has some lunch.  I am allowed to have a piece of toast.  I am getting bored.  The nurses keep coming in and out and Dr. D checks me.  I remember that when I had the amnio done by her, Dear Husband and I drove home and we said we hoped she delivered our baby.  We liked her presence, she is a large lady with lots of lipstick and personality.  I am happy that she is the Dr., at least she is funny.  The nurse, however, was not very friendly and my attempts to engage her in conversation were for nothing.  </p>\n\n<p>3:00 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>Not much is happening.  I am watching CNN.  No major news happening, so I can’t tell Baby Boy that he was born on a major newsday.  He was the biggest thing that day, the biggest thing in my life so far.  Of course I didi not know it yet, but I had a feeling.</p>\n\n<p>4:00 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>Dr. D comes in and says that she needs to give me a little something to push this along.  I am actually excited, as by now I am beginning to doubt the baby would be born today.  Next thing I know, she is done.  I ask her, “where is the gel?”  She says, “we used a little pill not the gel, works like a charm” with a huge grin on her face.  I am upset because I had read on the internet the night before that the pill is used by hospitals because it is cheap, and that it is not as safe as the gel!  But it is too late now.  I take a deep breath and start hating Dr. D.  How dare she use this chemical without telling me!  It is my first lesson on giving up control during the delivery.  Then I remind the nurse and Dr. that I needed penicillin.  Dr. D. tires to argue with me, but I am firm.  It had been drilled into my head by my regular Doctor.  She checks some paperwork and tells me I am right.  Being right feels so good I almost forget how mad I am that she used the pill to induce me.</p>\n\n<p>5:00 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>I have memorized the contractions on the monitor.  I confirm with my father that my mom is on the plane.  I hope she makes it to the delivery.</p>\n\n<p>6:00 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>Bad news.  The nurse comes in and tells us that the Dr. thinks its best if we go home.  I don’t want to go.  I am afraid that if I go home I won’t recognize labor.  I want Dr. D to deliver the baby, not Dr. S.  I ask for the Dr..  She comforts me and promises that she will be there until 7:00 AM the next morning.  OK, I say I will go home, but can I have dinner?  She says “sure, but if I was you I would have some wine and relax.”  We gather all our bags, I get out of my comfy gown and we head home disappointed.  Then it hits me that this is my last chance to indulge in some pregnancy cravings.  I tell Dear Husband that I want Pad Thai for dinner.  He asks me if I’m sure, but he wisely decides not to mess with an induced woman.  He heads out to Thai Thai and I call some of my friends to let them know that nothing is happening.  I remember telling AL, “this is easy!”</p>\n\n<p>7:00 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>We have the best tasting Pad Thai I’ve ever had.  </p>\n\n<p>8:00 p.m. </p>\n\n<p>I get in the shower to relax.  The hot water feels really good, and I spend a good half hour in there.  Dear Husband checks in on me periodically.  I just let the hot water rain down my back, and I get out only because I start to feel really tired.</p>\n\n<p>8:30 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>I feel cramps.  I am not sure if it is labor or what.  They feel different.  I sit down on the guest bed and try to breathe through them.</p>\n\n<p>9:00 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>The pain is getting worse, and we realize that we have not idea how to time contractions.  I have read everything on labor and I neglected to read up on that.  We get on the internet, and find out that you time from the beginning of one to the beginning of the other.  According to that, they are 3 minutes apart.  That can’t be right.  I would be on a delivery table if that was true.  I do not want to give birth at home.  I want to go to the hospital.  But I am afraid that they will send me home, because I was able to speak through the contractions.</p>\n\n<p>9:30 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>I tell Dear Husband we need to go to the hospital, but we decide to call the Dr..  When she calls back, I almost start crying.  She says, so calmly I could kill her - just get back here.  Thank God the hospital is only 10 minutes away.</p>\n\n<p>9:45 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>The drive to the hospital was rough.  At least it wasn’t snowing, which was one of my biggest fears all along.  But the road Dear Husband took was bumpy, and I was mad at him for that.  Like it was his fault.  I look at the clock in the car - it says 10:00 p.m.  My mom is scheduled to arrive at 11:30.  I hope she makes it, but I am not so sure.</p>\n\n<p>10:30 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>I go to the same triage room, with a much nicer nurse this time.  She hooks me up to the monitor, and yep, I am in active labor.  I am also 3 cms dilated - yay!  I tell them that I need to go the bathroom.  Another one of my fears about labor was losing control of my bowels in the bathroom.  I go the bathroom - everything comes out.  The contractions get worse.  I don’t know what is labor pain and what is bathroom pain.  I can hear the nurse joking with Dear Husband that I may give birth in the bathroom.  Not funny, not funny at all.  Then I have to throw up and throw up in the sink.  Oh God, this is not easy.  I regret the Pad Thai.  Noodles are all over the sink, my face, my throat.  I start to clean the sink and call out for Dear Husband.  The nurse sees me and her face tells me that this is it.  Dear Husband takes our stuff to our labor and delivery room (room 12) and I stay the behind with the nurse.  She tries to get me to walk and I start to panic and wince in pain.  She stopped me, looked me in the eyes and told me “Relax.  Breathe through the contraction.”  It was an order more than a suggestion, but I loved her for this.  I got myself together and two nurses and Dear Husband walked me down the hall to the LDR room for the longest walk of my life.  However, the breathing helps.</p>\n\n<p>11:00 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>My LDR room is beautiful.  It has a hot tub!  I am excited that I got one of the nice rooms.  Also, it seems that my mom’s flight has landed.  It seems that she will make it after all.  My nurse is a really sweet girl named Katie.  I breathe through my contractions, and everything seems under control.  She asks me what do I want to do.  I want to get in the hot tub.  I asked for it, I got it, and I am going to use it.  She starts running the water, which takes a while.  She asks me if I want an epidural, and I said not yet.  I really think I can handle it, so far.  She reminds me that there is no need to be a martyr.</p>\n\n<p>11:30 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>Katie and Dear Husband are in the middle of undressing me for the hot tub when my mom walks in the room.  I am naked in all my pregnant gloriousness, and I could not care less.  I don’t think my mother has seen me naked since I was 10, but she pretends not to notice God bless her heart.  She looks stylish in her red sweater.  I am happy to see her, but happier to get in the water.  The water feels so good, it is steamy and bubbly, and Dear Husband and my mom stay in the room with me.  Katie checks my signs and leaves us alone.  My mom says that we should call the nurse.  “Why?”  “So that they can put bubbles in the hot tub.”  Dear Husband finds that very funny, and I am mortified.  No, Mom, this is no joke, there will be NO BUBBLES in my hot tub!</p>\n\n<p>12:00 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>When Katie checks in on me a few minutes later, I tell her that the hot tub feels divine.  After she leaves I start getting hot.  I see Dear Husband and my mom in her red sweater in the steamy room and I wonder how they can take the heat.  I’m glad I’m naked.  Then a thought hits me.  I may not be feeling pain, but what will happen when I get out?</p>\n\n<p>When Katie comes back I ask her, and she looks at me like, it will hurt.  I want to get out of the tub.  Everybody helps me get out like the big, wet whale that I am.  As they dry me off I feel like Cleopatra.  But as my skin cools off, the pain starts.  Oh the pain.  It was bad.  I get nauseous.  I get into the robe as quickly as possible.  I ask for the birthing ball.  The birthing ball had felt so good in Labor class.  I sit on the ball, holding on to the foot of the bed, rocking my pelvis back and forth.  Dear Husband is massaging my back, just like we had practiced, and it felt so good.  Except when the contractions come.  Every time they come I feel like I am going to throw up.  Every contraction feels like my body is being twisted right down the center.  Every one of them makes me lightheaded and I feel like I am going to pass out.  My head is pressed against the foot of the bed and I can’t lift it.  I turn my head sideways and ask Katie if they could check me.  Getting on the bed was pure torture.  She checked me and said I was 5 cm.  I get back on the ball, trying to remember to breathe through them.  I remember that transition, the difficult part, starts at 7 cms.  I ask her how long does she think it will take me to dilate fully.  She says that since it has taken me 2 hours to get from 3 to 5, I should be ready to push in 5 hours.  Five hours! of this...and THEN pushing?  I see my life, literally fly before my eyes.  I am not strong enough, there is no way I can take this.  I can’t even lift my head of the side of the bed.  I start considering the epidural and for some reason I feel guilty.  Then I remember her saying “there is no need to be martyr”.  I’m surprised to hear myself asking for the epidural.  It took everything I had to ask for it, but as soon as I asked for it I felt better.  Until the next contraction.</p>\n\n<p>1:45 a.m. </p>\n\n<p>At this point I am not so sure at what time the anesthesiologist came by with his epidural.  I frankly lost track of time.  By the time he came I was shaking with each contraction.  He looked awfully young.  He made me sign so many papers that it made me nervous.  But I signed away.  This better be good.</p>\n\n<p>2:00 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>I can feel him prepping my spine, feeling for the right spot.  I can see Dear Husband and my mother, and they look horrified.  I am determined to get this epidural thing right.  It is so hard to keep my back straight, because my body shook with each contraction, but I don’t want him to miss.  He misses.  The needle sting sends a metallic feeling up my spine, all the way to my mouth.  I can feel that for days.  After a few tries, he finally gets the tube in.  I lie down and wait for relief.  Dear Husband and my mother look like they need one too.</p>\n\n<p>2:15 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>The nurse asks me how I feel.  I tell her that the pain is dulling, but I could still feel the contractions.  Was this normal?  She said no, and introduced me to my new friend, the little clicker that allowed me to control the amount of medicine I was getting.  I start to click away.</p>\n\n<p>2:30 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>I feel so much better.  We are joking a bit.  Life is good.  The nurse checks me and voila! I am 10 cms dilated.  I refuse to push.  I tell her that I need to sleep.  She agrees to give us an hour since the baby looks ok.  We settle down for the night.  Lights out.</p>\n\n<p>3:15 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>There is a commotion.  The lights are turned on.  This strange blond nurse starts barking orders and looking at the monitor.  What is going on?  The baby’s heart rate went way down.  I don’t like this woman.  Where is sweet Katie?  Katie, apparently had gotten sick.  Nurse Betty was in charge.  Great.  We all get into position - Dear Husband grabs the foot on my left, my mom the foot on my right.  She tells me to push when I feel the urge.  Strangely enough, I know what she means.  I start pushing.  Soon, they all insist they can see hair.  This is easier than I thought.  I ask Dear Husband to turn on the classical music station.</p>\n\n<p>4:20 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>After periods of pushing and resting, pushing and resting, I notice that the epidural needle is low.  I alert the nurses immediately.  I am not about to feel that pain again!</p>\n\n<p>4:30 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>At some point during the pushing I hear a distinct popping sound.  “There goes your bag of waters!”  And I was so afraid it would break in public!</p>\n\n<p>5:00 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>I push and push and push.  Everybody insists that the baby is moving.  I refuse to have the mirror.  We try all different positions:  on my knees, on on side, then the other.  I hold on to the bar.  I find lying on my back the most comfortable.  I remember the beautiful music, and the voice of the morning DJ.  I think about how life is going on outside this room, and how the most amazing thing is happening and people right now are sleeping, or getting ready for work.</p>\n\n<p>5:45 a.m</p>\n\n<p>Everybody has bonded.  Dear Husband’ job is to count to ten for me.  The nurses and Dear Husband and my mom are all talking.  I have to interrupt them a few times - “guys?  Hello?  could we please push?”</p>\n\n<p>The nurses are amazed that Dear Husband can speak five languages.  He starts counting in Russian, German, French.  My mom takes over in Spanish.  I push and push, and I don’t really look at anybody so that I can focus.</p>\n\n<p>6:15 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>Dr. D comes in.  I try to push real hard for her.  Nothing seems to be really changing.  In fact, my contractions have slowed down.  They think it is because my body is tired of pushing.  They insert pitossin in my IV.  I am in no more pain than before.  It feels good to push.  I can hear Dear Husband counting, his hand is holding mine and it is so strong.  I know this baby is coming.  I ask for water, please.  The nurse comments on how polite I still am, after the night I’ve had.  I think to myself, it has not been a bad night at all.  Everything feels perfect.</p>\n\n<p>6:45 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>OK we are really pushing and counting.  I hear something about “I’ll need the vacuum”  I am too focused to care.  This baby is coming out now!  I push with all my strength.  I feel the Dr. insert the vacuum, carefully separating my lips.  I feel the vacuum hold on to the baby’s head.  I feel the Dr. tugging, and I try to help her along.  I feel the baby move down the birth canal, almost like he needed to round the corner and then it was easy.  I feel his head is out.  I take a deep breath.  I know that the Dr. is clearing out his passages.  I can hear my mom saying “there’s the baby, there’s the baby!”  I close my eyes really tight.  I don’t feel pain, and I am afraid that if I look I will feel pain.  I do however, feel like I am stretched to the limit.  I feel like I am delivering the world.  I try to relax.  Why are they taking so long!</p>\n\n<p>6:55 a.m.</p>\n\n<p>Then she finally says I can push, and I do.  There is silence.  Then I hear his cry.  My eyes are squeezed shut.  I can hear the baby and my mother crying.  I can’t believe my baby is resting on my chest.  Someone says that he is beautiful.  He feels so wet, almost soggy.  He is warm.  I open my eyes.  My God, he is so big!  He is looking at me.  I look at Dear Husband, he looks at the baby and starts to cry.  I am so in love with Dear Husband at this moment.  That is the moment I KNEW he would be the greatest father.  We held hands and looked at our baby, Baby Boy.  Baby Boy looked up at me, squinting against the light.  He was so incredible, so unique.  I could never have imagined how beautiful a baby could be.  </p>\n\n<p>My mom and the Dr. try to get Dear Husband to cut the cord.  He declines.  They insist. I scream for the first time in this whole experience “leave him alone!”  My mom gets to cut the cord, and Dear Husband Baby Boy and I continue to bask in the moment.  Life is perfect.  Nothing is more perfect than this.  Nothing.</p>\n\n<p>And he’s so punctual.  He was born right before Dr. D’s and nurse Betty’s shifts ended at 7:00 a.m.<br />\n<br />\nThey leave Baby Boy, Dear Husband and me alone for 20 minutes.  I remember thinking he must be so healthy because no one is trying to take him away.  I inspect him.  He is so hairy, hair on his ears, his back.  He has specks of blood everywhere.  He is so alert.  And he smells so good!  The  family has just grown.  But not nearly as much as my heart.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/birth\" rel=\"tag\">birth</a> <a href=\"http://technorati.com/tag/pregnancy\" rel=\"tag\">pregnancy</a><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"></div></p>\n','A Labor Story','\n','draft','open','closed','','a-labor-story','','','2005-11-09 17:11:00','2005-11-09 17:11:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=626',0,'post','',0),(627,1,'2005-11-08 12:01:00','2005-11-08 12:01:00','<p>I never thought that I would gush about such an unglamorous product - but I do.  And I do it because it worked for me.  This thing saved my sanity when I never thought I would be able to get Sebastian to sleep.  This &quot;thing&quot; is called <a href=\"http://www.miracleblanket.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Miracle Blanket</a>.  Yes, it is an unfortunate name, and yes, you do have to tie up in your baby in what at first glance appears to be a straight jacket, but it works!</p>\n\n<p>The first time I tied up my Baby Boy I thought for sure he would scream and kick and I would be taken away for being such a bad momma.  He always got out of every bundle I attempted, and I was sure that he hated to have his little arms tied up.  After all, I would too.  But my little 12 week-old just looked at me, turned his head, and SLEPT.  He just slept.  And smiled.  I cried tears of joy and relief.  Then I became frustrated, because I had lost 12 weeks of good sleep for what?  Nothing!</p>\n\n<p>Anyways, he outgrew the blanket by the time he was five months.  So I tell my pregnant friends (why is everybody getting pregnant all of a sudden?) than they must use it from day one.  And they thank me for it!<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"></div></p>\n','ESSENTIALS:  It\'s...a miracle?','\n','draft','open','closed','','essentials-itsa-miracle','','','2005-11-08 12:01:00','2005-11-08 12:01:00','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=627',0,'post','',0),(919,1,'2011-03-06 15:49:05','2011-03-06 20:49:05','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a084970c-pi by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4706798578/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4706798578_804264c51d.jpg\" alt=\"6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a084970c-pi.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nI wasn\'t going to post my life list online because, well,  everyone is doing one these days. It\'s really in danger of becoming just another internet meme. But the truth is that I\'ve always made life lists -- I don\'t always write them down, and I certainly haven\'t always had a little slice of the internet to post them to, but I\'ve always had a running to-do list for my life.\n\nI make lists because I\'ve always instinctively believed that if I plan on something it\'s more likely to happen. I don\'t think it happens because of magic -- I just think that when you know what you want out of life, you live your life in a way that makes what you want possible.\n\nIt makes sense to me, anyways.\n\nFor instance, I once was a psychobiology major. Until one day, when I decided that what I wanted to do in life was to work in marketing in the cosmetics industry, organic chemistry coursework be damned. So instead of studying for the MCAT or looking for work in a lab what I did a few weeks after graduation is open up the classifieds (the classifieds! That\'s a vintage story right there!) and look for a job in the beauty industry. Sure enough, there was a want ad for a cosmetics company. They were only looking for an assistant, but still. I applied, got the job, and within six months I was working in marketing. And the item got checked off the list.\n\nI\'ve also wanted to <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/09/i-see-famous-people-its-all-downhill-from-here.html\" target=\"_blank\">dance with Madonna</a>. Live in <a href=\"http://www.granadatur.com/en\">Europe</a>. Get a <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">master\'s degree</a> on a full-tuition fellowship. Ride a camel through the <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/10/morocco-so-far-from-suburbia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sahara desert</a>. Fanciful things all, and all things that have been accomplished.\n\nDid it hurt that they were on a list? I don\'t think so.\n\nSo, to this list I\'m posting online: I\'m posting not only because I was inspired by<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goddard_%28adventurer%29\" target=\"_blank\"> John Goddard</a> and <a href=\"http://mightygirl.com/mighty-life-list/\" target=\"_blank\">countless</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.chookooloonks.com/blog/2010/2/22/my-mighty-chookooloonks-life-list.html\" target=\"_blank\">others</a>, but because lately the internet has made\ncompleting things on my life list infinitely more feasible.\n\nThe list is a dynamic thing. I will be adding things as they occur to me. But for now, here is what I want to get done before I go:\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/my-life-list\">My Life List</a></span></span>','Fait Accompli: On Life Lists','','inherit','open','open','','166-autosave','','','2011-03-06 15:49:05','2011-03-06 20:49:05','',166,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/166-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(892,1,'2011-03-03 16:06:59','2011-03-03 21:06:59','<a href=\"http://oascentral.blogher.org/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/blogher.org/Lincoln_Q1-10_Review_9/1[randomNo]@x13\" target=\"_blank\"> <img src=\"http://oascentral.blogher.org/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.ads/blogher.org/Lincoln_Q1-10_Review_9/1[randomNo]@x13\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\n\n<em>This is a compensated review from BlogHer and Lincoln.</em>\n\n<strong>Check out the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.blogher.com/lincoln-night-on-the-town-sweepstakes?Reviewer9\" target=\"_blank\">BlogHer.com special offers page</a> to check out other blogger reviews and to enter for a chance to win a night on the town from Lincoln! <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/lincoln-sweepstakes-official-rules-6\">Official Rules are here</a>.</strong><a href=\"http://oascentral.blogher.org/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/blogher.org/Lincoln_Q1-10_Review_9/1[randomNo]@x13\" target=\"_blank\"> </a>\n\n<em><strong>Also! Check the bottom of this review for your chance to win a $500 Visa Gift card! </strong></em>\n\nI\'ll start at the end: I was sorry to see this car go.\n\n<a title=\"DSC_0101 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420732697/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420732697_da1c9d6116.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0101\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<!--more-->\n\nThat alone should tell you plenty, but there\'s more to this story than that.\n\nWhen I fell pregnant with our third child, my husband and I started looking for a bigger car. We wanted something that could handle three kids in car seats and visiting grandparents, plus play dates, strollers, and oh yeah, groceries. We really, really wanted to avoid a minivan, so we looked at crossovers galore -- but we always felt cramped and there were always features missing. And then it hit us: We didn\'t like any of the crossovers because deep down we really wanted a minivan.\n\nGulp. I mean, that didn\'t sound like us...but there was nothing out there that met our needs. So that must mean that we needed a minivan, right?\n\nFull disclosure: In all our driving of crossover vehicles, we never once considered going into a Lincoln dealership. But here we are, still needing a bigger car, not quite ready to buy a van. So when BlogHer asked if I\'d like to test drive a Lincoln crossover I very quickly agreed. What did I have to lose?\n\nThe Lincoln MKT has many fabulous aspects to it, and some not so great things about it. I can summarize it for you like this: Love the interior, hate the exterior.\n\nLet\'s get the dislikes out of the way:\n<ul>\n	<li>The Lincoln grille: It\'s a love-it or hate-it thing, and unfortunately I\'m in the hater camp. It\'s too aggressive for my taste, and I\'m dismayed that so many car makers are headed in this big-grilled direction. Car designers? Please stop it with the big grilles.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li>The third row: It\'s cramped. It seats two. It\'s hard to get to. I\'m 5\'7\" and my head was hitting the ceiling. However! My five year old and two year old fit just fine. Related peeve: The second row doesn\'t move forward to give more room to the third when needed. I wish I had tried out a model with captain\'s chairs, but since I didn\'t I can only tell you what it was like in a model with a bench on the second row.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li>The car\'s exterior seems unnecessarily long -- I feel that space is wasted to make the car look pointy and long. I\'d rather have had that space on the inside of the car.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li>The rear window: You cannot see from the rear window. I mean this, there is close to zero visibility. No, really. Look:</li>\n</ul>\n<a title=\"IMG_0606 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4421687086/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4421687086_6a3b591e37.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0606\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nSo, what <em>did</em> I like about the MKT?\n\nA lot, it turns out. Like I said earlier, this is a luxury car, as evidenced by the myriad little details that make driving this car a pleasure. To wit:\n<ul>\n	<li>This car is quiet. So very quiet. It was such a treat to enjoy the delicious silence -- there was no engine noise, no road noise, nothing. Driving this car was actually relaxing. Well done.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li>The interior is full of nice details. First of all, it\'s beautiful:</li>\n</ul>\n<a title=\"IMG_0612 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420729205/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420729205_31c06feab5.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0612\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"DSC_0099 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4421497494/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4421497494_d7d0d3a6e6.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0099\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"IMG_0613 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4421494958/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4421494958_45684e953d.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0613\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nNice, no?\n\nThere are also ridiculous little luxuries, like heated <em><strong>and</strong></em> cooled seats:\n\n<a title=\"IMG_0625 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420729859/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420729859_ef50488d8b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0625\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nA little light under the side mirror to light the ground for you when you get in and out of the car at night:\n\n<a title=\"DSC_0098 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420731515/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420731515_dd4fd49bf9.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0098\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\n\nThere are also removable foot rests, headlights that turn on automatically when needed (incredibly nice when you enter a dark parking garage!), built in window shades for the second row...it\'s a lot of little things that add up nicely.\n<ul>\n	<li>The back-up camera: While the rear window is pretty much useless, the car makes up for it with a fantastic back-up camera. Not only does it show you what\'s directly behind you, it also shows you what\'s coming from the sides of the car AND it makes backing up and parking pretty much idiot proof with handy trajectory predictors. Here I am trying to park on my first day with the car, when I simply wasn\'t familiar with its dimensions. As you can see, I was about to park on the sidewalk, which the guides made painfully obvious before i even took my foot off the brake:</li>\n</ul>\n<a title=\"IMG_0603 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420941737/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420941737_951ee4f48c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0603\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nSo with a flick of the wheel, a frustrating parking job became easy:\n\n<a title=\"IMG_0605 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420728993/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420728993_f11e9b49cf.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0605\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nI also loved the blind spot alarms -- they never went off on the open road, but they came in handy when parking in tight spots, which when you live in Boston is everywhere. The car I tested didn\'t have active park assist, but that would have been the icing on the cake.\n<ul>\n	<li>The second row is ROOMY. It fits three car seats without any problems:</li>\n</ul>\n<a title=\"DSC_0105 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420733547/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420733547_bacb0e80cf.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0105\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\n\nHere\'s a gratuitous shot of my son, trying and failing to kick the back of the seat in front of him. (Airplane manufacturers, take note!)\n\n<a title=\"IMG_0607 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420728895/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420728895_a67327c90c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0607\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n<ul>\n	<li>Push Button Start: So, in this car you don\'t insert the key into the ignition. Weird, huh? Instead you press a button, and the car starts with a sequence of happy beeps as it adjusts your seats to your preferred position. This keyless start was frankly disturbing at first, but after a week of using it on the MKT I\'m annoyed at having to actually use a key to start my normal car. You just press a button! You can\'t beat that.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n	<li>The trunk: It\'s roomy and deep, like in a minivan. It has a power liftgate. I\'m sorry if this isn\'t interesting to you, but I have kids and that means that I have stuff. This car can handle it, even with the third row seats up. Here\'s the trunk, holding $200 worth of groceries (which admittedly isn\'t much these days, but there you are):</li>\n</ul>\n<a title=\"IMG_0622 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420729579/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420729579_fd88b61b4e.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0622\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nNot bad. Now, fold down the third row and you can haul pretty much anything. I stuck a child\'s bike in there to give you a better idea of just how much room you have:\n\n<a title=\"DSC_0108 by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420734829/\"><img src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420734829_7c9390088d.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0108\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\n\nYou can also fold down the second row for even more room, but I\'d keep that information to myself if I were you. You don\'t want everyone calling you when they need help moving, now do you?\n\nThe Lincoln MKT is powerful, fun, quiet (did I mention quiet?), and turns on a dime - I felt very confident driving it. That\'s why I miss it. It\'s a bit roomier than other crossovers - and a lot more luxurious. If you need a minivan or a minivan alternative, chances are you spend a lot of time in your car. This car makes you feel pampered while you sit around waiting for the kids. I must say, the MKT made running errands fun. I miss it!\n\n<strong>Now!</strong>\n\n<strong>Would you like to win a $500 Gift Card of your very own? Of course you do!\n</strong>\n\n<strong>Leave a comment on this post, telling me what car you drive right now (or maybe you take the train?) and I\'ll use random.org to select a winner. </strong>\n\n<strong>Contest runs from 3/15/2010 to 3/31/2010</strong>\n\n<strong>I\'ll need a valid email address to contact you if you\'re a winner -- so be sure to use a real email address when you leave your comment. </strong>\n\n<strong>Good luck!</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong><em><strong>Check out the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.blogher.com/lincoln-night-on-the-town-sweepstakes?Reviewer9\" target=\"_blank\">BlogHer.com special offers page</a> to check out other blogger reviews and to enter for a chance to win a night on the town from Lincoln! <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/lincoln-sweepstakes-official-rules-6\">Official Rules are here</a>.</strong><a href=\"http://oascentral.blogher.org/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/blogher.org/Lincoln_Q1-10_Review_9/1[randomNo]@x13\" target=\"_blank\"> </a></em>','I Drove a Lincoln MKT, and I Liked It.','','inherit','open','open','','202-autosave','','','2011-03-03 16:06:59','2011-03-03 21:06:59','',202,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/202-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(637,1,'2007-03-07 12:15:54','2007-03-07 12:15:54','<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/413756973/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img alt=\"2 Years Old!\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39861970c\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39861970c-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a>\n</p>\n\n<p>You had a birthday last month and you&#39;re not a baby anymore.&#0160; You can run and play on your own and make up silly songs. Now that you are speaking in sweet rudimentary sentences (&quot;Mama.&#0160; Belly.&#0160; Big.&#0160; Baby.&#0160; Coming.&quot;) I know that somehow you&#39;ve developed a Boston accent (&quot;Cah! Beah!&quot;) instead of picking up my Miami accent.&#0160; But at least you can point out Miami on a map (as long as it&#39;s marked by a big ol&#39; gator).&#0160; You love chocolate and turtles and trucks and snow and helmets.&#0160; And Elmo.&#0160; &#0160;You really, really, love Elmo.&#0160; You do a mean elephant impression, though your lobster is pretty darn cute.&#0160; And you make your papa and me laugh every night without fail.&#0160; Everyday you dazzle us with something amazing (today you finally learned to jump - who knows what tomorrow will bring!).&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>Two will be a very good year.&#0160; To quote you, &quot;Hoo-oo--ray!&quot; to that.</p>\n','And Now You Are Two...','\n','inherit','open','open','','464-revision','','','2007-03-07 12:15:54','2007-03-07 12:15:54','',464,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2007/03/464-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(761,1,'2011-02-14 12:58:36','2011-02-14 17:58:36','<a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef013488c7ffd7970c-pi.jpg\"><img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013488c7ffd7970c image-full\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"BShop the Catalog - November 2010 - Clothes - Anthropologie.com_1289146889504\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef013488c7ffd7970c-800wi.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"BShop the Catalog - November 2010 - Clothes - Anthropologie.com_1289146889504\" width=\"640\" height=\"372\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/index.jsp\" target=\"_self\"><em>(All images from Anthropologie)</em></a></span></p>\r\nI\'m absolutely delighted and inspired by the November Anthropologie catalog. The first photoshoot - the one with the surreal collages - reminds me of <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/inspiration-notebook/\" target=\"_self\">my own crazy inspiration collages</a>.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"anthrocatalog by R. S. M., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/5154784424/\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/5154784424_0fdb5d641b.jpg\" alt=\"anthrocatalog\" width=\"391\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/index.jsp\" target=\"_self\"><em>(All images from Anthropologie)</em></a></span></p>\r\nI love everything about this editorial: The dream-like feel of the finished image. The random drawing juxtaposed with modern clothes and furnishings. Heck, I even love that the images have that hand-cut look. I certainly don\'t obsess over making perfect cuts when I make a collage.\r\n\r\nWell done, Anthro. I don\'t feel like a slacker anymore.\r\n\r\n<a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef013488c8039c970c-pi.jpg\"><img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013488c8039c970c\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"AShop the Catalog - November 2010 - Clothes - Anthropologie.com_1289147123413\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef013488c8039c970c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"AShop the Catalog - November 2010 - Clothes - Anthropologie.com_1289147123413\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/index.jsp\" target=\"_self\"><em>(All images from Anthropologie)</em></a></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Which reminds me: I better get around to sharing some more with you.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">UPDATE: I just randomly learned (from <a href=\"http://www.rookiemoms.com/alter-your-board-books/\" target=\"_self\">this post</a> found from Whitney\'s comment on <a href=\"http://popdiscourse.com/2010/11/mamas-got-a-brand-new-look/#comment-2798\" target=\"_self\">this post</a> -- random!) that there\'s a name for what I do: <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_book\" target=\"_self\">Altered Books</a>. I think that makes me an <a href=\"http://www.alteredbookartists.com/\" target=\"_self\">Altered Book Artist</a>. I may just start introducing myself as one. At least it beats being a \"sandwich artist\"!</p>','Inspiration: Anthropologie collages','','inherit','open','open','','75-revision-2','','','2011-02-14 12:58:36','2011-02-14 17:58:36','',75,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/75-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(1897,1,'2011-08-20 21:04:06','2011-08-21 01:04:06','<a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348681cc5c970c-pi.jpg\"><img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01348681cc5c970c image-full\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"DSC_0260\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348681cc5c970c-800wi.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0260\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" border=\"0\" /></a>\r\nIt\'s the oldest trick in the book: The farther away it is from your face, the brighter the color can be.\r\n\r\nBright colors are an easy way to brighten up your outfit as well as your day. Basic t-shirt and jeans become something special when paired with bright (and I mean bright) yellow heels and a purse. I can\'t tell you how many smiles I got today while running errands.\r\n\r\nI don\'t usually wear yellow, but when I saw the purse while on vacation in Miami I was instantly smitten. Maybe it was the relentless salsa music? One too many mojitos? Heatstroke? I didn\'t think about it too much, for who am I to get in the way of true love?\r\n\r\nAnd then, a couple of days later, I found the shoes at NM Last Call. What are the chances? I don\'t believe in coincidences; it was meant to be.\r\n\r\nI\'m not the type to match my purse to my shoes (maybe we can blame it on Mad Men?) but I\'m so happy I found them both. I think they make a happy pair.','Old Yellow','','inherit','open','open','','139-autosave','','','2011-08-20 21:04:06','2011-08-21 01:04:06','',139,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/08/139-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(826,1,'2011-02-22 14:17:35','2011-02-22 19:17:35','I\'ll admit to being a <em>little</em> confused when <a href=\"http://www.fussy.org/\">Eden</a> and <a href=\"http://www.finslippy.com/\">Alice</a> asked me to take a look at their parenting book, <a href=\"http://us.macmillan.com/letspanicaboutbabies\">Let\'s Panic About Babies! </a><em><a href=\"http://us.macmillan.com/letspanicaboutbabies\">How to Endure and Possibly Triumph Over the Adorable Tyrant who Will Ruin Your Body, Destroy Your Life, Liquefy Your Brain, and Finally Turn You into a Worthwhile Human Being</a> </em>(phew!).\r\n\r\nAfter all, this blog is hardly a parenting blog. I have three kids, sure, but I\'m way past the pregnancy stage. I\'m not a world-famous mommyblogger. It just didn\'t make sense.\r\n\r\nI was incredibly curious. So I agreed to take a look.\r\n\r\nThe first thing I noticed (other than the fact that the book design matches my blog - ladies, I like your style!) was this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0077.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-801\" title=\"DSC_0077\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0077.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWell, <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/lets-talk-about-hair-down-there\">NOW</a> it makes <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/09/bikini-waxing-tips.html\">sense</a>! Anyone who can write at length about truly personal grooming is my kind of parenting expert.\r\n\r\nAnother way that I can attest to their expertise is this handy-dandy naming chart. Please take a look at the very first name:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_00811.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-815\" title=\"DSC_0081\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_00811.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI have a Benji, and in his three years (almost four!) he has never <em>even tried</em> to run over a small animal. Clearly the authors are baby-naming geniuses.\r\n\r\nDo the world a favor and bring this book to your next baby shower. Do it especially if the mom-to-be has registered for a wipes-warmer or a $300 diaper bag with baby bears on it. She obviously doesn\'t have a clue to what\'s coming, who wants to be the one to burst her bubble? Not you!\r\n\r\nSo let Eden and Alice do it for you.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0079.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-802\" title=\"DSC_0079\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0079.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(Here\'s a good idea: <a href=\"http://us.macmillan.com/letspanicaboutbabies\">Pre-order the book here</a> -- and check out <a href=\"http://www.lets-panic.com/\">Lets-Panic.com</a> while you wait for your copy to arrive.)\r\n\r\nYou should buy this book if you are pregnant, or if you know someone who is. Pregnancy and first-time motherhood are stressful enough without all those well-meaning guides that make you feel like you\'re going to screw up your child forever if you even dare to eat a ham sandwich. (Ahem.) This book is the antidote to all those books. It\'s funny, sarcastic and witty, but it\'s also sweet. They\'re going to kill me for saying that, but it\'s true.\r\n\r\nAnd if your family is past the baby stage? This book *may* trigger a touch of PTSD, but it will also make you laugh, and make you proud of what you survived. You did it! Hooray! Now you get to relax in peace until they write Let\'s Panic About Toddlers! and Let\'s Panic About Teenagers!\r\n\r\n(I actually don\'t know if they\'re planning on writing them or not, but I really hope they are. I need a laugh. Help?)','Let\'s Panic about Babies!','','inherit','open','open','','798-revision-20','','','2011-02-22 14:17:35','2011-02-22 19:17:35','',798,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/798-revision-20.html',0,'revision','',0),(872,1,'2011-03-01 21:37:36','0000-00-00 00:00:00','One of the best things about working through my life list is that I\'ve learned that there are things that seem so easy from a distance but are actually quite hard (ahem, sewing, ahem) and there are things that seem so boring but that I\'ve become quite enamored with.\r\n\r\nLike knitting.\r\n\r\nFriends, I\'ve discovered a love for knitting. And I have my friend Stefanie to thank for that.\r\n\r\nIts quite easy to see why','Life List Update: Natural-Born Knitter','','draft','open','open','','','','','2011-03-01 21:37:36','2011-03-02 02:37:36','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=872',0,'post','',0),(630,1,'2011-01-31 07:39:00','2011-01-31 07:39:00','<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c82a78c0970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"MarkTwainToday\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c82a78c0970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c82a78c0970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"MarkTwainToday\" /></a></p>\n<p>You heard the man. Get to it.</p>\n','Do it. Do it today.','\n','inherit','open','open','','6-revision','','','2011-01-31 07:39:00','2011-01-31 07:39:00','',6,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/01/6-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(631,1,'2011-01-28 15:02:46','2011-01-28 15:02:46','<p>Yes, it&#39;s true! I&#39;m having another boy...but this time, it&#39;s a blog and not a human baby:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e2125203970b-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"F&amp;S screen shot\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e2125203970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e2125203970b-500wi.jpg\" title=\"F&amp;S screen shot\" /></a></p>\n<p>&#0160;</p>\n<p>Let&#39;s all say it together...phew!</p>\n<p>My new blog is called <a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/\" target=\"_self\">The Frog and Snail Society</a>&#0160;-- that&#39;s the fancy version of the name, but you can just call it the Frog &amp; Snail since we&#39;re friends. There&#39;s no need to be so formal, you know?</p>\n<p>It&#39;s a lifestyle blog for moms and dads and uncles and aunts and everyone who has a boy in their life. I started it because I got tired of people feeling sorry for me when they hear I have all boys. Boys are delightful! They do have cute stuff! No, I&#39;m not sad that they&#39;re all boys! And mothers of boys should stick together (hence the &quot;Society&quot; part of the name.)</p>\n<p>The blog is a little bit of design and shopping, a little bit of advice, tips and tricks, some stories and interviews -- and eventually I hope it grows into a community where parents (and friends) of boys can help each other out.&#0160;</p>\n<p>But first I&#39;m planting the seed and taking it one day at a time.</p>\n<p>The idea for the blog just came to me the other day. I knew exactly what it was going to look like and what it would be about, so I rather mysteriously asked Twitter if I should go ahead, and Twitter said yes.&#0160;</p>\n<p>So I did.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c81b7392970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"Everyday Treats  miguelina  on Twitter\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c81b7392970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c81b7392970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"Everyday Treats  miguelina  on Twitter\" /></a></p>\n<p>I hope you guys will take a look around. Would you do that for me? And when you do, will you tell me what you think? If you like it, would you be a dear and tell your friends about it?&#0160;</p>\n<p>You can keep up with the Frog &amp; Snail in many ways. You can <a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/\" target=\"_self\">bookmark it</a>, or subscribe by <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/frogandsnail\" target=\"_self\">RSS</a> or <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=Frogandsnail&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_self\">email</a>, or you can follow on <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/frogandsnail\" target=\"_self\">Twitter</a> or you can <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Frog-and-Snail-Society/124327940969047\" target=\"_self\">&quot;Like&quot; us on Facebook</a>.&#0160;</p>\n<p>Or you can do them all. It&#39;s not necessary, but it would be awfully nice of you.</p>\n<p>Thanks so much for taking a look!</p>\n<p>--------------</p>\n<p>On a housekeeping note for this blog, I&#39;m moving to Wordpress in the next few days, so if things look funky please be patient. And if you read on a feed reader, and you don&#39;t hear from me in a week or so, would you mind checking in in person just to make sure the feed didn&#39;t break while everything was moved? (<a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/miguelina\" target=\"_self\">You can always follow me on Twitter</a> if you don&#39;t want to lose touch. I&#39;m always there. Ask anyone.)</p>\n<p>So many changes. I&#39;m a bit nervous, but very very excited.&#0160;</p>\n','It\'s another baby boy...blog!','\n','inherit','open','open','','7-revision','','','2011-01-28 15:02:46','2011-01-28 15:02:46','',7,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/01/7-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(827,1,'2011-02-22 14:26:32','2011-02-22 19:26:32','I\'ll admit to being a <em>little</em> confused when <a href=\"http://www.fussy.org/\">Eden</a> and <a href=\"http://www.finslippy.com/\">Alice</a> asked me to take a look at their parenting book, <a href=\"http://us.macmillan.com/letspanicaboutbabies\">Let\'s Panic About Babies! </a><em><a href=\"http://us.macmillan.com/letspanicaboutbabies\">How to Endure and Possibly Triumph Over the Adorable Tyrant who Will Ruin Your Body, Destroy Your Life, Liquefy Your Brain, and Finally Turn You into a Worthwhile Human Being</a> </em>(phew!).\n\nAfter all, this blog is hardly a parenting blog. I have three kids, sure, but I\'m way past the pregnancy stage. I\'m not even a world-famous mommyblogger! It just didn\'t make sense.\n\nI was incredibly curious. So I agreed to take a look.\n\nThe first thing I noticed (other than the fact that the book design matches my blog - ladies, I like your style!) was this:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0077.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-801\" title=\"DSC_0077\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0077.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\n\nWell, <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/lets-talk-about-hair-down-there\">NOW</a> it makes <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/09/bikini-waxing-tips.html\">sense</a>! Anyone who can write at length about truly personal grooming is my kind of parenting expert.\n\nAnother way that I can attest to their expertise is this handy-dandy naming chart. Please take a look at the very first name:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_00811.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-815\" title=\"DSC_0081\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_00811.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\n\nI have a Benji, and in his three years (almost four!) he has never <em>even tried</em> to run over a small animal. Clearly the authors are baby-naming geniuses.\n\nDo the world a favor and bring this book to your next baby shower. Do it especially if the mom-to-be has registered for a wipes-warmer or a $300 diaper bag with baby bears on it. She obviously doesn\'t have a clue to what\'s coming, who wants to be the one to burst her bubble? Not you!\n\nSo let Eden and Alice do it for you.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0079.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-802\" title=\"DSC_0079\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0079.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\n\n(Here\'s a good idea: <a href=\"http://us.macmillan.com/letspanicaboutbabies\">Pre-order the book here</a> -- and check out <a href=\"http://www.lets-panic.com/\">Lets-Panic.com</a> while you wait for your copy to arrive.)\n\nYou should buy this book if you are pregnant, or if you know someone who is. Pregnancy and first-time motherhood are stressful enough without all those well-meaning guides that make you feel like you\'re going to screw up your child forever if you even dare to eat a ham sandwich. (Ahem.) This book is the antidote to all those books. It\'s funny, sarcastic and witty, but it\'s also sweet. They\'re going to kill me for saying that, but it\'s true.\n\nAnd if your family is past the baby stage? This book *may* trigger a touch of PTSD, but it will also make you laugh, and make you proud of what you survived. You did it! Hooray! Now you get to relax in peace until they write Let\'s Panic About Toddlers! and Let\'s Panic About Teenagers!\n\n(I actually don\'t know if they\'re planning on writing them or not, but I really hope they are. I need a laugh. Help?)','Let\'s Panic about Babies!','','inherit','open','open','','798-autosave','','','2011-02-22 14:26:32','2011-02-22 19:26:32','',798,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/798-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(632,1,'2011-01-18 07:35:00','2011-01-18 07:35:00','<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e1afa9c3970b-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"ASOS   ASOS Covered Lock Clutch at ASOS\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e1afa9c3970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e1afa9c3970b-500wi.jpg\" title=\"ASOS   ASOS Covered Lock Clutch at ASOS\" /></a></p>\n<p>Well, you all know how I feel about <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/08/old-yellow.html\" target=\"_self\">yellow accessories</a>. Please act surprised when I tell you that I think this is so wearable it&#39;s practically a neutral.</p>\n<p>At $25 (and free shipping!) it&#39;s pretty hard to ignore this clutch, even if it&#39;s made of polyurethane. I&#39;d use it to carry important papers that can&#39;t get wet.</p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http://us.asos.com/Asos/Asos-Covered-Lock-Clutch/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1423327&amp;cid=6992&amp;sh=0&amp;pge=0&amp;pgesize=20&amp;sort=-1&amp;clr=Ochre\" target=\"_self\">Available at ASOS</a></em></p>\n','Style Steal: Yellow ASOS clutch','\n','inherit','open','open','','16-revision','','','2011-01-18 07:35:00','2011-01-18 07:35:00','',16,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/01/16-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(633,1,'2010-12-20 19:51:47','2010-12-20 19:51:47','<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e0e2138b970b-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"13art\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e0e2138b970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e0e2138b970b-500wi.jpg\" title=\"13art\" /></a></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>illustration <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/19/magazine/ideas2010.html?scp=3&amp;sq=the%20year%20in%20ideas&amp;st=cse#Perfect_Parallel_Parking\" target=\"_self\">nytimes.com</a></em></span></p>\n<p>You might recall <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/11/life-list-update-learn-to-parallel.html\" target=\"_self\">my quest to master parallel parking</a>. Or you might not. Imagine my delight when I saw <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/19/magazine/ideas2010.html?scp=3&amp;sq=the%20year%20in%20ideas&amp;st=cse#Perfect_Parallel_Parking\" target=\"_self\">this item in the 10th Annual Year in Ideas issue</a>: The quest for perfect parallel parking. I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve ever been so in tune with the zeitgeist.</p>\n','Parallel Parking: There\'s an equation for that.','\n','inherit','open','open','','34-revision','','','2010-12-20 19:51:47','2010-12-20 19:51:47','',34,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2010/12/34-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(634,1,'2010-05-17 16:06:05','2010-05-17 16:06:05','<p>&quot;Come on out and let me show you something.&quot;</p><p>I was hastily packing up the stroller, rushing to get the kids out of the restaurant before they made a scene. (We were at a place called S.N.O.B., after all.) So then this man, in Chef whites and a moustache, smiled at me and helped me leave the restaurant, I just assumed he was trying to get me out of there quickly. I couldn&#39;t blame him, really. Faster turnover equals faster profits. Plus, I had small children with me.</p><p>&quot;Would you take a look at that!&quot; He said, pointing upwards.</p><p>I looked up. What on earth was he talking about? God? The gaslight? What?</p><p>&quot;I planted that Jasmine ten years ago! Can you smell that? Bet you don&#39;t get those up north!&quot;</p><p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef013480f2a472970c-pi.jpg\"><img alt=\"IMG_0827\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013480f2a472970c \" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef013480f2a472970c-500pi\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" title=\"IMG_0827\" /></a></p><p>I couldn&#39;t believe it. The <a href=\"http://www.mavericksouthernkitchens.com/snob/team.html\" target=\"_blank\">executive chef</a>, the man whose distinctly mustachioed face had stared back at us from multiple press clippings hung on the restaurant walls, wanted to make small talk.</p><p>It was the start of the dinner rush. We saw them turn people away, they were so busy. </p><p>And still, he wanted to take a minute to talk gardening with a tourist. So I fought my urge to just hightail it out of there and had a lovely conversation about jasmine, fruit and grass-fed beef with the busiest person in the building.</p><p>Things are done differently down\nthere. I loved Charleston. Thank you for making me feel welcome! And thank you, <a href=\"http://nothingbutbonfires.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Holly</a>, for your generous guidance on things to do. </p><p><em>My apologies for basically dropping off the face of the internet...Our trip to to South Carolina was absolutely lovely, but coming back home after a week away was brutal. I still haven&#39;t unpacked the suitcases, though I think I can blame that on glorious weather we&#39;ve finally had here in Boston. What a great welcome home, Beantown! </em></p><p></p>\n','Southern Hospitality','\n','inherit','open','open','','182-revision','','','2010-05-17 16:06:05','2010-05-17 16:06:05','',182,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2010/05/182-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(635,1,'2010-03-30 00:23:33','2010-03-30 00:23:33','<p></p>\n\n<p></p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.blogher.com\"><img  src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/BHReviewer.gif\" alt=\"BlogHer Reviewer\" /></a> &nbsp; &nbsp;\n<a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http://www.blogher.com/announcing-2010-version-community-keynote-voices-year\"><img  title=\"VoYGala_125x125_Finalist\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f286f6b0970b \" alt=\"VoYGala_125x125_Finalist\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f286f6b0970b-500wi.jpg\" /></a>&nbsp; <br>\n','','\n','inherit','open','open','','197-revision','','','2010-03-30 00:23:33','2010-03-30 00:23:33','',197,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2010/03/197-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(636,1,'2010-03-19 07:39:00','2010-03-19 07:39:00','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=woman%20mirror&amp;iid=2828369\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Mitzi Gaynor\" border=\"0\" height=\"395\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/Mitzi_Gaynor_b228.jpg?adImageId=11277508&amp;imageId=2828369\" width=\"500\" /></a></p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">I chose this picture of Mitzi Gaynor for my latest <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/one-day-i-decided-i-was-beautiful\" target=\"_blank\">series</a> of BlogHer <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/developing-selflove\" target=\"_blank\">posts</a> because it represents everything I&#39;m trying to say about self-acceptance: </p><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#39;m no expert, but what has worked for me boils down to one thing:\nbeing kind to myself. My research showsthat the same idea has worked\nfor many others. The particular advice may differ, but the central idea remains: treat yourself with the love you deserve, even if you don&#39;t\nbelieve that you <em>do</em> deserve it, and eventually it will come\nback to you. I know it&#39;s easier said than done, but ultimately it&#39;s\neasier to treat yourself right than to constantly put yourself down. Promise.</p>\n\n</blockquote><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just look at her! She looks so supremely confident and happy, and I suspect it&#39;s in no\nsmall part because she&#39;s kind to herself. My favorite part is that she&#39;s a dancer, but she&#39;s treating herself to a\ndonut. </p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#39;s not all or nothing, people. Healthy people eat donuts too.</p>\n','Accepting your beauty','\n','inherit','open','open','','200-revision','','','2010-03-19 07:39:00','2010-03-19 07:39:00','',200,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2010/03/200-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(638,1,'2008-02-29 12:40:16','2008-02-29 12:40:16','<p><img alt=\"Mono080225_4_250\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39d7b970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39d7b970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Mono080225_4_250\" /><img alt=\"Mono080225_1_250\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39d87970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39d87970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Mono080225_1_250\" />\n\n</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com\">Cup of Jo blogger</a> Joanna Goddard wrote this <a href=\"http://nymag.com/fashion/08/spring/44210/\">really&#0160; fun article</a> where she interviewed people who only wear one color. It&#39;s fascinating, really, reading their explanations for why they do this. I shook my head in amusement at some of their responses, but mostly I was impressed by the level of dedication shown by these people. For example, the &quot;blue&quot; woman buys Chanel and Louboutin shoes and colors them herself. </p>\n\n<p>(I&#39;m not going to lie to you, that made me cry a little.) </p>\n\n<p>I fell in love with some of them (&quot;brown&quot; man gave two completely reasonable explanations for his color choice - It&#39;s impossible to clash when you wear brown and it doesn&#39;t show dirt) and I wanted to put the &quot;green&quot; lady in my pocket and take her everywhere I go. She&#39;s that cute.</p>\n\n<br /><p><img alt=\"Mono080225_5_250\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39d94970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39d94970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Mono080225_5_250\" /><img alt=\"Mono080225_2_250\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39d9d970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39d9d970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Mono080225_2_250\" /></p>\n\n<p>Jo wanted to know what color we would wear if we had to wear only one. </p>\n\n<p>&quot;Well,&quot; I thought, &quot;I&#39;m nothing like these wacky artsy types! I wear whatever I like, of course!&quot;</p>\n\n<p>Then I thought about the last three things I&#39;ve purchased:</p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"Shop\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39db5970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39db5970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Shop\" />\n\n\n</p>\n\n<p>It&#39;s a slippery slope.</p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><em>Images: <a href=\"http://nymag.com/\">New York</a>,<a href=\"http://www.jcrew.com\">JCrew</a>, <a href=\"http://www.yogitoes.com/\">Yogitoes</a>, <a href=\"http://www.babyjogger.com/\">BabyJogger</a></em></span><br /> </p>\n','Rhymes with strange','\n','inherit','open','open','','356-revision','','','2008-02-29 12:40:16','2008-02-29 12:40:16','',356,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2008/02/356-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(639,1,'2008-03-27 14:08:57','2008-03-27 14:08:57','<p>This morning we went outside (without coats!) and saw that the tulips we planted last October are starting to push their thick green leaves from the ground. It&#39;s officially Spring (HALLE-FRACKING-LUJAH), and my thoughts have finally turned to my closet.</p>\n\n<p>Why is Fall the big fashion season? I don&#39;t know about you, but I go into sartorial hibernation once the ground freezes. Yes, I know that there are beautiful scarves and boots to be worn - but in reality I end up wearing the same boots and coat everyday. With our messy winters, they end up being the practical waterproof ones. I eventually lose interest in what&#39;s underneath because knits are too hot in heated rooms and other materials are too light to wear outside. </p>\n\n<p>(I know I sound like Goldilocks. Shut up.)</p>\n\n<p>Also, the wearing of socks makes me grumpy. I can&#39;t feel stylish in socks.</p>\n\n<p>But now that things are warming up, I&#39;m excited to start shopping again - and the first thing my mind turns to are dresses. Easy, breezy, pretty dresses! I don&#39;t know why so many women refuse to wear dresses - I think that it is much easier to put one on in the morning and slip on some flats or sandals. Two simple steps and you&#39;re dressed for the day.</p>\n\n<p>So yes, I wear dresses when its warm because I&#39;m too lazy to bother matching pants to a shirt. And shorts? I avoid them like the plague. They&#39;re the warm-weather equivalent of socks.</p>\n\n<p>I have two requirements for everyday dresses:</p>\n\n<p>1. They must be machine- or hand- washable. No matter how cheap the dress, I drop it like a hot potato when I see &quot;Dry Clean Only&quot; on the label. (I have small children.) &quot;Hand Washable&quot; is acceptable only because I trust my washing machine with my delicates and it&#39;s never been a problem.</p>\n\n<p>2. They must be easy to wear. If the dress requires specialized undergarments it&#39;s relegated to the &quot;special occasion&quot; pile.</p>\n\n<p>The first place I go to for comfortable casuals is J. Crew and, as usual, they have plenty of options: </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?.mid=embed&amp;id=1111430\"><img border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39941970c\" height=\"400\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39941970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"JCrew Spring\" width=\"400\" /></a>\n\n</p>\n\n<p>(J. Crew - where the pretty never stops.)</p>\n\n<p>I&#39;m definitely getting this beauty from <a href=\"http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&amp;_dynSessConf=5573688711478034030&amp;id=833058&amp;parentid=APP_DRESS_SOLID&amp;pushId=APP_DRESS_SOLID&amp;popId=APP_DRESSES&amp;sortProperties=&amp;navCount=15&amp;navAction=poppush&amp;fromCategoryPage=true&amp;selectedProductSize=&amp;selectedProductSize1=&amp;color=bar\">Anthropologie</a> and I&#39;ll probably wear it with flip flops to keep it from looking matronly:</p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"Anthropologie\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39986970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39986970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Anthropologie\" />\n\n\n</p>\n\n<p>It&#39;s as easy to put on as a t shirt or cowl neck sweater, but SO much better, don&#39;t you think?</p>\n\n<p>But other than J. Crew and Anthropologie, it&#39;s been difficult to find machine-washable dresses for everyday wear. This is the best I&#39;ve been able to find so far:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?.mid=embed&amp;id=1111652\"><img border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3998e970c\" height=\"400\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3998e970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Spring dressing\" width=\"400\" /></a>\n\n</p>\n\n<p>They&#39;re OK I guess, but I need something a little more exciting. Retro prints, bright colors, SOMETHING. Can you guys help? Have you found any awesome, machine-washable dresses you can wear to the grocery store? </p>\n','Spring dressing','\n','inherit','open','open','','348-revision','','','2008-03-27 14:08:57','2008-03-27 14:08:57','',348,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2008/03/348-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(640,1,'2010-05-28 16:16:01','2010-05-28 16:16:01','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ef286e79970b-pi.jpg\"><img alt=\"Twitter : Everyday Treats: Just realized that when I ..._1275071686048\" class=\"asset asset-image\nat-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ef286e79970b \" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ef286e79970b-500pi\" style=\"border: 0px dotted #a2a2a2; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" title=\"Twitter : Everyday Treats: Just realized that when I ..._1275071686048\" /></a></p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">So.</p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#39;ve been listening to the nineties station.\n\n\n\n</p>\n\n<p>OK, that&#39;s not quite true -- truth is, I&#39;ve been listening to the nineties station A LOT. And friends, nothing makes you feel old like knowing every single song in an &quot;oldies&quot; station when you just don&#39;t get a lot of the crap kids listen to nowadays.</p><p>Yeah. </p><p>I may be hip with the Twitter and the whatnot, but basically I&#39;m old. </p><p>What I am saying is, this is a warning. I&#39;m about to indulge in nineties nostalgia.</p><p>Ninetiestalgia, if you will. </p>\n\n<p>(Ninetiestalgia sounds like a disease, doesn&#39;t it? I guess isn&#39;t too far from the truth. It&#39;s an old-timer&#39;s disease. Badabum!)</p>\n\n<p>Anyways, I was thinking the other day (as I dabbed some CK One behind my ears and tapped my french manicured fingernails on my <em>Clueless</em> VHS tape) about nineties music. Like, I remember living in the nineties (I was in high school from 1989-1993 and college from 1993-1997) and thinking that the music that was the background of all that clubbing and step classing was so forgettable. &quot;Oh well,&quot; I remember thinking, &quot;at least it&#39;s fun.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>You know what, nineties me? You were wrong! Nineties music is not forgettable -- here you are thinking about it TWENTY years later.</p>\n\n<p>(What-ever! Talk to the hand!)</p>\n\n<p>But you were right about one thing, nineties me. The music <em>was</em> fun. And you know why? </p><p>Because in the nineties, we all thought we were supermodels. </p>\n\n<p>We loved supermodels something fierce back then, didn&#39;t we?\n\n</p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p></p>\n\n<p></p><p align=\"center\" class=\"asset asset-video\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0pt auto;\"><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/diYAc7gB-0A&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" /><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/diYAc7gB-0A&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" /></object></p>\n\n<p></p>\n\n<p>Then again, how could we not, when the music made us feel like we were on the runway too? </p>\n\n<p></p>\n\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"asset asset-video\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0pt auto;\"><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/XqzqedXI-Ng&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" /><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/XqzqedXI-Ng&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" /></object></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n\n<p>The Soup Dragons = College. </p>\n\n<p></p><p align=\"center\" class=\"asset asset-video\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0pt auto;\"><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/M3TIncTTL4k&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" /><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/M3TIncTTL4k&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" /></object></p>\n\n<p></p>The next three are so campy that I should be embarrassed for loving them as much as I do. But I am not embarrassed in the least.&#0160; <p></p>\n\n<p></p><p align=\"center\" class=\"asset asset-video\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0pt auto;\"><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/JQ2DVwSVIIo&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" /><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/JQ2DVwSVIIo&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" /></object></p>\n\n<p></p>\nRight Said Fred! Where are those guys? (I probably don&#39;t want to know.)\n<p></p>\n\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"asset asset-video\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0pt auto;\"><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/P5mtclwloEQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" /><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/P5mtclwloEQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" /></object></p>\n\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n\n<p>\n\nRuPaul! Drag queens! When you spent the nineties in Miami, pictures of you hanging out with drag queens at <a href=\"http://www.miaminewtimes.com/related/to/Lucky+Cheng\">Lucky Cheng&#39;s</a> are bound to surface on Facebook...and, well, they have. There go my chances at ever running for public office, I guess. </p>\n\n<p>Oh well. Who cares! We had fun. Work it, girl!</p>\n\n<p></p>\n\n<p></p><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><p align=\"center\" class=\"asset asset-video\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0pt auto;\"><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/1OH25Lty8gE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" /><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/1OH25Lty8gE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" /></object></p>\n\n<p></p>\n<p></p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I have one thing to say: Sashay, chante!</em><br />\n</p><p>And this...Wow. It&#39;s hard to remember a time when Madonna was classy and sexy. But there was! I know!&#0160;&#0160;</p><p></p><p align=\"center\" class=\"asset asset-video\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0pt auto;\"><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/mNgSy8HGWkk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" /><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/mNgSy8HGWkk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" /></object></p><p></p><p>I&#39;m sure some of you think this is a <em><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/04/the-power-of-madonna.html\">Glee</a>\n</em>rip-off. That&#39;s so depressing, I can&#39;t even find the words to\nexplain why.</p><p>So tell me, my little <a href=\"http://s0.ilike.com/play#The+Cure:High:14869:s1638564.10141047.4434528.0.2.17%2Cstd_261b4031b4eb4d3ca4889ee6749b88e4\" target=\"_blank\">kittens as cats</a> -- do you love campy nineties music as much as I do? What are your favorites? Time to make a playlist!</p><p></p>\n','Ninetiestalgia','\n','inherit','open','open','','173-revision','','','2010-05-28 16:16:01','2010-05-28 16:16:01','',173,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2010/05/173-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(641,1,'2010-12-13 20:44:36','2010-12-13 20:44:36','<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e0a2dc48970b-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"2bfe29b42f2c7e3e_rexfeatures_1057348h\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e0a2dc48970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e0a2dc48970b-500wi.jpg\" title=\"2bfe29b42f2c7e3e_rexfeatures_1057348h\" /></a></p>\n<p>I saw Black Swan this weekend. While there is a lot to be said about the movie, I don&#39;t want to spoil it for you so I&#39;ll leave my review at &quot;WTF?&quot; and &quot;Loved it!&quot;</p>\n<p>Instead, I want to talk about ballerina-inspired fashion. I can&#39;t watch a ballet movie without wanting to steal their look. I love how they wear those soft, cozy layers. I love that ballerinas dress for warmth, but manage to look chic while doing it.</p>\n<p><img alt=\"Stone Colour Ballerina Top - Single Knit\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6acccad970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6acccad970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"Stone Colour Ballerina Top - Single Knit\" /></p>\n<p>Shrugs were so prominent in the movie they may as well have received billing in the movie poster. This one is from <a href=\"http://www.glamoriginals.co.uk/stone-colour-ballerina-top---single-knit-1145-p.asp\" target=\"_self\">glamoriginals.co.uk</a> and I think it&#39;s perfect.&#0160;</p>\n<p><img alt=\"Winter Lace WHite Super Soft Suri Alpaca Scarf\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6ac4615970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6ac4615970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"Winter Lace WHite Super Soft Suri Alpaca Scarf\" /></p>\n<p>Nina never left her house without her <a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/listing/40594299/winter-lace-white-super-soft-suri-alpaca?ref=sr_gallery_40&amp;ga_search_query=lightweight+white+scarf&amp;ga_search_type=handmade&amp;ga_page=2&amp;order=&amp;includes[0]=tags&amp;includes[1]=title&amp;filter[0]=handmade\" target=\"_self\">featherlight white scarf</a>. Doesn&#39;t this one look cozy?&#0160;</p>\n<p><img alt=\"Super-Long Ribbed Leg Warmers\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6accc2e970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6accc2e970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"Super-Long Ribbed Leg Warmers\" /></p>\n<p>Ballerinas and <a href=\"http://www.sockdreams.com/products/leg-warmers/super-long-ribbed-leg-warmers\" target=\"_self\">leg warmers</a> go together like salt and caramel.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6accd24970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"UGG  Australia  Cardy  Classic Knit Boot   Nordstrom.com\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6accd24970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6accd24970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"UGG  Australia  Cardy  Classic Knit Boot   Nordstrom.com\" /></a></p>\n<p>I loved it when Nina wore <a href=\"http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2950256?cm_cat=datafeed&amp;cm_pla=shoes:women:boots&amp;cm_ite=ugg(r)_australia_&#39;cardy&#39;_classic_knit_boot:202466&amp;cm_ven=Froogle&amp;mr:trackingCode=0EE8CFFD-D981-DE11-B712-001422107090&amp;mr:referralID=NA\" target=\"_self\">her Uggs</a> with her tutu.&#0160;</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6accd74970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\" warmer scarf sweater\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6accd74970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0148c6accd74970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\" warmer scarf sweater\" /></a></p>\n<p>I love<a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/listing/62754576/pdf-pattern-original-design-by-pilland?ref=sr_gallery_15&amp;ga_search_query=knit+shrug&amp;ga_search_type=handmade&amp;ga_page=2&amp;order=&amp;includes[0]=tags&amp;includes[1]=title&amp;filter[0]=handmade\" target=\"_self\"> this shrug </a>because it won&#39;t make you look like you&#39;re on your way to the barre.</p>\n','Inspiration: Black Swan','\n','inherit','open','open','','41-revision','','','2010-12-13 20:44:36','2010-12-13 20:44:36','',41,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2010/12/41-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(642,1,'2010-11-28 17:52:25','2010-11-28 17:52:25','<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348994da2f970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"Faux-Fur Coat\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01348994da2f970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348994da2f970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"Faux-Fur Coat\" /></a></p>\n<p>This fierce (quite literally) cheetah print faux fur caught my eye when I was glancing through the Garnet Hill catalog. <a href=\"http://www.garnethill.com/faux-fur-coat/womens-fashion/apparel-accessories/coats-jackets/174049\" target=\"_self\">They&#39;re selling it for $180</a>.</p>\n<p>It looked interesting, but I needed to get a better look. So I put my Master Googling skills to use and found the same coat at <a href=\"http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3118304?origin=keywordsearch&amp;resultback=4160\" target=\"_self\">Nordstrom -- for $138</a>!</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e038a092970b-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"Weatherproof® Faux Fur Topper   Nordstrom.com\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e038a092970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e038a092970b-500wi.jpg\" title=\"Weatherproof® Faux Fur Topper   Nordstrom.com\" /></a></p>\n<p>&#0160;I&#39;ve just saved you $42 -- if you&#39;re in the market for a fake fur!</p>\n','Google Sleuth - Faux Cheetah Fur Coat','\n','inherit','open','open','','53-revision','','','2010-11-28 17:52:25','2010-11-28 17:52:25','',53,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2010/11/53-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(643,1,'2010-11-02 13:07:12','2010-11-02 13:07:12','<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef013488a8114a970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"Muertos\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef013488a8114a970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"Muertos\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"http://www.lisafieldsclark.com/mosaics-ss.htm\" target=\"_self\"><em>mosaic by Lisa Fields Clark</em></a></span></p>\n<p>Today is the Day of the Dead. <em>El día de los muertos.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f587b5ba970b-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"20081008muertos\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f587b5ba970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f587b5ba970b-500wi.jpg\" title=\"20081008muertos\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em>image <a href=\"http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/2008/10/08/%27Dia+de+los+Muertos%27+tradition+celebrated+at+Sheldon+Oct.+31-Nov.+1\" target=\"_self\">via</a></em></span></p>\n<p>No one celebrates <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead\" target=\"_self\">this day like the Mexicans</a>.</p>\n<p>I&#39;m not Mexican, but we grew up celebrating the holiday. Most countries with a Catholic tradition do. I remember being a child and going to the cemetery bearing flowers for people long gone who I did not know.</p>\n<p>This year, for obvious reasons, the holiday -- one where we celebrate life, both the life of our deceased ancestors and the good things in this life -- has special meaning to me.</p>\n<p>I am coming to terms with the death of my father. I have to. But the interesting thing is that I am also coming to term with death in general. We all have to.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f587b6da970b-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"Calavera_de_la_catrina\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f587b6da970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f587b6da970b-500wi.jpg\" title=\"Calavera_de_la_catrina\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em>image <a href=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/book/nov1.html\" target=\"_self\">via</a></em></span></p>\n<p>That sounds more morbid than it should. I don&#39;t mean it that way.</p>\n<p>Which is why this day holds such special meaning for me. Death is not to be feared. It is a part of life. It is to be celebrated. And we can never forget those we love that leave before us.</p>\n<p>They are in a place we do not know, but we can still share with them the world they know.</p>\n<p>We are in a good place. Being alive, in this earth, at this time, is good. In fact, it&#39;s so good that the departed want come back and visit.</p>\n<p>My tradition holds that they do. I love that.</p>\n<p>Let&#39;s celebrate with them. For them.</p>\n<p>Let&#39;s have fun.</p>\n<p>\n<object data=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/tgzXtuqAYvM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" height=\"340\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\">\n<param name=\"data\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/tgzXtuqAYvM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" />\n<param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" />\n<param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" />\n<param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/tgzXtuqAYvM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" />\n<param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" />\n</object>\n</p>\n<p>All this to say, ¡Feliz Día de los Muertos!</p>\n<p>Eat, drink and be merry -- for those you love who can&#39;t be here with you and the ones that are here with you now.</p>\n','Día De Los Muertos','\n','inherit','open','open','','80-revision','','','2010-11-02 13:07:12','2010-11-02 13:07:12','',80,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2010/11/80-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(644,1,'2011-02-06 18:03:23','2011-02-06 18:03:23','<p></p>\n\n<p></p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.blogher.com\"><img  src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/BHReviewer.gif\" alt=\"BlogHer Reviewer\" /></a> &nbsp; &nbsp;\n<a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http://www.blogher.com/announcing-2010-version-community-keynote-voices-year\"><img  title=\"VoYGala_125x125_Finalist\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f286f6b0970b \" alt=\"VoYGala_125x125_Finalist\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f286f6b0970b-500wi.png\" /></a>&nbsp; <br>\n','','\n','inherit','open','open','','197-revision-2','','','2011-02-06 18:03:23','2011-02-06 18:03:23','',197,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/197-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(645,1,'2009-08-10 11:56:00','2009-08-10 11:56:00','<p>Notice anything different?</p>\n\n<p>I spent a few hours procrastinating yesterday and cleaned up things around here. It&#39;s still a work in progress, but I&#39;m quite happy with the results so far - everything is clean and neat -unlike my actual house.</p>\n\n<p>I did my own (very) simple banner - based on an illustration by the very talented <a href=\"http://almaloveland.com/\">Alma Loveland</a>, who made the banner for my neglected style site. (I have plans to relaunch soonish.) Alma has been nothing but gracious and professional and I highly recommend her work.</p>\n\n<p>After I did the banner I decided to clean up my sidebar a bit. I settled on buttons instead of word links to help people subscribe to the blog and find my Twitter stream. I spent a good amount of time looking for just the right buttons (procrastination is an art I&#39;ve mastered, my friends) and of course I didn&#39;t find anything suitable. So I made my own, with the help of generous souls who have created illustrations and distributed them freely online. </p>\n\n<p>I don&#39;t steal words or pictures from the internet which, sadly, makes me an anomaly, but I do things old-school. I give credit where credit&#39;s due. I also want to pay it forward, so I thought I&#39;d share my buttons with anyone who wants them. Just be sure to give credit, OK?</p>\n\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>My RSS button is adapted from the <a href=\"http://comingupforair.net/2008/01/rss-icons/\">Ojingogo RSS icon</a> - Isn&#39;t she adorable? I added some text, mostly to make myself laugh (&quot;take me to your reader...&quot; Ha! I crack myself up!) There are two versions to choose from, and I&#39;ve included the code to make things easier for you. Just be sure to replace the words ADDYOURFEEDHERE with your feed address (keep the quotation marks) and you&#39;ll be all set!</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/everydaytreats\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a0a970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a0a970c-pi.jpg\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br /><textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;ADDYOURFEEDHERE&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/RSS.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n\n\n<br /><br /><br />\n\n\n<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/Miguelina\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a17970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a17970c-pi.jpg\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br />\n<textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;ADDYOURFEEDHERE&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/takemerss.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n\n<br /><br /><ul>\n<li>My simple Twitter button is adapted from the free image <a href=\"http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-remarkably-beautiful-twitter-icons-and-buttons/\">found here</a> - I simply changed the color and font to suit me better. Replace YOURTWITTERNAME with, well, your twitter name, and the button should link to your Twitter stream.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<a href=\"http://twitter.com/miguelina\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a32970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a32970c-pi.jpg\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br />\n\n<textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/YOURTWITTERNAME&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/Twitter.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n','Illustration Credits','\n','inherit','open','open','','229-revision','','','2009-08-10 11:56:00','2009-08-10 11:56:00','',229,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2009/08/229-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(646,1,'2011-02-07 14:53:35','2011-02-07 14:53:35','<p>Notice anything different?</p>\n\n<p>I spent a few hours procrastinating yesterday and cleaned up things around here. It&#39;s still a work in progress, but I&#39;m quite happy with the results so far - everything is clean and neat -unlike my actual house.</p>\n\n<p>I did my own (very) simple banner - based on an illustration by the very talented <a href=\"http://almaloveland.com/\">Alma Loveland</a>, who made the banner for my neglected style site. (I have plans to relaunch soonish.) Alma has been nothing but gracious and professional and I highly recommend her work.</p>\n\n<p>After I did the banner I decided to clean up my sidebar a bit. I settled on buttons instead of word links to help people subscribe to the blog and find my Twitter stream. I spent a good amount of time looking for just the right buttons (procrastination is an art I&#39;ve mastered, my friends) and of course I didn&#39;t find anything suitable. So I made my own, with the help of generous souls who have created illustrations and distributed them freely online. </p>\n\n<p>I don&#39;t steal words or pictures from the internet which, sadly, makes me an anomaly, but I do things old-school. I give credit where credit&#39;s due. I also want to pay it forward, so I thought I&#39;d share my buttons with anyone who wants them. Just be sure to give credit, OK?</p>\n\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>My RSS button is adapted from the <a href=\"http://comingupforair.net/2008/01/rss-icons/\">Ojingogo RSS icon</a> - Isn&#39;t she adorable? I added some text, mostly to make myself laugh (&quot;take me to your reader...&quot; Ha! I crack myself up!) There are two versions to choose from, and I&#39;ve included the code to make things easier for you. Just be sure to replace the words ADDYOURFEEDHERE with your feed address (keep the quotation marks) and you&#39;ll be all set!</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/everydaytreats\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a0a970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a0a970c-pi.jpg\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br /><textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;ADDYOURFEEDHERE&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/RSS.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n\n\n<br /><br /><br />\n\n\n<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/Miguelina\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a17970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a17970c-pi.jpg\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br />\n<textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;ADDYOURFEEDHERE&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/takemerss.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n\n<br /><br /><ul>\n<li>My simple Twitter button is adapted from the free image <a href=\"http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-remarkably-beautiful-twitter-icons-and-buttons/\">found here</a> - I simply changed the color and font to suit me better. Replace YOURTWITTERNAME with, well, your twitter name, and the button should link to your Twitter stream.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<a href=\"http://twitter.com/miguelina\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a32970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a32970c-pi.png\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br />\n\n<textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/YOURTWITTERNAME&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/Twitter.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n','Illustration Credits','\n','inherit','open','open','','229-revision-2','','','2011-02-07 14:53:35','2011-02-07 14:53:35','',229,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/229-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(647,1,'2011-02-07 14:54:02','2011-02-07 14:54:02','<p>Notice anything different?</p>\n\n<p>I spent a few hours procrastinating yesterday and cleaned up things around here. It&#39;s still a work in progress, but I&#39;m quite happy with the results so far - everything is clean and neat -unlike my actual house.</p>\n\n<p>I did my own (very) simple banner - based on an illustration by the very talented <a href=\"http://almaloveland.com/\">Alma Loveland</a>, who made the banner for my neglected style site. (I have plans to relaunch soonish.) Alma has been nothing but gracious and professional and I highly recommend her work.</p>\n\n<p>After I did the banner I decided to clean up my sidebar a bit. I settled on buttons instead of word links to help people subscribe to the blog and find my Twitter stream. I spent a good amount of time looking for just the right buttons (procrastination is an art I&#39;ve mastered, my friends) and of course I didn&#39;t find anything suitable. So I made my own, with the help of generous souls who have created illustrations and distributed them freely online. </p>\n\n<p>I don&#39;t steal words or pictures from the internet which, sadly, makes me an anomaly, but I do things old-school. I give credit where credit&#39;s due. I also want to pay it forward, so I thought I&#39;d share my buttons with anyone who wants them. Just be sure to give credit, OK?</p>\n\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>My RSS button is adapted from the <a href=\"http://comingupforair.net/2008/01/rss-icons/\">Ojingogo RSS icon</a> - Isn&#39;t she adorable? I added some text, mostly to make myself laugh (&quot;take me to your reader...&quot; Ha! I crack myself up!) There are two versions to choose from, and I&#39;ve included the code to make things easier for you. Just be sure to replace the words ADDYOURFEEDHERE with your feed address (keep the quotation marks) and you&#39;ll be all set!</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/everydaytreats\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a0a970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a0a970c-pi.jpg\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br /><textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;ADDYOURFEEDHERE&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/RSS.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n\n\n<br /><br /><br />\n\n\n<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/Miguelina\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a17970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a17970c-pi.png\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br />\n<textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;ADDYOURFEEDHERE&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/takemerss.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n\n<br /><br /><ul>\n<li>My simple Twitter button is adapted from the free image <a href=\"http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-remarkably-beautiful-twitter-icons-and-buttons/\">found here</a> - I simply changed the color and font to suit me better. Replace YOURTWITTERNAME with, well, your twitter name, and the button should link to your Twitter stream.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<a href=\"http://twitter.com/miguelina\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a32970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a32970c-pi.png\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br />\n\n<textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/YOURTWITTERNAME&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/Twitter.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n','Illustration Credits','\n','inherit','open','open','','229-revision-3','','','2011-02-07 14:54:02','2011-02-07 14:54:02','',229,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/229-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(648,1,'2008-08-06 16:07:50','2008-08-06 16:07:50','<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736300534/\" title=\"Edelweiss! by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Edelweiss!\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce037970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce037970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\"><em>Happy cow at a national park in Styria. Or was it lower Austria? In any case, it was singing and prancing about joyously. It&#39;s good to be a cow in Austria.</em></span></p>\n\n<p>We just got back from Austria.</p>\n\n<p>Are you sick of hearing about it? Of course you are! <strong><em>I&#39;m</em></strong> sick of hearing about it. But here I am, four days after the trip has ended, and I&#39;m completely stuck. I haven&#39;t unpacked, I haven&#39;t started working at my new job (another story for another day), I have yet to make plans to see my friends. I&#39;m not sure that the reason I&#39;m so inert is my not blogging about the trip, but it makes for a convenient excuse to procrastinate the whole getting-on-with-real-life part of returning from vacation. </p>\n\n<p>So here it goes, the 2008 version of a vacation slide show:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/06/dsc_0007.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dsc_0007\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce042970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce042970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dsc_0007\" /></a>\n\n\n<br /><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\"><em>We stumbled upon a real-live-for-serious-not-at-all-ironic dirndl and lederhosen fashion show. Awesome.</em></span></p>\n\n<p>My husband will absolutely kill me for saying this, but a lot of Austria is exactly like <em>The Sound of Music</em> - green and lush and filled with people proudly wearing their <em>lederhosen</em> and <em>dirndl</em> - usually at village festivals (we went to a couple of them, one in Schoenberg and the apricot festival <em>- marillenfest -</em> in Krems.) I think this is beyond awesome and proudly dressed my oldest in the <em>lederhosen</em> his grandparents sent to him whenever the weather was warm enough - he fit right in. (Note to my fellow Americans: Traditional dress is cool, but not in Vienna. FYI.)</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736301482/\" title=\"Prancing in the wildflowers by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Prancing in the wildflowers\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce050970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce050970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /><em><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Why are Austrian weeds so damn pretty? All we get is crabgrass. (Grazing horses, Bad Tatzmannsdorf)</span></em></p>\n\n<p>It&#39;s a country full of contrasts: You find religious imagery everywhere - in the country, where farmers erect crucifixes and statues of saints so that their crops will be abundant, in tunnels to protect travelers, in forests:</p> <p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2735473401/\" title=\"DSC_0035.JPG by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"DSC_0035.JPG\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce068970b\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce068970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"334\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>We stumbled upon this beautiful crucifix while visiting the Graselhohle, but then you&#39;re just as likely to stumble into a sex shop at the most odd (at least to a Bostonian) places, like oh, let&#39;s say right next to the duty-free shop at the airport:</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2735371891/\" title=\"Sex shop. At Vienna Intl Airport. by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sex shop. At Vienna Intl Airport.\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce077970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce077970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Mmmmkay. Moving on...</span></em></p>\n\n<p>I loved so many things about this trip. I loved that we stayed at a<a href=\"http://www.herminenhaus.at/wb/pages/unser-haus.php\"> guesthouse run by nuns</a>, who were kind and gave us homemade bread and warm milk to help the kids sleep, but whose guestrooms had tiny little tvs with access to porn channels (are you noticing a trend?), I loved that my kids got to play <a href=\"http://www.niederleis.at/schloss.htm\">in a castle</a> with the kids that actually live there. (We also got a private tour, but the kids were much more interested in jumping on the trampoline in the courtyard than in the amazing history of the place.)</p>\n\n<p>Bust most of all? I loved Vienna. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736243676/\" title=\"Vienna&#39;s first district. by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Vienna&#39;s first district.\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce07c970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce07c970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>No surprise there. Everybody does. In my opinion it&#39;s the most romantic and manageable of the world capitals, and absolutely everything is done on a grand scale here; from coffeehouses:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736297770/\" title=\"Coffeehouse by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Coffeehouse\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce083970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce083970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\"><em>Cafe Central, 1st district - It certainly put Dunkin&#39; Donuts to shame.</em></span></p>\n\n<p>to changing tables:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736208276/\" title=\"The fanciest changing table EVER by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The fanciest changing table EVER\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce087970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce087970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\"><em>Hotel Sacher. Leather, velvet, wood and gold tassels. All so you can wipe baby butt in imperial style.</em></span></p>\n\n<p>It&#39;s my kind of town - even if the Viennese are natural-born complainers. I&#39;m not badmouthing anyone here - they&#39;re proud of their curmudgery and will tell you themselves. For instance, try telling them that their city is amazingly beautiful, and they&#39;ll tell you that it&#39;s old and you&#39;re not allowed to build anything new. Tell them you like the food, &quot;Bof!&quot; they&#39;ll say, &quot;it&#39;s always the same!&quot; My advice to future travelers is to not take this negativity personally. It&#39;s truly part of their charm. One you have dinner with a group of Viennese you will understand why Sigmund Freud couldn&#39;t have existed in a different city.</p>\n\n<p>(By the way, the <a href=\"http://www.freud-museum.at/e/index.html\">Freud Museum</a> in the 9th district is a must see. The sight of the<a href=\"http://www.freud-museum.at/e/index.html\"> waiting room</a> and Freud&#39;s own personal stuff was pretty amazing. To think of all the neurosis that brewed there! Did I ever mention that I&#39;m a dork?)</p>\n\n<p>In any case, we go to Vienna pretty often because we want to visit family, so I make it a point to do something new and embarrasingly touristy (at least to my husband) every visit. This time I said that &quot;the boys&quot; (ahem) really, really wanted to ride in those pretty horse-drawn carriages.</p>\n\n<p>&quot;You mean a fiacre? Like the gullible tourists do?&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;Yes.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;You know, sometimes the horses go crazy. Once a Japanese tourist was injured, almost mortally.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;So? We drive in Boston. I can take it.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>So off we went and found the most adorable black and white carriage pulled by a pair of horses I called &quot;the Kennedys&quot; (Jack and John) and driven by the sweetest girl named Isabela.</p>\n\n<p>Here they are:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/06/dsc_0152.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dsc_0152\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce08a970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce08a970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dsc_0152\" /></a>\n\n\n</p>\n\n<p>And here are some of the many wonderful sights we saw - </p>\n\n<p>My imaginary Viennese apartment:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736292622/\" title=\"My imaginary viennese apartment by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"My imaginary viennese apartment\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce090970b\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce090970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"334\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Grand balconies:</p>\n\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2735464589/\" title=\"DSC_0176.JPG by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"DSC_0176.JPG\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce097970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce097970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>And then just repeat this scene 167 times. You get the idea.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/06/dsc_0169_2.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dsc_0169_2\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce09d970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce09d970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dsc_0169_2\" /></a>\n\n\n</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The one truly cultural thing we did was catch an exhibit called &quot;Bad Painting, Good Art.&quot; With a name like that, how could we not? It was hilarious:</p>\n\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736295334/\" title=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit. by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit.\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a1970b\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a1970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"334\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>And just awful:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/06/dsc_0136.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dsc_0136\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a6970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a6970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dsc_0136\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>And sometimes? It was actually pretty good:\n</p>\n\n<p>\n\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736296114/\" title=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit. by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit.\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a8970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a8970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>&quot;You see that?&quot; I said to my three-year old. &quot;If you don&#39;t work hard at all on your\n\n\nart, someday your paintings could be displayed in a grand museum, just like these!&quot;</p>\n\n<p>\n\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736293550/\" title=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit. by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit.\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0ae970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0ae970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Now, I made sure I didn&#39;t put too much pressure on him. I wouldn&#39;t want him to end up with some &quot;Freudian&quot; issues. He is half-Viennese after all. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/06/dsc_0244.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dsc_0244\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0b2970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0b2970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dsc_0244\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Goodbye Austria! Thanks for all the Gruner Veltliner! <br />\n\n\n</p>\n','Edelweiss...Edelweiss...','\n','inherit','open','open','','316-revision','','','2008-08-06 16:07:50','2008-08-06 16:07:50','',316,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2008/08/316-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(649,1,'2008-01-25 13:39:37','2008-01-25 13:39:37','<p>And I made a button to celebrate:</p>\n\n<p><a alt=\"Hillary Clinton\" href=\"http://www.Hillaryclinton.com/issues/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a0ea970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a0ea970c-pi.jpg\" /></a>\n</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/like-this-banner.html\">Here&#39;s the code if you want one.</a></p>\n','I\'ve FINALLY decided!','\n','inherit','open','open','','364-revision','','','2008-01-25 13:39:37','2008-01-25 13:39:37','',364,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2008/01/364-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(650,1,'2007-12-03 11:26:15','2007-12-03 11:26:15','<p>Get over there and win something:</p>\n\n<p><a alt=\"Visit New England Mamas\" href=\"http://www.newenglandmamas.typepad.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a0d1970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a0d1970c-pi.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>You don&#39;t have to live in New England...so click on the button.&#0160; Good luck!</p>\n','Who doesn\'t like FREE STUFF?','\n','inherit','open','open','','378-revision','','','2007-12-03 11:26:15','2007-12-03 11:26:15','',378,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2007/12/378-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(651,1,'2011-02-07 17:49:00','2011-02-07 17:49:00','<p>Notice anything different?</p>\n\n<p>I spent a few hours procrastinating yesterday and cleaned up things around here. It&#39;s still a work in progress, but I&#39;m quite happy with the results so far - everything is clean and neat -unlike my actual house.</p>\n\n<p>I did my own (very) simple banner - based on an illustration by the very talented <a href=\"http://almaloveland.com/\">Alma Loveland</a>, who made the banner for my neglected style site. (I have plans to relaunch soonish.) Alma has been nothing but gracious and professional and I highly recommend her work.</p>\n\n<p>After I did the banner I decided to clean up my sidebar a bit. I settled on buttons instead of word links to help people subscribe to the blog and find my Twitter stream. I spent a good amount of time looking for just the right buttons (procrastination is an art I&#39;ve mastered, my friends) and of course I didn&#39;t find anything suitable. So I made my own, with the help of generous souls who have created illustrations and distributed them freely online. </p>\n\n<p>I don&#39;t steal words or pictures from the internet which, sadly, makes me an anomaly, but I do things old-school. I give credit where credit&#39;s due. I also want to pay it forward, so I thought I&#39;d share my buttons with anyone who wants them. Just be sure to give credit, OK?</p>\n\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>My RSS button is adapted from the <a href=\"http://comingupforair.net/2008/01/rss-icons/\">Ojingogo RSS icon</a> - Isn&#39;t she adorable? I added some text, mostly to make myself laugh (&quot;take me to your reader...&quot; Ha! I crack myself up!) There are two versions to choose from, and I&#39;ve included the code to make things easier for you. Just be sure to replace the words ADDYOURFEEDHERE with your feed address (keep the quotation marks) and you&#39;ll be all set!</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/everydaytreats\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a0a970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a0a970c-pi.png\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br /><textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;ADDYOURFEEDHERE&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/RSS.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n\n\n<br /><br /><br />\n\n\n<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/Miguelina\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a17970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a17970c-pi.png\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br />\n<textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;ADDYOURFEEDHERE&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/takemerss.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n\n<br /><br /><ul>\n<li>My simple Twitter button is adapted from the free image <a href=\"http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-remarkably-beautiful-twitter-icons-and-buttons/\">found here</a> - I simply changed the color and font to suit me better. Replace YOURTWITTERNAME with, well, your twitter name, and the button should link to your Twitter stream.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<a href=\"http://twitter.com/miguelina\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a32970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a32970c-pi.png\" /></a><br /><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html\">Get Button</a><br /><br />\n\n<textarea cols=\"40\" name=\"textarea\" rows=\"4\" wrap=\"VIRTUAL\">&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/YOURTWITTERNAME&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj146/roxsar/Twitter.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/08/free-rss-twitter-buttons-code.html&quot;&gt;Get Button&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>\n','Illustration Credits','\n','inherit','open','open','','229-revision-4','','','2011-02-07 17:49:00','2011-02-07 17:49:00','',229,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/229-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(652,1,'2008-10-08 08:03:00','2008-10-08 08:03:00','<p>I can&#39;t resist these internet quizzes. They remind me of the ones from <em>Seventeen</em> magazine - I loved taking those! I somehow always end up as the perfectionist brunette.</p>\n\n<p>No surprise there, since &quot;I do everything the right way.&quot; I may put that on a poster. No, seriously - I had a meltdown yesterday because my new eyebrow lady made them too thin. Yes, we&#39;re probably talking millimeters here. I think I need to chill out a bit.</p>\n\n<p>......</p>\n\n<p><em>Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?&#0160; Or Someone Else?&#0160; Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz...</em></p>\n\n<h4>You Are a Jackie!</h4>\n\n<p><img alt=\"mm.jackie_.jpg\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39e88970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39e88970c-pi.jpg\" /></p>\n&#0160; &#0160; 					<div><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>You are a Jackie.&#0160; &quot;I do everything the right way.&quot;</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Jackies are realistic, conscientious, and principled. They strive to live up to their high ideals.</span></p>\n<p>&#0160;</p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><strong>How to Get Along with Me</strong></strong></span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Take your share of the responsibility so I don&#39;t end up with all the work.&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Acknowledge my achievements.&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* I&#39;m hard on myself. Reassure me that I&#39;m fine the way I am.&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Tell me that you value my advice.&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Be fair and considerate, as I am.&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Apologize if you have been unthoughtful. It will help me to forgive.&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Gently encourage me to lighten up and to laugh at myself when I get uptight, but hear my worries first.</span></p>\n<p>&#0160;</p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><strong>What I Like About Being a Jackie</strong></strong></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Being self-disciplined and able to accomplish a great deal</span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Working hard to make the world a better place&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Having high standards and ethics; not compromising myself </span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Being reasonable, responsible, and dedicated in everything I do&#0160; &#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Being able to put facts together, coming to good understandings, and figuring out wise solutions&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Being the best I can be and bringing out the best in other people</span></p>\n<p>&#0160;</p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><strong>What&#39;s Hard About Being a Jackie</strong></strong></span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Being disappointed with myself or others when my expectations are not met&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Feeling burdened by too much responsibility&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Thinking that what I do is never good enough&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Not being appreciated for what I do for people&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Being upset because others aren&#39;t trying as hard as I am </span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Obsessing about what I did or what I should do&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Being tense, anxious, and taking things too seriously</span></p>\n<p>&#0160;</p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><strong>Jackies as Children Often</strong></strong></span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Criticize themselves in anticipation of criticism from others </span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Refrain from doing things that they think might not come out perfect</span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Focus on living up to the expectations of their parents and teachers&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Are very responsible; may assume the role of parent&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Hold back negative emotions (&quot;good children aren&#39;t angry&quot;)</span></p>\n<p>&#0160;</p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><strong>Jackies as Parents</strong></strong></span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Teach their children responsibility and strong moral values</span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#0160;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Are consistent and fair&#0160; &#0160; </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Discipline firmly</span></p></div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/are-you-a-jackie-or-a-marilyn-or-someone-else-mad-menera-female-icon-quiz\">Take Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?&#0160; Or Someone Else?&#0160; Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz</a> at <a href=\"http://www.helloquizzy.com/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ac000c;\">H</span>ello<span style=\"color: #ac000c;\">Q</span>uizzy</strong></a></p>\n','I am a Jackie. I do everything the right way.','\n','inherit','open','open','','306-revision','','','2008-10-08 08:03:00','2008-10-08 08:03:00','',306,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2008/10/306-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(653,1,'2011-02-07 17:49:54','2011-02-07 17:49:54','<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736300534/\" title=\"Edelweiss! by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Edelweiss!\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce037970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce037970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\"><em>Happy cow at a national park in Styria. Or was it lower Austria? In any case, it was singing and prancing about joyously. It&#39;s good to be a cow in Austria.</em></span></p>\n\n<p>We just got back from Austria.</p>\n\n<p>Are you sick of hearing about it? Of course you are! <strong><em>I&#39;m</em></strong> sick of hearing about it. But here I am, four days after the trip has ended, and I&#39;m completely stuck. I haven&#39;t unpacked, I haven&#39;t started working at my new job (another story for another day), I have yet to make plans to see my friends. I&#39;m not sure that the reason I&#39;m so inert is my not blogging about the trip, but it makes for a convenient excuse to procrastinate the whole getting-on-with-real-life part of returning from vacation. </p>\n\n<p>So here it goes, the 2008 version of a vacation slide show:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/06/dsc_0007.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dsc_0007\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce042970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce042970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dsc_0007\" /></a>\n\n\n<br /><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\"><em>We stumbled upon a real-live-for-serious-not-at-all-ironic dirndl and lederhosen fashion show. Awesome.</em></span></p>\n\n<p>My husband will absolutely kill me for saying this, but a lot of Austria is exactly like <em>The Sound of Music</em> - green and lush and filled with people proudly wearing their <em>lederhosen</em> and <em>dirndl</em> - usually at village festivals (we went to a couple of them, one in Schoenberg and the apricot festival <em>- marillenfest -</em> in Krems.) I think this is beyond awesome and proudly dressed my oldest in the <em>lederhosen</em> his grandparents sent to him whenever the weather was warm enough - he fit right in. (Note to my fellow Americans: Traditional dress is cool, but not in Vienna. FYI.)</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736301482/\" title=\"Prancing in the wildflowers by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Prancing in the wildflowers\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce050970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce050970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /><em><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Why are Austrian weeds so damn pretty? All we get is crabgrass. (Grazing horses, Bad Tatzmannsdorf)</span></em></p>\n\n<p>It&#39;s a country full of contrasts: You find religious imagery everywhere - in the country, where farmers erect crucifixes and statues of saints so that their crops will be abundant, in tunnels to protect travelers, in forests:</p> <p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2735473401/\" title=\"DSC_0035.JPG by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"DSC_0035.JPG\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce068970b\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce068970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"334\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>We stumbled upon this beautiful crucifix while visiting the Graselhohle, but then you&#39;re just as likely to stumble into a sex shop at the most odd (at least to a Bostonian) places, like oh, let&#39;s say right next to the duty-free shop at the airport:</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2735371891/\" title=\"Sex shop. At Vienna Intl Airport. by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sex shop. At Vienna Intl Airport.\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce077970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce077970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Mmmmkay. Moving on...</span></em></p>\n\n<p>I loved so many things about this trip. I loved that we stayed at a<a href=\"http://www.herminenhaus.at/wb/pages/unser-haus.php\"> guesthouse run by nuns</a>, who were kind and gave us homemade bread and warm milk to help the kids sleep, but whose guestrooms had tiny little tvs with access to porn channels (are you noticing a trend?), I loved that my kids got to play <a href=\"http://www.niederleis.at/schloss.htm\">in a castle</a> with the kids that actually live there. (We also got a private tour, but the kids were much more interested in jumping on the trampoline in the courtyard than in the amazing history of the place.)</p>\n\n<p>Bust most of all? I loved Vienna. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736243676/\" title=\"Vienna&#39;s first district. by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Vienna&#39;s first district.\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce07c970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce07c970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>No surprise there. Everybody does. In my opinion it&#39;s the most romantic and manageable of the world capitals, and absolutely everything is done on a grand scale here; from coffeehouses:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736297770/\" title=\"Coffeehouse by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Coffeehouse\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce083970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce083970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\"><em>Cafe Central, 1st district - It certainly put Dunkin&#39; Donuts to shame.</em></span></p>\n\n<p>to changing tables:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736208276/\" title=\"The fanciest changing table EVER by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The fanciest changing table EVER\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce087970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce087970b-pi.gif\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\"><em>Hotel Sacher. Leather, velvet, wood and gold tassels. All so you can wipe baby butt in imperial style.</em></span></p>\n\n<p>It&#39;s my kind of town - even if the Viennese are natural-born complainers. I&#39;m not badmouthing anyone here - they&#39;re proud of their curmudgery and will tell you themselves. For instance, try telling them that their city is amazingly beautiful, and they&#39;ll tell you that it&#39;s old and you&#39;re not allowed to build anything new. Tell them you like the food, &quot;Bof!&quot; they&#39;ll say, &quot;it&#39;s always the same!&quot; My advice to future travelers is to not take this negativity personally. It&#39;s truly part of their charm. One you have dinner with a group of Viennese you will understand why Sigmund Freud couldn&#39;t have existed in a different city.</p>\n\n<p>(By the way, the <a href=\"http://www.freud-museum.at/e/index.html\">Freud Museum</a> in the 9th district is a must see. The sight of the<a href=\"http://www.freud-museum.at/e/index.html\"> waiting room</a> and Freud&#39;s own personal stuff was pretty amazing. To think of all the neurosis that brewed there! Did I ever mention that I&#39;m a dork?)</p>\n\n<p>In any case, we go to Vienna pretty often because we want to visit family, so I make it a point to do something new and embarrasingly touristy (at least to my husband) every visit. This time I said that &quot;the boys&quot; (ahem) really, really wanted to ride in those pretty horse-drawn carriages.</p>\n\n<p>&quot;You mean a fiacre? Like the gullible tourists do?&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;Yes.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;You know, sometimes the horses go crazy. Once a Japanese tourist was injured, almost mortally.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>&quot;So? We drive in Boston. I can take it.&quot;</p>\n\n<p>So off we went and found the most adorable black and white carriage pulled by a pair of horses I called &quot;the Kennedys&quot; (Jack and John) and driven by the sweetest girl named Isabela.</p>\n\n<p>Here they are:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/06/dsc_0152.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dsc_0152\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce08a970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce08a970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dsc_0152\" /></a>\n\n\n</p>\n\n<p>And here are some of the many wonderful sights we saw - </p>\n\n<p>My imaginary Viennese apartment:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736292622/\" title=\"My imaginary viennese apartment by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"My imaginary viennese apartment\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce090970b\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce090970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"334\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Grand balconies:</p>\n\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2735464589/\" title=\"DSC_0176.JPG by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"DSC_0176.JPG\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce097970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce097970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>And then just repeat this scene 167 times. You get the idea.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/06/dsc_0169_2.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dsc_0169_2\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce09d970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce09d970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dsc_0169_2\" /></a>\n\n\n</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The one truly cultural thing we did was catch an exhibit called &quot;Bad Painting, Good Art.&quot; With a name like that, how could we not? It was hilarious:</p>\n\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736295334/\" title=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit. by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit.\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a1970b\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a1970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"334\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>And just awful:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/06/dsc_0136.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dsc_0136\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a6970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a6970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dsc_0136\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>And sometimes? It was actually pretty good:\n</p>\n\n<p>\n\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736296114/\" title=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit. by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit.\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a8970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0a8970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>&quot;You see that?&quot; I said to my three-year old. &quot;If you don&#39;t work hard at all on your\n\n\nart, someday your paintings could be displayed in a grand museum, just like these!&quot;</p>\n\n<p>\n\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2736293550/\" title=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit. by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bad painting, good art exhibit.\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0ae970b\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0ae970b-pi.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Now, I made sure I didn&#39;t put too much pressure on him. I wouldn&#39;t want him to end up with some &quot;Freudian&quot; issues. He is half-Viennese after all. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/06/dsc_0244.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dsc_0244\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0b2970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce0b2970b-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dsc_0244\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Goodbye Austria! Thanks for all the Gruner Veltliner! <br />\n\n\n</p>\n','Edelweiss...Edelweiss...','\n','inherit','open','open','','316-revision-2','','','2011-02-07 17:49:54','2011-02-07 17:49:54','',316,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/316-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(654,1,'2008-07-04 23:50:29','2008-07-04 23:50:29','<p>We woke up to a rainy and cold July 4th - but that&#39;s certainly not enough to stop our New England town from holding its parade. You think a few droplets are going to hold us back?</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/04/dscn6057_2.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dscn6057_2\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a0e970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a0e970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dscn6057_2\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>\n\n\n<em>(I apologize for the fuzzy pictures, it was early - er, my camera sucks.)</em></p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/04/dscn6034.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dscn6034\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a25970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a25970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dscn6034\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>We enjoyed ourselves despite the rain. We got to see our usually reserved neighbors in a new light:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/04/dscn6027.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dscn6027\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a3a970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a3a970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dscn6027\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><em>(There are no words.)</em></p>\n\n<p>Heard some swinging jazz:</p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/04/dscn6037.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dscn6027\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a6c970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a6c970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dscn6037\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Got to see Minutemen march down the street:</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/04/dscn6043.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dscn6043\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a82970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a82970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dscn6043\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>And saw some cool rides:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/04/dscn6041.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dscn6041\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a94970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39a94970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dscn6041\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Of course, what did the boys care about the most? </p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/04/dscn6051.jpg\"><img alt=\"Dscn6051\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39aa2970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39aa2970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"Dscn6051\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Story of my life.</p>\n\n<p>Have a happy holiday weekend, everyone!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/04/dscn6057.jpg\"></a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/04/dscn6038.jpg\"></a></p>\n','Rainy day parade','\n','inherit','open','open','','319-revision','','','2008-07-04 23:50:29','2008-07-04 23:50:29','',319,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2008/07/319-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(655,1,'2008-02-25 14:17:00','2008-02-25 14:17:00','<p>I really admire people who are loyal to a fragrance all their life. It&#39;s pretty incredible when you think about it: They&#39;ve found their one and only, and forsaking all others, choose to wear the same fragrance every day for the rest of their lives. It&#39;s like they&#39;ve found their soul mate - and that&#39;s always an admirable accomplishment.</p>\n\n<p>I don&#39;t have a signature scent myself.</p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"Benetton_colors_2\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39f2b970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39f2b970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;\" title=\"Benetton_colors_2\" />\nI wonder if I should. After all, I know the power of scent: There are a few scents that remind me of people I love, and since some of those people aren&#39;t in my life anymore a trip to a department store brings back memories as reliably as rereading old letters or diary entries. <a href=\"http://www.perfumespedia.com/files/image/pics%20from%20description/benetton_colors.jpg\">Colors by Benetton</a>, for instance, reminds me of my best friend in elementary school - of sleepovers and Seventeen magazine and slambooks and making papier-mache volcanoes. <a href=\"http://www.dutyfreeperfume.co.uk/dfp/images/product/large/Must%20large.jpg\">Must de Cartier</a> reminds me of my mom getting ready for a night out. I still think it&#39;s an unbelievably sophisticated scent, and I don&#39;t dare wear it myself. Another childhood scent is <a href=\"http://images.glow.com/catalog/500547/300x300/11175.jpg\"><em>L&#39;Air du Temps</em></a> – that one is all innocence – and it was the only one I was allowed to spritz on on special occasions. I can&#39;t help but laugh when I smell <a href=\"http://www.4-fragrances.com/men/drakkar-m.jpg\">Drakkar Noir</a> on someone because it reminds me of every single boy in Jr. High. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/25/11175.jpg\"><img alt=\"11175\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39f38970c\" height=\"200\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39f38970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" title=\"11175\" width=\"200\" /></a>\nMy first perfume was <a href=\"http://img.kelkoo.com/pdb/34001/large/10/35/35/10353564.jpg\">Fidji</a> – my father brought it for me as a gift from a business trip to Haiti. From there it&#39;s been a steady stream of fragrances, each of them reminding me of a discreet period in my life. Because even while I change fragrances frequently, I tend to wear the same one for months or even years at a time before moving on to something new.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibit A: <a href=\"http://www.bigdiscount.com/images/products/720/7813.jpg\">Bulgary Eau de Te Extreme</a> I bought it in Paris and wore when I was an exchange student in Spain. It&#39;s subtly exotic and reminds me of adventure and spontaneity.</p>\n\n<p>I was wearing <a href=\"http://assets.macys.com/img/campaign/ff/angel-bottom.jpg\">Angel</a> the night I met my husband. Coincidentally, chocolate is one of the basenotes of this perfume. Hmm.\n<br /> </p>\n\n<p>I bought my bottle <a href=\"http://www.aisledash.com/2008/02/11/the-importance-of-a-wedding-fragrance/\">EnJoy</a> during the trip where my husband asked me to marry him and every time I wear it I feel like a newlywed. I always wear it on our anniversary, of course.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/25/thierry_mugler_angel_2.jpg\"><img alt=\"Thierry_mugler_angel_2\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39f41970c\" height=\"149\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39f41970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;\" title=\"Thierry_mugler_angel_2\" width=\"100\" /></a>\nI stopped wearing perfume once I started having kids. It was just one more thing to do in the mornings, not to mention another expense, so for the past three years I&#39;ve mostly smelled like cheerios and Play-Doh. </p>\n\n<p>A few weeks ago, I decided it was time I found a new scent.</p>\n\n<p>It wasn&#39;t an easy quest. I&#39;d steal off for a few minutes whenever I was near a Sephora or a perfume counter and sprayed my wrists with fragrances old and new. Many were plain irritating, and a few of them literally made me ill to my stomach. As determined as I was to fall in love with a scent, it is not something that you can do at will - it has to happen on its own. </p>\n\n<p>The other day I was looking for shoes (nothing glamorous, I just needed something to keep my ankles warm while running errands. I thought maybe I could pull off Uggs, but I couldn&#39;t bear to buy shoes that ugly ON PURPOSE) and on the way out of the store, pushing my double stroller and angry because I had dragged the kids around all morning and I was still empty-handed, my eye was distracted by a something shiny and sparkly on the perfume counter. There were all sorts of pretty bottles filled with promising liquids, and I don&#39;t know why, but I went straight to the cluster of identical Annick Goutal bottles and picked one out at random. I spritzed it on my wrist, gave it a minute, and with pulse racing, I took a sniff.</p>\n\n<p>Lovely.</p>\n\n<p> It was powdery and mangoish - smelling like what a tropical spring might smell like if there was such a thing as spring in the tropics.</p>\n\n<p>When the saleslady came to see if I needed help, I told her I wanted a bottle of whatever it was I had just sprayed. It was only then that I learned the name of the fragrance I had fallen in love with -&#0160; <a href=\"http://www.annickgoutal.nl/en/fragrances/folavril.html\">Folavril</a> - Annick Goutal&#39;s first creation, the beginning of her fragrance empire.</p>\n\n<p>I wonder if it heralds a new beginning for me as well.</p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"21drbgfynl_aa160_\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39f67970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39f67970c-pi.jpg\" title=\"21drbgfynl_aa160_\" />\n\n\n<br /> </p>\n','Perfume','\n','inherit','open','open','','358-revision','','','2008-02-25 14:17:00','2008-02-25 14:17:00','',358,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2008/02/358-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(656,1,'2011-02-07 17:51:12','2011-02-07 17:51:12','<p>Get over there and win something:</p>\n\n<p><a alt=\"Visit New England Mamas\" href=\"http://www.newenglandmamas.typepad.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a0d1970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a0d1970c-pi.gif\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>You don&#39;t have to live in New England...so click on the button.&#0160; Good luck!</p>\n','Who doesn\'t like FREE STUFF?','\n','inherit','open','open','','378-revision-2','','','2011-02-07 17:51:12','2011-02-07 17:51:12','',378,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/378-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(657,1,'2007-08-20 23:35:53','2007-08-20 23:35:53','<p>I&#39;m there:</p>\n\n<p><a alt=\"Visit New England Mamas\" href=\"http://www.nemamas.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce268970b\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0120a93ce268970b-pi.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>I know a lot of you are from Massachusetts - you may be interested in my post on <a href=\"http://nemamas.blogspot.com/2007/08/dirty-water.html\">Dirty Water</a> - or you may want to read from the other contributors from all across the NE.</p>\n','If I\'m not here...','\n','inherit','open','open','','425-revision','','','2007-08-20 23:35:53','2007-08-20 23:35:53','',425,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2007/08/425-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(658,1,'2009-06-12 16:16:33','2009-06-12 16:16:33','<p>My favorite Thanksgiving memory has nothing to do with my childhood. Oh, we had a few wonderful Thanksgivings when I was a child - we celebrated it every once in a while when we were living in a country where November means &quot;beach season&quot; and they were still great in their own way - but I\'d be lying if I said that any one of them stood out. </p>\n\n<p>Instead, my most memorable Thanksgiving is the one where I met my husband. Forget Valentine\'s day - Thanksgiving is the most romantic time of the year for us. It\'s a little weird, but it works for us.</p>\n\n<p>It wasn\'t always that way, of course. When I was a carefree young professional, Thanksgiving meant a slow work week where we already had 2.5 days off - so a couple of girlfriends and I started the tradition of taking the entire week off work and when you\'re young and single and mostly broke, that can only mean one thing: ROAD TRIP!</p>\n\n<p>So that year, that\'s what we did. We drove on I95 for two days, and when we arrived in Washington DC it was the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The city was abuzz with young people out for one last night out before they headed home to be with their families. And that was the night I met my husband. </p>\n\n<p>We had just met, but he acted horrified by the fact that we didn\'t have any plans for Thanksgiving dinner. Weren\'t we Americans? (Yes.) Isn\'t that against the law? (No.) </p>\n\n<p>So he and two of his friends did what any good American boys would do - they invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner. </p>\n\n<p>Only thing is, my husband is not American. He\'s European. He\'d never cooked Thanksgiving dinner - or really, any dinner - before. </p>\n\n<p>Let\'s just say you should be thankful I\'m alive. </p>\n\n<p>(Oh I kid!)</p>\n\n<p>We had no other plans, and he\'s kind of cute, so we said yes. And then the guys went into panic mode, ordering a precooked turkey from Giant, buying napkins and candles, and - here\'s my favorite part - collecting assorted pieces of silverware from their various bachelor friends because they didn\'t have enough forks and spoons for a dinner for eight.</p>\n\n<p>Isn\'t that the cutest thing you ever heard?</p>\n\n<p>The best part is that when we arrived everything was perfect - there were candles and wine and they even invited other friends over so that we could meet new people. After a few glasses of wine one of my friends asked how much longer until the turkey was done.</p>\n\n<p>Done?</p>\n\n<p>In all the wining and chatting, they forgot to put the turkey in the oven! (Even &quot;pre-cooked&quot; turkeys need to go in the oven.)</p>\n\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, \'_blank\', \'width=300,height=224,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0\'); return false\" href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/11/06/564050_wishful_thinking_2.jpg\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"149\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://diary.blogs.com/miscellaneous/images/2008/11/06/564050_wishful_thinking_2.jpg\" title=\"564050_wishful_thinking_2\" alt=\"564050_wishful_thinking_2\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;\" /></a>\n\n</p>\n\n<p>Thankfully, my friend Andrea is a fantastic cook, and she somehow managed to save the day. The turkey was fine, but the best part was after dinner, when the man who would one day be my husband came over with the wishbone and asked me to make a wish.</p>\n\n\n\n<p> I did.&nbsp; </p>\n\n<p>And it came true.</p>\n','Thanksgiving memories','\n','inherit','open','open','','239-revision','','','2009-06-12 16:16:33','2009-06-12 16:16:33','',239,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2009/06/239-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(659,1,'2010-11-11 14:19:13','2010-11-11 14:19:13','<p><a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef013488e4f404970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img alt=\"Primping on the big day - The Boston Globe_1289502033674\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013488e4f404970c\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef013488e4f404970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"Primping on the big day - The Boston Globe_1289502033674\" /></a></p>\n<p>Hey look! I&#39;m in<a href=\"http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2010/11/11/push____and_smile_more_new_moms_are_primping_on_the_big_day/?page=full\" target=\"_self\"> The Boston Globe</a>!</p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>How good is good?  “It’s not about looking like you came from the runway,’’ said style  blogger Roxanna Sarmiento, a mother of three. “But those pictures last  forever. Anyone can see them five or 10 years from now. Even future  employers.’’</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><em>Although some  women do get dolled up for the delivery, Sarmiento, 34, says that  doesn’t make sense. “I’ve seen pictures of people with mascara running  down their faces. You cry or you get all sweaty. It’s a very emotional  time.’’</em></p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p><em>The time to put on  your face — assuming that there were no complications with the delivery  and the baby is healthy — is, apparently, about 20 minutes after the big  event. That’s when Sarmiento pulled out her kit with the little mirror  and the Chanel and Laura Mercier cosmetics.</em></p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p><em>“I  didn’t attempt eyeliner,’’ she said, “but I do a little shadow and  mascara and blush and a little powder. People are worried it’s too vain,  but there is a lot of down time.’’</em></p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p><em>She  and her husband live far from family, she said, making photos even more  important. “What’s your choice? Taking care of yourself at the hospital  and making sure you look decent in the photos, or shying away from the  camera and being invisible when the baby’s born?’’</em></p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p><em>The  latter just won’t do, according to Geoffrey Batchen, an expert on  historical and contemporary photography and a professor of art history  at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.</em></p>\n</div>\n</blockquote>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>“The  photographic image is no longer simply a document shared within an  immediate family group,’’ he wrote in an e-mail, “now it is also a means  of communication, a message to an extended social circle that says ‘I  am present,’ ‘I am here,’ ‘I just did this.’ ’’</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I know it&#39;s not exactly the editorial pages and that I&#39;m becoming The Globe&#39;s go-to person for frivolous stories...don&#39;t rain on my parade, man. I don&#39;t mind! I&#39;m in this story with the fabulous <a href=\"http://bostonmamas.com/\" target=\"_self\">Christine Koh</a> and <a href=\"http://alphamom.com/\" target=\"_self\">Isabel Kallman</a>, so I&#39;m in great company.</p>\n<p>So, confession time: Did you primp before having your baby? Don&#39;t tell me we&#39;re the only ones!</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/files/more-new-moms-are-primping-on-the-big-day---the-boston-globe_1289502033674.jpg\"><span class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013488e5094e970c\">View this photo</span></a> <br /><br /></p>\n</div>\n','Looking good after the delivery','\n','inherit','open','open','','71-revision','','','2010-11-11 14:19:13','2010-11-11 14:19:13','',71,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2010/11/71-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(660,1,'2008-11-14 15:35:47','2008-11-14 15:35:47','<p>My favorite Thanksgiving memory has nothing to do with my childhood. Oh, we had a few wonderful Thanksgivings when I was a child - we celebrated it every once in a while when we were living in a country where November means &quot;beach season&quot; and they were still great in their own way - but I&#39;d be lying if I said that any one of them stood out. </p>\n\n<p>Instead, my most memorable Thanksgiving is the one where I met my husband. Forget Valentine&#39;s day - Thanksgiving is the most romantic time of the year for us. It&#39;s a little weird, but it works for us.</p>\n\n<p>It wasn&#39;t always that way, of course. When I was a carefree young professional, Thanksgiving meant a slow work week where we already had 2.5 days off - so a couple of girlfriends and I started the tradition of taking the entire week off work and when you&#39;re young and single and mostly broke, that can only mean one thing: ROAD TRIP!</p>\n\n<p>So that year, that&#39;s what we did. We drove on I95 for two days, and when we arrived in Washington DC it was the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The city was abuzz with young people out for one last night out before they headed home to be with their families. And that was the night I met my husband. </p>\n\n<p>We had just met, but he acted horrified by the fact that we didn&#39;t have any plans for Thanksgiving dinner. Weren&#39;t we Americans? (Yes.) Isn&#39;t that against the law? (No.) </p>\n\n<p>So he and two of his friends did what any good American boys would do - they invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner. </p>\n\n<p>Only thing is, my husband is not American. He&#39;s European. He&#39;d never cooked Thanksgiving dinner - or really, any dinner - before. </p>\n\n<p>Let&#39;s just say you should be thankful I&#39;m alive. </p>\n\n<p>(Oh I kid!)</p>\n\n<p>We had no other plans, and he&#39;s kind of cute, so we said yes. And then the guys went into panic mode, ordering a precooked turkey from Giant, buying napkins and candles, and - here&#39;s my favorite part - collecting assorted pieces of silverware from their various bachelor friends because they didn&#39;t have enough forks and spoons for a dinner for eight.</p>\n\n<p>Isn&#39;t that the cutest thing you ever heard?</p>\n\n<p>The best part is that when we arrived everything was perfect - there were candles and wine and they even invited other friends over so that we could meet new people. After a few glasses of wine one of my friends asked how much longer until the turkey was done.</p>\n\n<p>Done?</p>\n\n<p>In all the wining and chatting, they forgot to put the turkey in the oven! 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The turkey was fine, but the best part was after dinner, when the man who would one day be my husband came over with the wishbone and asked me to make a wish.</p>\n\n\n\n<p> I did.&#0160; </p>\n\n<p>And it came true.</p>\n','How I met my husband...','\n','inherit','open','open','','286-revision','','','2008-11-14 15:35:47','2008-11-14 15:35:47','',286,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2008/11/286-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(695,1,'2011-02-07 21:31:12','2011-02-07 21:31:12','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e23a3c05970b-pi.jpg\"><img title=\"2008-01-15-1dvf\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e23a3c05970b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"2008-01-15-1dvf\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love wrap dresses (especially the ones by Diane von Furstenberg)  with a fiery intensity that borders on obsession. Want to know why?  Because a quality wrap dress is the perfect article of clothing: it\'s  classy, comfortable, forgiving and always appropriate. If you own one  already, you know what I mean. And if you don\'t -- well, you don\'t know  what you\'re missing!\r\n\r\nThe iconic DVF wrap dress got its start when Diane von Furstenberg  used a printed jersey knit fabric to combine a ballerina wrap top with a  skirt. And therein lies the magic: jersey is soft and flexible, which  makes the dress comfortable, prints camouflage any imperfections (the  original dresses were made in animal prints which made them very sexy)  and the dress is almost infinitely adjustable, so the same dress can be  worn as you fluctuate sizes. Von Furstenberg herself told the<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-christine-miller/diane-von-furstenberg-on-_b_81590.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Huffington Post that the dress looks better on women </a>(as opposed to teenagers or fashion models): \"I would say the wrap dress is better when you are a bit curvier.\"\r\n\r\nBut mostly? A wrap dress is as simple to wear as a bathrobe. Yes: <em>a bathrobe</em>.  Is your bathrobe comfortable? Yes. Can you wear it everywhere without  getting horrified looks from strangers and worried comments from friends  and family? Probably not. But a wrap dress? It willl make you look like  a million bucks, and it\'s just as easy to wear.\r\n\r\nGenius, I tell you.\r\n\r\nA <a href=\"http://www.dvf.com/dvf/browse/subcategory.jsp?trail=&amp;viewAll=true&amp;categoryId=cat200004&amp;featureId=&amp;addFacet=&amp;mode=&amp;selectedSortBy=marketingPriority&amp;removeFacet=&amp;selectedHowMany=19\" target=\"_blank\">DVF wrap dress</a> will set you back around $300, so it\'s not exactly a bargain. However, I think the <a href=\"http://www.dvf.com/dvf/browse/productDetailWithPicker.jsp?productId=D1891007E6BLACK&amp;categoryId=cat200004\" target=\"_blank\">Julian in black for $298</a> is a wise investment in your wardrobe -- with the right accesories you  could wear this dress to the office, to a wedding, to a dinner  out...It\'s a classic that won\'t fail you, even if you go up or down a  few sizes here and there.\r\n\r\n<strong>Do you own a wrap dress? 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You can subscribe to this blog by email or with your favorite feed reader.\r\nABOUT THE WRITER\r\nMy name is Roxanna. You can read all about me on my about.me page.\r\nThe quickest way to contact me is to use this form or you can email me at editor AT everydaytreats DOT com. Please note that I rarely respond to mass emails.\r\nThink you might like to work with me? Check out my work experience and portfolio!\r\nPR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!\r\nALL RIGHTS RESERVED\r\nI reserve the rights to all my words and pictures, and you may not  use them without my permission and proper attribution. \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n','About','','publish','open','open','','about','','','2011-02-09 01:56:52','2011-02-09 01:56:52','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=705',1,'nav_menu_item','',0),(707,1,'2011-02-08 19:13:59','2011-02-08 19:13:59','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e23a3c05970b-pi.jpg\"><img title=\"2008-01-15-1dvf\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e23a3c05970b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"2008-01-15-1dvf\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love wrap dresses (especially the ones by Diane von Furstenberg)  with a fiery intensity that borders on obsession. Want to know why?  Because a quality wrap dress is the perfect article of clothing: it\'s  classy, comfortable, forgiving and always appropriate. If you own one  already, you know what I mean. And if you don\'t -- well, you don\'t know  what you\'re missing!\r\n\r\nThe iconic DVF wrap dress got its start when Diane von Furstenberg  used a printed jersey knit fabric to combine a ballerina wrap top with a  skirt. And therein lies the magic: jersey is soft and flexible, which  makes the dress comfortable, prints camouflage any imperfections (the  original dresses were made in animal prints which made them very sexy)  and the dress is almost infinitely adjustable, so the same dress can be  worn as you fluctuate sizes. Von Furstenberg herself told the<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-christine-miller/diane-von-furstenberg-on-_b_81590.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Huffington Post that the dress looks better on women </a>(as opposed to teenagers or fashion models): \"I would say the wrap dress is better when you are a bit curvier.\"\r\n\r\nBut mostly? A wrap dress is as simple to wear as a bathrobe. Yes: <em>a bathrobe</em>.  Is your bathrobe comfortable? Yes. Can you wear it everywhere without  getting horrified looks from strangers and worried comments from friends  and family? Probably not. But a wrap dress? It willl make you look like  a million bucks, and it\'s just as easy to wear.\r\n\r\nGenius, I tell you.\r\n\r\nA <a href=\"http://www.dvf.com/dvf/browse/subcategory.jsp?trail=&amp;viewAll=true&amp;categoryId=cat200004&amp;featureId=&amp;addFacet=&amp;mode=&amp;selectedSortBy=marketingPriority&amp;removeFacet=&amp;selectedHowMany=19\" target=\"_blank\">DVF wrap dress</a> will set you back around $300, so it\'s not exactly a bargain. However, I think the <a href=\"http://www.dvf.com/dvf/browse/productDetailWithPicker.jsp?productId=D1891007E6BLACK&amp;categoryId=cat200004\" target=\"_blank\">Julian in black for $298</a> is a wise investment in your wardrobe -- with the right accesories you  could wear this dress to the office, to a wedding, to a dinner  out...It\'s a classic that won\'t fail you, even if you go up or down a  few sizes here and there.\r\n\r\n<strong>Do you own a wrap dress? 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And he has a goatee and an insouciant French expression that just says \"you have a problem wiz zis?\"\r\n\r\nAnd then I went to their site to investigate. Yeah, they got me. I mean \"you are man?\" is as pressing a question in these times as any.\r\n\r\nThis is what I found:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHaaaaa!\r\n\r\nSeriously, dude. You are man? 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I mean, \"Are you man?\"','Are you man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-revision','','','2011-02-09 14:55:46','2011-02-09 14:55:46','',708,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/708-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(712,1,'2011-02-09 14:57:21','2011-02-09 14:57:21','I thought I\'d share this little bit of silliness that landed on my inbox courtesy of French Connection.\r\n\r\nI saw this picture and I laughed and laughed and laughed.\r\n\r\nHaaaaaa!\r\n\r\nBut you know what? They got me to look. And I went to the site to find out, and this is what I found:\r\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>','Are you man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-revision-2','','','2011-02-09 14:57:21','2011-02-09 14:57:21','',708,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/708-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(713,1,'2011-02-09 14:57:28','2011-02-09 14:57:28','I thought I\'d share this little bit of silliness that landed on my inbox courtesy of French Connection.\r\n\r\nI saw this picture and I laughed and laughed and laughed.\r\n\r\nHaaaaaa!\r\n\r\nBut you know what? They got me to look. And I went to the site to find out, and this is what I found:\r\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>','Are you man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-revision-3','','','2011-02-09 14:57:28','2011-02-09 14:57:28','',708,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/708-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(714,1,'2011-02-09 14:58:57','2011-02-09 14:58:57','I thought I\'d share this little bit of silliness that landed on my inbox courtesy of French Connection.\r\n\r\nI saw this picture and I laughed and laughed and laughed.\r\n\r\nBut you know what? They got me to look. And I went to the site to find out, and this is what I found:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSeriously dude. Are you man?','Are you man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-revision-4','','','2011-02-09 14:58:57','2011-02-09 14:58:57','',708,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/708-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(715,1,'2011-02-09 14:59:59','2011-02-09 14:59:59','I thought I\'d share this little bit of silliness that landed on my inbox courtesy of French Connection.\n\nI saw this picture and I laughed and laughed and laughed.\n\nBut you know what? They got me to look. And I went to the site to investigate, I mean \"you are man?\" is as pressing a question as any.\n\nThis is what I found:\n\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nSeriously dude. Are you man?','You are man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-revision-5','','','2011-02-09 14:59:59','2011-02-09 14:59:59','',708,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/708-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(717,1,'2011-02-09 15:01:21','2011-02-09 15:01:21','I thought I\'d share this little bit of silliness that landed on my inbox courtesy of French Connection.\n\nI saw this picture and I laughed and laughed and laughed.\n\nAnd then I went to their site to investigate. Yeah, they got me. I mean \"you are man?\" is as pressing a question in this timas any.\n\nThis is what I found:\n\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nHaaaaa!\n\nSeriously, dude. You are man?','You are man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-revision-7','','','2011-02-09 15:01:21','2011-02-09 15:01:21','',708,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/708-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(716,1,'2011-02-09 15:00:19','2011-02-09 15:00:19','I thought I\'d share this little bit of silliness that landed on my inbox courtesy of French Connection.\r\n\r\nI saw this picture and I laughed and laughed and laughed.\r\n\r\nBut you know what? They got me to look. And I went to the site to investigate, I mean \"you are man?\" is as pressing a question as any.\r\n\r\nThis is what I found:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHaaaaa!\r\n\r\nSeriously, dude. You are man?','You are man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-revision-6','','','2011-02-09 15:00:19','2011-02-09 15:00:19','',708,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/708-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(718,1,'2011-02-09 15:04:17','2011-02-09 15:04:17','While I wait for my blog transfer to be complete, I thought I\'d share this little bit of silliness that landed in my inbox courtesy of French Connection.\n\nI saw the picture above and I laughed and laughed and laughed. The guy\'s expression <em>kills</em> me. He\'s on a horse! In the water! And he has a goatee and an insouciant French expression that just says, you got a probl\n\nAnd then I went to their site to investigate. Yeah, they got me. I mean \"you are man?\" is as pressing a question in these times as any.\n\nThis is what I found:\n\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nHaaaaa!\n\nSeriously, dude. 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I mean \"you are man?\" is as pressing a question in these times as any.\r\n\r\nThis is what I found:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHaaaaa!\r\n\r\nSeriously, dude. You are man?','You are man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-revision-9','','','2011-02-09 15:05:13','2011-02-09 15:05:13','',708,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/708-revision-9.html',0,'revision','',0),(720,1,'2011-02-09 15:05:33','2011-02-09 15:05:33','While I wait for my blog transfer to be complete, I thought I\'d share this little bit of silliness that landed in my inbox courtesy of French Connection.\r\n\r\nI saw the picture above and I laughed and laughed and laughed. The guy\'s expression <em>kills</em> me. He\'s on a horse! In the water! And he has a goatee and an insouciant French expression that just says \"you got a problem with zis?\"\r\n\r\nAnd then I went to their site to investigate. Yeah, they got me. I mean \"you are man?\" is as pressing a question in these times as any.\r\n\r\nThis is what I found:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHaaaaa!\r\n\r\nSeriously, dude. 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I mean \"you are man?\" is as pressing a question in these times as any.\n\nThis is what I found:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nHaaaaa!\n\nSeriously, dude. You are man? You sure about that?','You are man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-autosave','','','2011-02-10 21:02:30','2011-02-10 21:02:30','',708,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/708-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(722,1,'2011-02-09 15:06:07','2011-02-09 15:06:07','While I wait for my blog transfer to be complete, I thought I\'d share this little bit of silliness that landed in my inbox courtesy of French Connection.\r\n\r\nI saw the picture above and I laughed and laughed and laughed. The guy\'s expression <em>kills</em> me. He\'s on a horse! In the water! And he has a goatee and an insouciant French expression that just says \"you have a problem wiz zis?\"\r\n\r\nAnd then I went to their site to investigate. Yeah, they got me. I mean \"you are man?\" is as pressing a question in these times as any.\r\n\r\nThis is what I found:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHaaaaa!\r\n\r\nSeriously, dude. You are man?','You are man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-revision-11','','','2011-02-09 15:06:07','2011-02-09 15:06:07','',708,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/708-revision-11.html',0,'revision','',0),(729,1,'2011-02-10 20:50:22','2011-02-10 20:50:22','While I wait for my blog transfer to be complete, I thought I\'d share this little bit of silliness that landed in my inbox courtesy of French Connection.\r\n\r\nI saw the picture above and I laughed and laughed and laughed. The guy\'s expression <em>kills</em> me. He\'s on a horse! In the water! And he has a goatee and an insouciant French expression that just says \"you have a problem wiz zis?\"\r\n\r\nAnd then I went to their site to investigate. Yeah, they got me. I mean \"you are man?\" is as pressing a question in these times as any.\r\n\r\nThis is what I found:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"6\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHaaaaa!\r\n\r\nSeriously, dude. You are man? You sure about that?','You are man?','','inherit','open','open','','708-revision-15','','','2011-02-10 20:50:22','2011-02-10 20:50:22','',708,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/708-revision-15.html',0,'revision','',0),(969,1,'2011-03-12 21:44:35','2011-03-13 02:44:35','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','968-revision','','','2011-03-12 21:44:35','2011-03-13 02:44:35','',968,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/968-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(968,1,'2011-03-12 21:45:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','<iframe marginwidth=\"0px\" marginheight=\"0px\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"95\" width=\"250\"  src=\"http://www.quantcast.com/profile/embed?img=http%3A//www.quantcast.com/profile/demographicGraph%3Fdemo%3Deducation%26wunit%3Dwd%253Acom.everydaytreats%26country%3DUS&w=250&h=95&showDeleteButtons=false&wunit=Charts.Demographics.education.a70lHoeQPLuXk\"></iframe>','','','draft','open','open','','','','','2011-03-12 21:45:00','2011-03-13 02:45:00','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?page_id=968',0,'page','',0),(877,1,'2011-03-09 07:13:46','2011-03-09 12:13:46','I\'m sure you\'ve noticed the gentlemen bloggers, haven\'t you?\r\n\r\nI\'m loving the call to the best of old-school masculinity and I think these blogs are doing a great job at it. Everyday Treats is unabashedly female in focus but I do love my gentlemen. Maybe it\'s because <a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com\">I have sons</a>?  In any case, these blogs are the yang to my yin -- it\'s all about balance!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/The-Art-of-Manliness-Men-s-Interests-and-Lifestyle-e1299642039339.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-944\" title=\"The Art of Manliness   Men s Interests and Lifestyle\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/The-Art-of-Manliness-Men-s-Interests-and-Lifestyle-e1299642039339.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"87\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/\"><span style=\"color: #bd1515;\">THE ART OF MANLINESS</span></a>\r\n\r\nThis blog has been reviving the lost art of manliness since January 2008. It basically covers everything you need to be a man: From a workout to get you in good enough shape to <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2011/03/02/hero-training-the-chase-down-a-purse-snatcher-workout/\">catch a purse snatcher</a> to a campaign <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/01/bringing-back-the-hat/\">to bring back the hat</a>, this blog is so chock full of positively charming information you almost expect it to throw its coat on a puddle so you don\'t have to step on it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Easy-and-Elegant-Life-e1299642834367.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-949\" title=\"Easy and Elegant Life\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Easy-and-Elegant-Life-e1299642834367.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"126\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://easyandelegantlife.com\"><span style=\"color: #bd1515;\">EASY AND ELEGANT LIFE</span></a>\r\n\r\nChris Cox is The Elegantologist, a man whose mission in blogging is the search for everyday elegance. In his words,\r\n<blockquote><em>It is my intention to study what it means to lead an elegant life in today’s world and how we can cultivate an everyday elegance. But where do we start? What is available to us to study?</em></blockquote>\r\nIn other words, Chris and I are like twins -- except he writes from the perspective of a southern gentleman, and I\'m not. But how I love to peek into his genteel world! This site is a gem.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/101213ladylaughing.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-950\" title=\"101213ladylaughing\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/101213ladylaughing.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"90\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://conradbanks.com/\"><span style=\"color: #bd1515;\">CONRAD BANKS</span></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #3d3d3d;\">By day, the pseudonymous \"Conrad Banks\" is a director at a hedge fund, but at night he and his wife are good old-fashioned party hosts. In other words, they\'re the very best kind of people. I imagine him like a male </span><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/11/elsa-maxwell-the-hostess-with-the-mostest.html\"><span style=\"color: #3d3d3d;\">Elsa Maxwell</span></a><span style=\"color: #3d3d3d;\">. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #3d3d3d;\">I discovered \"Conrad\" when he me a lovely email introducing himself (and his site). I took a peek because who doesn\'t love a man that can throw a party? I knew he was my kind of guy when I read that in his opinion, what you need for</span><span style=\"color: #3d3d3d;\"><a href=\"http://conradbanks.com/2010/12/how-to-make-a-martini/\"> a martini</a> is</span><span style=\"color: #3d3d3d;\"> \"4 ounces of a high-quality gin (or, ugh, vodka)\" - anyone who understands that a martini must be made with gin is all right in my book.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #3d3d3d;\">Do you read any gentlemen bloggers? Please share your favorites, I\'m always looking for a good read!</span>','Bloggers and Gentlemen','','publish','open','open','','bloggers-and-gentlemen','','http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/11/elsa-maxwell-the-hostess-with-the-mostest.html\nhttp://conradbanks.com/2010/12/how-to-make-a-martini/','2011-03-09 10:15:49','2011-03-09 15:15:49','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=877',0,'post','',4),(829,1,'2012-10-07 20:32:42','2012-10-08 00:32:42','&nbsp;\n\n<strong>ABOUT THE WRITER</strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4214\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_3417.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4214 \" title=\"IMG_3417\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_3417-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Scarf courtesy of ONE moms and <a href=\"http://livefashionable.com/\">fashionABLE</a>[/caption]\n\nMy name is Roxanna. I believe that beauty is in the details and that every day is a gift.\n<div>\n\nI publish <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Everyday Treats</a>, a blog about living well every day, and <a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frog &amp; Snail</a>, a lifestyle blog for parents of boys.\n\nI\'ve been blogging and writing for online publications since 2005. (That probably makes me sound ancient in Internet years.) I\'m currently a contributing writer for <a href=\"http://coolmompicks.com/\">Cool Mom Picks</a> and a freelance writer for various websites (contact me for clips). I\'ve worked as a contributing editor for <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/blog/miguelina\" target=\"_blank\">BlogHer Style</a>. You can also find my past work on fashion at <a href=\"http://www.stylelist.com/all-posts/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">StyleList</a>, everything I know about weddings at AOL\'s <a href=\"http://www.aisledash.com/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">Aisledash</a> and read about my favorite places in Boston over at <a href=\"http://girlsguidetocitylife.com/boston/\" target=\"_blank\">Girl\'s Guide to City Life</a>.\n\nWhat else? I\'m fluent in both English and Spanish, and know enough French to find the library.\n\nI\'ve lived in the Dominican Republic, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/10/morocco-so-far-from-suburbia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spain</a> and pretty much worked my way up the east coast of the United States. I now live in Boston with my husband and our three sons. <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/01/dirty-water.html\" target=\"_blank\">We like it here</a>.\n\n</div>\nI\'d love to hear from you! Please  email me at <strong>editor AT everydaytreats DOT com</strong>.\n\nThink you might like to work with me? <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out my work experience and portfolio!</a>\n\n<strong>WHAT IS EVERYDAY TREATS?</strong>\n\nEveryday Treats is a blog about the art of living well every day.\n\nMy favorite topics are <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/style/\" target=\"_self\">Style</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/beauty/\" target=\"_self\">Beauty</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/house/\" target=\"_self\">Nesting</a> and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/life/\" target=\"_self\">Life</a>.\n\nSubscribing is the easiest way to keep up with our daily treats. You can subscribe to this blog <a href=\"http://everydaytreats.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=288d9a6118aa6bc0dba90b5fb&amp;id=ca73d5a095\">by email</a> or with <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">your favorite feed reader</a>. Or, you can simply<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Everyday-Treats/113230932085172\"> like us on Facebook</a>.\n\n<strong>PR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: </strong><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!</a>\n\n<strong>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</strong>\n\nI reserve the rights to all my words and pictures, and you may not use them without my permission and proper attribution.\n\n&nbsp;','About This Site','','inherit','open','open','','232-autosave','','','2012-10-07 20:32:42','2012-10-08 00:32:42','',232,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/232-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(4212,1,'2012-10-07 20:28:45','2012-10-08 00:28:45','','viewer-1','','inherit','open','open','','viewer-1-5','','','2012-10-07 20:28:45','2012-10-08 00:28:45','',232,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/viewer-1.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4213,1,'2012-10-07 01:29:10','2012-10-07 05:29:10','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>ABOUT THE WRITER</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_3344-e1349587505653.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4207 alignleft\" title=\"IMG_3344\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_3344-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" /></a>My name is Roxanna. I believe that beauty is in the details and that every day is a gift.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nI publish <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Everyday Treats</a>, a blog about living well every day, and <a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frog &amp; Snail</a>, a lifestyle blog for parents of boys.\r\n\r\nI\'ve been blogging and writing for online publications since 2005. (That probably makes me sound ancient in Internet years.) I\'m currently a contributing writer for <a href=\"http://coolmompicks.com/\">Cool Mom Picks</a> and a freelance writer for various websites (contact me for clips). I\'ve worked as a contributing editor for <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/blog/miguelina\" target=\"_blank\">BlogHer Style</a>. You can also find my past work on fashion at <a href=\"http://www.stylelist.com/all-posts/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">StyleList</a>, everything I know about weddings at AOL\'s <a href=\"http://www.aisledash.com/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">Aisledash</a> and read about my favorite places in Boston over at <a href=\"http://girlsguidetocitylife.com/boston/\" target=\"_blank\">Girl\'s Guide to City Life</a>.\r\n\r\nWhat else? I\'m fluent in both English and Spanish, and know enough French to find the library.\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in the Dominican Republic, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/10/morocco-so-far-from-suburbia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spain</a> and pretty much worked my way up the east coast of the United States. I now live in Boston with my husband and our three sons. <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/01/dirty-water.html\" target=\"_blank\">We like it here</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\nI\'d love to hear from you! Please  email me at <strong>editor AT everydaytreats DOT com</strong>.\r\n\r\nThink you might like to work with me? <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out my work experience and portfolio!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHAT IS EVERYDAY TREATS?</strong>\r\n\r\nEveryday Treats is a blog about the art of living well every day.\r\n\r\nMy favorite topics are <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/style/\" target=\"_self\">Style</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/beauty/\" target=\"_self\">Beauty</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/house/\" target=\"_self\">Nesting</a> and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/life/\" target=\"_self\">Life</a>.\r\n\r\nSubscribing is the easiest way to keep up with our daily treats. You can subscribe to this blog <a href=\"http://everydaytreats.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=288d9a6118aa6bc0dba90b5fb&amp;id=ca73d5a095\">by email</a> or with <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">your favorite feed reader</a>. Or, you can simply<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Everyday-Treats/113230932085172\"> like us on Facebook</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>PR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: </strong><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</strong>\r\n\r\nI reserve the rights to all my words and pictures, and you may not use them without my permission and proper attribution.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','About This Site','','inherit','open','open','','232-revision-27','','','2012-10-07 01:29:10','2012-10-07 05:29:10','',232,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/10/232-revision-27.html',0,'revision','',0),(4209,1,'2012-10-07 01:23:50','2012-10-07 05:23:50','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>ABOUT THE WRITER</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_3344.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4207\" title=\"IMG_3344\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_3344-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" /></a>My name is Roxanna. I believe that beauty is in the details and that every day is a gift.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nI publish <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Everyday Treats</a>, a blog about living well every day, and <a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frog &amp; Snail</a>, a lifestyle blog for parents of boys.\r\n\r\nI\'ve been blogging and writing for online publications since 2005. (That probably makes me sound ancient in Internet years.) I\'m currently a contributing writer for <a href=\"http://coolmompicks.com/\">Cool Mom Picks</a> and a freelance writer for various websites (contact me for clips). I\'ve worked as a contributing editor for <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/blog/miguelina\" target=\"_blank\">BlogHer Style</a>. You can also find my past work on fashion at <a href=\"http://www.stylelist.com/all-posts/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">StyleList</a>, everything I know about weddings at AOL\'s <a href=\"http://www.aisledash.com/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">Aisledash</a> and read about my favorite places in Boston over at <a href=\"http://girlsguidetocitylife.com/boston/\" target=\"_blank\">Girl\'s Guide to City Life</a>.\r\n\r\nWhat else? I\'m fluent in both English and Spanish, and know enough French to find the library.\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in the Dominican Republic, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/10/morocco-so-far-from-suburbia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spain</a> and pretty much worked my way up the east coast of the United States. I now live in Boston with my husband and our three sons. <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/01/dirty-water.html\" target=\"_blank\">We like it here</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\nI\'d love to hear from you! Please  email me at <strong>editor AT everydaytreats DOT com</strong>.\r\n\r\nThink you might like to work with me? <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out my work experience and portfolio!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHAT IS EVERYDAY TREATS?</strong>\r\n\r\nEveryday Treats is a blog about the art of living well every day.\r\n\r\nMy favorite topics are <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/style/\" target=\"_self\">Style</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/beauty/\" target=\"_self\">Beauty</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/house/\" target=\"_self\">Nesting</a> and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/life/\" target=\"_self\">Life</a>.\r\n\r\nSubscribing is the easiest way to keep up with our daily treats. You can subscribe to this blog <a href=\"http://everydaytreats.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=288d9a6118aa6bc0dba90b5fb&amp;id=ca73d5a095\">by email</a> or with <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">your favorite feed reader</a>. Or, you can simply<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Everyday-Treats/113230932085172\"> like us on Facebook</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>PR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: </strong><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</strong>\r\n\r\nI reserve the rights to all my words and pictures, and you may not use them without my permission and proper attribution.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','About This Site','','inherit','open','open','','232-revision-24','','','2012-10-07 01:23:50','2012-10-07 05:23:50','',232,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/10/232-revision-24.html',0,'revision','',0),(1318,1,'2011-03-13 23:42:51','2011-03-14 03:42:51','<strong>WHAT IS EVERYDAY TREATS?</strong>\r\n\r\nEveryday Treats is a blog about living well every day.\r\n\r\nMy favorite topics are <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/style/\" target=\"_self\">Style</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/beauty/\" target=\"_self\">Beauty</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/house/\" target=\"_self\">Nesting</a> and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/life/\" target=\"_self\">Life</a>.\r\n\r\nSubscribing is the easiest way to keep up with our daily treats. You can subscribe to this blog <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">by email</a> or with <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">your favorite feed reader</a>. Or, you can simply<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Everyday-Treats/113230932085172\"> like us on Facebook</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>ABOUT THE WRITER</strong>\r\n\r\nMy name is Roxanna. I believe that beauty is in the details and that every day is a gift.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nI publish <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Everyday Treats</a>, a blog about living well every day, and <a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frog &amp; Snail</a>, a lifestyle blog for parents of boys.\r\n\r\nI\'ve been blogging and writing for online publications since 2005. (That probably makes me sound ancient in Internet years.) I\'m currently a contributing editor for <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/blog/miguelina\" target=\"_blank\">BlogHer Style</a> and a freelance writer for iVillage. You can also find my past work on fashion at <a href=\"http://www.stylelist.com/all-posts/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">StyleList</a>, everything I know about weddings at AOL\'s <a href=\"http://www.aisledash.com/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">Aisledash</a> and read about my favorite places in Boston over at <a href=\"http://girlsguidetocitylife.com/boston/\" target=\"_blank\">Girl\'s Guide to City Life</a>.\r\n\r\nWhat else? I\'m fluent in both English and Spanish, and know enough French to find the library.\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in the Dominican Republic, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/10/morocco-so-far-from-suburbia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spain</a> and pretty much worked my way up the east coast of the United States. I now live in Boston with my husband and our three sons. <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/01/dirty-water.html\" target=\"_blank\">We like it here</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\nI\'d love to hear from you! Please <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/contact-3\">use this form</a> or mail me at <strong>editor AT everydaytreats DOT com</strong>. Please note that I don\'t respond to mass emails.\r\n\r\nThink you might like to work with me? <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out my work experience and portfolio!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>PR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: </strong><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</strong>\r\n\r\nI reserve the rights to all my words and pictures, and you may not  use them without my permission and proper attribution.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013489657c15970c image-full\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"DSCN5570\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/8d05cf67010537b0296e344d33344cd8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN5570\" />','About This Site','','inherit','open','open','','232-revision-16','','','2011-03-13 23:42:51','2011-03-14 03:42:51','',232,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/232-revision-16.html',0,'revision','',0),(830,1,'2011-02-21 14:58:25','2011-02-21 19:58:25','<strong>WHAT IS EVERYDAY TREATS?</strong>\r\n\r\nEveryday Treats is a blog about living well every day. I believe that beauty is in the details and that every day is a gift.\r\n\r\nI post every day with a focus on <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/style/\" target=\"_self\">Style</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/beauty/\" target=\"_self\">Beauty</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/house/\" target=\"_self\">Nesting</a> and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/life/\" target=\"_self\">Life</a>.\r\n\r\nSubscribing is the easiest way to keep up with our daily treats. You can subscribe to this blog <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">by email</a> or with <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">your favorite feed reader</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>ABOUT THE WRITER</strong>\r\n\r\nMy name is Roxanna. You can read all about me on <a href=\"http://about.me/roxanna\" target=\"_self\">my about.me</a> page.\r\n\r\nI\'d love to hear from you! Email me at <strong>editor AT everydaytreats DOT com</strong>. Please note that I rarely respond to mass emails.\r\n\r\nThink you might like to work with me? <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out my work experience and portfolio!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>PR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: </strong><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</strong>\r\n\r\nI reserve the rights to all my words and pictures, and you may not  use them without my permission and proper attribution.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013489657c15970c image-full\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"DSCN5570\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/8d05cf67010537b0296e344d33344cd8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN5570\" />','About This Site','','inherit','open','open','','232-revision-4','','','2011-02-21 14:58:25','2011-02-21 19:58:25','',232,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/232-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(1168,1,'2011-04-01 01:34:47','2011-04-01 05:34:47','I\'ve taken a bit of an unscheduled vacation this week -- a little warning would have been nice I suppose. Sorry about that guys! It\'s been a little busy around here, my mom is visiting and I am right now in Seattle on a blogging-related trip (you will get more details soon, promise!) so I figured I might as well just declare the past week vacation. So, I was on vacation!\n\nLovely, right?\n\nAs with any good vacation I\'ve had some time to think about this space and what I want to do with it. My goal is to explore how to live well every day -- its what inspires me in my own life and the topic I love to talk about the most. As I thought about this I realized that it only makes sense to include you (yes, YOU) in the process -- after all, if you weren\'t important to me I\'d just keep my writing private and be done with it. But I publish it because I love hearing from you. So I\'m asking you more formally, would you help me become a better blogger?\n\nI\'ve created a short survey on SurveyMonkey to make it easy for you to tell me what to do. What do you want from Everyday Treats? The survey is short and anonymous, so you can tell it to me like it is.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLGHRGT\">Click here to take survey</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLGHRGT\"></a>\nAs a small token of gratitude I\'ll give away a basket of some of my favorite beauty products -- face masques, hair goodies, mascara and other things from companies I\'ve befriended thanks to this blog to one lucky reader. If you want to enter just leave an email address at the end of the survey. PLEASE NOTE that this is entirely optional, you do not have to give me your address if you want to remain truly anonymous. I really just want to know what you honestly think.','Help me become a better blogger','','inherit','open','open','','1163-revision-4','','','2011-04-01 01:34:47','2011-04-01 05:34:47','',1163,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/04/1163-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(1167,1,'2011-04-01 01:16:42','2011-04-01 05:16:42','<!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; min-height: 14.0px} -->Hello!\r\n\r\nI\'ve taken a bit of an unscheduled vacation this week -- a little warning would have been nice I suppose. Sorry about that guys! It\'s been a little busy around here, my mom is visiting and I am right now in Seattle on a blogging-related trip (you will get more details soon, promise!) so I figured I might as well just declare the past week vacation. So, I was on vacation!\r\n\r\nLovely, right?\r\n\r\nAs with any good vacation I\'ve had some time to think about this space and what I want to do with it. My goal is to explore how to live well every day -- its what inspires me in my own life and the topic I love to talk about the most. As I thought about this I realized that it only makes sense to include you (yes, YOU) in the process -- after all, if you weren\'t important to me I\'d just keep my writing private and be done with it. But I publish it because I love hearing from you. So I\'m asking you more formally, would you help me become a better blogger?\r\n\r\nI\'ve created a short survey on SurveyMonkey to make it easy for you to tell me what to do. What do you want from Everyday Treats? This is your chance to tell me what to do and you don\'t even have to tell me your name -- the survey is short and anonymous, so you can tell it to me like it is.\r\n\r\nGo on!\r\n\r\nAs a small token of gratitude I\'ll give away a basket of some of my favorite beauty products -- face masques, hair goodies, mascara and other things from companies I\'ve befriended thanks to this blog to one lucky reader. If you want to enter just leave an email address at the end of the survey. PLEASE NOTE that this is entirely optional, you do not have to give me your address if you want to remain truly anonymous. I really just want to know what you honestly think.','Help me become a better blogger','','inherit','open','open','','1163-revision-3','','','2011-04-01 01:16:42','2011-04-01 05:16:42','',1163,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/04/1163-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(1183,1,'2011-04-06 11:31:02','2011-04-06 15:31:02','','Benjifour','','inherit','open','open','','benjifour','','','2011-04-06 11:31:02','2011-04-06 15:31:02','',1182,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Benjifour.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1184,1,'2011-04-06 11:31:46','2011-04-06 15:31:46','','To Benji, who recently turned four, but dd','','inherit','open','open','','1182-revision','','','2011-04-06 11:31:46','2011-04-06 15:31:46','',1182,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/04/1182-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(849,1,'2011-02-24 07:46:51','2011-02-24 12:46:51','<em><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">image via AMC</span></em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly don\'t get women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a> just because they\'re ... women? I just don\'t get it. In fact, I think talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is absolutely ridiculous. Every woman out there is your competitor? Every single one of us? Are you sure?\r\n\r\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s illustrated with the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel about that show.\r\n\r\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a taste for you:\r\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\r\n\r\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\r\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\r\n\r\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous lady friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','publish','open','open','','befriend-the-other-woman','','\nhttp://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html','2011-02-23 23:13:26','2011-02-24 04:13:26','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=849',0,'post','',3),(844,1,'2011-02-23 18:00:52','2011-02-23 23:00:52','<strong>WHAT IS EVERYDAY TREATS?</strong>\r\n\r\nEveryday Treats is a blog about living well every day.\r\n\r\nI focus on <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/style/\" target=\"_self\">Style</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/beauty/\" target=\"_self\">Beauty</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/house/\" target=\"_self\">Nesting</a> and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/life/\" target=\"_self\">Life</a>.\r\n\r\nSubscribing is the easiest way to keep up with our daily treats. You can subscribe to this blog <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">by email</a> or with <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">your favorite feed reader</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>ABOUT THE WRITER</strong>\r\n\r\nMy name is Roxanna. I believe that beauty is in the details and that every day is a gift.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nI publish <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Everyday Treats</a>, a blog about living well every day, and <a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frog &amp; Snail</a>, a lifestyle blog for parents of boys.\r\n\r\nI\'ve been blogging and writing for online publications since 2005. (That probably makes me sound ancient in Internet years.) I\'m currently a contributing editor for <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/blog/miguelina\" target=\"_blank\">BlogHer Style</a> and a freelance writer for iVillage. You can also find my past work on fashion at <a href=\"http://www.stylelist.com/all-posts/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">StyleList</a>, everything I know about weddings at AOL\'s <a href=\"http://www.aisledash.com/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">Aisledash</a> and read about my favorite places in Boston over at <a href=\"http://girlsguidetocitylife.com/boston/\" target=\"_blank\">Girl\'s Guide to City Life</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/landing.aspx?prog=mba\">I have an MBA</a> and have worked in brand and product management at some of <a href=\"http://www.chapstick.com/\">the</a> largest <a href=\"http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/HomePage.cvsp\" target=\"_blank\">health</a>and <a href=\"http://www.loreal.com/dispatch.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">beauty</a> companies in the world. I\'m fluent in both English and Spanish, and know enough French to find the library.\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in the Dominican Republic, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/10/morocco-so-far-from-suburbia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spain</a> and pretty much worked my way up the east coast of the United States. I now live in Boston with my husband and our three sons. <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/01/dirty-water.html\" target=\"_blank\">We like it here</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\nI\'d love to hear from you! Please <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/contact-3\">use this form</a> or mail me at <strong>editor AT everydaytreats DOT com</strong>. Please note that I don\'t respond to mass emails.\r\n\r\nThink you might like to work with me? <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out my work experience and portfolio!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>PR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: </strong><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</strong>\r\n\r\nI reserve the rights to all my words and pictures, and you may not  use them without my permission and proper attribution.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013489657c15970c image-full\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"DSCN5570\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/8d05cf67010537b0296e344d33344cd8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN5570\" />','About This Site','','inherit','open','open','','232-revision-6','','','2011-02-23 18:00:52','2011-02-23 23:00:52','',232,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/232-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(845,1,'2011-02-10 21:26:32','2011-02-10 21:26:32','If you represent a product that you think would be a good fit for me\r\nand my readers, go ahead and pitch me. I\'ll contact you if I\'m\r\ninterested. Please note that by agreeing to try out your product I\'m not\r\nguaranteeing coverage - you are sending me the product as a sample for\r\nconsideration.\r\n\r\nIf your client wants guaranteed coverage and/or to control the\r\nmessage, you are free to purchase display advertising on the sidebar or,\r\nbetter yet, you can hire me as a copywriter. Samples of my work are\r\navailable upon request (and in the health and beauty section of your\r\nnearest pharmacy).\r\n\r\n<strong>WHAT I DON\'T DO</strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nAs tempting as it is, I won\'t\r\nwrite for your site for free (or for exposure, or for fun). I will not\r\nreprint your press release or use a pre-written review.\r\n\r\n(Seriously, people.)\r\n\r\nI already volunteer to causes that are important to me. I simply\r\ncan\'t donate my time and expertise to your paying clients, even if you\r\nask nicely.','A Note to PR Professionals','','inherit','open','open','','669-revision-3','','','2011-02-10 21:26:32','2011-02-10 21:26:32','',669,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/669-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(846,1,'2012-03-06 15:12:29','2012-03-06 20:12:29','I love to work on integrated campaigns with brands that fit in with the Everyday Treats message: The Art of Living Well Every Day. Do you represent a brand that helps women enjoy their lives, or that makes the every day special? I\'d love to chat with you.\n\n<em>About reviews</em>: If you have an amazing product you\'d like me to try, I\'m happy to consider it. But please note that I rarely do product reviews and that <strong>by agreeing to try out your product I\'m not guaranteeing coverage - you are sending me the product as a sample for consideration</strong>.\n\nIf you are interested in having me work with your brand in any other capacity please contact Danielle Wiley at <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/\">Sway Group</a>.\n\n&nbsp;','A Note to PR Professionals','','inherit','open','open','','669-autosave','','','2012-03-06 15:12:29','2012-03-06 20:12:29','',669,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/669-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(3212,1,'2012-03-06 15:08:34','2012-03-06 20:08:34','I love to work on integrated campaigns with brands that fit in with the Everyday Treats message: The Art of Living Well Every Day. Do you represent a brand that helps women enjoy their lives, or that makes the every day special? I\'d love to chat with you.\r\n\r\n<em>About reviews</em>: If you have an amazing product you\'d like me to try, I\'m happy to consider it. But please note that I rarely do product reviews and that by agreeing to try out your product <strong>I\'m not guaranteeing coverage - you are sending me the product as a sample for consideration</strong>.\r\n\r\n<strong>WHAT I DON\'T DO</strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nAs tempting as it is, I won\'t write for your site for free (or for exposure, or for fun). I will not post your press release or use a pre-written review. Or worse, write a \"review\" based on a picture.\r\n\r\n(Seriously, people.)','A Note to PR Professionals','','inherit','open','open','','669-revision-6','','','2012-03-06 15:08:34','2012-03-06 20:08:34','',669,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2012/03/669-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(1317,1,'2011-02-23 18:03:52','2011-02-23 23:03:52','If you represent a product that you think would be a good fit for me\r\nand my readers, go ahead and pitch me. I\'ll contact you if I\'m\r\ninterested. Please note that by agreeing to try out your product I\'m not\r\nguaranteeing coverage - you are sending me the product as a sample for\r\nconsideration.\r\n\r\nIf your client wants guaranteed coverage and/or to control the\r\nmessage, you are free to purchase display advertising on the sidebar or,\r\nbetter yet, you can hire me as a copywriter. Samples of my work are\r\navailable upon request (and in the health and beauty section of your\r\nnearest pharmacy).\r\n\r\n<strong>WHAT I DON\'T DO</strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nAs tempting as it is, I won\'t\r\nwrite for your site for free (or for exposure, or for fun). I will not\r\nreprint your press release or use a pre-written review.\r\n\r\n(Seriously, people.)\r\n\r\nI already volunteer to causes that are important to me. I simply\r\ncan\'t donate my time and expertise to your paying clients, even if you\r\nask nicely.','A Note to PR Professionals','','inherit','open','open','','669-revision-4','','','2011-02-23 18:03:52','2011-02-23 23:03:52','',669,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/669-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(1186,1,'2011-04-06 11:32:44','2011-04-06 15:32:44','','To Benji, who recently turned four, but \"doesn\'t want to\"','','inherit','open','open','','1182-revision-3','','','2011-04-06 11:32:44','2011-04-06 15:32:44','',1182,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/04/1182-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(848,1,'2011-02-23 18:02:41','2011-02-23 23:02:41','<strong>WHAT IS EVERYDAY TREATS?</strong>\r\n\r\nEveryday Treats is a blog about living well every day.\r\n\r\nOur focus is on <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/style/\" target=\"_self\">Style</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/beauty/\" target=\"_self\">Beauty</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/house/\" target=\"_self\">Nesting</a> and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/life/\" target=\"_self\">Life</a>.\r\n\r\nSubscribing is the easiest way to keep up with our daily treats. You can subscribe to this blog <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">by email</a> or with <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">your favorite feed reader</a>. Or, you can simply<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Everyday-Treats/113230932085172\"> like us on Facebook</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>ABOUT THE WRITER</strong>\r\n\r\nMy name is Roxanna. I believe that beauty is in the details and that every day is a gift.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nI publish <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Everyday Treats</a>, a blog about living well every day, and <a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frog &amp; Snail</a>, a lifestyle blog for parents of boys.\r\n\r\nI\'ve been blogging and writing for online publications since 2005. (That probably makes me sound ancient in Internet years.) I\'m currently a contributing editor for <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/blog/miguelina\" target=\"_blank\">BlogHer Style</a> and a freelance writer for iVillage. You can also find my past work on fashion at <a href=\"http://www.stylelist.com/all-posts/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">StyleList</a>, everything I know about weddings at AOL\'s <a href=\"http://www.aisledash.com/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">Aisledash</a> and read about my favorite places in Boston over at <a href=\"http://girlsguidetocitylife.com/boston/\" target=\"_blank\">Girl\'s Guide to City Life</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/landing.aspx?prog=mba\">I have an MBA</a> and have worked in brand and product management at some of <a href=\"http://www.chapstick.com/\">the</a> largest <a href=\"http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/HomePage.cvsp\" target=\"_blank\">health</a>and <a href=\"http://www.loreal.com/dispatch.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">beauty</a> companies in the world. I\'m fluent in both English and Spanish, and know enough French to find the library.\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in the Dominican Republic, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/10/morocco-so-far-from-suburbia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spain</a> and pretty much worked my way up the east coast of the United States. I now live in Boston with my husband and our three sons. <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/01/dirty-water.html\" target=\"_blank\">We like it here</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\nI\'d love to hear from you! Please <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/contact-3\">use this form</a> or mail me at <strong>editor AT everydaytreats DOT com</strong>. Please note that I don\'t respond to mass emails.\r\n\r\nThink you might like to work with me? <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out my work experience and portfolio!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>PR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: </strong><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</strong>\r\n\r\nI reserve the rights to all my words and pictures, and you may not  use them without my permission and proper attribution.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013489657c15970c image-full\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"DSCN5570\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/8d05cf67010537b0296e344d33344cd8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN5570\" />','About This Site','','inherit','open','open','','232-revision-7','','','2011-02-23 18:02:41','2011-02-23 23:02:41','',232,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/232-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(850,1,'2011-02-23 22:44:46','2011-02-24 03:44:46','I hate it when\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\n\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision','','','2011-02-23 22:44:46','2011-02-24 03:44:46','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(851,1,'2011-02-23 22:46:50','2011-02-24 03:46:50','I hate it when\r\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\r\n\r\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision-2','','','2011-02-23 22:46:50','2011-02-24 03:46:50','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(852,1,'2011-02-23 23:02:01','2011-02-24 04:02:01','','Peggy Olsen, Joan Holloway, and Betty Draper characters on Mad Men','','inherit','open','open','','peggy-olsen-joan-holloway-and-betty-draper-characters-on-mad-men','','','2011-02-23 23:02:01','2011-02-24 04:02:01','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Peggy-Olsen-Joan-Holloway-and-Betty-Draper-characters-on-Mad-Men.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(853,1,'2011-02-23 23:03:53','2011-02-24 04:03:53','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly feel sorry for women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a>. Talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is just absolutely ridiculous in my opinion.\n\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s set in the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel ab\n\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\n\nHere\'s a taste for you:\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\n\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\n\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision-3','','','2011-02-23 23:03:53','2011-02-24 04:03:53','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision-3.html',0,'revision','',0),(854,1,'2011-03-03 16:11:07','2011-03-03 21:11:07','<em><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">image via AMC</span></em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly don\'t get women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a> just because they\'re ... women? I just don\'t get it. In fact, I think talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is absolutely ridiculous. Every woman out there is your competitor? Every single one of us? Are you sure?\n\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s illustrated with the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel about that show.\n\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\n\nHere\'s a taste for you:\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\n\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\n\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous lady friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-autosave','','','2011-03-03 16:11:07','2011-03-03 21:11:07','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(855,1,'2011-02-23 23:04:08','2011-02-24 04:04:08','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly feel sorry for women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a>. Talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is just absolutely ridiculous in my opinion.\r\n\r\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s set in the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel about that show.\r\n\r\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a taste for you:\r\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\r\n\r\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\r\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\r\n\r\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision-4','','','2011-02-23 23:04:08','2011-02-24 04:04:08','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(856,1,'2011-02-23 23:05:33','2011-02-24 04:05:33','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly feel sorry for women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a>. Talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is just absolutely ridiculous in my opinion. You can\'t get along with other people like you? What are you, five?\r\n\r\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s set in the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel about that show.\r\n\r\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a taste for you:\r\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\r\n\r\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\r\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\r\n\r\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision-5','','','2011-02-23 23:05:33','2011-02-24 04:05:33','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(857,1,'2011-02-23 23:06:48','2011-02-24 04:06:48','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly feel sorry for women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a>. Talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is just absolutely ridiculous in my opinion. You can\'t get along with other people like you? What are you, five?\r\n\r\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s set in the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel about that show.\r\n\r\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a taste for you:\r\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\r\n\r\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\r\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\r\n\r\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision-6','','','2011-02-23 23:06:48','2011-02-24 04:06:48','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(858,1,'2011-02-23 23:09:09','2011-02-24 04:09:09','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly don\'t get women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a> just because they\'re ... women? I just don\'t get it. In fact, I think talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is absolutely ridiculous. What are you, five?\r\n\r\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s set in the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel about that show.\r\n\r\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a taste for you:\r\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\r\n\r\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\r\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\r\n\r\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision-7','','','2011-02-23 23:09:09','2011-02-24 04:09:09','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(859,1,'2011-02-23 23:10:07','2011-02-24 04:10:07','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly don\'t get women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a> just because they\'re ... women? I just don\'t get it. In fact, I think talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is absolutely ridiculous. Every woman out there is your competitor? For what, exactly?\r\n\r\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s illustrated with the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel about that show.\r\n\r\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a taste for you:\r\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\r\n\r\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\r\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\r\n\r\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision-8','','','2011-02-23 23:10:07','2011-02-24 04:10:07','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision-8.html',0,'revision','',0),(860,1,'2011-02-23 23:10:51','2011-02-24 04:10:51','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly don\'t get women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a> just because they\'re ... women? I just don\'t get it. In fact, I think talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is absolutely ridiculous. Every woman out there is your competitor? Every single one of us?\r\n\r\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s illustrated with the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel about that show.\r\n\r\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a taste for you:\r\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\r\n\r\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\r\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\r\n\r\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision-9','','','2011-02-23 23:10:51','2011-02-24 04:10:51','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision-9.html',0,'revision','',0),(861,1,'2011-02-23 23:11:00','2011-02-24 04:11:00','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly don\'t get women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a> just because they\'re ... women? I just don\'t get it. In fact, I think talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is absolutely ridiculous. Every woman out there is your competitor? Every single one of us? Are you sure?\r\n\r\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s illustrated with the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel about that show.\r\n\r\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a taste for you:\r\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\r\n\r\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\r\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\r\n\r\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision-10','','','2011-02-23 23:11:00','2011-02-24 04:11:00','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision-10.html',0,'revision','',0),(862,1,'2011-02-23 23:11:56','2011-02-24 04:11:56','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/03/how-to-enjoy-women.html\">I truly don\'t get women that claim that they can\'t get along with other women</a> just because they\'re ... women? I just don\'t get it. In fact, I think talk about women not being capable of getting along with each other is absolutely ridiculous. Every woman out there is your competitor? Every single one of us? Are you sure?\r\n\r\nSo when I read this BRILLIANT manifesto I cheered audibly. It doesn\'t hurt that it\'s illustrated with the world of Mad Men. You guys know how I feel about that show.\r\n\r\nLadies, please read the entire post on <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">ThisRecording.com</a> and pass it on.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a taste for you:\r\n<blockquote>Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys\' club. This works for any world you\'re in or want to be in. Pretty much everything in the world is still a boys\' club.\r\n\r\n<strong>Befriend The Other Woman:</strong> Always. Seriously. Even if she sucks (expansion on \"if she sucks\" follows below). Otherwise you will be \"jokingly\" put into competition with her constantly, and you will be encouraged and generally provoked by some dudes to do this for their entertainment to take focus off the fact that they are in homosocial competition with each other. Befriend her and press your boobs against the glass ceiling together (copyright <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/KristenSchaaled\">Kristen Schaal</a>). She is not the enemy. She is never your enemy. The enemy is always any guys who are creating situations that limit the number of females allowed. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down.</blockquote>\r\nYes! Sing it, sister! Now <a href=\"http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/2/22/in-which-we-teach-you-how-to-be-a-woman-in-any-boys-club.html\">go and read the rest</a>!\r\n\r\nVia <a href=\"http://www.helenjane.com/\">HelenJane</a>, a fabulous lady friend I met at a <a href=\"http://www.mightysummit.com/\">girl\'s weekend</a>. Thank you, girl!','\"Befriend The Other Woman\"','','inherit','open','open','','849-revision-11','','','2011-02-23 23:11:56','2011-02-24 04:11:56','',849,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/849-revision-11.html',0,'revision','',0),(863,1,'2011-02-25 13:22:30','2011-02-25 18:22:30','<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Image via iVillage</em></span>\r\n\r\nIs winter terrorizing your skin? I went out and tested all those lotions in the drugstore aisles (um, there\'s A LOT out there) and found the best of the best. It was a messy job, but I did it for you because I like you and I don\'t want your skin to get all lizardly on you.\r\n\r\nWhich are the best inexpensive lotions? Do you agree with my verdict? <a href=\"http://www.ivillage.com/test-drive-best-body-lotions/5-b-325785#single-view\">Read the story on iVillage</a> and let me know if I missed your favorite. I\'m always looking for good skincare -- and if it\'s cheap? 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Do you agree with my verdict? <a href=\"http://www.ivillage.com/test-drive-best-body-lotions/5-b-325785#single-view\">Read the story on iVillage</a> and let me know if I missed your favorite. I\'m always looking for','The Best Drugstore Body Lotions','','inherit','open','open','','863-revision','','','2011-02-25 13:22:15','2011-02-25 18:22:15','',863,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/863-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(866,1,'2011-02-25 13:22:30','2011-02-25 18:22:30','<span style=\"color: #888888;\">Image iVillage</span>\r\n\r\nIs winter terrorizing your skin? I went out and tested all those lotions in drugstore aisle and found the best of the best. It was a messy job, but I did it for you because I like you.\r\n\r\nWho\'s the best in mass? Do you agree with my verdict? <a href=\"http://www.ivillage.com/test-drive-best-body-lotions/5-b-325785#single-view\">Read the story on iVillage</a> and let me know if I missed your favorite. I\'m always looking for good skincare -- and if it\'s cheap? Heaven!','The Best Drugstore Body Lotions','','inherit','open','open','','863-revision-2','','','2011-02-25 13:22:30','2011-02-25 18:22:30','',863,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/863-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(867,1,'2011-02-25 13:22:54','2011-02-25 18:22:54','<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Image via iVillage</em></span>\r\n\r\nIs winter terrorizing your skin? I went out and tested all those lotions in drugstore aisle and found the best of the best. It was a messy job, but I did it for you because I like you.\r\n\r\nWho\'s the best in mass? Do you agree with my verdict? <a href=\"http://www.ivillage.com/test-drive-best-body-lotions/5-b-325785#single-view\">Read the story on iVillage</a> and let me know if I missed your favorite. I\'m always looking for good skincare -- and if it\'s cheap? 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Heaven!','The Best Drugstore Body Lotions','','inherit','open','open','','863-revision-4','','','2011-02-25 13:23:36','2011-02-25 18:23:36','',863,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/863-revision-4.html',0,'revision','',0),(869,1,'2011-02-25 13:23:49','2011-02-25 18:23:49','<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Image via iVillage</em></span>\r\n\r\nIs winter terrorizing your skin? I went out and tested all those lotions in the drugstore aisles (um, there\'s A LOT out there) and found the best of the best. It was a messy job, but I did it for you because I like you and I don\'t want your skin to get all lizardly.\r\n\r\nWho\'s the best in mass? Do you agree with my verdict? <a href=\"http://www.ivillage.com/test-drive-best-body-lotions/5-b-325785#single-view\">Read the story on iVillage</a> and let me know if I missed your favorite. I\'m always looking for good skincare -- and if it\'s cheap? 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It was October 28, 2004.  I know it was around lunchtime because I was buying a salad when I heard The Standells for the first time:\n\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I\'m gonna tell you a story</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I\'m gonna tell you about my town</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I\'m gonna tell you a big bad story, baby</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Aww, it\'s all about my town</span></span>\n\nIt was, of course, the day after the Sox had won the World Series. I’m not a baseball fan (actually, I’m not a fan of any sport) but my husband and I couldn’t help but watch the game on the tiny TV in our guest room and cheer on the local team.  I may have shed a tear when the game ended and the neighbors on our sleepy Newton street went outside to celebrate, but at the time I thought it was the pregnancy hormones taking over.\n\nWe went outside too, and I took a blurry picture of the blood-red lunar eclipse.<a href=\"http://bp3.blogger.com/_MnhQ6V0IJN8/RspRIiAZbzI/AAAAAAAAAAM/FDucbOGwnQU/s1600-h/DSCN0797.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100978734959783730\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39bd1970c \" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39bd1970c-pi.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\n\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Yeah, down by the river</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Down by the banks of the river Charles </span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Aw, that\'s what\'s happenin\' baby)</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">That\'s where you\'ll find me</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Along with lovers, fuggers, and thieves </span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Aw, but they\'re cool people)</span></span>\n\nMy newfound affection had very little to do with curses being broken.  By then we had been living here a little over two years, but we had spent a lot of that time discussing where in the world we would end up living - <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">for real</span>.  Vienna?  Miami?  London?  Rio?  What city would allow us to live the life we wanted?\n\nTurns out we were already there.\n\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Well I love that dirty water</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Oh, Boston, you\'re my home </span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Oh, you\'re the Number One place)</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Frustrated women </span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(I mean they\'re frustrated)</span></span>\n\nAt first, I thought this town was boring and was frustrated because it wasn’t welcoming.  There\'s no street grid, so it takes years to learn your way around.  Driving a Honda Civic in 10 inches of snow is not fun.  I was a frustrated woman, indeed.\n\nUntil I got AWD and navigation, that is.\n\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Have to be in by twelve o\'clock </span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Oh, that\'s a shame)</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">But I\'m wishin\' and a-hopin, oh</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">That just once those doors weren\'t locked</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(I like to save time for my baby to walk around)</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Well I love that dirty water</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Oh, Boston, you\'re my home (oh, yeah)</span></span>\n\nWe had many hungry nights when we first moved here.  I was used to eating dinner after 9 pm, and I never, ever went to a restaurant before 10 pm.  Have you been in Boston after 10:30?  Ghost town!\n\nEventually, we adjusted our dining schedule.  Now I eat at 6 pm (sometimes 7!) like a real New Englander.\n\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Because I love that dirty water</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Oh, oh, Boston</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">You\'re my home (oh, yeah)</span></span>\n\nBut you know, this town has a way of growing on you.  We love going for walks on the Charles River Esplanade (always keeping an eye out for thieves).  I love cannolli, and therefore the North End.  I’ve been on a duck tour, and it was corny and all sorts of awesome.\n\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Well, I love that dirty water</span></span>\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(I love it, baby)</span></span>\n\nCanoeing to the playground in Auburndale park.  The Barking Crab.  Fenway Park.  Nantucket.  Tanglewood.  MassMoCa.\n\n<span style=\"color: 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It was October 28, 2004.&#0160; I know it was around lunchtime because I was buying a salad when I heard The Standells for the first time:\n\n</p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I&#39;m gonna tell you a story</span></span><br />\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I&#39;m gonna tell you about my town</span></span><br />\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I&#39;m gonna tell you a big bad story, baby</span></span><br />\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Aww, it&#39;s all about my town</span></span></p>\n\n<p>It was, of course, the day after the Sox had won the World Series. I’m not a baseball fan (actually, I’m not a fan of any sport) but my husband and I couldn’t help but watch the game on the tiny TV in our guest room and cheer on the local team.&#0160; I may have shed a tear when the game ended and the neighbors on our sleepy Newton street went outside to celebrate, but at the time I thought it was the pregnancy hormones taking over.</p>\n\n<p>We went outside too, and I took a blurry picture of the blood-red lunar eclipse.<a href=\"http://bp3.blogger.com/_MnhQ6V0IJN8/RspRIiAZbzI/AAAAAAAAAAM/FDucbOGwnQU/s1600-h/DSCN0797.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39bd1970c \" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100978734959783730\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa39bd1970c-pi.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Yeah, down by the river</span></span><br />\n<span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Down by the banks of the river Charles&#0160; 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The printer will be disabled until you refill all the colors.\"\n\nOf course, the magenta came packaged with other color cartridges (but not black). My total cost for ink? $97. I think the printer cost $80.\n\nI was livid. And powerless, because there are no alternatives in the world of printers. Pay up, or drive to Kinko\'s whenever you need to print out a couple of important documents.\n\nAnd this is why I\'m happy to pay a little more (when I can) for things that are made to last. 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(Thanks a lot, jerks.)\r\n\r\nI recently (and rather expensively) was forced to deal with this when our cheap printer ran out of magenta ink and black ink. I needed to print something out so I went to Staples to buy a black ink cartridge. The clerk informed me that the black cartridge would cost me $20. Steep, but whatever. Then she asked me if I needed color cartridges. I told her that the printer was out of magenta, but I don\'t have to print in color so I\'ll just take the black <em>thankyouverymuch</em>.\r\n\r\n\"Well,\" she said, \"the black cartridge won\'t work if you\'re low on magenta.\"\r\n\r\n\"But I\'m just printing black words on white paper. I\'ll be fine.\"\r\n\r\n\"Um, no you won\'t. The printer will be disabled until you refill all the colors.\"\r\n\r\nOf course, the magenta came packaged with other color cartridges (but not black). My total cost for ink? $97. I think the printer cost $80.\r\n\r\nI was livid. And powerless, because there are no alternatives in the world of printers. 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Check the bottom of this review for your chance to win a $500 Visa Gift card! </strong></em></p>\n<p>I&#39;ll start at the end: I was sorry to see this car go.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420732697/\" title=\"DSC_0101 by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"DSC_0101\" height=\"334\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420732697_da1c9d6116.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n</p>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p>That alone should tell you plenty, but there&#39;s more to this story than that.</p>\n<p>When I fell pregnant with our third child, my husband and I started looking for a bigger car. We wanted something that could handle three kids in car seats and visiting grandparents, plus play dates, strollers, and oh yeah, groceries. We really, really wanted to avoid a minivan, so we looked at crossovers galore -- but we always felt cramped and there were always features missing. And then it hit us: We didn&#39;t like any of the crossovers because deep down we really wanted a minivan.</p>\n<p>Gulp. I mean, that didn&#39;t sound like us...but there was nothing out there that met our needs. So that must mean that we needed a minivan, right?</p>\n<p>Full disclosure: In all our driving of crossover vehicles, we never once considered going into a Lincoln dealership. But here we are, still needing a bigger car, not quite ready to buy a van. So when BlogHer asked if I&#39;d like to test drive a Lincoln crossover I very quickly agreed. What did I have to lose?</p>\n<p>The Lincoln MKT has many fabulous aspects to it, and some not so great things about it. I can summarize it for you like this: Love the interior, hate the exterior.&#0160;</p>\n<p>Let&#39;s get the dislikes out of the way:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lincoln grille: It&#39;s a love-it or hate-it thing, and unfortunately I&#39;m in the hater camp. It&#39;s too aggressive for my taste, and I&#39;m dismayed that so many car makers are headed in this big-grilled direction. Car designers? Please stop it with the big grilles.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The third row: It&#39;s cramped. It seats two. It&#39;s hard to get to. I&#39;m 5&#39;7&quot; and my head was hitting the ceiling. However! My five year old and two year old fit just fine. Related peeve: The second row doesn&#39;t move forward to give more room to the third when needed. I wish I had tried out a model with captain&#39;s chairs, but since I didn&#39;t I can only tell you what it was like in a model with a bench on the second row.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The car&#39;s exterior seems unnecessarily long -- I feel that space is wasted to make the car look pointy and long. I&#39;d rather have had that space on the inside of the car. </li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The rear window: You cannot see from the rear window. I mean this, there is close to zero visibility. No, really. 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Not only does it show you what&#39;s directly behind you, it also shows you what&#39;s coming from the sides of the car AND it makes backing up and parking pretty much idiot proof with handy trajectory predictors. Here I am trying to park on my first day with the car, when I simply wasn&#39;t familiar with its dimensions. As you can see, I was about to park on the sidewalk, which the guides made painfully obvious before i even took my foot off the brake:</li>\n</ul>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420941737/\" title=\"IMG_0603 by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"IMG_0603\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420941737_951ee4f48c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n<p>So with a flick of the wheel, a frustrating parking job became easy:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420728993/\" title=\"IMG_0605 by R. S. 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(Airplane manufacturers, take note!)</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4420728895/\" title=\"IMG_0607 by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"IMG_0607\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4420728895_a67327c90c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Push Button Start: So, in this car you don&#39;t insert the key into the ignition. Weird, huh? Instead you press a button, and the car starts with a sequence of happy beeps as it adjusts your seats to your preferred position. This keyless start was frankly disturbing at first, but after a week of using it on the MKT I&#39;m annoyed at having to actually use a key to start my normal car. You just press a button! You can&#39;t beat that.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The trunk: It&#39;s roomy and deep, like in a minivan. It has a power liftgate. I&#39;m sorry if this isn&#39;t interesting to you, but I have kids and that means that I have stuff. 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Spring is coming my lovelies, so I\'d thought I\'d celebrate by sharing one of my favorites -- a series of photographs by Daryl Banks called <a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">Crinoline Flowers</a>.\r\n\r\nIt\'s so fun and colorful and flirty -- everything spring should be!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>You can purchase limited edition prints <a href=\"http://www.eckhartgallery.com/site/nl/photographer/22/Daryl_Banks/page/1\">at Eckhart Gallery</a></em></span>\r\n\r\n[gallery]','Crinoline Flowers by Daryl Banks','','inherit','open','open','','901-revision-5','','','2011-03-06 15:21:29','2011-03-06 20:21:29','',901,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/901-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(913,1,'2011-03-06 15:23:55','2011-03-06 20:23:55','<a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">all images created by Daryl Banks</a>\r\n\r\nIt was warm enough this weekend that I wore a dress! Spring is coming my lovelies, so I\'d thought I\'d celebrate by sharing one of my favorites -- a series of photographs by Daryl Banks called <a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">Crinoline Flowers</a>.\r\n\r\nIt\'s so fun and colorful and flirty -- everything spring should be!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>You can purchase limited edition prints <a href=\"http://www.eckhartgallery.com/site/nl/photographer/22/Daryl_Banks/page/1\">at Eckhart Gallery</a></em></span>\r\n\r\n[gallery]','Crinoline Flowers by Daryl Banks','','inherit','open','open','','901-revision-6','','','2011-03-06 15:23:55','2011-03-06 20:23:55','',901,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/901-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(914,1,'2011-03-06 15:24:16','2011-03-06 20:24:16','<a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">all images created by Daryl Banks</a>\r\n\r\nIt was warm enough this weekend that I wore a dress! Spring is coming my lovelies, so I\'d thought I\'d celebrate by sharing one of my favorites -- a series of photographs by Daryl Banks called <a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">Crinoline Flowers</a>.\r\n\r\nIt\'s so fun and colorful and flirty -- everything spring should be!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>You can purchase limited edition prints <a href=\"http://www.eckhartgallery.com/site/nl/photographer/22/Daryl_Banks/page/1\">at Eckhart Gallery</a></em></span>\r\n\r\n[gallery]','Crinoline Flowers by Daryl Banks','','inherit','open','open','','901-revision-7','','','2011-03-06 15:24:16','2011-03-06 20:24:16','',901,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/901-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(915,1,'2011-03-06 15:24:55','2011-03-06 20:24:55','<a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">all images created by Daryl Banks</a>\r\n\r\nIt was warm enough this weekend that I wore a dress! Spring is coming my lovelies, so I\'d thought I\'d celebrate by sharing one of my favorites -- a series of photographs by Daryl Banks called <a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">Crinoline Flowers</a>.\r\n\r\nIt\'s so fun and colorful and flirty -- everything spring should be!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>You can purchase limited edition prints <a href=\"http://www.eckhartgallery.com/site/nl/photographer/22/Daryl_Banks/page/1\">at Eckhart Gallery</a></em></span>\r\n\r\n[gallery]','Crinoline Flowers by Daryl Banks','','inherit','open','open','','901-revision-8','','','2011-03-06 15:24:55','2011-03-06 20:24:55','',901,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/901-revision-8.html',0,'revision','',0),(916,1,'2011-03-06 15:40:19','2011-03-06 20:40:19','<a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">all images created by Daryl Banks</a>\r\n\r\nI\'m in a fabulous mood: It was warm enough this weekend that I was able to wear a dress!\r\n\r\nSpring is coming my lovelies, so I\'d thought I\'d celebrate by sharing one of my favorites -- a series of photographs by Daryl Banks called <a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">Crinoline Flowers</a>.\r\n\r\nThey\'re so fun and colorful and flirty -- everything spring should be!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>You can purchase limited edition prints <a href=\"http://www.eckhartgallery.com/site/nl/photographer/22/Daryl_Banks/page/1\">at Eckhart Gallery</a></em></span>\r\n\r\n[gallery]','Crinoline Flowers by Daryl Banks','','inherit','open','open','','901-revision-9','','','2011-03-06 15:40:19','2011-03-06 20:40:19','',901,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/901-revision-9.html',0,'revision','',0),(917,1,'2011-03-06 15:41:17','2011-03-06 20:41:17','<a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">all images created by Daryl Banks</a>\r\n\r\nI\'m in a fabulous mood: It was warm enough this weekend that I was able to wear a dress!\r\n\r\nSpring is coming my lovelies, so I\'d thought I\'d celebrate by sharing one of my favorites -- a series of photographs by Daryl Banks called <a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">Crinoline Flowers</a>.\r\n\r\nThey\'re so fun and colorful and flirty -- everything spring should be!\r\n\r\nWishing you a fabulous week,\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>You can purchase limited edition prints <a href=\"http://www.eckhartgallery.com/site/nl/photographer/22/Daryl_Banks/page/1\">at Eckhart Gallery</a></em></span>\r\n\r\n[gallery]','Crinoline Flowers by Daryl Banks','','inherit','open','open','','901-autosave','','','2011-03-06 15:41:17','2011-03-06 20:41:17','',901,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/901-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(918,1,'2010-06-16 13:00:23','2010-06-16 13:00:23','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4706798578/\" title=\"6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a084970c-pi by R. S. M., on Flickr\"><img alt=\"6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a084970c-pi.jpg\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/4706798578_804264c51d.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><p>I wasn&#39;t going to post my life list online because, well,&#0160; everyone is doing one these days. It&#39;s really in danger of becoming just another internet meme. But the truth is that I&#39;ve always made life lists -- I don&#39;t always write them down, and I certainly haven&#39;t always had a little slice of the internet to post them to, but I&#39;ve always had a running to-do list for my life.&#0160;</p>\n\n<p>I make lists because I&#39;ve always instinctively believed that if I plan on something it&#39;s more likely to happen. I don&#39;t think it happens because of magic -- I just think that when you know what you want out of life, you live your life in a way that makes what you want possible. </p>\n\n<p>It makes sense to me, anyways.</p>\n\n<p>For instance, I once was a psychobiology major. Until one day, when I decided that what I wanted to do in life was to work in marketing in the cosmetics industry, organic chemistry coursework be damned. So instead of studying for the MCAT or looking for work in a lab what I did a few weeks after graduation is open up the classifieds (the classifieds! That&#39;s a vintage story right there!) and look for a job in the beauty industry. Sure enough, there was a want ad for a cosmetics company. They were only looking for an assistant, but still. I applied, got the job, and within six months I was working in marketing. And the item got checked off the list.</p>\n\n<p>I&#39;ve also wanted to <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/09/i-see-famous-people-its-all-downhill-from-here.html\" target=\"_blank\">dance with Madonna</a>. Live in <a href=\"http://www.granadatur.com/en\">Europe</a>. Get a <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">master&#39;s degree</a> on a full-tuition fellowship. Ride a camel through the <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/10/morocco-so-far-from-suburbia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sahara desert</a>. Fanciful things all, and all things that have been accomplished. </p>\n\n<p>Did it hurt that they were on a list? I don&#39;t think so.</p>\n\n<p>So, to this list I&#39;m posting online: I&#39;m posting not only because I was inspired by<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goddard_%28adventurer%29\" target=\"_blank\"> John Goddard</a> and <a href=\"http://mightygirl.com/mighty-life-list/\" target=\"_blank\">countless</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.chookooloonks.com/blog/2010/2/22/my-mighty-chookooloonks-life-list.html\" target=\"_blank\">others</a>, but because lately the internet has made\ncompleting things on my life list infinitely more feasible.</p>\n\n<p>The list is a dynamic thing. I will be adding things as they occur to me. But for now, here is what I want to get done before I go:</p>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/my-life-list.html\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">My Life List</span></span></a>\n','Fait Accompli: On Life Lists','\n','inherit','open','open','','166-revision','','','2010-06-16 13:00:23','2010-06-16 13:00:23','',166,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/06/166-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(764,1,'2011-02-15 09:58:36','2011-02-15 14:58:36','<em><a href=\"http://www.repetto.com/home.php?lang=en\">image credit: Atelier Repetto</a></em>\r\n\r\nMy daily uniform is simple: Neutral clothes and crazy colorful shoes. More often than not, those shoes are ballerina flats.\r\n\r\nI wish I could say I totter around in heels all day, but this is my reality. It\'s easy and cute.\r\n\r\nNow that mother nature has given us a taste of spring-like temperatures and cruelly taken them away, my thoughts have turned to my beloved ballerina flats. 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So I hightailed it to the nursery, bought a few grass seeds, flowers and chicken poop and dug my hands in the dirt.\r\n\r\nIn the light rain.\r\n\r\nSometimes the obstacle you think you\'re facing is exactly what you need.\r\n\r\nIt was perfect. <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2009/05/little-green-lies.html\">I love fake gardening</a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','The Fake Gardener Returns','','publish','open','open','','the-fake-gardener-returns','','\nhttp://www.everydaytreats.com/2009/05/little-green-lies.html','2011-04-26 11:39:08','2011-04-26 15:39:08','',0,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/?p=1319',0,'post','',2),(1166,1,'2011-04-01 01:05:00','2011-04-01 05:05:00','SurveyMonkey','Help me become a better blogger','','inherit','open','open','','1163-revision-2','','','2011-04-01 01:05:00','2011-04-01 05:05:00','',1163,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/04/1163-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(843,1,'2011-02-23 14:33:22','2011-02-23 19:33:22','<strong>WHAT IS EVERYDAY TREATS?</strong>\r\n\r\nEveryday Treats is a blog about living well every day, with a focus on <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/style/\" target=\"_self\">Style</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/beauty/\" target=\"_self\">Beauty</a>, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/house/\" target=\"_self\">Nesting</a> and <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/life/\" target=\"_self\">Life</a>.\r\n\r\nSubscribing is the easiest way to keep up with our daily treats. You can subscribe to this blog <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">by email</a> or with <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">your favorite feed reader</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>ABOUT THE WRITER</strong>\r\n\r\nMy name is Roxanna. I believe that beauty is in the details and that every day is a gift.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nI publish <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Everyday Treats</a>, a blog about living well every day, and <a href=\"http://frogandsnail.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frog &amp; Snail</a>, a lifestyle blog for parents of boys.\r\n\r\nI\'ve been blogging and writing for online publications since 2005. (That probably makes me sound ancient in Internet years.) I\'m currently a contributing editor for <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/blog/miguelina\" target=\"_blank\">BlogHer Style</a> and a freelance writer for iVillage. You can also find my past work on fashion at <a href=\"http://www.stylelist.com/all-posts/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">StyleList</a>, everything I know about weddings at AOL\'s <a href=\"http://www.aisledash.com/bloggers/roxanna-sarmiento/\" target=\"_blank\">Aisledash</a> and read about my favorite places in Boston over at <a href=\"http://girlsguidetocitylife.com/boston/\" target=\"_blank\">Girl\'s Guide to City Life</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/landing.aspx?prog=mba\">I have an MBA</a> and have worked in brand and product management at some of <a href=\"http://www.chapstick.com/\">the</a> largest <a href=\"http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/HomePage.cvsp\" target=\"_blank\">health</a>and <a href=\"http://www.loreal.com/dispatch.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">beauty</a> companies in the world. I\'m fluent in both English and Spanish, and know enough French to find the library.\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in the Dominican Republic, <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2007/10/morocco-so-far-from-suburbia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spain</a> and pretty much worked my way up the east coast of the United States. I now live in Boston with my husband and our three sons. <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/01/dirty-water.html\" target=\"_blank\">We like it here</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\nI\'d love to hear from you! Email me at <strong>editor AT everydaytreats DOT com</strong>. Please note that I rarely respond to mass emails.\r\n\r\nThink you might like to work with me? <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out my work experience and portfolio!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>PR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: </strong><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</strong>\r\n\r\nI reserve the rights to all my words and pictures, and you may not  use them without my permission and proper attribution.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013489657c15970c image-full\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"DSCN5570\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/8d05cf67010537b0296e344d33344cd8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN5570\" />','About This Site','','inherit','open','open','','232-revision-5','','','2011-02-23 14:33:22','2011-02-23 19:33:22','',232,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/232-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(667,1,'2011-02-07 19:07:00','2011-02-07 19:07:00','I\'m a style and parenting writer and I work well with others. I\'ve worked with incredible brands on all types of campaigns -- from big to small. <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/brands-ive-worked-with.html\" target=\"_blank\">(Click here for a listing of some of my favorites</a>.)\r\n\r\nThink you might want to work together? I\'m represented by the amazing team at <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/\">Sway Group</a>. Please <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/contact/\">contact Danielle Wiley</a> if you are interested in working with me.\r\n\r\n<strong>WRITING</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a writer, I very much enjoy creating content - whether it be for websites, blogs, brochures, product packaging or advertising - I\'ve done it all.\r\n\r\n<strong>CONSULTING</strong>\r\n\r\nI\'ve worked in brand and product management at some of <a href=\"http://www.chapstick.com/\">the</a> largest <a href=\"http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/HomePage.cvsp\" target=\"_blank\">health</a> and <a href=\"http://www.loreal.com/dispatch.aspx?\" target=\"_blank\">beauty</a> companies in the world. <a href=\"http://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/landing.aspx?prog=mba\">I have an MBA</a>. I have experience in both the US domestic and international markets. I\'m fluent in both English and Spanish, and know enough French to find the library.\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I know my way around the internet.\r\n\r\n<strong>PR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: </strong><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!</a>','How to Work With Me','','publish','open','open','','how-to-work-with-me','','','2012-03-06 15:25:16','2012-03-06 20:25:16','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com',0,'page','',0),(3214,1,'2012-03-06 18:15:18','2012-03-06 23:15:18','<blockquote>“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”\r\n― Albert Einstein</blockquote>\r\nI am not a fan of cold weather. I have no appreciation for brisk air -- I much prefer a balmy, slightly humid evening to a frigid day. This can be a problem, because I end up spending too much time indoors, and when I am indoors too long I get lost in my own head. That\'s not good.\r\n\r\nI have to force myself to get outside, take a break, clear the air. It works every time, but there are still days when I don\'t get outside and those are the days I am least productive and least happy. I\'m sure those two things are related.\r\n\r\nThank God for little kids and puppies. They force us to get outside and play.','Go outside to get outside of your head. 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But please note that I rarely do product reviews and that <strong>by agreeing to try out your product I\'m not guaranteeing coverage - you are sending me the product as a sample for consideration</strong>.\r\n\r\nIf you are interested in having me work with your brand in any other capacity please <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/contact/\">contact Danielle Wiley</a> at <a href=\"http://www.swaygroupllc.com/\">Sway Group</a>. 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You can subscribe to this blog <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">by email</a> or with <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/EverydayTreats\" target=\"_self\">your favorite feed reader</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE WRITER</strong></p>\n<p>My name is Roxanna. You can read all about me on&nbsp;<a href=\"http://about.me/roxanna\" target=\"_self\">my about.me</a>&nbsp;page.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/contact0form.html\" target=\"_self\">The quickest way to contact me is to use this form</a>&nbsp;or you can email me at editor AT everydaytreats DOT com. Please note that I rarely respond to mass emails.</p>\n<p>Think you might like to work with me?&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/howtoworkwithme.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out my work experience and portfolio!</a></p>\n<p><strong>PR AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Please read this before sending any pitches my way. Thanks!</a></p>\n<p><strong>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</strong></p>\n<p>I reserve the rights to all my words and pictures, and you may not  use them without my permission and proper attribution.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef013489657c15970c image-full\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"DSCN5570\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/8d05cf67010537b0296e344d33344cd8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN5570\" /></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n','About This Site','\n','inherit','open','open','','232-revision-2','','','2011-02-04 23:48:17','2011-02-04 23:48:17','',232,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/02/232-revision-2.html',0,'revision','',0),(671,1,'2011-02-07 19:11:24','2011-02-07 19:11:24','An running to-do list for my life. <a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/06/fait-accompli-my-life-list.html\" target=\"_blank\">More here</a>.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>learn to speak German</li>\r\n	<li>volunteer to teach English to adults</li>\r\n	<li>take belly dancing lessons</li>\r\n	<li>travel to Greece</li>\r\n	<li>define my personal sense of style</li>\r\n	<li>own and ride a city bike</li>\r\n	<li>become an early bird (wake up at 6 am every day)</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/12/10-on-101010-updates-5-and-6-done.html\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">paint my nails black</span></a></li>\r\n	<li>make pasta from scratch</li>\r\n	<li>make cheese from scratch</li>\r\n	<li>create a signature cocktail</li>\r\n	<li>submit a book proposal</li>\r\n	<li>sell an article to Vogue or Vanity Fair. (Or both! Why not?)</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/12/10-on-101010-updates-5-and-6-done.html\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">finish c25K</span></a></li>\r\n	<li>do 10 push ups</li>\r\n	<li>get 10 hours of sleep a night for 10 nights in a row</li>\r\n	<li>throw a cocktail party with fancy drinks and retro appetizers (pigs in a blanket, cheese balls, etc..)</li>\r\n	<li>learn how to use my DSLR</li>\r\n	<li>throw a dinner party every other week for three months</li>\r\n	<li>spend a weekend at Canyon Ranch</li>\r\n	<li>take cooking lessons in France</li>\r\n	<li>take pastry-making lessons</li>\r\n	<li>work in the fashion industry</li>\r\n	<li>go to Stonehenge</li>\r\n	<li>shop the Paris flea market</li>\r\n	<li>take singing lessons</li>\r\n	<li>own a spa</li>\r\n	<li>decorate my home and make it a reflection of who I am</li>\r\n	<li>make photobooks for each of my three children</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/01/donating-hair-to-beautiful-lengths.html\" target=\"_self\">donate my hair to locks of love</a></span></li>\r\n	<li>walk the great wall of China</li>\r\n	<li>visit the pyramids of Giza</li>\r\n	<li>go on an African safari</li>\r\n	<li>go on a mule ride in the Grand Canyon</li>\r\n	<li>create a garden hideaway</li>\r\n	<li>teach my boys Spanish</li>\r\n	<li>go a psychic</li>\r\n	<li>knit a scarf</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/01/donating-hair-to-beautiful-lengths.html\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">cut my hair short</span></a></li>\r\n	<li>swim with dolphins</li>\r\n	<li>own a beach house</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/12/10-on-101010-updates-2-3-4-9-and-10.html\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">learn to sew</span></a></li>\r\n	<li>go to Rapa Nui national park and touch the moai monoliths</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/12/10-on-101010-updates-2-3-4-9-and-10.html\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">learn to parallel park (I know, I know)</span></a></li>\r\n	<li>create a signature perfume</li>\r\n	<li>make paper</li>\r\n	<li>play matchmaker to a couple that ends up getting married</li>\r\n	<li>write a children\'s book about being brave</li>\r\n	<li>Take a US style road trip through Europe with my family</li>\r\n	<li>Make a living doing things I love</li>\r\n	<li><del><a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/12/life-list-update-51-the-one-i-didnt-dare-admit-to.html\">Write a New York Times editorial</a></del></li>\r\n</ol>','My Life List','','publish','open','open','','my-life-list','','','2011-12-17 11:33:45','2011-12-17 16:33:45','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com',0,'page','',1),(672,1,'2011-02-07 19:11:19','2011-02-07 19:11:19','','My Life List','','inherit','open','open','','671-revision','','','2011-02-07 19:11:19','2011-02-07 19:11:19','',671,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/671-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(673,1,'2008-04-09 07:31:00','2008-04-09 07:31:00','<p>I&#39;ve finally gotten around to adding a links page.<a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/links-i-like.html\">(It&#39;s right here.)</a> Please note that this is not a list of every blog I read. It&#39;s not even a list of the greatest websites I&#39;ve ever come across. It&#39;s just a snapshot of some really good reads I&#39;m digging right now - a work in progress, if you will.</p>\n\n<p>Anyways, it&#39;s a big internet. If you&#39;re looking for something good to read, it&#39;s as good a place to start as any. Enjoy!</p>\n','Links!','\n','inherit','open','open','','343-revision','','','2008-04-09 07:31:00','2008-04-09 07:31:00','',343,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2008/04/343-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(674,1,'2011-02-01 19:19:41','2011-02-01 19:19:41','<div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e2333201970b-pi.jpg\"><img title=\"63266065immersion1302011102311PM\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e2333201970b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"63266065immersion1302011102311PM\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShame on any of you ladies that have the coloring to pull off red hair and haven\'t tried it yet. Do it for the rest of us!\r\n\r\nI read once that <a href=\"http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/cover/christina-hendricks-interview\" target=\"_self\">Christina Hendricks gave Karen Elson</a> the formula for her red hair:\r\n<blockquote>\"Oh, I have a story for you,\" she says conspiratorially. \"I was in  Milan, and you would see the same girls at castings. There was one  girl—she was like, \'I can\'t get any work. I\'m so sick of this, I\'m ready  to quit. I love your hair color. What do you color your hair with?\' and  I was like, \'Oh, it\'s red. Here\'s my formula.\' It was Karen Elson. A  couple of weeks later, she had bright-red hair.\" Christina leans into  the tape recorder and says, \"Sorry, Karen, but you did ask about my hair  color. Then I saw her on the cover of Italian Vogue, and the rest is  history!\" She laughs. \"Karen is amazing. I\'m such an admirer of hers.\"  But she\'s right: It is a good story.</blockquote>\r\n<a href=\"http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/11/coco_rocha_and_james_conran_dr.html\" target=\"_self\">True story</a>!\r\n\r\n</div>','Red Crush','','publish','open','open','','red-crush','','','2011-02-07 21:31:40','2011-02-07 21:31:40','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=674',0,'post','',0),(675,1,'2011-02-07 19:19:49','2011-02-07 19:19:49','','Red Crush','','inherit','open','open','','674-revision','','','2011-02-07 19:19:49','2011-02-07 19:19:49','',674,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/674-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(676,1,'2011-02-07 19:21:19','2011-02-07 19:21:19','<div>\n\n<a href=\"http://diary.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e2333201970b-pi\"><img title=\"63266065immersion1302011102311PM\" src=\"http://diary.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e2333201970b-500wi\" alt=\"63266065immersion1302011102311PM\" /></a>\n\nShame on any of you ladies that have the coloring to pull off red hair and haven\'t tried it yet. Do it for the rest of us!\n\nI read once that <a href=\"http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/cover/christina-hendricks-interview\" target=\"_self\">Christina Hendricks gave Karen Elson</a> the formula for her red hair:\n<blockquote>\"Oh, I have a story for you,\" she says conspiratorially. \"I was in  Milan, and you would see the same girls at castings. There was one  girl—she was like, \'I can\'t get any work. I\'m so sick of this, I\'m ready  to quit. I love your hair color. What do you color your hair with?\' and  I was like, \'Oh, it\'s red. Here\'s my formula.\' It was Karen Elson. A  couple of weeks later, she had bright-red hair.\" Christina leans into  the tape recorder and says, \"Sorry, Karen, but you did ask about my hair  color. Then I saw her on the cover of Italian Vogue, and the rest is  history!\" She laughs. \"Karen is amazing. I\'m such an admirer of hers.\"  But she\'s right: It is a good story.</blockquote>\n<a href=\"http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/11/coco_rocha_and_james_conran_dr.html\" target=\"_self\">True story</a>!\n\n</div>','Red Crush','','inherit','open','open','','674-autosave','','','2011-02-07 19:21:19','2011-02-07 19:21:19','',674,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/674-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(677,1,'2011-02-02 19:21:19','2011-02-02 19:21:19','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e23a3c05970b-pi.jpg\"><img title=\"2008-01-15-1dvf\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e23a3c05970b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"2008-01-15-1dvf\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love wrap dresses (especially the ones by Diane von Furstenberg)  with a fiery intensity that borders on obsession. Want to know why?  Because a quality wrap dress is the perfect article of clothing: it\'s  classy, comfortable, forgiving and always appropriate. If you own one  already, you know what I mean. And if you don\'t -- well, you don\'t know  what you\'re missing!\r\n\r\nThe iconic DVF wrap dress got its start when Diane von Furstenberg  used a printed jersey knit fabric to combine a ballerina wrap top with a  skirt. And therein lies the magic: jersey is soft and flexible, which  makes the dress comfortable, prints camouflage any imperfections (the  original dresses were made in animal prints which made them very sexy)  and the dress is almost infinitely adjustable, so the same dress can be  worn as you fluctuate sizes. Von Furstenberg herself told the<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-christine-miller/diane-von-furstenberg-on-_b_81590.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Huffington Post that the dress looks better on women </a>(as opposed to teenagers or fashion models): \"I would say the wrap dress is better when you are a bit curvier.\"\r\n\r\nBut mostly? A wrap dress is as simple to wear as a bathrobe. Yes: <em>a bathrobe</em>.  Is your bathrobe comfortable? Yes. Can you wear it everywhere without  getting horrified looks from strangers and worried comments from friends  and family? Probably not. But a wrap dress? It willl make you look like  a million bucks, and it\'s just as easy to wear.\r\n\r\nGenius, I tell you.\r\n\r\nA <a href=\"http://www.dvf.com/dvf/browse/subcategory.jsp?trail=&amp;viewAll=true&amp;categoryId=cat200004&amp;featureId=&amp;addFacet=&amp;mode=&amp;selectedSortBy=marketingPriority&amp;removeFacet=&amp;selectedHowMany=19\" target=\"_blank\">DVF wrap dress</a> will set you back around $300, so it\'s not exactly a bargain. However, I think the <a href=\"http://www.dvf.com/dvf/browse/productDetailWithPicker.jsp?productId=D1891007E6BLACK&amp;categoryId=cat200004\" target=\"_blank\">Julian in black for $298</a> is a wise investment in your wardrobe -- with the right accesories you  could wear this dress to the office, to a wedding, to a dinner  out...It\'s a classic that won\'t fail you, even if you go up or down a  few sizes here and there.\r\n\r\n<strong>Do you own a wrap dress? When do you wear it?</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Part of this post ran originally on <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/amazing-dress-fits-every-body-wrap-dress\" target=\"_self\">Blogher Style</a>.</em><strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>','The Amazing Dress That Fits Every Body','','publish','open','open','','the-amazing-dress-that-fits-every-body','','','2011-02-09 02:46:59','2011-02-09 02:46:59','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=677',0,'post','',1),(678,1,'2011-02-07 19:21:30','2011-02-07 19:21:30','','The Amazing Dress That Fits Every Body','','inherit','open','open','','677-revision','','','2011-02-07 19:21:30','2011-02-07 19:21:30','',677,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/677-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(679,1,'2011-02-04 19:22:11','2011-02-04 19:22:11','Finally got a peek at Tom Ford\'s intimate fashion show.\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4-mEF9uMdRU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4-mEF9uMdRU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nExclusive and intimate and secretive and perfectly glamorous. Sounds like the perfect party.','This is Glamour...','','publish','open','open','','this-is-glamour','','','2011-02-07 19:22:49','2011-02-07 19:22:49','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/?p=679',0,'post','',0),(680,1,'2011-02-07 19:22:27','2011-02-07 19:22:27','<p>Finally got a peek at Tom Ford\'s intimate fashion show.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n<object height=\"340\" width=\"560\">\n<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4-mEF9uMdRU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\">\n<param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\n<param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4-mEF9uMdRU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"340\" width=\"560\">\n</object>\n</p>\n<p>Exclusive and intimate and secretive and perfectly glamorous. Sounds like the perfect party.</p>','This is Glamour','','inherit','open','open','','679-revision','','','2011-02-07 19:22:27','2011-02-07 19:22:27','',679,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/679-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(681,1,'2011-02-07 19:23:53','2011-02-07 19:23:53','Finally got a peek at Tom Ford\'s intimate fashion show.\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4-mEF9uMdRU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4-mEF9uMdRU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\n\nExclusive and intimate and secretive and perfectly glamorous. Sounds like the perfect party.','This is Glamour...','','inherit','open','open','','679-autosave','','','2011-02-07 19:23:53','2011-02-07 19:23:53','',679,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/679-autosave.html',0,'revision','',0),(682,1,'2011-02-07 19:24:17','2011-02-07 19:24:17','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/06/throwing-a-girls-night-in-with-a-little-help-from-nintendo-and-netflix.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/08/gapmagic.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Gap</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/03/i-drove-a-lincoln.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/.services/blog/6a00d8341db04e53ef01053596cb7c970c/search?filter.q=butterball\" target=\"_blank\">Butterball</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2009/09/color-of-hope.html\" target=\"_blank\">L\'Oreal</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2009/06/the-new-esteela.html\" target=\"_blank\">Estee Lauder</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/parenting-digital-world?wrap=free-tagging/family-connections\" target=\"_self\">Sprint</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/using-eyeshadow-and-eyeliner-enhance-your-eye-color-easy-way-does-cover-girl-get-it-right\" target=\"_blank\">Cover Girl</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/04/erno-laszlo-and-marilyn.html\" target=\"_blank\">Erno Lazlo</a>','Brands I\'ve Worked With','','publish','open','open','','brands-ive-worked-with','','','2011-02-10 21:27:16','2011-02-10 21:27:16','',0,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com',0,'page','',0),(683,1,'2011-02-07 19:24:11','2011-02-07 19:24:11','','Brands I\'ve Worked With','','inherit','open','open','','682-revision','','','2011-02-07 19:24:11','2011-02-07 19:24:11','',682,'http://everydaytreats.frogandsnail.com/2011/02/682-revision.html',0,'revision','',0),(920,1,'2011-03-06 15:41:16','2011-03-06 20:41:16','<a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">all images created by Daryl Banks</a>\r\n\r\nI\'m in a fabulous mood: It was warm enough this weekend that I was able to wear a dress!\r\n\r\nSpring is coming my lovelies, so I\'d thought I\'d celebrate by sharing one of my favorites -- a series of photographs by Daryl Banks called <a href=\"http://www.darylbanks.com/\">Crinoline Flowers</a>.\r\n\r\nThey\'re so fun and colorful and flirty -- everything spring should be!\r\n\r\nWishing you a fabulous week,\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>You can purchase limited edition prints <a href=\"http://www.eckhartgallery.com/site/nl/photographer/22/Daryl_Banks/page/1\">at Eckhart Gallery</a></em></span>\r\n\r\n[gallery]','Crinoline Flowers by Daryl Banks','','inherit','open','open','','901-revision-10','','','2011-03-06 15:41:16','2011-03-06 20:41:16','',901,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/901-revision-10.html',0,'revision','',0),(921,1,'2011-03-08 08:24:46','2011-03-08 13:24:46','<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/11/lazy-but-delicious-dinner.html\">I love tilapia</a> because it\'s such an easy dinner to make. I buy it frozen so I always have some in the freezer -- it\'s an easy way to sneak in good protein when it\'s the end of the week and I have no desire to go to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nI was sent a review copy of a cookbook called <a href=\"http://www.bestofcleaneating.com/\">The Best of Clean Eating</a> and as a flipped through the book I immediately zoomed into this recipe because it uses pantry staples -- rice, tilapia, soy sauce and canned pineapple -- which means I can whip this up in no time.\r\n\r\nIt was delicious easy and cheap. Amen.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-922\" title=\"DSC_0102\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(please excuse the pictures, I made this after it was dark out so there was no natural light.)\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #bd1515;\"><strong>TILAPIA WITH SOY SAUCE AND PINEAPPLE SCALLION RICE<!--more--></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<strong>(adapted from </strong><a href=\"http://www.bestofcleaneating.com/\">The Best of Clean Eating</a>)\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients</strong>\r\n\r\n1 cup brown rice\r\n\r\n4 tilapia fillets (I buy frozen)\r\n\r\n2 Tbsp low-sodium tamari soy sauce\r\n\r\n1 oz can no-sugar-added pineapple chunks (save the juice)\r\n\r\n6 scallions, white and green parts, sliced\r\n\r\nOlive oil\r\n\r\nsea salt and ground black pepper\r\n\r\n<strong>Instructions</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 450 F. Prepare rice (boil two cups of water, add rice, simmer until water is absorbed. Fluff.)\r\n\r\nPlace defrosted tilapia fillets in a baking dish coated with olive oil. In a small bowl combine soy sauce with three tablespoons pineapple juice, pour over tilapia. Season with pepper, to taste. Bake 15-20 minutes, until cooked through.\r\n\r\nCoat a skillet with olive oil and heat on medium low. Reserve two tablespoons green scallions for garnish. Add rest of the scallions to skillet and cook for two minutes. Add pineapple chunks and cook for 45 seconds. Fold scallion-pineapple mixture into steamed rice, and season with salt and pepper to taste.\r\n\r\nMound one cup rice onto each of four plates. Place a tilapia fillet off center over each mound of rice. 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I buy it frozen so I always have some in the freezer -- it\'s an easy way to sneak in good protien when it\'s the end of the week and I have no desire to go to the grocery store for fresh food.\n\nI was sent a cookbook called <a href=\"http://www.bestofcleaneating.com/\">The Best of Clean Eating</a> and as a flipped through the book I immediately zoomed into this recipe because it uses three pantry staples -- tilapia, soy sauce and canned pineapple -- which means I can whip this up in no time.\n\nAnd I did.\n\n(please excuse the gross\n\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-922\" title=\"DSC_0102\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;','Canned Pineapple + Frozen Tilapia = Dinner!','','inherit','open','open','','921-revision-5','','','2011-03-07 17:23:10','2011-03-07 22:23:10','',921,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/921-revision-5.html',0,'revision','',0),(929,1,'2011-03-07 17:23:52','2011-03-07 22:23:52','I love tilapia -- it\'s such an easy dinner to make! I buy it frozen so I always have some in the freezer -- it\'s an easy way to sneak in good protien when it\'s the end of the week and I have no desire to go to the grocery store for fresh food.\r\n\r\nI was sent a cookbook called <a href=\"http://www.bestofcleaneating.com/\">The Best of Clean Eating</a> and as a flipped through the book I immediately zoomed into this recipe because it uses three pantry staples -- tilapia, soy sauce and canned pineapple -- which means I can whip this up in no time.\r\n\r\nAnd I did. And it was delicious. Amen.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-922\" title=\"DSC_0102\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(please excuse the pictures, I cooked this after it was dark out.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Canned Pineapple + Frozen Tilapia = Dinner!','','inherit','open','open','','921-revision-6','','','2011-03-07 17:23:52','2011-03-07 22:23:52','',921,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/921-revision-6.html',0,'revision','',0),(930,1,'2011-03-07 17:23:53','2011-03-07 22:23:53','I love tilapia -- it\'s such an easy dinner to make! I buy it frozen so I always have some in the freezer -- it\'s an easy way to sneak in good protien when it\'s the end of the week and I have no desire to go to the grocery store for fresh food.\r\n\r\nI was sent a cookbook called <a href=\"http://www.bestofcleaneating.com/\">The Best of Clean Eating</a> and as a flipped through the book I immediately zoomed into this recipe because it uses three pantry staples -- tilapia, soy sauce and canned pineapple -- which means I can whip this up in no time.\r\n\r\nAnd I did. And it was delicious. Amen.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-922\" title=\"DSC_0102\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(please excuse the pictures, I cooked this after it was dark out.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Canned Pineapple + Frozen Tilapia = Dinner!','','inherit','open','open','','921-revision-7','','','2011-03-07 17:23:53','2011-03-07 22:23:53','',921,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/921-revision-7.html',0,'revision','',0),(931,1,'2011-03-07 17:24:45','2011-03-07 22:24:45','I love tilapia -- it\'s such an easy dinner to make! I buy it frozen so I always have some in the freezer -- it\'s an easy way to sneak in good protien when it\'s the end of the week and I have no desire to go to the grocery store for fresh food.\r\n\r\nI was sent a cookbook called <a href=\"http://www.bestofcleaneating.com/\">The Best of Clean Eating</a> and as a flipped through the book I immediately zoomed into this recipe because it uses three pantry staples -- tilapia, soy sauce and canned pineapple -- which means I can whip this up in no time.\r\n\r\nAnd I did. And it was delicious. Amen.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-922\" title=\"DSC_0102\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(please excuse the pictures, I cooked this after it was dark out.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Canned Pineapple + Frozen Tilapia = Dinner!','','inherit','open','open','','921-revision-8','','','2011-03-07 17:24:45','2011-03-07 22:24:45','',921,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/921-revision-8.html',0,'revision','',0),(932,1,'2011-03-07 17:24:46','2011-03-07 22:24:46','I love tilapia -- it\'s such an easy dinner to make! I buy it frozen so I always have some in the freezer -- it\'s an easy way to sneak in good protien when it\'s the end of the week and I have no desire to go to the grocery store for fresh food.\r\n\r\nI was sent a cookbook called <a href=\"http://www.bestofcleaneating.com/\">The Best of Clean Eating</a> and as a flipped through the book I immediately zoomed into this recipe because it uses three pantry staples -- tilapia, soy sauce and canned pineapple -- which means I can whip this up in no time.\r\n\r\nAnd I did. And it was delicious. Amen.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-922\" title=\"DSC_0102\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(please excuse the pictures, I cooked this after it was dark out.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Canned Pineapple + Frozen Tilapia = Dinner!','','inherit','open','open','','921-revision-9','','','2011-03-07 17:24:46','2011-03-07 22:24:46','',921,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/921-revision-9.html',0,'revision','',0),(933,1,'2011-03-07 17:25:20','2011-03-07 22:25:20','I love tilapia -- it\'s such an easy dinner to make! I buy it frozen so I always have some in the freezer -- it\'s an easy way to sneak in good protien when it\'s the end of the week and I have no desire to go to the grocery store for fresh food.\r\n\r\nI was sent a cookbook called <a href=\"http://www.bestofcleaneating.com/\">The Best of Clean Eating</a> and as a flipped through the book I immediately zoomed into this recipe because it uses pantry staples -- rice, tilapia, soy sauce and canned pineapple -- which means I can whip this up in no time.\r\n\r\nAnd I did. And it was delicious. Amen.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-922\" title=\"DSC_0102\" src=\"http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_0102-e1299532427194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(please excuse the pictures, I cooked this after it was dark out.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Canned Pineapple + Frozen Tilapia = Dinner!','','inherit','open','open','','921-revision-10','','','2011-03-07 17:25:20','2011-03-07 22:25:20','',921,'http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/921-revision-10.html',0,'revision','',0),